The Megalania is a medium-sized terrestrial carnivore. Once its prey have been envenomated by its stamina-sapping bite, escape becomes almost impossible. It also has some affinity for water.
Description[]
An enormous monitor lizard, Megalania walks with sprawled limbs and swims in an eel-like motion. With it being so low to the ground and well camouflaged, it effortlessly hides in foliage and creeps up on unsuspecting prey. Once it is within range, it can burst forward and bite its prey, injecting venom into their wounds.
Paleo Info[]
Megalania refers to an extinct giant goanna or monitor lizard, recognized as either Megalania prisca or more recently Varanus priscus. They were part of the megafaunal assemblage that inhabited southern Australia during the Pleistocene era. The youngest known fossil remains dated to around 50,000 years ago. The first aboriginal settlers of Australia might have encountered them and been a factor in their extinction. Megalania adults were on average 6 meters long and 600 kg. Megalania belongs to the family Varanidae.
Abilities[]
These are the Abilities Megalania can use for combat.
Check out dinosaur stats for more details.
| Name | Icon | Description | Damage | Unlock Cost | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viper Strikes | 
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Fast attack that causes light damage and venom. | 25 + 0.07 Venom | FREE | Head |
| Heavy Bite | 
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A high damage attack. | 50 | 400 | Head |
| Twilight Menace | 
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Gain 15% increased stamina regeneration during night. | N/A | 700 | Senses |
| Nictitating Membrane | 
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See clearer underwater. | N/A | 450 | Senses |
| All For One | 
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Gain a 3% damage increase when in a group with other medium-sized carnivores. Stacks up to 5 times. | N/A | 1000 | Senses |
| Fetid Scent | 
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Gain increased attack when a nearby creature is envenomed. | N/A | 1000 | Senses |
| Hypercarnivore | 
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Only able to eat meat, food drains much slower. | N/A | FREE | Metabolism |
| Scavenger | 
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Can eat meat, fish, carrion, and bones. Fast food and water drain. | N/A | 1200 | Metabolism |
| Fisher | 
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Can eat meat and fish, moderate food drain. | N/A | 1000 | Metabolism |
| Toxic Immunity | 
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Immune to Venom and Poison. | N/A | 700 | Hide |
| Streamlined | 
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Increases swim speed and swim turning speed by 10%. | N/A | 900 | Hide |
| Dive | 
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Become able to dive underwater. Increases oxygen by 300%. | N/A | 1600 | Legs |
| Webbed Feet | 
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Increases swim speed by 10% and decreases swim stamina drain by 20%. | N/A | 300 | Back Limb |
| Leap | 
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Increases jump height and decreases fall damage. | N/A | 1200 | Back Limb |
| Toxic Scream | 
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Increases outgoing venom damage by 50% for 10 seconds | N/A | 1000 | Voice |
Survival Tips[]
The Megalania is a mostly terrestrial carnivore with some traits that allow it some aquatic efficiency. It is one of the two playable animals that has a venomous bite attack. It has high movement speed, but rather low stamina regen unless resting, and moderate capacity. This makes Megalania more of a burst speed attacker. With the Night Stalker update, Meg can become a full-fledged semi-aquatic while Streamlined Hide is equipped as it stops stamina loss while swimming and increases swim speed without the original defense loss. Practicing good stamina preservation and using water sources to your advantage is key to being an efficient Meg player.
Offense:
- Venomous Bite: Currently Meg's only means of offense. A moderately damaging bite that applies venom to the target. Being an ambush hunter, Meg must try to get as close to the prey as possible before launching an attack. Applying as much damage and venom as possible before the prey can retaliate or flee, then following the prey to ensure they cannot rest to recover from the venom. Targeting resting or sleeping enemies is the preferred tactic, but going after small and unsuspecting ones works just as well.
Defense:
- Streamlined: Increases swim speed and swim turn radius. This Hide also enables stamina regen while swimming and stops stamina drain while swimming.
- Toxic Immunity: Makes the player immune from building up Venom and Poison status effects, but increases how much damage the player receives. This is a rather useless Hide to have since only two characters have venom, and only one of those two apply Poison. The increased damage intake makes this not worth using overall.
Metabolism:
- Hypercarnivore: The default diet that has moderately slow core drain and only allows meat to be eaten. Meg's base core drain is pretty quick, so you'll be needing food and water frequently.
- Fish Eater: Allows Meg to eat fish and meat. This metabolism allows for a better semi-aquatic lifestyle, but the faster core drain rate means that Meg cannot venture too far from a water source with fish in it.
- Scavenger: Eat meat, fish, and bones. Faster drain rate. This is a bad diet to use because of the faster drain rate. If you want to eat either fish or meat, just run Hypercarnivore or Fish Eater instead. Bones are only found in a few places. You cannot eat shellfish with this ability.
Skins[]
In Game Skins[]
These skins can be unlocked in game by purchasing them with Marks.
Common
FREE
Common
1,500
Common
2,300
Uncommon
3,000
Uncommon
4,500
Uncommon
5,600
Rare
6,000
Rare
6,500
Rare
7,000
Rare
8,000
Legendary
10,000
Legendary
10,000Store Skins[]
These skins can only be obtained by purchasing them in the in-game or Alderon Games store for a limited time.
Trivia[]
- It was a part of the fifth stretch goal, which was worth $71K AUD ~ $50K USD.
- The Alderon Games team was interested in implementing this creature due to it being discovered in Australia.
- Megalania is the first and only playable animal to have not lived during the Mesozoic era. Instead, it lived much, much more recently, during the Pleistocene epoch of the Cenozoic era; the latest "ice age".
- The skin "Bug" is named and designed after the pet Tegu of one of the developers.
- Most of the skins are based on other monitor lizards or reptiles.
- While modern monitor lizards are confirmed to have a unique type of venom in their bites, Megalania's venom is speculated. Varanus venom also works differently than described in game. The real world venom is more of an anticoagulant that stops blood from clotting and slowing down bleeding, as well as other side effects.
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