The Assassin Bug is an unreleased tier 11 Underground animal in Mope.io, and will be the equivalent of the Lion, Crocodile, Falcon, Octopus, Polar Bear, and Vulture.[1]
Technical
- It will upgrade from the Wandering Spider, Bear, Tiger, Swordfish, Pelican, Wolf, Hyena, or Gobi Bear at 90K XP.
- It will upgrade to the Yellow Jacket, Rhino, Eagle, Wolverine, Markhor, Bison or Shark at 145K XP.
- All edible food items in the game will presumably be eaten, aside from cacti, cactus pears, dates and berries.
- Prey of the Assassin Bug will include all animals within the range of tier 10 to tier 4 (Wandering Spider to Earthworm).
- Predators of the Assassin Bug will include all animals tier 12 and higher (Yellow Jacket to Black Dragon).
- The Assassin Bug's planned ability is stabbing with its proboscis, stunning and presumably damaging animals for a short duration. The stun is longer on prey.[1]
- The Assassin Bug has no known passive abilities.
- While typically black and red, it will have a rarer brown/orange variant.[1] The difference is purely cosmetic.[2] Its intended rarity is unknown.
- The Assassin Bug can hide in all hiding spots besides small hiding holes.
Appearance
The Assassin Bug skin leaked by Shaun Goodwin is an armored insect with a broad thorax and back and six clawed legs. It has a small pointed head, gigantic glaring eyes with a small spike underneath each, and a thick antennae sweeping backwards. It has two small wings folded diagonally on its back, meeting at the tail.
The default black and red Assassin Bug is predominantly black with red in the form of stripes on its legs, under its eyes, triangles near its tail, and near the edges of its thorax and as two spots. The brown variant is completely russet with brown stripes on its legs and abdomen and as small spots on its body.[1]
Gallery
![The default black/red Assassin Bug as revealed by Shaun Goodwin.[1]](/wiki/File:AssassinBug.png "AssassinBug.png (163 KB)")
![The rarer brown/orange Assassin bug as revealed by Shaun Goodwin.[1]](/wiki/File:AssassinBugBrown.png "AssassinBugBrown.png (145 KB)")
History
- This section lists the update history of the Assassin Bug as it is recorded in the changelog, as well as leaks or reveals from social media. Certain changes that were not explicitly added to the changelog might be missing.
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Trivia
- The Assassin Bug is the only Underground animal with a rare variant.
- The Assassin Bug is the only animal whose pupils face inwards. All other animals have pupils pointed to the top left (or their top right).
- Because of this, the Assassin Bug is the only animal whose default skin displays true bilateral symmetry.
- When asked about this design choice, Shaun said it was likely a request by King Of Agario.[3]
- Despite being stated to have proboscis, the Assassin Bug doesn't appear have one in its skin.
- Since real life assassin bugs keep their proboscis under their heads, it's likely that the proboscis is intended to only show up during its ability.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Mope.io Official Discord, #mopeio-fanart channel" (July 11, 2024). Discord. Archived from the original on July 11, 2024. Retrieved on July 11, 2024.
- ↑ ""To my knowledge the brown one was supposed to be cosmetic - mostly to bring variety to the underground biome", #mopeio channel" (July 12, 2024). Discord. Archived from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved on July 12, 2024.
- ↑
shaungoodwin [@Shaun] (February 14, 2026). ""I don't remember exactly but I think it [the pupils] was a request by koa"" (Message from Mopecord). Retrieved on February 14, 2026 – via Discord. (Screenshot taken on February 14, 2026)
