if you absorb a spear you can eat creatures without killing them, you can absorb a spear and bomb together, when you have a bomb absorbed your portions explode when killed by centipedes and etc. you can also absorb a sporepuff which does the same as a bomb but with sporepuffs and also cannot be absorbed together with the spear. if you want to reset all your abilities you need to starve.

also it seems pressing the special key also removes explosive properties, will probably work with a sporepuff as well.

As for The Rot

(Small cysts usually last 2 uses, big ones 6 uses)
Spear, Bug Spear — lets you shoot needle that works like Spearmaster's one.
Explosive spear — first needle is explosive. If cyst was destroyed while still having explosives it will explode. (This explosion doesn't hurt player)
Electric Spear — needles shock with electricity until spear runs out of charge. (Usually 3 shots discharge it) If cyst with charge was destroyed, electric charge will stun creatures nearby.
Bomb — shoots cyst that explodes on impact. Cyst also explodes when destroyed. (This explosion doesn't hurt player)
Vulture Mask (normal, king, scav) — gives cyst additional protection that deflects spears. (Maybe more protection in general, not sure)
Jellyfish — lets you create electricity charge around you that stuns creatures. If cyst was destroyed, electric charge will stun creatures nearby. (Doesn't destroy cyst on uses)
Sporepuff — shoots cyst that explodes with spores on impact. Explodes same way when destroyed.
Lamp — cyst will glow with orange light. Stops glowing when destroyed.
Mushroom — slows down time like mushroom would. (Doesn't destroy cyst on uses)
Tiny Centipede — Same as jellyfish (did nothing in v0.1.4 I guess)
White/Plain Pearl — when creature is absorbed, info about it will appear and pearl will turn pink (I tried but I don't think you can translate it.). Special keybind shows absorbed creatures list on the left. (Because it's a pearl and LttM is here, you know what you can do.)
Firebug Egg — I think it works same as Bomb.
Flashbang — creates flashbang explosion. Same if it was destroyed.

To activate ability firstly hold direction input and then hold Special keybind for a bit.
"Switch Cyst Loadout" (Def: V) — switch between three different loadouts (mimicked items)
"Clear Cyst Loadout" (Def: B) — clear current loadout (returning absorbed item)

Probably should add that to absorb item you take it close to your core and instead of pressing Throw (Def: X) you press Map (Def: Space).

Didn't test Scavenger crafts but I assume combos are same as Gourmand's.

Thanks Syilumi lunari for correcting me.

(27.06)
Just so everybody knows, I'll change info here from time to time if needed.

I also want to add non-gourmand recipes for scavenger: (If anybody knows other unique recipes, pls tell me.)
(First item is what held in hands)
Vulture Mask + Spear — Scavenger Mask with spikes
Vulture Mask + Explosive Spear — Scavenger Mask with spikes
Vulture Mask + Electric Spear — Scavenger Mask with spikes
Vulture Mask + Fire Spear — Scavenger Mask with spikes
Spear + Firecracker Plant — Explosive Spear
Spear + Tiny Centipede — Electric Spear
Rock + Spear — Armor Piece
Armor Piece + Some Plant — Wearable Armor Piece
Spear + Firebug egg — Fire Spear

(29.06)
Thanks Syilumi lunari again for pointing out that you can mix Rot's abilities. (And for telling me about other Scavenger crafts) and bendycake for mentioning Armor crafts. (even earlier)

When you clear loadout you get both items back.

These are mixes that I'm aware of: (Order matters)
Spear, Fire spear + Bomb
Spear, Fire spear + Jellyfish, Tiny Centipede
Vulture Mask + Bomb
Vulture Mask + Jellyfish, Tiny Centipede
Vulture Mask + Sporepuff
Vulture Mask + Lamp
Vulture Mask + Mushroom
Vulture Mask + Flashbang
Vulture Mask + White Pearl

tiny centipede does the same as jellyfish

plain pearls give you something special

I tested tiny centipede again and yep, it does work now (when I tested it before nothing happened)
Also what exactly does absorbing white pearl do? I done few random thing but still don't get it.

scav can craft armor with a spear and a rock then charge the armor with a cherrybomb idk if there are more special ones

Originally posted by RainstormPilgrim:

I tested tiny centipede again and yep, it does work now (when I tested it before nothing happened)
Also what exactly does absorbing white pearl do? I done few random thing but still don't get it.

from what iv seen when its active and you eat something it gives details that are translatable on the creature

I don't think you can actually translate it sadly. Amount of letters is correct but they're randomized each cycle/arena entrance? I even got three same symbols in a name of Spider once.

Originally posted by RainstormPilgrim:

I don't think you can actually translate it sadly. Amount of letters is correct but they're randomized each cycle/arena entrance? I even got three same symbols in a name of Spider once.

guess i was just lucky and the ones correlating to leech seemed correct at least it was like one symbol two of the same symbol and then two more different symbols

Yeah... I was trying to tranlate BLL, first few letters everything is going okay, then same letter repeats and I'm like "What.". Description is also fully randomized I think, first Spider got 6 lines of it, second one got 5 of them.

Originally posted by RainstormPilgrim:

Yeah... I was trying to tranlate BLL, first few letters everything is going okay, then same letter repeats and I'm like "What.". Description is also fully randomized I think, first Spider got 6 lines of it, second one got 5 of them.

i do wonder what story stuff its about since when you fill out the list you get the slugcat information thing maybe the rot was made to keep scugs out of peb's complex heh

"The Unfortunate Development"
But in my experience DLLs excel at hunting Lizards (Artificial moment) not Slugcats. Maybe because I usually try to avoid them, not fight them. (It's really hard to be sneaky with all that metal clicking)

Originally posted by RainstormPilgrim:

"The Unfortunate Development"
But in my experience DLLs excel at hunting Lizards (Artificial moment) not Slugcats. Maybe because I usually try to avoid them, not fight them. (It's really hard to be sneaky with all that metal clicking)

but one of the pebbles dialog when you speak to him says that pebbles made this type of rot for a purpose that it failed before it was made and unlike other rots pebbles says he specifically made you

and in vanilla communications from iterator to iterator they speak about the rot like an illness not a purposed organism to keep pests out, so maybe this rot you play as was meant to do something since pebbles might as well use the illness for something