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Giant Squid
Details
Speed
100%
Walking speed
N/A
Health
8.5 (total: 850)
Damage
8.0 (total: 160)
Armor pen.
50%
Boosts
3
Size scale
2
Biome statistics
Oxygen time
20 seconds
Temperature time
10 seconds
Pressure time
20 seconds
Salinity time
20 sceonds
Credits
Sprite Designer
Ma Qiao Ting
Concept Creator
DogJelly


The Giant Squid, abbreviated to GS, is a Tier 10 Animal, based on its real-life counterpart, Architeuthis dux.

Mechanics[]

  • Humboldt Squids evolve into Giant Squids.
  • Like most Tier 10 Animals, the Giant Squid is not able to damage or be damaged by Tier 1 Animals, except for Piranhas.
  • Giant Squids drop meat upon death.

Abilities[]

Active Abilities[]

Name Image Charge Time Description
Grab 0.6 seconds

Charging your boost before releasing will also make you dash forward. If you hit an animal which is Tier 5 and above at this state, you will be able to grab it. While grabbing, your back will follow the cursor instead and upon releasing, you will receive some knockback. The time you can drag your prey around is determined by the tier of the animal, decreasing as the tiers increase. Your movement speed during the grab is determined by your pressure bar (+75% speed [175% total] at full bar and +125% [225% total] at empty bar).


You are not able to grab ungrabbable animals (Whale, Cachalot, Whale Shark, Hippo, Humpback Whale, Basking Shark, Bowhead Whale and Piranha), or animals that are in an ungrabbable state (Shark, Sunfish, Sleeper Shark, Goblin Shark, Walrus, Leatherback Turtle, and Megamouth Shark). This ability concept is designed to let Giant Squids drag prey into the Deeeep and let the surrounding pressure kill them.

Passive Abilities[]

Giant Squids currently has no passive abilities (which are abilities that do not need a boost to trigger).  

Suitable Habitats[]

Suitable habitats for Giant Squids are Cold/Warm, Salt and Deep Waters.

  • If a Giant Squid enters a Shallow habitat, it will lose pressure.
  • If a Giant Squid enters a Freshwater habitat, it will lose salinity.
  • If a Giant Squid goes to the surface of the water, it will lose oxygen

Food and Diet[]

The table below shows the Diet of a Giant Squid.

Hiding Places[]

As a Tier 10 Animal, the only prop Giant Squids can hide is the Giant Shipwreck.

Name Summary Image
Giant Shipwreck Generates in any biome, but have been found in the deep, swamp, and twilight kelp forest. All animals can hide here. Hiding places are ship windows and the crack.

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 Giant Squid.

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
North Pacific Giant Squid 25725 200 mymymy 28th September, 2024 None One of few proposed species , The North pacific giant squid or Architeuthis martensii. Based on images of live specimens filmed near the surface which were of an orange-red color
Medusa Lure 25710 300 Tacoco 28th September, 2024 None Atolla wyvillei also known as the Atolla jellyfish, Alarm jellyfish, Coronate medusa, and deep-sea jellyfish, is a species of deep-sea crown jellyfish. In July 2012 artificial bioluminescence created to mimic panicking Atolla jellyfish was able to lure a giant squid, recording the first ever live giant squid in its natural habitat.
Illuminated Giant Squid 5651 250 Ftyk 15th September, 2024 None Giant squids appear green in night-vision deep-sea footage due to artificial lighting and the night-vision camera's green-tinted color scale, which enhances contrast. The deep-sea lights reflect off the squid's skin, making them look green on camera.
Robust Clubhook Squid 5967 175 Tacoco 19th September, 2024 None Onykia robusta. Reaching a mantle length of 2 m (6.6 ft), it is the largest member of its family and one of the largest of all cephalopods. It gets its name from the rows of large hooks at the tips of its tentacles.
Love-Heart Squid 25730 200 bluefis 12th September, 2024 None Idioteuthis condiformis is one of the largest whiplash squids. Named after their heart-shaped fins, they are extremely aggressive and have been known to hunt large species such as sharks. Squids are known to be able to rapidly change both their colors and patterns in response to external stimuli.
Evergreen Squid 24158 175 Shin_Godzilla 12th September, 2024 None Based on a dollar store giant squid toy I got when I was 6. Yes yes I know, watermelon :sob:
Thresher Thrasher 25552 175 fish_man_ 29th August, 2024 None Giant squids are known to hunt pelagic sharks like Bigeye threshers, Pelagic threshers, Oceanic Whitetips, and even the feared Great White! collab with emi_
Flying Spaghetti Monster 25585 350 Osteopod 1st September, 2024 Size scale: -0.1x The Flying Spaghetti Monster is a carnivorous siphonophore that can grow to several meters in length.
Argent Giant Squid 5657 200 Tacoco 7th June, 2024 None Based off an individual filmed in 2012 in japanese waters, the first ever recording of a giant squid in its natural habitat.
Bioluminescent Giant Squid 67 350 motomotomotomoto 16th August, 2022 None Original by u/Jasonthedick (also known as Improvable) Light up the deep with the arch nemesis of Dark Colossal Squid!
Amber Giant Squid 6257 200 GrAnD_GuArD_GaMeS 11th May, 2022 None None
Ferocious Giant Squid 44 350 Unknown 2nd May, 2019 None None

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
Colossal Squid 24325 0 ArtistryGuildㅤ 5th April, 2024 None Lunar New Year None
Spring Giant Squid 21226 0 mymymy 2nd April, 2023 None Easter The master of deep springyness.
The Curse Summoner 23494 0 Poborski 31st December, 2023 None Lunar New Year The Lunar New Year is associated with various evil spirits and curses, on the same basis there are tales of sorcerers fighting and tameing the curses to eliminate them as a threat.
Magician Of Osquidis 12775 0 Megalon 1st November, 2022 None Halloween None
Hanami Squid 21159 0 emi_ 25th March, 2023 None Easter Hanami (花見, "flower viewing") is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers; flowers (花, hana) in this case almost always refer to those of the cherry (桜, sakura) or, less frequently, plum (梅, ume) trees. From the end of March to early May, cherry trees bloom all over Japan.
Christmas Tree Giant Squid 16292 0 emi_ 24th December, 2022 None Christmas only in ohio... HE'S ESCAPED HIS CONTAINMENT IN OHIO AND HES COMING AFTER YOU RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!1111!!!11
Tensei Squid 12983 1 emi_ 5th October, 2022 None Halloween A legendary ancient squid warrior who fought against the Great Cachalot Invasion a millenia ago. He's been fated to be so strong that he took down a hundred cachalots by himself. Ever since he lost his special eyes in a battle with the ocean king, he's been extremely weakened. Dead since 900 years ago, he is now reincarnated, and wears a helmet with the pattern of his eyes engraved on it, hoping to get them back one day. Parts of his body are not fully present due to flaws in reincarnation.
Longevity Squid 10096 0 LeasTears 17th January, 2022 None Lunar New Year Based on Longevity Noodles
Cherry Lantern Giant Squid 10085 0 Megalon 17th January, 2022 None Lunar New Year Happy Lunar New Year! : D

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
Colossal Squid 23090 0 Megalon 5th November, 2023 None Part of the "Alternate reality" skin pack.
Rubber Hose Giant Squid 12151 175 supahpuffin 3rd August, 2022 None Their flimsy arms are way stronger than they look.
Dying Memory of Squid 12025 110 LeasTears 17th July, 2022 None The dying memories of when it was the ruler of deep
Deep Space 11870 100 LeasTears 2nd July, 2022 None A piece of space that floats on the bottom of the ocean


Strategy[]

  • Upon releasing, Giant Squids will be launched away from the enemy. Face your backs towards food upon releasing to regenerate food and health much easier.
  • As a grabber, Giant Squids can pin their opponents in order to land hits and kill. It is easier to pin by releasing your prey in the air or against wall.

Trivia[]

  • In the early days of the Reef update, The Colossal Squid had an ability like the Giant Squid, but could also roll tanks (like the Anaconda). It was considered redundant and was removed.
  • When some tanks were added, it could grab them as a bug. Other grabbers had the same ability.
  • Before the Snow and Below update, it had the same stats as the Orca, except that it had Armor Penetration instead of Bleed Resistance
  • In an unknown update, it's ability to do DPS (damage per second) to its grabbed target was removed.

History[]

TBA

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