by RoyalStarlord » Thu Jul 18, 2019 7:14 pm
New slime types: Icicle Slimes and Saltjelly Slimes
New Area: Mineral Glacier
New corral upgrades: Freezer Unit and Salt Geyser
Slimeology: Icicle Slimes
Occurrence: Mineral Glacier
Diet: Veggies
Favorite: Blue-ice Lettuce
Plort: Icicle plort
Default Plort Value: 60 Newbucks
Favorite Toy: Silver Bell Snowman
Slime Type: Harmful
Icicle Slimes are an unusual, uncommon slime that exists only in the coldest regions of the Far, Far Range. They are thought to be distant ancestors of the Rock Slimes, but it is also surmised by slime scientists that they might share an ancient ancestral link to Puddle Slimes. Regardless of their origin, Icicle Slimes are only ever found in climates where ice and snow are abundant, or kept in specialized slime corrals with super low-temperature air-conditioning upgrades equipped. Though peaceful when playing in the calm snow, Icicle Slimes are downright ornery when misplaced into a warmer biome, or splashed with vacpack-temperature water!
Rancher Risks:
Like their Rock Slime counterparts, the Icicle Slime have a piercing crown of ice growing out from the top of their head. And similarly to a Rock Slime, they are harmful when coming into physical contact with hapless ranchers. Worse still, the icicle slime routinely creates a spike of ice that is launched from their body at projectile speeds. Thought to be a means of expelling excess ice, these sharp ice spikes are ultra-cold but can be walked upon if splashed with water. Icicle slimes can only be ranched safely by ranchers that have access to the Freezer Unit corral upgrade. Trust us when we say the icicle slimes hate being exposed to temperatures that is warm enough to melt ice!
Plortonimics:
Icicle plorts have the uncanny ability to retain its cool temperature ten times longer than regular ice. As such, due to this ability to resist melting, it has been a plort mostly used for the production of cold treats, or creating refrigeration appliances that stores said cold treats.
Tips:
•Without the Freezer Unit corral upgrade, Icicle Slimes can only be safely ranched in the Mineral Glacier expansion.
•Embedded icicle spikes can be used as temporary platforms to reach higher vantage points, provided you brought water to make them safe to stand on.
•Icicle Slimes are the only slimes that become agitated when doused with water. Expect an ice spike to be sent your way when you aggravate icicle slimes.
Slimeology: Saltjelly Slimes
Occurrence: Mineral Glacier, but only in salt-geyser pools
Diet: Saltwater
Favorite: None
Plort: Saltjelly plort
Default value: 55 Newbucks
Favorite toy: Octo Buddy
Slime Type: Harmful
Saltjelly slimes are found only in the under-caverns of the Mineral Glacier, where pockets of volcanic vents cut through the ice. It is believed enormous salt deposits connect to these volcanic vents, from which the Saltjelly Slimes happily feed from. Archeologists discovered various fossils of ancient Saltjelly Slimes around these salty vents, theorizing that Saltjelly Slimes were once more abundant than pink slimes from far back in the Far, Far Range's distant history.
Saltjelly slimes need salt water to survive and will quickly evaporate if left on any other surface for too long.
Rancher Risks:
Saltjelly Slimes are surrounded by stinging tentacles, once thought to be a method of hunting prey that thrived in the salty water it lives in. However, further analysis indicates that its diet consists only of saltwater, while evolutionists suggests the stinging tentacles were once used to fend off prehistoric predators that hunted them! Thankfully, a splash of fresh water would make their stinging tentacles retract for a time.
However, in order to keep Saltjelly Slimes, a rancher would need to modify their ponds to have artificial salt geysers.
Plortonomics:
Saltjelly plorts contain exotic minerals with special properties that increases overall health. Due to the minerals solubility and ability to exfoliate the skin, saltjelly plorts are used in nearly all cosmetic and bathing products. We even expect the chlorine in all swimming pools to be quickly replaced by the exotic minerals contained within saltjelly plorts in the near future!
TIPS:
•Dousing saltjelly slimes with water will make them retract their stinging tentacles, similarly to how dousing fire slimes would remove their veil of flame.
•Puddle slimes and saltjelly slimes cannot inhabit the same pond, since the former slime requires freshwater to survive, while the latter slime requires saltwater to survive.
Slimepedia Entry: Mineral Glacier
The northern polar region of the Far, Far Range contains an arctic environment that is home to the most secluded of slimes. The glacier contains various traces of minerals that originate from the volcanic vents located beneath it. It is believed that the climate of Mineral Glacier may contain some of the oldest species of slime in all of the Far, Far Range.
Slimepedia Entry: Freezer Unit
A freezer unit will keep a corral in a chilly cold, preventing icicle slimes from getting warm and angered.
Slimepedia Entry: Salt Geyser
An upgrade for the pond. The mechanical salt geyser, designed to look like the real thing, will artificially salinate the pond, letting saltjelly slimes live comfortably in the water. Any puddle slimes still in the pond needs to be relocated!