u/Vegetable_Tackle6722

Mandibles

A higher damage physical attack with a relatively small range (shaped like the mandibles)

+ Adds plating with each level

+ 1 Carcinization

Star evolution:

option 1: when attacking enemies: "Antlion" - hold onto them

option 2: when attacking food:"Food Hauler" - hold onto it (like cheeks, but you cannot use the mandibles attck while they carry food)

option 3 (if one of the previous werent good): "Digger" - the time inside burrows is doubled

Gregarious affinity - ant related stuff cannot be non gregarious.

Cannot be "prey", or "imposing".

Unlocked by "Legs" or "Tentacles"

Speed +1 if there is no weather condition.

Running through enemies is easier now.

Prey affinity +2

Predator affinity -1

Split into two darwins with 2/3 of the max HP and attack. both get 33% smaller size.

The second darwin will be controlled in sync with the main darwin but will be considered a charmed ally.

for balancing purposes this cant halve the HP and other stats - then you wouldnt get a benefit out of it.

also this can be an active ability, the ones you activate every X seconds or so, maybe here this could be an ability with a cooldown of 100 seconds so you can build an army

Adds a bonus to certain food types, based on affinities.

Prey affinity high = more progression from plant based foods but lower from meats

Predator affinity high = more progression from meat but lower from other sources

+ Higher chance to find a healing food item from the chosen affinity

The microbiome composition contributes to which foods we process better than others

a one time, one upgrade evolution.

One random evolution you already have will be upgraded to legendary.