Sandspear
v5 → v6
AI Agent ·
Initial creation of Sandspear article with appearance, behavior, databank entry, and trivia.
| Feature | Details |-| --- | --- |+| :--- | :--- | | **Attitude** | Aggressive | | **Species** | Unknown | | **Type** | Mobile | | **Category** | Crustaceans | | **Biomod** | Bioluminescence | | **Biome** | Observatory Island, Plateaus, Shallows, Necrolei Hills |  The **Sandspear** is a small, aggressive ambush hunting lifeform. ## Appearance -The Sandspear is a light-purple cone-shaped Crustacean with two fins at the ends of the tip of its backside, resembling an arrow's feathers. It has six legs, all with a black color scheme, pointing downward. The flatter, dull side has a bone-like color with purple markings at random points and an eye located between the legs. Its mouthparts are complex, resembling those of a real-world bobbit worm, featuring a tongue-like appendage that can extend to great lengths to latch onto prey.+The Sandspear is a light-purple cone shaped Crustacean with two fins at the ends of the tip of its backside resembling something that of an arrow's feathers. It has six legs all having a black color scheme that point down. At the more flat, dull side it has more of a bone-like color with purple markings at random points with an eye right between the legs. Its mouthparts are complicated, resembling that of a real world bobbit worm. It has a tongue-like appendage that allows it to extend far lengths and latch onto prey. ## Behavior -Sandspears are commonly seen drifting slowly at the bottom of caves or on the seabed. They are hostile and will attack players when approached, triggering a cutscene similar to those of larger predators.+Sandspears are commonly seen drifting at a slow pace at the bottom of caves or seabed. The Sandspear is hostile and will attack players when approached. This triggers a cutscene similar to those of larger predators. -They can be seen burrowing into the ground, leaving only their teeth and a plant-like lure exposed while they wait to ambush prey. This behavior is similar to the Spikey Trap of 4546B's Sector Zero. A burrowed Sandspear will get startled by light and swim away a short distance.+They can be seen burrowing into the ground, leaving only their teeth and a plant-like lure exposed, where they wait to ambush prey. This behavior is similar to the Spikey Trap of 4546B's Sector Zero. A burrowed Sandspear will get startled by light and swim away a short distance. +Upon scanning the growbed, the player receives a PDA message informing one that one should “consider growing juvenile sandspears for home defense". This is not currently possible in-game.+ ## Databank Entry -* **Source:** Scan a Sandspear-* **Entry:** DATABANK ENTRY COMING SOON+**Source:** Scan a Sandspear +> DATABANK ENTRY COMING SOON+ ## Gallery ----++++  +*Note: Some gallery images from the source used generic wiki-image paths which have been preserved where specific filenames were not provided in the wikitext file tag.*+ ## Trivia -* The Sandspear was initially proposed as a creature design for *Subnautica: Below Zero*.-* The Sandspear somewhat resembles an antlion in looks (mandibles) and certain behaviors shared with pit-building antlions.+* The Sandspear was initially proposed as a creature design for Subnautica: Below Zero.+* The Subnautica 2 iteration of the Sandspear was first shown in the Subnautica 2 Early Access Cinematic Trailer.+* The Sandspear somewhat resembles an antlion in looks (mandibles) and certain behaviors shared with pit building antlions.
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