Desert Fauna

Arid-adapted fauna near Ashen Sands/Eresh/Kaerugan; burrowing, nocturnal, heat-resistant.

• Age: Unspecified
• Origin: TBD
• Species: Desert Fauna (desert fauna)
• Occupation/Role: Creature / wildlife
• Height/Weight: Not recorded
• Bloodline/Elements: Heat-adapted; Earth/Fire skew
• Learned: Burrowing routes, nocturnal navigation
• Role (Main/Side/Antagonist): Encounter / ambient
• Faction: Unaffiliated / TBD
• Classification: Creature
• Tag: desert fauna
• Source: docbase/creatures.txt (Creatures section)
• Biome/Region: Ashen sands, Eresh/Kaerugan deserts, buried tech fields

Baseline

• Level / XP: 1 / 1
• HP max / MP max: 10 / 5
• Core stats: STR 3, DEF 1, AGI 2, INT 2, LUCK 1
• Combat skills: Unarmed 1, Armed 1, Ranged 1, Finesse 1, Stealth 1
• Elemental power/def: Fire 0/0, Water 0/0, Earth 0/0, Wind 0/0, Light 0/0, Dark 0/0, Thunder 0/0, Gaea 0/0, Time-Space 0/0
• Elemental absorption: HP absorb: all listed elements; MP absorb: none

Innate Abilities

• Innate passives: TBD (pending canonical content).
• Elemental traits: TBD.

Latent Abilities

• Unlocks/conditional: TBD.

• Efficient movement and metabolism; most are burrowing or nocturnal to survive heat.
• Drawn to buried tech heat signatures—may congregate around player camps, engines, or relic excavations.
• Generally skittish; turn aggressive if cornered underground or if dens are disturbed.
• Ecological hook: deserts “preserve what they bury,” so fauna can lead players to long-covered ruins.

• Need apex predator list vs. ambient critters per desert (Eresh vs. Kaerugan) to set encounter tiers.
• Clarify artifact attraction radius to avoid unwanted swarm loops near player machinery.