Dreadroot

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dreadroot
Character

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ID?Use this ID to Wish for dreadroot

Dreadroot

Faction

roots (Loved100 Reputation)

Tier

0

Mutations
Mutations
Corpse Dropped

dreadroot tuber (15%)

Harvested into

dreadroot tuber

Role

Controller

Spawns in

FarmablePlants


Extra info:
  • Cannot be knocked prone
  • Weighs 200 lbs
  • Damaged significantly by defoliant
dreadroot

Skin peels on the tuber belly as it hums with grounding bass, and the shoots throb in upsetting staccato.

Perfect

Dreadroots are harvestable plants that can terrify nearby creatures through a unique mutation called Fear Aura. Upon creation, each dreadroot has a 1:10 chance of spawning ripe and does not ripen over time. Ripe dreadroots have a brown coloration, while unripe dreadroots have a black coloration. When harvested, a ripe dreadroot will yield a single dreadroot tuber. Additionally, all dreadroots have a 15% chance to drop a tuber upon death.

Lore

According to Agate Severance Star, dreadroot is actually the same plant as the lahbloom, although its "petals" have been stripped off by the Baboons and Snapjaws which live in the desert canyons.

A detailed description on the life cycle of dreadroot can be found in Blood and Fear: On the Life Cycle of Lah.