Lava Lizard
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Category | Carnivores / Fauna |
| Attitude | Aggressive |
| Health | 200 (Immune to Thermoblade) |
| Damage | Bite: 30, Spit: 30 |
| Biome | Inactive Lava Zone, Inactive Lava Chamber, Lava Castle, Lava Lakes |
| Active During | Cathemeral (Day and Night) |
| Size | 9 (3x3) |
| Energy Value | 560 |
| Debug Spawn | lavalizard |
The Lava Lizard is a mid-sized, aggressive fauna species, dominating the areas of the Inactive Lava Zone and the Lava Lakes, as well as inhabiting the Lava Castle's interior.
Appearance
The Lava Lizard is a large, densely built creature with scaly skin. It has two silver eyes set in dark-pink sockets. The creature has a wide and deep mouth. The top and bottom lips are both split which allows the mouth to open to a greater size. The teeth are sharp, with sixteen pairs, the front two pairs being modified into large protruding teeth that point forwards. Many scars can be seen around the eyes and head, as well as a few on its underbelly, presumably from battling other Lava Lizards for territory.
The skin on the creature's dorsal side is scaled, pale green and spotted with darker green patches, whilst the ventral side appears smoother, and beige-colored. It has two squat, three-digit limbs, each digit ending with a long claw and connected by pink webbing. The tail fin appears very similar, with three long spike-tipped structures connected by pink webbing. Just before the tail fin are a pair of small green fin-like structures, each bearing a single claw. Their bodies are heavily scarred which may imply fierce battling within the Lava Lizard species.
Behavior
Lava Lizards are aggressive towards the player as well as small, medium and shark classified fauna. Lava Lizards will attack by biting their target for moderate damage. The predator can swim through lava to gain a hardened shell. The shell acts as armor for the creature, reducing all incoming damage by 10%. While the shell is present, the Lava Lizard gains a new attack where it fires out molten rock for moderate damage. The armor will break after taking enough damage. Additionally, the armor is slightly damaged each time the Lava Lizard fires out molten rock. At full health, the Lava Lizard can use its spit attack 20 times.
The creature will flee for a few seconds upon being struck once with the knife. The Lava Lizard is immune to strikes from the Thermoblade. Despite living in caves, Lava Lizards swim slightly slower at night while docile. This does not impact their aggression range or chase speed.
Lava Lizards will target the Seamoth or Prawn Suit when the player is piloting them.
Like most carnivores, holding any fauna will cause the Lava Lizards to eat the fish upon biting the player, preventing damage from being taken. This will decrease the creature’s aggression for a short time.
Lava Lizards hatched in the Alien Containment are passive towards the player.
Egg Information
- Category: Eggs
- Description: Lava Lizards hatch from these.
- Acquired From: Lava Lizards
- Size: 4 (2x2)
- Biome: Lava Castle
- Energy Value: 189
- Debug Spawn:
lavalizardegg
Data Bank Entry
Medium-sized predator adapted for life in volcanic regions, and remarkably able to spit molten rock at its foes.
- Fore-mounted Mandibles: Designed to do maximum damage to prey; sharp internal teeth tear through flesh and bone alike.
- Scar Tissue: Likely due to regular exposure to magma, lava lizards build up a thick layer of scar tissue over time, which enables them to withstand ever greater temperatures, inside and out.
- Behavior: It is able to both defend itself by burying its body in magma, and to go on the offensive by spitting molten rock at its foes.
Assessment: Avoid, especially in the presence of lava flow
Source: Scan
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Trivia
- The Lava Lizard's model before gaining a lava shell was once used for the Stalker before a more suitable model was chosen and the model was given to the Lava Lizard.
- The Lava Lizard and the Stalker are the only creatures in Subnautica that don't emit Bioluminescence.
- The Lava Lizard's magma shell emits light. However, this is not true Bioluminescence, as it is neither produced biochemically nor emitted by the creature itself. Instead, this light is incandescence produced by the hot magma coating.
- The Lava Lizard could be a reference to the mythical salamander that used fire to form a layer of protection and was said to be born out of fire itself.
- The Lava Lizard, along with the Boneshark and River Prowler, were once able to attack the Cyclops. This feature has since been removed.
- It is the only medium-sized creature that can be grabbed using a Prawn Suit Propulsion Cannon.
