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This article is about this Slimes appearance in Slime Rancher 2. For the Slime Rancher article regarding this Slime, see Tangle Slime (Slime Rancher).
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Tangle Slimes are Slimes with flowers on their heads added in version 0.3.0, capable of utilizing vines to reach food and plorts a small distance away from them to feed themselves, and produce buds when their agitation is low.
While they can be found by snaring its Gordo through Gordo Snares, they will spawn consistently during a Level 3 Pollen Storm.
Slimepedia Entry[]
Slimeology:[]
Though the tangle slime may look innocent with its wide smile and colorful flower atop its head, it's actually a fearsome predator with a big appetite for tasty meat. The tangle slime earned its name from the twisting vines that it can produce to grab things in the environment.
Tangle slimes are sometimes found within the creeping vines that grow in areas with heavy pollen weather.
Rancher Risks:[]
The tangle slime can be a handful on the ranch if they're not well-fed at all times. Tangle slimes tunnel their vines underground to snatch food and plots from outside their corrals, but if well-fed, beneficial buds will occasionally grow among their vines.
Plortonomics:[]
Despite the troublesome nature of the slimes that create them, tangle plorts have incredibly beneficial agricultural applications. Fertilizers and growth formulas made from tangle plorts are used by farms all across Earth to greatly enhance crop production.
It's speculated that the unusually high nutrient count found within tangle plorts that now grow Earth's vegetables results from the tangle slime's incredible appetite for chickens, but that's super gruesome so let's just ignore that.
Tips[]
- Because they can reach for food and plorts outside of their corrals using their vines, it's recommended to use building plots a fair distance away from one another.
- Tangle vines can reach up to 10 units.
- For reference, a Puzzle Cube is 1.06 units in each dimension.
Origin[]
The Tangle Slime's name may come from its use of vines, which are often associated with being a tripping hazard when growing wild in forests. The flower on the Tangle Slime's head strongly resembles the Rafflesia flower, a parasitic flower which emits a strong odor to attract flies to spread its pollen. The slime appears to be physically similar to an unripe tomato, and the concept of the Tangle Slime is based on carnivorous plants. Concept art for the Tangle Slime looked very similar to the Pokémon Bulbasaur, and was jokingly called "Bulbaslime".
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Trivia[]
- In the original game, Tangle Slimes spawned by oases in the Glass Desert zone, rather than only spawning during a specific weather event.
- Tangle Slimes may occasionally tunnel their way out of pens due to the collisions with the vines they produce.