And cute

Updated! Essentially re-written again.

• Silk Production: Now generates regular silk without needing a processor framework. Future updates may add a specialized processor for more complex silk fabrics.
• Defensive Ability: Stay behind these pawns! Periculum , their corrosive gullet ejection, is hazardous to allies as well.
• Temperature Tolerance: Expanded comfort range ensures symbiophores thrive in typical crash-landed environments. For optimal results, choose a tropical biome or build a hothouse.
• Predatory Behavior: Symbiophores now hunt small animals. In warm areas, they may feed on rats or monkeys. Be cautious: wild ones can threaten small children and pets. Keep them well-fed!

Enjoy, and please report bugs or provide feedback. If you like the mod, support it by spreading the word or on ko-fi.com (link in the Description tab).

See bug discussion for hypothermia deaths. I'll soon make a point fix to address a too high minimum temperature. Sorry for inconvenient creature loss. :(

Also, we'll expand the upward temperature so that you can plan habitats, if engaging in sericulture around steam geysers. This _almost_ works with a small enclosure, ideally with a couple of missing roof squares. But, it's just a little too high, before adjusting for seasons for the creatures to be happy.

Alright, finally!

Do remember that symbiophores do not like cooler temperatures. You'll want to keep them at greater than 15C and you'll see the greatest benefits with:

Ambient temperatures above 25C, unroofed and raining. Absolute misery for humans but perfect for the symbiophore - this will maximize their performance as psychic emanators and resource producers.

Because these creatures have a mood, which your pawns experience, we've added mood and silk gland fullness to the animal's inspector tab. Low mood with a well-fed and rested animal will be due to temperature or environmental conditions.

Silk is extremely valuable, beautiful and will increase your colony wealth if you aren't careful.

There's still a _lot_ to be done, but nothing breaking will happen during the rest of the 1.5 life-cycle.

Glad to be back doing what I love.

hooray! can't wait!

@mayonnaise An update is on the way. More than on the way, it's waiting here for me to finish the text as all the code is complete, subject to modification of one feature (which requires coordination with other mods, and will be added later.)

The symbiophore in 1.5 got the capabilities I had planned for 1.4 (but my life was interrupted for nearly a year).

New art, new creature effectively from the 1.4 version.

Hoping to release tonight!

i love this mod but as the previous comment says, it needs a buff. cause i've only seen it show up once in my game, and it didn't do very much of anything psychic.

also, i look forward to any updates!!! :D

ah yes, free +1 mood when raiding encampments for sick loot or when breaching into an ancient complex

I'd say its good as is, perhaps a tad bit more lighter

love the little dudes

These _sound_ like positive comments, some of them.

Would appreciate feedback. Would a lighter shade of color be preferable, or too maggot?

THX!)

they look quite like the image given, just in a spelopede-esque color lol

hello! Is there any screens of how its looks in the game?

the silly creature

what a goober this thing is indeed.

gub. send gub memes.

@mayonnaise mrow.

gub...

Such a cool mod, the arts really nice too ಡ⁠ ͜⁠ ⁠ʖ⁠ ⁠ಡ

Sounds cute ! to the modpack it goes!!