FROM THE WORLDWIDE REGISTER
Carpenter Ant
UNCOMMON · 1 RECORDED WORLDWIDE
"A reddish-brown builder that tunnels through wood grain and tends to show up when your house starts feeling like its home."
First recorded by lord headrick the slug, July 12, 2026.
FIELD GUIDE
Skirmisher
Fast, slippery, decent mixed offense · wins by acting first.
STAT TOTAL 300 · UNCOMMON BUDGET 300
| 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 | Dust Kick | MINERAL | physical | 60 | 100% |
| Kicks a blinding spray of grit. May lower Speed. · 20% chance to lower the foe's Speed | |||||
| L12 | Swift | NEUTRAL | physical | 60 | 100% |
| Darts that curve to follow the target. Never misses. | |||||
| L17 | Scowl | NEUTRAL | status | · | 90% |
| A look so grim the target forgets to hurry. Speed harshly falls. · Sharply lowers the foe's Speed | |||||
| L21 | Reckless Charge | NEUTRAL | physical | 90 | 85% |
| A headlong crash that hurts the user too. · 25% recoil | |||||
| L24 | Deep Breath | NEUTRAL | status | · | 100% |
| A centering pause that sharpens the mind. Raises Sp. Atk. · Raises the user's Sp. Atk | |||||
| L27 | Sky Knives | NEUTRAL | status | · | 100% |
| A whirling display of edges. Attack sharply rises. · Sharply raises the user's Attack | |||||
| L30 | Drone Dive | BUG | physical | 100 | 90% |
| One brave flyer does not pull up. The user is hurt by the impact. · 25% recoil | |||||
| L33 | Crushing Grip | NEUTRAL | physical | 75 | 95% |
| Clamps down hard. May crumple the target's guard. · 50% chance to lower the foe's Defense | |||||
| L35 | Super Kick | NEUTRAL | physical | 120 | 75% |
| One tremendous boot. When it lands, it lands. | |||||
| L38 | Stag Charge | BUG | physical | 120 | 85% |
| Horn down, throttle open, apologies later. | |||||
| L40 | Double Cut | NEUTRAL | physical | 120 | 100% |
| Both edges cut, and one of them is yours. · 33% recoil | |||||
Every species draws its own learnset from its type. A specimen learns these as it levels.
FIELD MATCHUPS
THE LEDGER
1 NATURALIST HOLDS ONE
First recorded July 12, 2026. Latest July 12, 2026.
Develops per week, the last twelve weeks. The register began keeping records in July 2026.
ON iNATURALIST
About 473,967 observations worldwide on iNaturalist at the time of minting, which files it as UNCOMMON 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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