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Electric Eel
Electric Eel
Details
SpeedSpeed
100%
Walking speedSpeed
100%
HealthHealth
7.0 (total: 700)
DamageDamage
6.0 (total: 120)
ArmorArmour
0%
Armor pen.Armour Penetration
0%
Damage reflect.Damage Reflection
0%
Boosts
2
Size scale
1.7x
Biome statistics
Oxygen time
75 seconds
Temperature time
10 seconds
Pressure time
5 seconds
Salinity time
20 seconds
Credits


The Electric Eel is a tier 9 animal, based on it's real-life counterpart, Electrophorus

Mechanics[]

Abilities[]

Active Abilities[]

Name Image Charge Time Description
Shock Electric Eel Shock None Boost to shock the target(s), dealing rapid damage to them (varies on size/width of animal) and immobilizing them.

You deal less damage (60-75) while shocking, but attack faster and take no recoil (~120-140 total).

You gain +60% speed and bypass armor while shocking..

Suitable Biomes[]

  • The suitable biome for the electric eel is the swamp.
    • If an electric eel enters the ocean, it will lose salinity and oxygen.
    • If an electric eel enters the ocean surface, it will not regenerate salinity.
    • If an electric eel enters the deeeep, it will lose pressure, salinity, and oxygen

Diet[]

This is a complete list of food that electric eels can eat.

Name Can be eaten by Image XP Description
Barb All except for the stonefish who spawned it Barb 0 Spawns behind a stonefish using their active ability. Deals damage upon eating it (7% of max life). Poisons anyone who eats it with a base DPS of 10% that lasts 5 seconds (except poison-immune animals). Despawns after 4 seconds.
Bird Poop All except for lamprey and seagull Bird Poop 10 Affected by gravity. Automatically spawns below any seagull every 10 seconds.
Plankton All Food 25 Spawns in the ocean.
Ice All Ice 50 Spawns in the arctic and deeeep.
Volcano Food All except lamprey Lavabubble 125 Affected by gravity, floats upwards. Spawns out of volcanoes, which can be hidden in and are located in the arctic and the deeeep. When eaten as an animal that is not suited to the arctic, it will replenish some of your temperature.
Flappy Duck Ray to tier 10 Flappyduck 675 Spawns in a horizontal line just below the height limit.
Meat All Meat 1000 Spawns where an animal dies (tier 2 to tier 10 animals only). The amount of meat that spawns depends on what animal it was.

Hiding Places[]

This is a complete list of terrain that electric eels can hide in.

Trivia:[]

  • Back during it's release (supposedly in 2017 to 2018), Electric Eel was a tier 6.[1]

Skins[]

Skins are cosmetics used to change an animal's looks, or sometimes, an animal’s biome or size statistics slightly. The table below shows the list of approved skins that can be used for the Electric Eel.

Realistic skins can be used in every time of the year. They are mostly based on real-life species, or adjectives such as 'Battle-Scarred' or 'Dark'.

Realistic Skins
Name ID Price Creator Creation Date Stat Change Description Image
Dusky Knifefish 22245 75 Coin Myhailot 11th August, 2024 None Hypopomus artedi, also known as Morenita, is a species of bluntnose knifefish. It can be found in Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Suriname. The knifefish grows up to 50 cm long, and similarly to all Gymnotiformes is electric.
22245-7-5a834838-081c-4ced-a628-e3a60aba4255
Ossa 1141 75 Coin bluefis 17th August, 2023 None The Ossa, Rhamphichthys rostratus, is a unique species of gymnotiform with a unique snout, which they use to root around for crustaceans and other small invertebrates at night.
1141-4
Dusky-Finned Electric Catfish 22334 75 Coin Poborski 14th July, 2023 None Malapterurus melanochir is a species of electric catfish endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it occurs in the upper and middle Congo River basin. This species grows to a length of 98 centimetres. The common name comes from the Greek word melanochir which means dark or dusky which is a reference to the dark pectoral fins of the fish.
22334-1
Teugelsi's Electric Catfish 22341 75 Coin Armana 15th July, 2023 Size scale: -0.1x Malapterurus teugelsi
22341-2
Black Ghost Knifefish 22345 125 Coin supahpuffin 15th July, 2023 None The black ghost knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons) is a tropical fish belonging to the ghost knifefish family (Apteronotidae). They originate in freshwater habitats in South America where they range from Venezuela to the Paraguay–Paraná River, including the Amazon Basin. They are popular in aquaria.
22345-1
Smallmouth Electric Catfish 1796 100 Coin Tacoco 3rd July, 2023 Size scale: -0.2x Malapterurus microstoma, known as the smallmouth electric catfish. This fish is native to the Congo River basin of Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.
1796-7
Glass Knifefish 22191 120 Coin MEGAmew 5th July, 2023 Size scale: -0.1x The glass knifefish (Eigenmannia virescens) is a freshwater fish found across South America. Like all members of its order, it is distinguished by its ability to produce electric fields. This is achieved by discharging an electric organ in the tail.
22191-1
Electric Catfish 2026 75 Coin Myhailot 30th June, 2023 None Catfish in the family can produce an electric shock of up to 450 volts. Malapterurus electricus is the largest one of them. It is brownish or grayish, irregularly spotted with black, and attains a length and weight of about 1.2 m. and 23 kilograms.
2026-3
Vari's Electric Eel 3837 80 Coin Myhailot 14th August, 2022 None One of the three species of the electric eel, Electrophorus varii grows up to 1.5m long.
3837-5
Tanganyika Electric Catfish 13175 75 Coin monsieur_stuff 2nd March, 2023 None Malapterurus tanganyikaensis is an electricity-producing catfish found in the African nations surrounding Lake Tanganyika.
13175-3
Volta's Electric Eel 258 75 Coin moondough 10th October, 2022 None Volta's Electric Eel is a species of electric eel found in South America. It generates the most electricity of any animal, with a maximum shock voltage of 860 volts. *Redesign inspired by Bluefish's electric eel, mouth credit to Bluefish.
258-10
Red electric eel 596 75 Coin Osteopod 26th December, 2020 None An oddly colored -but charming for the least!- fish! His smile will brighten anybody's day up!
596-4

Seasonal skins can only be used in certain seasons, such as Christmas, Lunar New Year etc. They will disappear from the Store once the Season is over, but will be back next year, and remain in the player's inventory if they bought them.

Seasonal Skins
Name ID Price Creator Creation Date Stat Change Season Description Image
Doctor FrankEelstein 12816 0 Coin Megalon 21st September, 2022 None Halloween The mad doctor wishes you Happy Halloween!
12816-2

Unrealistic skins are skins only usable on custom servers that allow using them. They are mostly spaced themed, or in some cases absurd in terms of the stat changes they provide.

Unrealistic Skins
Name ID Price Creator Creation Date Stat Change Description Image
Voltio 9169 0 Coin Tacoco 18th December, 2023 None A supervillian that got its powers from an anomalous lightning ray. He now terrorizes the swamps of all the world telling innocent creatures to end their lives...
9169-9
Shorttooth Electrofang 7930 100 Coin ImpartialEffort 30th October, 2021 None Alien Assets electric eel
7930-3
Neutron Star Eel 11923 100 Coin Megalon 4th July, 2022 None The God of Light will shine through even the darkest parts of cosmos.
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      • As of the Reeeef Update, it has been changed to being a Tier 9 to compensate for the new evolution paths.
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