Route purpose
Direct-contact damage, meat routing, and Physical scaling for players who want bosses to end quickly instead of becoming endurance checks.
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Physical Predator public records: 9. Starting genetic coverage is 2/9, and numeric result coverage is 4/9. The most repeated related routes are Jaws, Spur, Arms.
Direct-contact damage, meat routing, and Physical scaling for players who want bosses to end quickly instead of becoming endurance checks.
Read guideThe links below support specific dated claims, mechanics, or player-route observations on this page; after a patch, use the current in-game text for exact values.
A level 279 Extinction 7 screenshot shows 336.5 Physical, 446.4 Ability, 999 Max HP, 436.7 Social, 75% Dodge, 476 Plating, and several capped utility stats. The player reports roughly 12,000–14,000 damage per hit with Projectile Tongue and Jaws in the route.
Read guideAn August 6 Endless showcase reached roughly 480% size and 830% attack area at Pressure 10 Extinction 20. The player credits Opportunistic, Pollinator, Primal Spur, fast Claws, and Training Stoner for the route's stat and damage scaling.
Read guideThe original poster returned with a successful Pressure 1 route: green Antlers, Revenge, Physical, Dodge, and regeneration, then a Krabkarren kill that awarded Not even yourself.
Read guideA July 29 Steam follow-up in the pressure-stacking thread adds a fresh current-version benchmark: one player says they pushed Pressure 20 into Extinction 10 while still goofing off, with Talon damage around 18k in the visible comment.
Read guideA July 20 Reddit post adds a new Pressure 20 endless benchmark: the author says this best-ever run reached Extinction 24 over about five hours, was likely strong enough for Ex30, and only ended because they threw the run for mutagen while learning how to time Jaws against enemies with effectively infinite speed.
Read guideA July 3 post-patch run pushed a Pressure 10 opener all the way to Extinction 43 by surviving an early Outlier pivot, using Horns for safer melee spacing, leaning on Burrow for execution, and letting the new Spur specialization scale into a 999 HP and plating shell.
Read guideA June community comment records a Spawn of Chaos route that cleared Pressure 20 and pushed into Extinction 8 as a huge Trunk build with 999 HP and about 89 plating.
Read guideA recent player report records wins at Pressure 17, 18, and 19 with aggressive builds, including a straight physical-scaling Pressure 19 clear and a Claws plus Spur synergy note.
Read guideA Steam achievement guide gives a playtested Pressure 1 clear route using Jaws, Spur, Sharpen, Muscular Tissue, Scales, Carnivore, Legs, Arms, and Wings.
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