FROM THE WORLDWIDE REGISTER
Beetle
COMMON · 4 RECORDED WORLDWIDE
"A small dark wanderer, pausing briefly on fabric before resuming its cryptic journey."
First recorded by lord headrick the slug, July 21, 2026.
SPECIMENS ON FILE
4 plates on file. Every one is a player's photograph.
FIELD GUIDE
Skirmisher
Fast, slippery, decent mixed offense · wins by acting first.
STAT TOTAL 270 · COMMON BUDGET 270
| LEVEL | MOVE | TYPE | CLASS | POWER | ACCURACY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | Bump | NEUTRAL | physical | 40 | 100% |
| An artless full-body shove. Everyone starts somewhere. | |||||
| L1 | Hard Stare | NEUTRAL | status | · | 100% |
| A withering look that saps the target's will to fight. · Lowers the foe's Attack | |||||
| L2 | Gnat Cloud | BUG | special | 40 | 100% |
| A drifting nuisance that gets everywhere. May lower Speed. · 10% chance to lower the foe's Speed | |||||
| L3 | Leech Bite | BUG | physical | 50 | 100% |
| Drinks deep. Restores half the damage dealt. · Drains 50% of damage dealt | |||||
| L6 | Silk Wrap | BUG | status | · | 95% |
| Sticky thread around the ankles. Lowers the foe’s Speed. · Lowers the foe's Speed | |||||
| L10 | Swarm Sting | BUG | physical | 15 | 85% |
| The colony votes yes. Strikes 2 to 5 times. · Hits 2-5 times | |||||
| L13 | Drone Song | BUG | special | 75 | 100% |
| A thrum that rattles the teeth. May lull the target to sleep. · 10% chance to inflict sleep on the foe | |||||
| L17 | Dust Kick | MINERAL | physical | 60 | 100% |
| Kicks a blinding spray of grit. May lower Speed. · 20% chance to lower the foe's Speed | |||||
| L20 | Chitin Shell | BUG | status | · | 100% |
| The exoskeleton sets a little harder. Raises Defense. · Raises the user's Defense | |||||
| L23 | Shriek | NEUTRAL | status | · | 85% |
| An ear-splitting note that rattles armor loose. Defense harshly falls. · Sharply lowers the foe's Defense | |||||
| L27 | Sky Knives | NEUTRAL | status | · | 100% |
| A whirling display of edges. Attack sharply rises. · Sharply raises the user's Attack | |||||
| L30 | Stag Charge | BUG | physical | 120 | 85% |
| Horn down, throttle open, apologies later. | |||||
Every species draws its own learnset from its type. A specimen learns these as it levels.
FIELD MATCHUPS
THE LEDGER
2 NATURALISTS HOLD ONE
First recorded July 21, 2026. Latest October 17, 2026.
Develops per week, the last twelve weeks. The register began keeping records in July 2026.
ON iNATURALIST
About 12,871,071 observations worldwide on iNaturalist at the time of minting, which files it as COMMON in the register.
MORE BUG PLATES
Every species in the register began as somebody's photograph. Something out there is still unrecorded.
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