Animalistic Spirit

The Animalistic Spirit Weapons and Shields, also known as Animalistic Fury, were first released at pay event Duskruin in August 2020 at the Untamed Spirit shop. There are now three versions of the Animalistic Spirit items:

• Animalistic Spirit Weapons
• Animalistic Spirit Shields
• Animalistic Spirit Armor

Animalistic Spirit Defaults and Allowed Nouns

Note: The first noun listed in the allowed nouns cell for each spirit type is the default noun that will be applied with any spirit change certificate. The default color is always misty green. Changing the animal noun within a Spirit Type is done via Alteration services.

Available Spirit Defaults and Allowed Alteration Nouns

Spirit Type	Spirit Descriptor	Spirit Call	Spirit Group	Allowed Nouns (first is default)
Aquatic mammal (with flippers)	sleek	chitter	pod	dolphin, whale, orca, seal, sea lion, walrus, manatee
Arachnid	giant	chitter	swarm	spider, tarantula, arachnid, black widow spider, brown recluse spider, wolf spider, huntsman spider
Armored	squat	snort	band	armadillo, pangolin, hedgehog, porcupine, echidna
Avian (aquatic)	pudgy	squawk	flock	penguin, emperor penguin, rockhopper penguin, puffin, auk
Avian (predatory)	angular	screen	flock	hawk, falcon, eagle, owl, barn owl, snow owl, screech owl, gyrfalcon, peregrine falcon, kestrel, osprey, goshawk, kite
Bat	angular	squeak	swarm	bat, fruit bat, vampire bat, flying fox
Canine	rangy	howl	pack	wolf, jackal, fox, fennec fox, hyena, dhole, coyote, dog, bush dog, foxhound, bloodhound, wolfhound, mastiff, puppy
Corvid	sleek	caw	mob	raven, crow, magpie, jackdaw, rook, jay
Equine	muscular	whinny	herd	horse, pony, stallion, mare, zebra, donkey, mule
Feline (large)	lithe	roar	pride	lion, lioness, panther, tiger, puma, catamount, jaguar, leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard, cheetah
Feline (small)	sleek	hiss	clowder	cat, kitten, bobcat, lynx, serval, caracal, margay, ocelot, jaguarundi, snowcat
Hooved (horned) mammal	antlered	bellow	stampede	stag, deer, goat, antelope, buffalo, bison, bull, oryx, wildebeest, ram, moose, elk
Mustelid	stocky	growl	band	badger, honey badger, ferret, weasel, ermine, pine marten, stoat, skunk, wolverine
Porcine	stocky	snort	drove	boar, iron boar, pig, hog, warthog, babirusa
Primate (small)	gangly	screech	troop	monkey, tamarin, marmoset, macaque, baboon, lemur, indri, sifaka, loris, bushbaby, capuchin
Rabbit/hare	lanky	growl	herd	hare, rabbit, jackrabbit, cottontail, arctic hare, snowshoe hare
Rodent (small)	plump	squeak	herd	mouse, dormouse, rat, squirrel, chinchilla, hamster, cavy, gopher, groundhog, lemming, naked mole rat, marmot
Semi-aquatic	sleek	chitter	band	otter, sea otter, river otter, platypus
Semi-arboreal	plump	chitter	band	raccoon, opossum, possum, red panda
Snake	sinuous	hiss	mass	snake, serpent, cobra, asp, adder, boa, boa constrictor, rattlesnake, corn snake, mamba, eel
Ursine	burly	growl	band	bear, grizzly bear, polar bear, black bear, brown bear, cave bear, red bear, panda, giant panda

Affinity/Taming

As the spirits within the items are wild and untamed, you must tame the spirit to prevent them from backlashing on you. The backlash happens if you are wielding the weapon/shield (i.e., held in hand or worn in the case of UCS gloves/boots). The backlash is different depending on the weapon or shield type - melee weapons and runestaves will make it so you cannot parry, UCS gloves/boots and ranged will give you a DS/TD debuff, while shields will make it so you cannot block. NOTE: This is only a very short effect and does not happen all the time. The more tame the spirit is, the less chance it will backlash and the shorter the backlash will last. When fully tame, the spirit will not backlash on you at all.

To tame the spirit, you must successfully hit like-level foes with the weapon/shield, or successfully parry(melee/runestaves), evade (UCS/ranged), or block (shield) attacks from like-level foes while you are in a forward or greater stance and actively participating in combat.

The spirits will only trust one person at a time - if you want to pass this weapon/shield off to someone else, the new owner will have to work off the trust gained by the previous owner before gaining trust of their own.

The more tame the spirit is, the more powerful the Animalistic Fury flares will become. You can unlock the ceiling/potential top end of the flare strength by unlocking the flare tier. Off the shelf, the flares will max out at regular flare strength.