The Snail is an AI Ocean animal in Mope.io. It was released on March 14, 2017.
Technical
- The Snail is AI: it cannot be used by players, and its movements are controlled.
- The Snail is an Ocean animal, spawning only in the Ocean biome. If it is not in water, the Snail will quickly become dehydrated like most other aquatic animals.
- Snails can eat a wide range of food sources. The only food it cannot eat is conches, clams, cacti, aloevera, and watermelon.
- Predators of the Snail includes animals from tier 9 to tier 17 (Pufferfish to Black Dragon).
- Snails can bite the tail of its predators.
- The Snail has an ability: when it is injured by a predator, the Snail will tuck its head into its shell, and become more resistant to damage to its health bar. Bite damage will be reduced by approximately half.
Appearance
The Snail is a small brown creature, with a circular spired shell. The shell is initially a light yellow color, but becomes darker higher on the spire, where it eventually turns to a brown shade. The shell has growth lines. The Snail has pinkish skin, with two stalks which sport small, round, black eyes. It has two small feelers and a large foot in the back.
When a Snail is hurt, its head will tuck inside its shell.
If a snail eats meat or bites an animal's tail, it grows extremely large; around the size of a large Swordfish or Pelican. If a Shark uses its "Jaw Bite" ability on a Snail, the Snail will become extremely small to around the size of a Shrimp.
Strategy
It can bite animal tails, so be wary if you are extremely low on health. The snail can defend itself with its shell, which may distract you and let other animals eat you. The Octopus can also disguise itself as a damaged fed snail, so be wary of those, especially if you see a snail eating another snail, as that can't happen normally. A good idea is to stun a snail before you eat it to see if it is an Octopus. If you are a low tiered animal such as a shrimp, you can push a snail out of the ocean and wait for it to die of thirst. Then, you can grab its meat and level up very quickly. Preferably go for newly-spawned snails, as they won't be as experienced and won't know to use their shell-ability. XP wise, there isn't a big difference between the amount snails can have at any given time. They all give a relatively similar amount of XP (unless it has killed another animal by tail-bite). The Pufferfish and the Swordfish's ability are good for killing snails easily.
Trivia
- The Snail was originally added to the game as a kind of food that took 12 bites to eat. However, it was changed to be an AI animal a few days after its release.
- This makes it the very first AI animal added to the game.
- It is the slowest animal in the game, and the one with the shortest diving time (of animals that can dive).
- It actually gives more XP than the Conch at tier 11 (Octopus), as the conch only gives 1K while the snail gives 4K+. However, when at Killer Whale level, the conch will give more XP.
- There is an unused blurb / upgrade message for the Snail located in the client code that reads, "You're a super slow snail!".
Glitches
- When the Snail was first added, it gave no XP upon being eaten. This glitch was fixed on March 17, 2017.
History
- This section lists the update history of the Snail 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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