Muddy Cannibals

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Muddy Cannibals
Also known as	Dirty Cannibals Muddies
Category	Cannibal
Location(s)	Surface
Attacks	claw stone
Attitude	Hostile

Muddy Cannibals are a type of cannibal in Sons of the Forest, and are one of the first enemies encountered in the game.

Gameplay

Muddy Cannibals are emaciated, mud-caked cannibals wandering about the Island. They exhibit a neurotic, feral behavior, screaming and laughing maniacally and constantly crawling or running on all fours. They always appear completely naked and never carry any weapon. However, they may inexplicably drop a Skin Pouch upon being killed. Although difficult to visually identify male and female Muddy Cannibals, female are covered in a slightly lighter tone of mud than males.

Muddy Cannibals are usually seen travelling in groups of two to six in a disorganised fashion, with no clear leader to direct the group. Upon encountering a target, Muddy Cannibals will initially observe it from afar, stalking and intimidating them by either screaming or throwing Small Rocks. After some time however, they will embolden and rush for a strike before quickly scurrying back away to safety. Muddy Cannibals are very agile and move around a lot, with larger groups being able to easily overwhelm the player. However, Muddy Cannibals are very easy to scare; killing one of the group's member or doing actions such as brandishing a head or a skull will quickly cause them to run away in fear. Additionally, Muddies will fear being in clear, open areas; they will run back to the safety of the woods if they find themselves too far away from the trees for too long.

In line with their timid, pack-oriented strategies, Muddy Cannibals can also set up ambushes along trails and significant paths by hiding under a pile of leaves. When the player approaches, the Muddy Cannibal will jump out of the leaf pile. Muddy Cannibals may also appear wearing Creepy Armor, denoting their lack of craftsmanship. These tend to appear on the eastern side of the Island or later on in the game.

Unlike regular cannibals, muddies will eat the corpses of members of their group instead of mourning their deaths. Muddies will fight back against regular cannibals that attack them, and if successful in the battle, will begin to feast.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

• Muddies are quiet and stealthy, and can easily sneak up on the player through the trees and bushes.
• For their size, they deal a very high amount of damage, especially with their two-hit combo attack.

Weaknesses

• Low health; they can be killed or mortally wounded with just a single swing of the modern axe or firefighter axe.
• Highly vulnerable to molotovs and being tased.
• Though their footsteps are quiet and they are able to hide in the bushes, muddies exhibit a highly agitated behavior and can be easily detected due to their tendency to scream and taunt.

Trivia

• Muddies use many of the same sound effects as the skinny cannibals from The Forest, with the exception of their call/bark noise.
• In Patch 01, Muddy aggression levels were decreased at the beginning and end of the game; however, due to their starved nature, they are still more aggressive than regular cannibals from the beginning of the game.

Update history

Version	Changes
Early Access release	Added to the game.
Patch 01	Muddy Cannibals will now get less angry (from player proximity and in late game)