Dust Stalker
A large desert cat that ambushes from camouflage with devastating pounces.
A tawny-coated predator the size of a large pony, its fur patterned with the colours of desert rock and shadow. The dust stalker is the apex predator of the canyon lands — patient, silent, and absolutely lethal. It can lie motionless for hours atop a sun-warmed boulder, indistinguishable from the stone itself, waiting for prey to wander within pouncing distance. By the time you see it move, its claws are already in you. Desert guides say: if you think you're alone in the canyons, you're not. You just haven't spotted the stalker yet.
Stats
Hitpoints
900
Melee attack
38
Magic attack
0
Ranged attack
0
Attack speed
1.4
Attack range
2 m
Defences
Slash defence
8
Stab defence
5
Crush defence
5
Ranged defence
5
Magic resistance
0
Poise
100
Movement & awareness
Move speed
5 m/s
Movement speed
5.5 m/s
Aggro range
14 m
Leash range
45 m
Abilities
3Leaps onto the target from a distance, pinning them in place.
- Damage
- 35% of attack
- Range
- 10 m
- Wind-up
- 0.3 s
- Cooldown
- 10 s
- Effects
- Gap Closer
- Stun — duration 2
Rakes with razor-sharp claws, causing deep bleeding wounds.
- Damage
- 28% of attack
- Range
- 2 m
- Cooldown
- 6 s
- Effects
- Dot — duration 6
Sand Camouflageweight 50
Blends into the desert terrain, entering stealth.
- Damage
- 0% of attack
- Range
- 0 m
- Wind-up
- 1 s
- Cooldown
- 20 s
- Effects
- Stealth
How it fights
- Behaviour
- Ambush Predator
- Patrol
- Wander · 15 m
- Aggressive on sight
- Yes
Ability preference
| Ability | Weight | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rending Claws | 100 | 42% |
| Pounce | 90 | 38% |
| Sand Camouflage | 50 | 21% |
Drops
Rolls on Dust Stalker Drops.
Roll 1always drops · guaranteed
| Drop | Quantity | Weight | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dust Stalker Hide Sand-colored camouflage hide — stealth armor | 1–2 | — | 100% |
Roll 21 roll · weighted
| Drop | Quantity | Weight | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nothing | — | 30 | 30% |
| Stalker Claw | 1–3 | 25 | 25% |
 Desert Sand Essence | 1–2 | 20 | 20% |
| Coins Silver | 2–5 | 15 | 15% |
| Mirage Eye Gem Accessory — reduces enemy detection range | 1 | 10 | 10% |
Movement & spawning
Spawn
- Max Instances
- 3
- Respawn Time
- 150
- Respawn Variance
- 30
Sounds
- Aggro
sfx/creatures/beast/stalker_growl- Ambient
sfx/creatures/beast/stalker_idle- Attack
sfx/creatures/beast/stalker_claw- Death
sfx/creatures/beast/stalker_death- Footsteps
sfx/footsteps/paws_heavy- Hurt
sfx/creatures/beast/stalker_hurt
Full catalogue record32 fields · straight from the content catalogue
- Abilities
- Inline
- Ability Ref
- —
- Active Frames
- none
- Animation
- attack_pounce
- Base Damage
- 35
- Cast Time
- 0.3
- Channel Duration
- —
- Channeled
- —
- Condition
- —
- Cooldown
- 10
- Cooldown Ms
- —
- Damage
- —
- Damage Shape
- —
- Damage Type
- stab
- Description
- Leaps onto the target from a distance, pinning them in place.
- Effects
- Chance
- —
- Dps
- —
- Duration
- —
- Max At Hp Pct
- —
- Min Duration
- —
- Radius
- —
- Type
- gap_closer
- Chance
- —
- Dps
- —
- Duration
- 2
- Max At Hp Pct
- —
- Min Duration
- —
- Radius
- —
- Type
- stun
- Hitbox
- —
- Hurtbox Shapes
- none
- Id
- Pounce
- Name
- Pounce
- Parryable
- —
- Priority
- 1
- Projectile
- —
- Range
- 10
- Root Motion
- —
- Sound
- sfx/creatures/beast/stalker_pounce
- Telegraph
- —
- Timeline
- —
- Timing
- —
- Ability Ref
- —
- Active Frames
- none
- Animation
- attack_claw
- Base Damage
- 28
- Cast Time
- 0
- Channel Duration
- —
- Channeled
- —
- Condition
- —
- Cooldown
- 6
- Cooldown Ms
- —
- Damage
- —
- Damage Shape
- —
- Damage Type
- slash
- Description
- Rakes with razor-sharp claws, causing deep bleeding wounds.
- Effects
- Chance
- —
- Dps
- —
- Duration
- 6
- Max At Hp Pct
- —
- Min Duration
- —
- Radius
- —
- Type
- dot
- Hitbox
- —
- Hurtbox Shapes
- none
- Id
- Rending Claws
- Name
- Rending Claws
- Parryable
- —
- Priority
- 1
- Projectile
- —
- Range
- 2
- Root Motion
- —
- Sound
- sfx/creatures/beast/stalker_claw
- Telegraph
- —
- Timeline
- —
- Timing
- —
- Ability Ref
- —
- Active Frames
- none
- Animation
- stealth_enter
- Base Damage
- 0
- Cast Time
- 1
- Channel Duration
- —
- Channeled
- —
- Condition
- —
- Cooldown
- 20
- Cooldown Ms
- —
- Damage
- —
- Damage Shape
- —
- Damage Type
- —
- Description
- Blends into the desert terrain, entering stealth.
- Effects
- Chance
- —
- Dps
- —
- Duration
- —
- Max At Hp Pct
- —
- Min Duration
- —
- Radius
- —
- Type
- stealth
- Hitbox
- —
- Hurtbox Shapes
- none
- Id
- Sand Camouflage
- Name
- Sand Camouflage
- Parryable
- —
- Priority
- 1
- Projectile
- —
- Range
- 0
- Root Motion
- —
- Sound
- sfx/creatures/beast/stalker_camouflage
- Telegraph
- —
- Timeline
- —
- Timing
- —
- Refs
- none
- Aggression
- —
- Ai
- Ability Conditions
- —
- Ability Weights
- Creature Dust Stalker Rending Claws
- 100
- Creature Pounce
- 90
- Creature Sand Camouflage
- 50
- Behavior Overrides
- Aggro On Sight
- yes
- Auto Heal
- —
- Call For Help
- no
- Flee At Hp Percent
- 0
- Heal Delay
- —
- Help Range
- —
- Show Damage Numbers
- —
- Track Dps
- —
- Behavior Tree
- ambush_predator
- Disengage After Secs
- —
- Evasion
- —
- Patrol
- Radius
- 15
- Type
- wander
- Waypoints
- none
- Pursuit
- —
- Audio
- Aggro
- sfx/creatures/beast/stalker_growl
- Ambient
- sfx/creatures/beast/stalker_idle
- Attack
- sfx/creatures/beast/stalker_claw
- Death
- sfx/creatures/beast/stalker_death
- Footsteps
- sfx/footsteps/paws_heavy
- Hurt
- sfx/creatures/beast/stalker_hurt
- Behavior Tree
- —
- Category
- common
- Combat Level
- 38
- Description
- A large desert cat that ambushes from camouflage with devastating pounces.
- Examine
- A tawny-coated predator the size of a large pony, its fur patterned with the colours of desert rock and shadow. The dust stalker is the apex predator of the canyon lands — patient, silent, and absolutely lethal. It can lie motionless for hours atop a sun-warmed boulder, indistinguishable from the stone itself, waiting for prey to wander within pouncing distance. By the time you see it move, its claws are already in you. Desert guides say: if you think you're alone in the canyons, you're not. You just haven't spotted the stalker yet.
- Fish
- —
- Hitbox
- —
- Icon
- icons/creatures/dust_stalker
- Id
- Dust Stalker
- Impact
- —
- Inheritance
- —
- Loot
- Loot Table
- Dust Stalker Drops
- Xp Rewards
- Combat
- 0
- Hp
- 0
- Skills
- none
- Venery
- 75
- Loot Table
- —
- Mechanics
- none
- Metadata
- Added Version
- 0.1.0
- Notes
- Ambush predator with stealth. Pounce pins the target for 2 seconds. High movement speed makes kiting difficult.
- Tags
- predator, ambush, stealth, desert, bleed
- Venery Category
- beast
- Zone
- desert, canyon
- Model
- models/creatures/beast/dust_stalker
- Movement
- —
- Name
- Dust Stalker
- Phases
- —
- Recovery
- —
- Resistances
- —
- Respawn
- —
- Spawn
- Max Instances
- 3
- Respawn Time
- 150
- Respawn Variance
- 30
- Spawn Animation
- —
- Spawn Sound
- —
- Stats
- Aggro Range
- 14
- Attack
- 38
- Attack Range
- 2
- Attack Speed
- 1.4
- Crush Defense
- 5
- Immunities
- none
- Leash Range
- 45
- Magic Attack
- 0
- Magic Resistance
- 0
- Max Hp
- 900
- Move Speed
- 5
- Movement Speed
- 5.5
- Poise
- 100
- Ranged Attack
- 0
- Ranged Defense
- 5
- Slash Defense
- 8
- Stab Defense
- 5
- Status Immunities
- —
- Variation
- —
- Visuals
- —
- Xp Rewards
- —
Designer's note
Ambush predator with stealth. Pounce pins the target for 2 seconds. High movement speed makes kiting difficult.
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