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Pair it first with Carnivore and Sharpen and test that relationship in the Vegan Pacifist route. Check Beak, Leech, Snout, Trunk, and other mouth-slot conflicts before committing.
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Snout public records: 4. Starting genetic coverage is 1/4, and numeric result coverage is 1/4. The most repeated related routes are Endless Extinction, Poison Trickster, Smol Dodge.
Pair it first with Carnivore and Sharpen and test that relationship in the Vegan Pacifist route. Check Beak, Leech, Snout, Trunk, and other mouth-slot conflicts before committing.
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A July 25 Steam discussion comment adds a fresh long-run poison benchmark: Pressure 20 carried into Endless 10 with Snout poison scaling, Shifty and Overwhelm support, roughly 13k to 16k total damage on the visible estimate, 3k poison ticks, and more than 134 plating.
Read guideA July 9 Reddit post documents a small-body poison build that reached a first Extinction attempt before dying after popping out of Burrow while eating Krabken, with public text explicitly naming Pollinator, Tentacles, Slither, a poison Antlers plus Snout shell, low-cooldown Slide, and mushroom POIs for extra poison ticks.
Read guideA June Reddit Build Master post records a poison-focused Endless run that reached Extinction 10, where Toxic Sequestration plus Poisonous Saliva and Spit were ticking for about 1100-1500 damage on normal enemies and about 600 on bosses.
Read guideA first Pressure 10 clear that became an endless run: Minimalist plus Alpha bonus, Bull Charge for DPS and movement, later Body Slam for higher DPS, with POI and mushroom routing after the clear.
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