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Xenobiologists are in charge of the creation, care, and eventual culling and harvesting of 'Slimes', which are extremely dangerous to handle without the right equipment.
Xenobiologists are in charge of the creation, care, and eventual culling and harvesting of 'Slimes', which are extremely dangerous to handle without the right equipment.


== Familiarize Yourself ==
==Familiarize Yourself==
Generally speaking, you and your slimes will be at a remote facility, far from the main station, referred to as Xenobiology. It has many cells to place your slimes inside of, where they cannot get out without some serious effort. Each cell has a disposals chute, used to safely give food to the slimes inside the cell without endangering yourself, as well as a button to lock down that specific cell, in case the glass breaks or you have something even more dangerous than a slime inside. Elsewhere, you should have a Processor machine, which is used to harvest dead slimes and recycle food.
Generally speaking, you and your slimes will be at a remote facility, far from the main station, referred to as Xenobiology. It has many cells to place your slimes inside of, where they cannot get out without some serious effort. Each cell has a disposals chute, used to safely give food to the slimes inside the cell without endangering yourself, as well as a button to lock down that specific cell, in case the glass breaks or you have something even more dangerous than a slime inside. Elsewhere, you should have a Processor machine, which is used to harvest dead slimes and recycle food. When recycling monkeys, make sure to insert more than one per recycle, otherwise the machine will return no monkey cubes when turned on.


==Get equipped==
==Get equipped==
Before you start breeding the slimes, make sure you have a fire extinguisher in your backpack or hand and a water-tank ready nearby. Both of which are luckily available right here in Xenobiology! (If you are having trouble finding the extinguisher, it is in a case on the wall to the north.)
You'll need these items to do your job.
 
*A fire extinguisher, to efficiently kill slimes. Some slimes might also light you on fire. For best use, move the slime into a corner so all the water hits them.
**Alternatively, use a Space Cleaner bottle filled with water; Space Cleaner bottles can be spam clicked on the tile a slime is standing on, allowing for more water to hit the slime in less time, killing it quicker. It's also usually more precise than using a fire extinguisher. When using the bottle, make sure to set the nozzle to use five units per spray; this won't make the floors slippery, and is potentially more effective for killing slimes chasing you, whereas the ten unit spray will often move over a persuing slime harmlessly, and will wet the floors in the process.
*A syringe, used to inject various fluids (generally Phoron, blood, or water) into Extracts, which you obtain from processing dead Slimes.
*A slimebaton, which functions similarly to a stunbaton, however it is only effectively against Slimes (and Prometheans). One hit will stun the slime for a few seconds, and will discipline it. A slime baton can be used to build a slime securitron, which is very useful if you're the only Xenobiologist but there is a friendly Roboticist onboard. More slimebations can be made in Research and Development.
*A Slime Taser, which like the above, functions similarly to a normal energy weapon, however it is only effective against slimy things like Slimes and Prometheans. The stun duration is smaller than the Baton, however it can be used at range, and across window panes. Like the baton, more can be made in Research and Development.
*Galoshes, which prevent you from slipping on wet surfaces. The fire extinguisher or ten unit Space Cleaner makes the floor wet, and not wearing these can be extremely dangerous if you slip while a slime is trying to eat you.
*Welder and welding helmet. Useful for minor self repairs that will be inevitable, if you or your co-worker is a Full Body Prosthetic or Bound Synthetic. Also useful for mending the cracks on the cell windows, as slimes tend to smash them if they see food on the other side of the window.
 
Optional but highly useful things to acquire to make your job easier.
 
*A slime securitron, from Robotics, which is optimized to fight slimes and other minor xeno-lifeforms.
*A medibot, also from Robotics, to heal you from minor harm the slimes may do to you, as the closest medical bay might be far away or even off-world.
*A temperature gun, from RnD. It can kill slimes at a range when set to the 'cold' setting, and can replace the fire extinguisher.
 
==Basics of Slime Care==
When you start your shift, you should have two grey slime cores, and two other slime cores of a random color, all in separate cells. When you're ready to start, you can inject one of the grey slime cores with ten units phoron to spawn a new grey baby slime. After a few seconds, the new grey slime will stop being incapacitated, and will promptly try to escape to eat you. You should use either your taser or your baton to stun the slime, wait several seconds until they try to attack again, then and stun them again. Continue this process until examining them show that they 'look rather obedient'. From then on, that slime shouldn't, unprompted, attack you or your fellows, and future generations from that slime will be obedient after one justified stun (more on that in the [[#Slime Psychology|'Slime Psychology']] section). Repeat for the other grey extract in the other cell. One of these cells should be dedicated to growing grey slimes, so you will have a renewable source of monkey cubes. If you run out of monkey cubes, you will need to get more from Cargo, which could take a while.
 
When subjugating slimes, there are some tricks you can use to keep yourself safe. If a slime is bashing against the windows or windoor, you can stand next to the interior windoor (the one closest to the cell itself) and use your baton through the windoor to stun the slime. The slime will not be able to hit you through the windoor, but you will be able to hit it. If the slimes stack on top of one another to bash at the windows, you can aim past the slimes and fire the taser - the taser shot should automatically hit the ones that are hostile. Be careful to not fire too many shots when doing this, as the taser shots will eventually hit non-hostile slimes if there are no hostile slimes left.
 
When your 'grey' cell slime reproduces, you should always ensure that one grey slime is always alive inside, and kill or separate the rest into different cells. It is a good idea to keep one grey extract in reserve in case all of your greys are lost, for whatever reason, as injecting a grey extract will create a new grey slime.
 
Cells should never have more than one color of slime inside, as they tend to fight each other and it can be difficult to tase them due to other slimes being in the way. Once again, aiming past the hostile slimes should hit the hostile slimes.
 
Monkeys on VoreStation can be carried in your hands and on your head, which can be useful for transporting them around and leaving them in cells or the disposal bins.
 
Remember to recharge your baton, taser, spray bottle/extinguisher, and anything else between feeding the slimes, so you're ready for the new generation of hostile slimes that'll turn up once the slimes reproduce.
 
Some colors are more useful than others. For instance;
 
*Dark Purple, obtained from going (Grey > Purple > Dark Purple) or (Grey > Orange > Dark Purple), allows for a renewable source of phoron. You start with two sheets, which gives 40u of liquid phoron when ground up, or 8 injections. Generally, the more useful reactions from extracts require phoron, so Dark Purple is a good goal to work towards early.
*Blue, which is just one step from Grey, will give you two useful things. Slime stability agents reduce the odds of mutation when a slime reproduces, which you should give to your dedicated Grey slime until the chance goes to 0%, to increase the average yield of monkey cubes as well as to prevent the rare but possible situation of all four new slimes not being Grey anymore. Blue slimes also give you Frost Oil, which isn't terribly useful on its own but can be very useful when paired with a Metal Slime, for reasons explained below.
*Metal, which like Blue, is one step from Grey. Metal slime extracts allow for most types of metal material to become renewable, which includes steel, plasteel, gold, silver, uranium, and platinum. One extract creates 20u metamorphic liquid metal, which will turn into a different type of liquid metal (e.g. liquid gold, liquid silver, etc) when it torches them in a reagent container, like a beaker. Liquid metals are not very useful on their own, but can be made into a solid sheet of material by adding 5u Frost Oil to the reagent container. The Frost Oil is consumed when this is done, and 20u of liquid metal makes one sheet. Frost Oil is obtained from Blue slimes.
*Purple, which is like Blue and Metal, one step away from Grey. The extract can make a Slime Steroid Agent, which when applied to a living slime, will increase how many extracts it will make when put in the processor.
*Cerulean, which is obtained from (Grey > Blue > Dark Blue > Cerulean) or (Grey > Purple > Dark Blue > Cerulean), will create Extract Enhancement Agent, which adds more uses to an extract. This is extremely useful, as less slimes need to be breed to produce a given number of things.
*Red, which is obtained from (Grey > Orange > Red), will make a Slime Mutation Agent, which increases the odds of mutation when slimes split. Useful for if you're targeting a specific color, as higher odds for mutation mean less generations are needed to get there.
*Yellow, obtained from (Grey > Orange > Yellow) or (Grey > Metal > Yellow), can create self recharging 10k power cells, which are very useful for Bound Synthetics, Hardsuits, Defibs, certain APCs, and potentally anything that uses power cells.
*Pink, obtained from (Grey > Blue > Pink), can be used as a source of healing, both while alive, as well as when using their extracts. The extracts can produce three different kinds of advanced medications, which Medical might want. The medications can fix organs, fix bleeding, or fix bones, depending on what is injected into the extract.
*Light Pink, which is one step from Pink (Grey > Blue > Pink > Light Pink), can be used to make a specific slime be friendly and harmless forever, which might be useful to use on a Pink slime, so you can replace a medibot.
*Sapphire, obtained from (Grey > Metal > Gold > Sapphire), is how you get Prometheans. The extract gives you a slime cube, which creates a Promethean if it can find another player who wishes to play as one.
 
==Slime Protection==
Slimes can kill you in many ways, dependent mostly on their color. Wearing the correct armor when handling a specific color can make survival much easier. Xenobiology has been provided with a large range of specialized clothing to wear, when the need arises.
 
*Bio Suits, which prevent damage from slimes trying to eat you. Note that slimes will wise up to this and instead try to glomp you to death instead. A bio suit will also stop slimes from spreading certain chemical-based attacks onto you.
*Fire Suits, as the orange slime can ignite you, and the dark purple slime can release Phoron gas if killed improperly.
*Bomb suits, as the oil slime explodes if killed improperly (hit with fire).
*Radiation suits, as the green slime is radioactive. It is also thick enough to protect from slime chemical attacks.
 
==Slime Life-cycle==
[[File:Slime-mutations-Temp.png|thumb|
Here is a chart of all the slime reproductive color cycle.
]]
Slimes start their life as a small baby. Don't be fooled, it is still very dangerous and capable of killing anyone careless. Slimes require food, or else they will die. Starving slimes have been known to turn on their captors.
 
When fed enough, baby slimes will grow into an 'adult' form, which makes them tougher. When the slime eats enough as an adult, it will reproduce, by splitting into four new slimes. There is a small chance that one or more of the new slimes may mutate into a different color. If this happens, the slimes occupying the cell should either be disciplined to obedience or separated by color to different cells, as undisciplined slimes will fight each other to the death if they are separate colors. A slime taser is useful for this, as it can shoot through the glass of the cell, though hitting the undisciplined slime(s) can be tricky. Shooting past the slimes may help, as mentioned earlier.
 
==Slime Psychology==
 
===Discipline===
Slimes can be subjugated by force by various means, usually using either the slimebaton or the taser, indicated by examining the slime (so long as it's not incapacitated by a stun) and seeing 'It has been subjugated by force, at least for now.' The slime will give a sad face, however it won't harm humanoids for a little while. If it was trying to kill something, it will stop doing so.
 
Successfully removing a slime from someone it's eating will also discipline it.
 
Beating the slime with a heavy object repeatively will sometimes discipline it, however this is not guaranteed.
 
===Obedience===
Giving 'justified' disciplining to a slime will cause it to become more obedient, making future disciplining last longer. Sufficient amounts of obedience can make discipline last forever, indicated by examining the slime and seeing 'It looks rather obedient' under its description. This obedience will partially carry on to generations derived from that slime - slimes reproduced from obedient slimes will only take one act of 'justified' discipline to become obedient. Note that rather obedient slimes are still dangerous, as they will still defend themselves against attackers.
 
An act of discipline is 'justified' when it is done while the slime is trying to harm or eat someone, otherwise it is 'unjustified'.


In addition, you also want a supply of monkeys, available through the monkey-cubes on the table. Simply unwrap them, spray with water and shove into the disposal tube into the pen.
A slime securitron will automatically engage 'guilty' slimes, but leave innocent ones alone.


Xenobiology also includes:
===Resentment===
* Slime Analyzers, which when used on a slime will tell you some useful information about the slime
Giving 'unjustified' disciplining to a slime will cause the slime to hold resentment towards their captors. If pushed too far, the slime will enrage, and try to kill everything it can see, so try to not be like Security.
* A grinder and five sheets of phoron, which you may grind up and inject into slime cores
* Operating table, scalpel, and circular saw for getting extracts out of slimes
* Smart Fridge to store slime extracts in
* A bottle of space cleaner to clean up the inevitable spills
* Syringes and beakers for your slime-related experiments
* A cloning tube and related console (coordinate with Xenoarcheology to use this)


==Gotta catch em' all!==
Sometimes it is possible to calm down a raging slime with enough disciplining, however it is generally easier and safer to just kill it with a slimebaton and fire extinguisher/Space Cleaner.
There are several different types of slime. You begin with two 'grey slimes', but, you can breed them to catch all the <strike>pokèmon!</strike> slimes! Each kind of slime has its own powers from its extract.


When well fed, an adult slime will split into 4 slimes with a 25-35% chance of mutating each (the exact chance can be read with the Slime Analyzer). In theory, this means a 68%-82% chance of at least one mutation (depending on the particular slime's genetic mutability), but this is not something you should count on. This flowchart shows the results of each slime's mutations when splitting, with options labeled "2x" having twice the chance of occurring.
A slime securitron will engage an enraged slime in a fight to the death, not stopping until the slime dies, or the securitron is destroyed.


[[File:Slime_geneology2.png]]
===Speech===
Slimes appear to be capable of slow, simple speech, and will respond to various topics and requests that it hears.


===Recommended Slimes===
If a slime likes you enough or is sufficiently obedient, it can be given certain commands, such as to '''follow''' you, to '''stop''' attacking/eating/following things, or to '''attack''' a specific target. You'll need to say the slime's 'name', or say 'slimes' to give the command to all the slimes that can hear you.
While this part is purely optional to follow, it is HIGHLY recommended to breed at least one or two dark purple slimes as fast as you can for additional plasma (or you can yell at the miners).


Keeping at least one pen producing grey slimes is a very good idea in order to have a sustainable monkey flow.
You can also say hi to them, and they will respond.


Purple slimes are a likely by-product of trying to get Dark Purple slimes and have the added benefit that feeding the slime steroids to the Greys and the Dark Purples before killing and harvesting will significantly increase plasma/monkey amounts gained. Try out harvesting one baby purple and then using the steroids from it on a second baby purple! Repeat as necessary.
===Tactics===
All slimes have various means to harm things. The most common attack is a 'glomp' which will hurt whatever it hits, and will hurt more if the slime is a big one. Some slime colors will cause a substance to enter your bloodstream if it successfully hits you. Sufficiently thick clothing should stop that from happening.


A slightly harder but very much worth it alternative to Purple slimes is Cerulean slimes. They have two primary benefits:
A more dangerous 'attack' is that the slime may decide to attach themselves onto their victim, which is how slimes eat things. This causes severe cellular damage to the victim, and will require advanced medical treatment to fix, so you are advised to remove the slime from yourself or your co-worker <abbr>ASAP</abbr> if it latches on by clicking it with a '''disarm''' intent. A slime securitron will rush to you if this happens to you. Slimes won't try to eat inorganic entities, instead glomping them.
* They do not evolve further, meaning you are assured without using steroids or enhancers three cerulean extracts and one breeding slime.
* The result of injecting their extract with plasma is extract enhancer, which allows three uses of any given extract. The benefit of this is that you do not need to decide ahead of time which extracts you want more uses of. And combined WITH Steroids, a single slime can give nine uses.


== Population Control ==
Slimes can also incapacitate its target in two ways. First, it can try to knock down its target by shoving them down, which stuns for a brief moment, however it is not guaranteed to work. Second, it can use stored up electricity to shock a target to stun them for a longer period of time. After downing a target, a slime generally will try to eat it if it's organic, or continue glomping it to death if not.
'''THIS [[File:Extinguisher.png]]IS GOING TO BE YOUR BEST FRIEND, HAVE ONE AT ALL TIMES'''


You should always have 1-6 slimes, depending on how many pens you are using. More and you can't control them properly. Less and your job is over.
===Friend or Foe===
Slimes will never willingly harm another slime of the same color, or a Promethean. When under the effects of discipline, a slime will not try to fight or eat humanoids or robotic entities, but will still eat monkeys.


Decide how many you can handle at once, keeping in mind the adults split into four when sated.
A slime pacified with a slime docility agent will never harm anyone and is incapable of doing any harm. Pacified slimes will also never enrage, even with a red slime extract.


=== All slimes dead ===
An enraged slime will ignore the effects of discipline.
<strike>Job's over, man. Job's over!</strike> Hope you have a grey slime extract, if not, then your job's over, man. Job's over!


=== 1-6 baby slimes ===
==Slimes Biology==
If you need more extracts put one monkey in the disposal and wait for the slime(s) to grow, then another and wait for the slime(s) to split.
Slimes come in many colors, and most of them have unique properties. Their extracts will do different things depending on the color, as well. Non-obedient slimes will attack slimes of a different color, so disciplining them to obedience or separating them with different cells is required.
As tempting as it may be, do not send in two monkeys at once. The slime might decide the second is a friend and refuse to eat it!
You might want to make sure to stay in sight of the slimes to keep an eye on when they grow and split.


[[File:Slimecontrol.png|thumb|Slime Crowd Control]]
When slimes reproduce, there is a chance that one or more of the offspring will mutate into a different color. The chance is usually at around 25%, however this can be increased or decreased by giving the slime a mutation agent or stability agent, which can be obtained from a red extract and blue extract, respectively.
=== Adult slimes have split ===
Time to kill one (or more). '''Warning:''' This is the part of the job that's most likely to get you killed.


Ideally, you want to do this the EXACT moment after the slime in the pen (You ARE keeping only one adult slime per pen, right?) has split.
Each color, except for the grey slime, will have a specific trait unique to that color, and may warrant additional preparation before handling. A list of slime colors is provided below.


Select which slime(s) you want to breed (If multiple, put in a empty pen or make room in a occupied one) and proceed to drag the ones you want to cull into the tiny 'airlock' of the pen with you.
===Special:===


Do not worry, as long as you are regarded as a 'friend' (Which you should be, if you feed it and kept in sight) and they are not extremely hungry, the slimes should not feed on you. They might still cause some brute damage if you take too long though.
====Rainbow slime====
'''Tier:''' N/A
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' Never harms or is harmed by another slime due to different color
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
The rainbow slime is very rare color that other slimes consider to be their color, and so they won't attack it.
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Spawns a random xenobio slime
|-
|Blood
|Spawns a random extract
|-
|Water
|Causes you and people in short radius to see pretty colors
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates unity agent. When used on slime, causes them to never attack slimes of other colors. This is inheritable
|}


Once you have them there, simply spray with water. Once the ones you don't want are dead, feed the remaining slimes, harvesting extracts as needed.
===Tier 0===


===A slime wants to be your special friend===
===='''Grey Slime''' [[File:Greybabyslime.gif|32px]]====
So you managed to piss it off, eh? Your safest bet here is to push it off (Help or Disarm Intent on the Slime) you and leg it, quite simply. Hide in a locker and yell for help if you can't get out of xenobiology itself.
'''Tier:''' 0
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
'''Special Abilities:''' N/A
'''Recommended Preperations:''' N/A
Grey slimes are the first slimes you will have, as you start with two. It's generally recommended to always have a cell with grey slimes, as their extracts create monkey cubes, which you will need a lot of.  
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Spawns a Grey Slime
|-
|Blood
|Spawns 4 unwrapped monkey cubes
|-
|Water
|Creates 30 units of slime jelly in the extract
|-
|Slime Jelly
|N/A
|}


== Extract Harvesting ==
===Tier 1===
Drag the dead slime over to the operating table and set your intent to grab.<br>
Get a grab on it and click on the table to lay it down. Then use a scalpel on the slime twice, and after that use your circular saw until the slime is out of extracts. (There is only one extract unless you used a slime steroid on the slime before killing it.)


== Formulas ==
===='''Orange Slime'''[[File:Orangebabyslime.gif|32px]]====
'''Grey Slime'''
'''Tier:''' 1
[[File:Greybabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Special Abilities:''' Increases flammability of targets per hit, chance to ignite per hit
** Blood: Creates three monkey cubes.
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a firesuit
** Phoron: Creates a grey slime. Could be useful if you have extra grey slimes, but want to make sure you don't run out of them, or if you want to be sure to have a grey slime to start over with. When entering late in the round when the initial slimes have starved, cutting out their cores and injecting them with plasma will let you continue.
Orange slimes can light you on fire if you're careless, however generally this is not a big deal as you have a fire extinguisher (you did bring one right?). If you want to be extra safe, wear a fire suit.
* Potential Children: Grey, Orange, Purple, Blue, Metal.
{| class="wikitable"
* Potential Parents: Grey.
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates instant phoron fire in location you're in. Dangerous
|-
|Blood
|Creates a heatwave that raises temperature of air and mobs in vicinity. Dangerous
|-
|Water
|Creates a large amount of harmless smoke
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates 30 units of pyrotoxin in the extract
|}


'''Orange Slime'''
===='''Purple Slime'''[[File:Purplebabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Orangebabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 1
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
** Phoron: When injected with phoron, after a short delay the extract will create a fire. It also increases the air pressure a fair amount, which can conceivably slam you against a wall and kill you.
'''Special Abilities:''' Injects toxins per hit
** Blood: Extract creates capsaicin (pepper spray/hot sauce) when injected with blood. Usable as a 'ghetto stun' if you can find a good way to apply it to to your <strike>victim</strike> test subject.
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a biosuit
* Potential Children: Orange, Dark Purple, Yellow, Red
Purple slimes inject a weak but long lasting toxin into their victim with each attack. A thick armor such as a biosuit or spacesuit will stop this from affecting you.
* Potential Parents: Grey, Orange, Yellow, Dark Purple, Red
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates a steroid agent. When used on slime, it increases the amount of cores they will produce by 1, up to maximum of 5. This is not inheritable
|-
|Blood
|Creates infertility agent. When used on slime, decreases amount of babies they will have by 2, down to minimum of 2. This is not inheritable
|-
|Water
|Creates shrink agent. When used on adult slime, turns them back into their baby form
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates fertility agent. When used on slime, increases amount of babies they will have by 2, up to maximum of 6. This is not inheritable. Note that the slime will require extra space to split - be aware of this when working with the [[Virgo Orbital Research Establishment#NRV Stellar Delight|Stellar Delight's]] smaller cells!
|}


'''Purple Slime'''
===='''Blue Slime'''[[File:Bluebabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Purplebabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 1
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
** Phoron:  Extract creates a bottle of slime steroid when injected with phoron. Slime steroid is a potent chemical mix that will cause a slime to generate more extract. Useful when used on dark purple slimes for phoron, grey slimes for monkeys, or just about any slime you want to research thoroughly. Apply it to a baby slime before killing it, and it will have three cores.
'''Special Abilities:''' Injects cryo-toxin
** Sugar: Inject extract with sugar to create slime jelly, a highly toxic substance. Useful if you need to frame the cook.
  '''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a biosuit
* Potential Children: Purple, Dark Purple, Dark Blue, Green
Blue slimes chill their enemies with cryo-toxin, so a biosuit will keep that away from you. Don't wear a winter coat, it isn't thick enough to stop the injection and it will actually make it take longer to warm up, potentially making the cryo-toxin lethal.
* Potential Parents: Grey, Purple, Dark Purple, Dark Blue
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates 30 units of frost oil in the extract
|-
|Blood
|Creates a stability agent. When used on slime, decreases their mutation chance by 15%, down to minimum of 0%. This is inheritable
|-
|Water
|Creates a pulse of calmness, that un-enrages all enraged slimes in vision range and removes their rage modifier (as well as from prometheans that might have one due to red extract's effect)
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates 30 units of cryotoxin in the extract
|}


'''Blue Slime'''
===='''Metal Slime'''[[File:Metalbabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Bluebabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 1
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
** Phoron: Extract creates 10 units of frost oil. This is created inside the extract and can be drawn out with a syringe.
'''Special Abilities:''' More durable, resistant to weak weapons
* Potential Children: Blue, Dark Blue, Silver, Pink
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
* Potential Parents: Grey, Blue, Dark Blue, Silver
Metal slimes are harder to kill by virtue of being able to take more punishment before dying. They are one of the few slimes able to survive a dark blue extract cold snap. They otherwise aren't much more dangerous than a regular grey slime.
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates 3 stacks, 10 sheets each, of random basic construction materials
|-
|Blood
|Creates 2 stacks, 10 sheets each, of random advanced construction materials
|-
|Water
|Creates 3 stacks, 5 sheets each, of random 'unorthodox' materials
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates 1 stack, 25 sheets of steel
|}


'''Metal Slime'''
===Tier 2===
[[File:Metalbabyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Phoron: Creates 15 sheets of metal and 5 sheets of plasteel. Expect the roboticist to want the products.
* Potential Children: Metal, Yellow, Silver, Gold
* Potential Parents: Grey, Metal, Silver, Yellow


'''Dark Purple Slime'''
===='''Yellow Slime'''[[File:Yellowbabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Darkpurplebabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 2
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Threat Level:''' High
** Phoron: Creates several sheets of phoron. Yessir, NT can link anything to the production of phoron. Also useful to keep up your supply of phoron for further experiments.
'''Special Abilities:''' Shoots lightning, charges electricity faster
* Potential Children: Dark Purple, Orange, Purple, Sepia
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Out-range slime with slime taser, wear insulation if possible
* Potential Parents: Dark Purple, Orange, Purple
Yellow slimes are one of the few slimes to possess a ranged attack. Be warned, the lightning can go through the glass of its cell, so the blast doors may be required. The lightning technically has a very high range, but slimes will only fire it if they are between two to three meters from their target. Yellow slimes don't fire lightning when in melee range (their glomps actually hurt more, however).
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates a lightning strike. Dangerous
|-
|Blood
|Creates an eternal flashlight
|-
|Water
|Creates EMP pulse. Dangerous
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates a self-charging slime battery
|}


'''Dark Blue Slime'''
===='''Dark Purple Slime'''[[File:Darkpurplebabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Darkbluebabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 2
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Threat Level:''' High
** Phoron: Creates a burst of cold after a short time. This would be useful for killing slimes in an area around you, for example if you had incautiously activated a red slime extract. However, the burst is not strong enough to kill even a baby slime.
'''Special Abilities:''' Injects phoron per attack, creates phoron fire if killed with fire
* Potential Children: Dark Blue, Purple, Blue, Cerulean
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a biosuit
* Potential Parents: Dark Blue, Purple, Blue
Dark Purple slimes inject phoron into its target, which is extremely toxic, so a biosuit is required.
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|n/a
|-
|Blood
|n/a
|-
|Water
|Creates 30 units of phoron in the extract
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates 30 units of blood in the extract
|}


'''Silver Slime'''
===='''Dark Blue Slime'''[[File:Darkbluebabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Silverbabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 2
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Threat Level:''' High
** Phoron: Creates a brief flash of light (does not stun, but does white out the interface for you and others nearby). When the flash ends, it leaves behind a small number of random food items which can be literally anything edible, from the mundane to the exotic--including things like brain burgers, death berries, or even an appendix.
'''Special Abilities:''' Lowers temperature of nearby entities, resistant to cold temperatures
* Potential Children: Silver, Blue, Metal, Pyrite
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a winter coat
* Potential Parents: Silver, Blue, Metal
Dark Blue slimes passively lower the temperature of entities near it. It doesn't actually lower the room temperature, however. Note that other slimes can be harmed by the 'cold aura'. Dark Blue slimes are also unharmed by cold temperatures, however water will still kill them.
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates a freezing cold snap that chills mobs, deals massive damage to slimes and reduces temperature in the viccinity. Dangerous
|-
|Blood
|Grants a buff that provides resistance to temperature and heat damage in short radius
|-
|Water
|Creates 5 units of ice in the extract
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates a death agent. When used on slime, instantly deals massive damage that should kill any slime instantly
|}


'''Yellow Slime'''
===='''Silver Slime'''[[File:Silverbabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Yellowbabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 2
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Threat Level:''' Medium-High
** Phoron: Extracts become charged slime cores, carrying the equivalent of a whopping ten high-capacity power cells. Unfortunately it cannot be recharged at all.
'''Special Abilities:''' Reflects beams and energy projectiles
** Blood: Extract creates an EMP. It's a quite big blast as well, useful if that AI is onto your [[traitor|tricks]].
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Use slimebation instead of xeno taser
** Water: Extract creates a glowing slime extract that emits light like a flashlight.
Silver slimes will always deflect most energy-based weapons. This includes the slime taser. This can cause you to accidentally discipline the wrong slime, posing an enrage risk if the slime you hit didn't deserve to be tased. The slimebation still works on them.
* Potential Children: Yellow, Orange, Metal, Bluespace
{| class="wikitable"
* Potential Parents: Yellow, Orange, Metal
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates 2 stacks, 5 sheets each of random basic science materials
|-
|Blood
|Creates 1 stack, 3 sheets of random advanced science material
|-
|Water
|Creates 3 stacks, 5 sheets each (1 for particle smasher materials) of completely random materials
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates 1 stack, 10 sheets of silver
|}


'''Red Slime'''
===='''Red Slime'''[[File:Redbabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Redbabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 2
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Threat Level:''' Medium-High
** Phoron: Creates Slime Glycerol.
'''Special Abilities:''' Moves faster, enrages if disciplined
** Blood: Makes nearby slimes rabid. Has some [[traitor|fun]] uses. Slimes will still pay attention to "friend" designations, and will not attack you if they consider you one.
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Don't discipline if possible, otherwise isolate it from everything else
* Potential Children: Red, Oil
Red slimes are extremely aggressive, and will never submit to your attempts to civilize them. They also move faster than other slimes.
* Potential Parents: Red, Orange
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates a mutation agent. When used on slime, increases their chance to evolve by 12%, up to maximum of 100%. This is inheritable
|-
|Blood
|Enrages all slimes and prometheans in the viccinity. Dangerous
|-
|Water
|Creates 30 units of capsaicin in the extract
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates ferality agent. When used on slime, causes them to behave like a red slime, and react to all discipline attempts with more anger. This is inheritable. But why?
|}


'''Green Slime'''
===='''Green Slime'''[[File:Greenbabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Greenbabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 2
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
** Phoron: Creates one unit of mutation toxin, which can be drawn back out of the used extract with a syringe. Make sure to isolate this toxin with the help of a chemist friend - the syringe will also draw out slime jelly, another toxin that will gib you in a matter of minutes! Injecting yourself with the mutation toxin (alone, as you isolated it, right?) will turn you into a slime-(wo)man, and slimes will see you as one of their own and never attack you. Keep in mind though that you are no longer technically human (though not necessarily a threat) as far as the AI and Cyborgs are concerned.
'''Special Abilities:''' Radioactive, injects radium per hit
* Potential Children: Green, Black
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a radiation suit
* Potential Parents: Green, Purple
Green slimes will irradiate nearby entities and cause their cell to become radioactive for awhile. This can be bad or can be put to use with creative means.
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates a single pulse of radiation. Dangerous
|-
|Blood
|Creates an irradiated slimeball that constantly emits radiation. Dangerous
|-
|Water
|Creates 30 units of radium in the extract
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates 1 stack, 10 sheets of uranium
|}


'''Pink Slime'''
===='''Pink Slime'''[[File:Pinkbabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Pinkbabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 2
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
** Phoron: Creates a bottle of docility potion, a potent chemical mix that will nullify a baby slime's powers, causing it to become docile and tame and letting you name it. You too can have your own pet, just like the HoP!
'''Special Abilities:''' Heals living entities nearby
* Potential Children: Pink, Light Pink
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
* Potential Parents: Blue, Pink
Pink slimes heal other entities near it. Things being healed will sparkle pink for a few seconds. It won't apply the heal to things the slime is trying to kill, so you will likely need to discipline or pacify the slime before you can use it as a source of healing.
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates 30 units of slime bone fixing chem (Agent B) in the extract
|-
|Blood
|Creates 30 units of slime IB fixing chem (Agent A) in the extract
|-
|Water
|Creates 30 units of slime organ fixing chem (Agent C) in the extract
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates a pulse that heals 25 of each damage type for all carbon mobs in the viccinity (including dead)
|}


'''Gold Slime'''
===='''Gold Slime'''[[File:Goldbabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Goldbabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 2
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
** Phoron: Spawns 1-3 hostile creatures! Any hostile mob that exists in the code that isn't blacklisted (e.g. human mobs, robot mobs, bugged/unfinished mobs) has a chance to spawn. You can use this to learn about creatures that might otherwise only appear during events, or to have a chance to obtain resources normally not available without events like Xenomorphs or Space Carp. This is very dangerous, so ensure a well armed [[Security Officer]] is close by.
'''Special Abilities:''' Immune to stuns
** Nutriment: Same as Phoron, except the mods are guaranteed to also try to eat you after they finish kicking the shit out of you <s>or you lie down and accept your fate like the preyslut you are</s>.
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
** Blood: Spawns 1-3 neutral creatures! These lovable pets can also include hostile mobs which have had their faction changed so they won't attack the crew! Be careful, because they'll still attack some things like piloted mechs, robots (not [[Cyborgs]]), and any mob whose faction is not set to neutral, including your other slimes. Mobs that provide useful resources will '''not''' be possible to spawn in this way, because that would make it too easy.
The gold slime absorbs energy, and trying to stun it will actually charge it. Despite this, your slime tools will still discipline it, so this is only an issue if it enrages.
* Potential Children: Gold, Adamantine
{| class="wikitable"
* Potential Parents: Metal, Gold
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates 3 random mobs. Dangerous
|-
|Blood
|Creates a random hostile mob. Dangerous
|-
|Water
|Creates a random passive or retaliate mob
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates 1 stack, 10 sheets of gold
|}


'''Bluespace Slime'''
===Tier: 3===
[[File:Bluespacebabyslime.gif|32px]]
* Inject the extract with:
** Phoron: Will teleport anything in the room not nailed down to a random beacon in the world.
* Potential Children: Bluespace
* Potential Parents: Yellow, Bluespace


'''Sepia Slime'''
===='''Bluespace Slime'''[[File:Bluespacebabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Sepiababyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 3
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Threat Level:''' High
** Phoron: Creates a camera. How? Slime Magic!
'''Special Abilities:''' Teleports to target
** Blood: Creates some film for a camera. How? More Slime Magic!
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Seal slime behind blast doors
* Potential Children: Sepia
The Bluespace slime can teleport out of its cell, which makes containing it difficult. The best method is to stun it with the slimebaton, then close the blast doors very fast. Running away from a Bluespace slime without the ability to stun it is generally futile.
* Potential Parents: Sepia, Dark Purple
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates 5 slime crystals that teleport you to random location in short radius when used
|-
|Blood
|Creates a bluespace slime pouch. Functions identically to bluespace bags
|-
|Water
|Randomly teleports mobs within short range. Dangerous
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates precise slime teleporter
|}


'''Cerulean Slime'''
====Ruby Slime====
[[File:Ceruleanbabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 3
* Inject the extract with:
'''Threat Level:''' Very High
** Phoron: Creates a bottle of extract enhancer. When used on a extract it triples the amount of uses it has. You can start laughing madly now.
'''Special Abilities:''' Unnatural physical strength
* Potential Children: Cerulean
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Kite and use slime taser, or ask security for riot armor
* Potential Parents: Cerulean, Dark Blue
The Ruby slime is very strong physically, and has the potential to crit a human in three hits. The slime has an outgoing damage multipler, reduced incoming damage, higher base health, and is stunned for less time. This ability can be yours, at least temporarily, with its extract.
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Grants a buff that increases your HP and melee damage, reduces incoming damage and susceptibility to debuffs
|-
|Blood
|Pulls unanchored objects around you in
|-
|Water
|Creates 30 units of brute juice in the extract
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Pushes unanchored objects around you out
|}


'''Pyrite Slime'''
===Cerulean Slime[[File:Ceruleanbabyslime.gif|32px]]===
[[File:Pyritebabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 3
* Inject the extract with:
'''Threat Level:''' Medium
** Phoron: Creates some paint. <strike>For the love of all that is holy, don't give it to the clown!</strike> There are no clowns. Moving on.
'''Special Abilities:''' Higher base stations than average
* Potential Children: Pyrite
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
* Potential Parents: Silver, Pyrite
The Cerulean slime is a 'jack of all trades, master of none' color, so it isn't much more threatening than a regular grey slime.
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates enhancer agent. When used on an extract, even inert, gives it two more uses. Can't be used multiple times on same extract
|-
|Blood
|Creates invigoration agent. When used on an extract, even inert, destroys it and creates slime of same type as the extract
|-
|Water
|Creates mimic agent. When used on another agent, turns into a copy of that agent
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates a random slime agent
|}


'''Oil Slime'''
====Amber Slime====
[[File:Oilbabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 3
* Inject the extract with:
'''Threat Level:''' High
** Phoron: Creates an explosion after a moment.
'''Special Abilities:''' Feeds other slimes passively
* Potential Children: Oil
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Separate from other slimes to prevent runaway slime reproduction
* Potential parents: Oil, Red
The Amber slime feeds other slimes (it cannot feed itself, fortunately) through some unknown process, and can cause them to reproduce without being fed monkeys. This can be exploited if one is careful.
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates feeding agent. When used on slime, instantly causes it to become an adult and then split
|-
|Blood
|Creates 2 to 4 random pieces of food
|-
|Water
|Creates 3 to 5 nutirious slime globs
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates 30 units of special super-nutritious slime goop in the extract
|}


'''Black Slime'''
===='''Oil Slime'''[[File:Oilbabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Blackbabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 3
* Inject the extract with:
'''Threat Level:''' High
** Phoron: Randomly creates between 1 and 50 pieces of a random mineral. It also has a 1/1000 chance to explode, and a 1/10 chance to do nothing at all. Pay attention and keep your distance when working with black slime cores. If it begins to vibrate violently, <b>run</b>.
'''Special Abilities:''' Explodes if hit with fire or another explosion
* Potential Children: Black
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Wear a bombsuit
* Potential Parents: Black, Green
Oil slimes are essentially walking welding tanks. Don't try to kill one with a welder, laser, or anything that causes burns, as it will make it explode.
If an oil slime gets enraged, it will do a suicide charge at someone and blow themselves up. This is extremely lethal if it attaches to you before exploding.
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates 30 units of welding fuel in the extract
|-
|Blood
|Creates 30 units of cooking oil in the extract
|-
|Water
|Creates a fake explosion (sounds like a real one though!)
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates a real explosion. Dangerous
|}


'''Light Pink Slime'''
====Emerald Slime====
[[File:Lightpinkbabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 3
* Inject the extract with:
'''Threat Level:''' High
** Phoron: Creates a bottle of docility potion. Docility potion is a potent chemical mix that will nullify an adult slime's powers, causing it to become docile and tame. Your pet is bigger than the HoP's!
'''Special Abilities:''' Makes entities nearby go very fast for a few moments
* Potential Children: Light Pink
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
* Potential Parents: Light Pink, Pink
The Emerald slime goes very fast, faster than the red slimes, and can make other slimes go just as fast. It can also make you go fast, if it's not trying to eat you. This can be exploited by an enterprising Xenobiologist looking to cut down on travel time.
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Grants a buff that increases your attack speed and evasion, and reduces your susceptibility to debuffs
|-
|Blood
|Grants a short-lasting buff that increases your movement speed significantly
|-
|Water
|Creates 30 units of hyperzine in the extract
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Makes all tiles within a radius slippery for a duration. But why?
|}


'''Adamantine Slime'''
====Light Pink Slime[[File:Lightpinkbabyslime.gif|32px]]====
[[File:Adamantinebabyslime.gif|32px]]
'''Tier:''' 3
* Inject the extract with:  
'''Threat Level:''' Low
** Phoron: Creates a rune that can summon an adamantine golem, a player-controlled construct that will follow its creator's orders. If no player is available for the golem, the rune will fizzle, but can be re-used.
'''Special Abilities:''' Will never attack humanoids or most synthetics
* Potential Children: Adamantine
'''Recommended Preparations:''' N/A
* Potential Parents: Adamantine, Gold
The light pink slime is essentially permanently disciplined. It will still eat monkeys, but nothing else.
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates friendship agent. When used on mob or slime, makes them your friend and not attack you (and obey commands in case of slimes). This is inheritable
|-
|Blood
|Creates loyalty agent. When used on mob or slime, makes their faction same as yours (for slimes, this causes slimes to no longer attack anyone of your faction). This is inheritable
|-
|Water
|Creates docility agent. When used on slime, causes it to become passive and never be able to split, grow, nor require food to live.
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates obedience agent. When used on slime, causes them to instantly become disciplined to maximum level. Note: usage is considered a discipline itself
|}


== How to make an efficient slime farm ==
====Sapphire Slime====
* First of all: Get that extinguisher and kill one of the two baby grey slimes. This ensures that in the case your slimes die, or if they mutate into colors you don't like, you are assured to have a backup grey slime extract available to start over.
'''Tier:''' 3
'''Threat Level:''' Extremely High
'''Special Abilities:''' More robust combat tactics
'''Recommended Preparations:''' Outrange and outnumber, get a slime securitron
Sapphire slimes are one of the most dangerous slimes, as they are more intelligent than the others and will use more effective fighting tactics, generally stunning much more often.
If two sapphire slimes are fighting you, one will keep you stunned while the other eats or glomps you to death, so bring a buddy or a slime securitron.
{| class="wikitable"
!Reagent
!Extract
|-
|Phoron
|Creates a promethean cube
|-
|Blood
|Creates 30 units of mutation agent in the extract
|-
|Water
|Creates 3 to 5 random non-large plushies
|-
|Slime Jelly
|Creates sentience agent. When used on any simplemob, makes them eligible for ghost joining
|}


* Soak a monkey cube in water and feed it to the slime by putting the monkey in the disposal. Engage the disposal and maintain line of sight to the slime while it eats the monkey. This will ensure the slime and further ones that come from it will not try to eat you, as you will be in their "friend" list (this list is also copied down to slimes that are born from it).
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* Keep your slimes well-fed. If they are hungry enough, they can and will start destroying their enclosure windows, and may even escape. Each enclosure includes shutters that can be closed if your slimes get fractious.
'''Sepia Slime'''[[File:Sepiababyslime.gif|32px]]


* Don't run out of monkey cubes. For long-term experiments, this means maintaining a line of grey slimes in addition to whatever experimental breeding you are doing.
*Inject the extract with:
**Phoron: Creates a camera. How? Slime Magic!
**Blood: Creates some film for a camera. How? More Slime Magic!
*Potential Children: Sepia
*Potential Parents: Sepia, Dark Purple


* Be prepared for injuries. Even slimes that see you as a "friend" may still glomp you, causing physical damage and possibly breaking bones, and if they are hungry enough or don't see you as a friend, they will attempt to eat you, causing genetic damage. It's advisable to keep your suit sensors on full (tracking beacon included) so that Medical personnel can find you if you are unconscious. Genetic damage is not visible on the sensors, but physical damage is, and if Medical is paying attention they will see you getting hurt. If you are too hurt to get to Medical, yell over comms. It will take them a while to get to you, since Xenobiology is behind several locked doors, but it's better than dying while your slimes smugly watch you bleed out. Xenobiology includes a simple first-aid vendor, which can help you treat minor injuries or stay alive longer after major ones.
'''Pyrite Slime'''[[File:Pyritebabyslime.gif|32px]]


== So You're a Traitor ==
*Inject the extract with:
Sadly, what you can get here that can't be gotten easier elsewhere is an EMP and random hostile animals, including a few very deadly ones. Releasing the slimes is somewhat viable, but you will likely get caught doing so and baby slimes are rather tame (unless you have red slime essence to make them rabid).
**Phoron: Creates some paint. <strike>For the love of all that is holy, don't give it to the clown!</strike> There are no clowns. Moving on.
*Potential Children: Pyrite
*Potential Parents: Silver, Pyrite


You do have access to some of the science wing, including xenobotany, and can probably talk your way into other parts. You also have disposal chute that goes directly to space--pretty handy for disposing of evidence, and also for throwing in anyone who has been stuck with a parapen. Xenobiology is also pretty isolated, and you may be able to get away with, say, abducting assistants as test subjects. As a traitor, your xenobiologist makes a great mad scientist.
'''Black Slime'''[[File:Blackbabyslime.gif|32px]]


Your slime cores give you access to fire, explosions, EMPs, a whole lot of monkeys (cultists may find them handy), phoron to bribe people with, and slime jelly (a potent poison) to kill people with, as well as some unusual effects like the silver slime's random food generation. If the chef is also a traitor, or if you can frame the chef, you may be able to really do some interesting damage with slime jelly and boiled slime cores slipped into the crew's food supply.
*Inject the extract with:
**Phoron: Randomly creates between 1 and 50 pieces of a random mineral. It also has a 1/1000 chance to explode, and a 1/10 chance to do nothing at all. Pay attention and keep your distance when working with black slime cores. If it begins to vibrate violently, <b>run</b>.
*Potential Children: Black
*Potential Parents: Black, Green


If all else fails, your traitor xenobiologist may decide they're tired of being human and decide to become a [[slime]] instead... and if people get eaten along the way, well, they shouldn't have looked so delicious!
'''Adamantine Slime'''[[File:Adamantinebabyslime.gif|32px]]


Bluespace Slime Cores (currently inactive due to a bug, but will teleport you when fixed) can be used for a quick getaway, as long as you don't mind taking half of the room you're in with you.
*Inject the extract with:
**Phoron: Creates a rune that can summon an adamantine golem, a player-controlled construct that will follow its creator's orders. If no player is available for the golem, the rune will fizzle, but can be re-used.
*Potential Children: Adamantine
*Potential Parents: Adamantine, Gold


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Latest revision as of 02:10, 29 March 2024


Xenobiologists are in charge of the creation, care, and eventual culling and harvesting of 'Slimes', which are extremely dangerous to handle without the right equipment.

Familiarize Yourself

Generally speaking, you and your slimes will be at a remote facility, far from the main station, referred to as Xenobiology. It has many cells to place your slimes inside of, where they cannot get out without some serious effort. Each cell has a disposals chute, used to safely give food to the slimes inside the cell without endangering yourself, as well as a button to lock down that specific cell, in case the glass breaks or you have something even more dangerous than a slime inside. Elsewhere, you should have a Processor machine, which is used to harvest dead slimes and recycle food. When recycling monkeys, make sure to insert more than one per recycle, otherwise the machine will return no monkey cubes when turned on.

Get equipped

You'll need these items to do your job.

  • A fire extinguisher, to efficiently kill slimes. Some slimes might also light you on fire. For best use, move the slime into a corner so all the water hits them.
    • Alternatively, use a Space Cleaner bottle filled with water; Space Cleaner bottles can be spam clicked on the tile a slime is standing on, allowing for more water to hit the slime in less time, killing it quicker. It's also usually more precise than using a fire extinguisher. When using the bottle, make sure to set the nozzle to use five units per spray; this won't make the floors slippery, and is potentially more effective for killing slimes chasing you, whereas the ten unit spray will often move over a persuing slime harmlessly, and will wet the floors in the process.
  • A syringe, used to inject various fluids (generally Phoron, blood, or water) into Extracts, which you obtain from processing dead Slimes.
  • A slimebaton, which functions similarly to a stunbaton, however it is only effectively against Slimes (and Prometheans). One hit will stun the slime for a few seconds, and will discipline it. A slime baton can be used to build a slime securitron, which is very useful if you're the only Xenobiologist but there is a friendly Roboticist onboard. More slimebations can be made in Research and Development.
  • A Slime Taser, which like the above, functions similarly to a normal energy weapon, however it is only effective against slimy things like Slimes and Prometheans. The stun duration is smaller than the Baton, however it can be used at range, and across window panes. Like the baton, more can be made in Research and Development.
  • Galoshes, which prevent you from slipping on wet surfaces. The fire extinguisher or ten unit Space Cleaner makes the floor wet, and not wearing these can be extremely dangerous if you slip while a slime is trying to eat you.
  • Welder and welding helmet. Useful for minor self repairs that will be inevitable, if you or your co-worker is a Full Body Prosthetic or Bound Synthetic. Also useful for mending the cracks on the cell windows, as slimes tend to smash them if they see food on the other side of the window.

Optional but highly useful things to acquire to make your job easier.

  • A slime securitron, from Robotics, which is optimized to fight slimes and other minor xeno-lifeforms.
  • A medibot, also from Robotics, to heal you from minor harm the slimes may do to you, as the closest medical bay might be far away or even off-world.
  • A temperature gun, from RnD. It can kill slimes at a range when set to the 'cold' setting, and can replace the fire extinguisher.

Basics of Slime Care

When you start your shift, you should have two grey slime cores, and two other slime cores of a random color, all in separate cells. When you're ready to start, you can inject one of the grey slime cores with ten units phoron to spawn a new grey baby slime. After a few seconds, the new grey slime will stop being incapacitated, and will promptly try to escape to eat you. You should use either your taser or your baton to stun the slime, wait several seconds until they try to attack again, then and stun them again. Continue this process until examining them show that they 'look rather obedient'. From then on, that slime shouldn't, unprompted, attack you or your fellows, and future generations from that slime will be obedient after one justified stun (more on that in the 'Slime Psychology' section). Repeat for the other grey extract in the other cell. One of these cells should be dedicated to growing grey slimes, so you will have a renewable source of monkey cubes. If you run out of monkey cubes, you will need to get more from Cargo, which could take a while.

When subjugating slimes, there are some tricks you can use to keep yourself safe. If a slime is bashing against the windows or windoor, you can stand next to the interior windoor (the one closest to the cell itself) and use your baton through the windoor to stun the slime. The slime will not be able to hit you through the windoor, but you will be able to hit it. If the slimes stack on top of one another to bash at the windows, you can aim past the slimes and fire the taser - the taser shot should automatically hit the ones that are hostile. Be careful to not fire too many shots when doing this, as the taser shots will eventually hit non-hostile slimes if there are no hostile slimes left.

When your 'grey' cell slime reproduces, you should always ensure that one grey slime is always alive inside, and kill or separate the rest into different cells. It is a good idea to keep one grey extract in reserve in case all of your greys are lost, for whatever reason, as injecting a grey extract will create a new grey slime.

Cells should never have more than one color of slime inside, as they tend to fight each other and it can be difficult to tase them due to other slimes being in the way. Once again, aiming past the hostile slimes should hit the hostile slimes.

Monkeys on VoreStation can be carried in your hands and on your head, which can be useful for transporting them around and leaving them in cells or the disposal bins.

Remember to recharge your baton, taser, spray bottle/extinguisher, and anything else between feeding the slimes, so you're ready for the new generation of hostile slimes that'll turn up once the slimes reproduce.

Some colors are more useful than others. For instance;

  • Dark Purple, obtained from going (Grey > Purple > Dark Purple) or (Grey > Orange > Dark Purple), allows for a renewable source of phoron. You start with two sheets, which gives 40u of liquid phoron when ground up, or 8 injections. Generally, the more useful reactions from extracts require phoron, so Dark Purple is a good goal to work towards early.
  • Blue, which is just one step from Grey, will give you two useful things. Slime stability agents reduce the odds of mutation when a slime reproduces, which you should give to your dedicated Grey slime until the chance goes to 0%, to increase the average yield of monkey cubes as well as to prevent the rare but possible situation of all four new slimes not being Grey anymore. Blue slimes also give you Frost Oil, which isn't terribly useful on its own but can be very useful when paired with a Metal Slime, for reasons explained below.
  • Metal, which like Blue, is one step from Grey. Metal slime extracts allow for most types of metal material to become renewable, which includes steel, plasteel, gold, silver, uranium, and platinum. One extract creates 20u metamorphic liquid metal, which will turn into a different type of liquid metal (e.g. liquid gold, liquid silver, etc) when it torches them in a reagent container, like a beaker. Liquid metals are not very useful on their own, but can be made into a solid sheet of material by adding 5u Frost Oil to the reagent container. The Frost Oil is consumed when this is done, and 20u of liquid metal makes one sheet. Frost Oil is obtained from Blue slimes.
  • Purple, which is like Blue and Metal, one step away from Grey. The extract can make a Slime Steroid Agent, which when applied to a living slime, will increase how many extracts it will make when put in the processor.
  • Cerulean, which is obtained from (Grey > Blue > Dark Blue > Cerulean) or (Grey > Purple > Dark Blue > Cerulean), will create Extract Enhancement Agent, which adds more uses to an extract. This is extremely useful, as less slimes need to be breed to produce a given number of things.
  • Red, which is obtained from (Grey > Orange > Red), will make a Slime Mutation Agent, which increases the odds of mutation when slimes split. Useful for if you're targeting a specific color, as higher odds for mutation mean less generations are needed to get there.
  • Yellow, obtained from (Grey > Orange > Yellow) or (Grey > Metal > Yellow), can create self recharging 10k power cells, which are very useful for Bound Synthetics, Hardsuits, Defibs, certain APCs, and potentally anything that uses power cells.
  • Pink, obtained from (Grey > Blue > Pink), can be used as a source of healing, both while alive, as well as when using their extracts. The extracts can produce three different kinds of advanced medications, which Medical might want. The medications can fix organs, fix bleeding, or fix bones, depending on what is injected into the extract.
  • Light Pink, which is one step from Pink (Grey > Blue > Pink > Light Pink), can be used to make a specific slime be friendly and harmless forever, which might be useful to use on a Pink slime, so you can replace a medibot.
  • Sapphire, obtained from (Grey > Metal > Gold > Sapphire), is how you get Prometheans. The extract gives you a slime cube, which creates a Promethean if it can find another player who wishes to play as one.

Slime Protection

Slimes can kill you in many ways, dependent mostly on their color. Wearing the correct armor when handling a specific color can make survival much easier. Xenobiology has been provided with a large range of specialized clothing to wear, when the need arises.

  • Bio Suits, which prevent damage from slimes trying to eat you. Note that slimes will wise up to this and instead try to glomp you to death instead. A bio suit will also stop slimes from spreading certain chemical-based attacks onto you.
  • Fire Suits, as the orange slime can ignite you, and the dark purple slime can release Phoron gas if killed improperly.
  • Bomb suits, as the oil slime explodes if killed improperly (hit with fire).
  • Radiation suits, as the green slime is radioactive. It is also thick enough to protect from slime chemical attacks.

Slime Life-cycle

Here is a chart of all the slime reproductive color cycle.

Slimes start their life as a small baby. Don't be fooled, it is still very dangerous and capable of killing anyone careless. Slimes require food, or else they will die. Starving slimes have been known to turn on their captors.

When fed enough, baby slimes will grow into an 'adult' form, which makes them tougher. When the slime eats enough as an adult, it will reproduce, by splitting into four new slimes. There is a small chance that one or more of the new slimes may mutate into a different color. If this happens, the slimes occupying the cell should either be disciplined to obedience or separated by color to different cells, as undisciplined slimes will fight each other to the death if they are separate colors. A slime taser is useful for this, as it can shoot through the glass of the cell, though hitting the undisciplined slime(s) can be tricky. Shooting past the slimes may help, as mentioned earlier.

Slime Psychology

Discipline

Slimes can be subjugated by force by various means, usually using either the slimebaton or the taser, indicated by examining the slime (so long as it's not incapacitated by a stun) and seeing 'It has been subjugated by force, at least for now.' The slime will give a sad face, however it won't harm humanoids for a little while. If it was trying to kill something, it will stop doing so.

Successfully removing a slime from someone it's eating will also discipline it.

Beating the slime with a heavy object repeatively will sometimes discipline it, however this is not guaranteed.

Obedience

Giving 'justified' disciplining to a slime will cause it to become more obedient, making future disciplining last longer. Sufficient amounts of obedience can make discipline last forever, indicated by examining the slime and seeing 'It looks rather obedient' under its description. This obedience will partially carry on to generations derived from that slime - slimes reproduced from obedient slimes will only take one act of 'justified' discipline to become obedient. Note that rather obedient slimes are still dangerous, as they will still defend themselves against attackers.

An act of discipline is 'justified' when it is done while the slime is trying to harm or eat someone, otherwise it is 'unjustified'.

A slime securitron will automatically engage 'guilty' slimes, but leave innocent ones alone.

Resentment

Giving 'unjustified' disciplining to a slime will cause the slime to hold resentment towards their captors. If pushed too far, the slime will enrage, and try to kill everything it can see, so try to not be like Security.

Sometimes it is possible to calm down a raging slime with enough disciplining, however it is generally easier and safer to just kill it with a slimebaton and fire extinguisher/Space Cleaner.

A slime securitron will engage an enraged slime in a fight to the death, not stopping until the slime dies, or the securitron is destroyed.

Speech

Slimes appear to be capable of slow, simple speech, and will respond to various topics and requests that it hears.

If a slime likes you enough or is sufficiently obedient, it can be given certain commands, such as to follow you, to stop attacking/eating/following things, or to attack a specific target. You'll need to say the slime's 'name', or say 'slimes' to give the command to all the slimes that can hear you.

You can also say hi to them, and they will respond.

Tactics

All slimes have various means to harm things. The most common attack is a 'glomp' which will hurt whatever it hits, and will hurt more if the slime is a big one. Some slime colors will cause a substance to enter your bloodstream if it successfully hits you. Sufficiently thick clothing should stop that from happening.

A more dangerous 'attack' is that the slime may decide to attach themselves onto their victim, which is how slimes eat things. This causes severe cellular damage to the victim, and will require advanced medical treatment to fix, so you are advised to remove the slime from yourself or your co-worker ASAP if it latches on by clicking it with a disarm intent. A slime securitron will rush to you if this happens to you. Slimes won't try to eat inorganic entities, instead glomping them.

Slimes can also incapacitate its target in two ways. First, it can try to knock down its target by shoving them down, which stuns for a brief moment, however it is not guaranteed to work. Second, it can use stored up electricity to shock a target to stun them for a longer period of time. After downing a target, a slime generally will try to eat it if it's organic, or continue glomping it to death if not.

Friend or Foe

Slimes will never willingly harm another slime of the same color, or a Promethean. When under the effects of discipline, a slime will not try to fight or eat humanoids or robotic entities, but will still eat monkeys.

A slime pacified with a slime docility agent will never harm anyone and is incapable of doing any harm. Pacified slimes will also never enrage, even with a red slime extract.

An enraged slime will ignore the effects of discipline.

Slimes Biology

Slimes come in many colors, and most of them have unique properties. Their extracts will do different things depending on the color, as well. Non-obedient slimes will attack slimes of a different color, so disciplining them to obedience or separating them with different cells is required.

When slimes reproduce, there is a chance that one or more of the offspring will mutate into a different color. The chance is usually at around 25%, however this can be increased or decreased by giving the slime a mutation agent or stability agent, which can be obtained from a red extract and blue extract, respectively.

Each color, except for the grey slime, will have a specific trait unique to that color, and may warrant additional preparation before handling. A list of slime colors is provided below.

Special:

Rainbow slime

Tier: N/A
Threat Level: Medium
Special Abilities: Never harms or is harmed by another slime due to different color
Recommended Preparations: N/A
The rainbow slime is very rare color that other slimes consider to be their color, and so they won't attack it.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Spawns a random xenobio slime
Blood Spawns a random extract
Water Causes you and people in short radius to see pretty colors
Slime Jelly Creates unity agent. When used on slime, causes them to never attack slimes of other colors. This is inheritable

Tier 0

Grey Slime Greybabyslime.gif

Tier: 0
Threat Level: Medium
Special Abilities: N/A
Recommended Preperations: N/A
Grey slimes are the first slimes you will have, as you start with two. It's generally recommended to always have a cell with grey slimes, as their extracts create monkey cubes, which you will need a lot of.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Spawns a Grey Slime
Blood Spawns 4 unwrapped monkey cubes
Water Creates 30 units of slime jelly in the extract
Slime Jelly N/A

Tier 1

Orange SlimeOrangebabyslime.gif

Tier: 1
Threat Level: Medium
Special Abilities: Increases flammability of targets per hit, chance to ignite per hit
Recommended Preparations: Wear a firesuit
Orange slimes can light you on fire if you're careless, however generally this is not a big deal as you have a fire extinguisher (you did bring one right?). If you want to be extra safe, wear a fire suit.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates instant phoron fire in location you're in. Dangerous
Blood Creates a heatwave that raises temperature of air and mobs in vicinity. Dangerous
Water Creates a large amount of harmless smoke
Slime Jelly Creates 30 units of pyrotoxin in the extract

Purple SlimePurplebabyslime.gif

Tier: 1
Threat Level: Medium
Special Abilities: Injects toxins per hit
Recommended Preparations: Wear a biosuit
Purple slimes inject a weak but long lasting toxin into their victim with each attack. A thick armor such as a biosuit or spacesuit will stop this from affecting you.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates a steroid agent. When used on slime, it increases the amount of cores they will produce by 1, up to maximum of 5. This is not inheritable
Blood Creates infertility agent. When used on slime, decreases amount of babies they will have by 2, down to minimum of 2. This is not inheritable
Water Creates shrink agent. When used on adult slime, turns them back into their baby form
Slime Jelly Creates fertility agent. When used on slime, increases amount of babies they will have by 2, up to maximum of 6. This is not inheritable. Note that the slime will require extra space to split - be aware of this when working with the Stellar Delight's smaller cells!

Blue SlimeBluebabyslime.gif

Tier: 1
Threat Level: Medium
Special Abilities: Injects cryo-toxin
Recommended Preparations: Wear a biosuit
Blue slimes chill their enemies with cryo-toxin, so a biosuit will keep that away from you. Don't wear a winter coat, it isn't thick enough to stop the injection and it will actually make it take longer to warm up, potentially making the cryo-toxin lethal.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates 30 units of frost oil in the extract
Blood Creates a stability agent. When used on slime, decreases their mutation chance by 15%, down to minimum of 0%. This is inheritable
Water Creates a pulse of calmness, that un-enrages all enraged slimes in vision range and removes their rage modifier (as well as from prometheans that might have one due to red extract's effect)
Slime Jelly Creates 30 units of cryotoxin in the extract

Metal SlimeMetalbabyslime.gif

Tier: 1
Threat Level: Medium
Special Abilities: More durable, resistant to weak weapons
Recommended Preparations: N/A
Metal slimes are harder to kill by virtue of being able to take more punishment before dying. They are one of the few slimes able to survive a dark blue extract cold snap. They otherwise aren't much more dangerous than a regular grey slime.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates 3 stacks, 10 sheets each, of random basic construction materials
Blood Creates 2 stacks, 10 sheets each, of random advanced construction materials
Water Creates 3 stacks, 5 sheets each, of random 'unorthodox' materials
Slime Jelly Creates 1 stack, 25 sheets of steel

Tier 2

Yellow SlimeYellowbabyslime.gif

Tier: 2
Threat Level: High
Special Abilities: Shoots lightning, charges electricity faster
Recommended Preparations: Out-range slime with slime taser, wear insulation if possible
Yellow slimes are one of the few slimes to possess a ranged attack. Be warned, the lightning can go through the glass of its cell, so the blast doors may be required. The lightning technically has a very high range, but slimes will only fire it if they are between two to three meters from their target. Yellow slimes don't fire lightning when in melee range (their glomps actually hurt more, however).
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates a lightning strike. Dangerous
Blood Creates an eternal flashlight
Water Creates EMP pulse. Dangerous
Slime Jelly Creates a self-charging slime battery

Dark Purple SlimeDarkpurplebabyslime.gif

Tier: 2
Threat Level: High
Special Abilities: Injects phoron per attack, creates phoron fire if killed with fire
Recommended Preparations: Wear a biosuit
Dark Purple slimes inject phoron into its target, which is extremely toxic, so a biosuit is required.
Reagent Extract
Phoron n/a
Blood n/a
Water Creates 30 units of phoron in the extract
Slime Jelly Creates 30 units of blood in the extract

Dark Blue SlimeDarkbluebabyslime.gif

Tier: 2
Threat Level: High
Special Abilities: Lowers temperature of nearby entities, resistant to cold temperatures
Recommended Preparations: Wear a winter coat
Dark Blue slimes passively lower the temperature of entities near it. It doesn't actually lower the room temperature, however. Note that other slimes can be harmed by the 'cold aura'. Dark Blue slimes are also unharmed by cold temperatures, however water will still kill them.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates a freezing cold snap that chills mobs, deals massive damage to slimes and reduces temperature in the viccinity. Dangerous
Blood Grants a buff that provides resistance to temperature and heat damage in short radius
Water Creates 5 units of ice in the extract
Slime Jelly Creates a death agent. When used on slime, instantly deals massive damage that should kill any slime instantly

Silver SlimeSilverbabyslime.gif

Tier: 2
Threat Level: Medium-High
Special Abilities: Reflects beams and energy projectiles
Recommended Preparations: Use slimebation instead of xeno taser
Silver slimes will always deflect most energy-based weapons. This includes the slime taser. This can cause you to accidentally discipline the wrong slime, posing an enrage risk if the slime you hit didn't deserve to be tased. The slimebation still works on them.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates 2 stacks, 5 sheets each of random basic science materials
Blood Creates 1 stack, 3 sheets of random advanced science material
Water Creates 3 stacks, 5 sheets each (1 for particle smasher materials) of completely random materials
Slime Jelly Creates 1 stack, 10 sheets of silver

Red SlimeRedbabyslime.gif

Tier: 2
Threat Level: Medium-High
Special Abilities: Moves faster, enrages if disciplined
Recommended Preparations: Don't discipline if possible, otherwise isolate it from everything else
Red slimes are extremely aggressive, and will never submit to your attempts to civilize them. They also move faster than other slimes.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates a mutation agent. When used on slime, increases their chance to evolve by 12%, up to maximum of 100%. This is inheritable
Blood Enrages all slimes and prometheans in the viccinity. Dangerous
Water Creates 30 units of capsaicin in the extract
Slime Jelly Creates ferality agent. When used on slime, causes them to behave like a red slime, and react to all discipline attempts with more anger. This is inheritable. But why?

Green SlimeGreenbabyslime.gif

Tier: 2
Threat Level: Medium
Special Abilities: Radioactive, injects radium per hit
Recommended Preparations: Wear a radiation suit
Green slimes will irradiate nearby entities and cause their cell to become radioactive for awhile. This can be bad or can be put to use with creative means.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates a single pulse of radiation. Dangerous
Blood Creates an irradiated slimeball that constantly emits radiation. Dangerous
Water Creates 30 units of radium in the extract
Slime Jelly Creates 1 stack, 10 sheets of uranium

Pink SlimePinkbabyslime.gif

Tier: 2
Threat Level: Medium
Special Abilities: Heals living entities nearby
Recommended Preparations: N/A
Pink slimes heal other entities near it. Things being healed will sparkle pink for a few seconds. It won't apply the heal to things the slime is trying to kill, so you will likely need to discipline or pacify the slime before you can use it as a source of healing.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates 30 units of slime bone fixing chem (Agent B) in the extract
Blood Creates 30 units of slime IB fixing chem (Agent A) in the extract
Water Creates 30 units of slime organ fixing chem (Agent C) in the extract
Slime Jelly Creates a pulse that heals 25 of each damage type for all carbon mobs in the viccinity (including dead)

Gold SlimeGoldbabyslime.gif

Tier: 2
Threat Level: Medium
Special Abilities: Immune to stuns
Recommended Preparations: N/A
The gold slime absorbs energy, and trying to stun it will actually charge it. Despite this, your slime tools will still discipline it, so this is only an issue if it enrages.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates 3 random mobs. Dangerous
Blood Creates a random hostile mob. Dangerous
Water Creates a random passive or retaliate mob
Slime Jelly Creates 1 stack, 10 sheets of gold

Tier: 3

Bluespace SlimeBluespacebabyslime.gif

Tier: 3
Threat Level: High
Special Abilities: Teleports to target
Recommended Preparations: Seal slime behind blast doors
The Bluespace slime can teleport out of its cell, which makes containing it difficult. The best method is to stun it with the slimebaton, then close the blast doors very fast. Running away from a Bluespace slime without the ability to stun it is generally futile.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates 5 slime crystals that teleport you to random location in short radius when used
Blood Creates a bluespace slime pouch. Functions identically to bluespace bags
Water Randomly teleports mobs within short range. Dangerous
Slime Jelly Creates precise slime teleporter

Ruby Slime

Tier: 3
Threat Level: Very High
Special Abilities: Unnatural physical strength
Recommended Preparations: Kite and use slime taser, or ask security for riot armor
The Ruby slime is very strong physically, and has the potential to crit a human in three hits. The slime has an outgoing damage multipler, reduced incoming damage, higher base health, and is stunned for less time. This ability can be yours, at least temporarily, with its extract.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Grants a buff that increases your HP and melee damage, reduces incoming damage and susceptibility to debuffs
Blood Pulls unanchored objects around you in
Water Creates 30 units of brute juice in the extract
Slime Jelly Pushes unanchored objects around you out

Cerulean SlimeCeruleanbabyslime.gif

Tier: 3
Threat Level: Medium
Special Abilities: Higher base stations than average
Recommended Preparations: N/A
The Cerulean slime is a 'jack of all trades, master of none' color, so it isn't much more threatening than a regular grey slime.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates enhancer agent. When used on an extract, even inert, gives it two more uses. Can't be used multiple times on same extract
Blood Creates invigoration agent. When used on an extract, even inert, destroys it and creates slime of same type as the extract
Water Creates mimic agent. When used on another agent, turns into a copy of that agent
Slime Jelly Creates a random slime agent

Amber Slime

Tier: 3
Threat Level: High
Special Abilities: Feeds other slimes passively
Recommended Preparations: Separate from other slimes to prevent runaway slime reproduction
The Amber slime feeds other slimes (it cannot feed itself, fortunately) through some unknown process, and can cause them to reproduce without being fed monkeys. This can be exploited if one is careful.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates feeding agent. When used on slime, instantly causes it to become an adult and then split
Blood Creates 2 to 4 random pieces of food
Water Creates 3 to 5 nutirious slime globs
Slime Jelly Creates 30 units of special super-nutritious slime goop in the extract

Oil SlimeOilbabyslime.gif

Tier: 3
Threat Level: High
Special Abilities: Explodes if hit with fire or another explosion
Recommended Preparations: Wear a bombsuit
Oil slimes are essentially walking welding tanks. Don't try to kill one with a welder, laser, or anything that causes burns, as it will make it explode.

If an oil slime gets enraged, it will do a suicide charge at someone and blow themselves up. This is extremely lethal if it attaches to you before exploding.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates 30 units of welding fuel in the extract
Blood Creates 30 units of cooking oil in the extract
Water Creates a fake explosion (sounds like a real one though!)
Slime Jelly Creates a real explosion. Dangerous

Emerald Slime

Tier: 3
Threat Level: High
Special Abilities: Makes entities nearby go very fast for a few moments
Recommended Preparations: N/A
The Emerald slime goes very fast, faster than the red slimes, and can make other slimes go just as fast. It can also make you go fast, if it's not trying to eat you. This can be exploited by an enterprising Xenobiologist looking to cut down on travel time.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Grants a buff that increases your attack speed and evasion, and reduces your susceptibility to debuffs
Blood Grants a short-lasting buff that increases your movement speed significantly
Water Creates 30 units of hyperzine in the extract
Slime Jelly Makes all tiles within a radius slippery for a duration. But why?

Light Pink SlimeLightpinkbabyslime.gif

Tier: 3
Threat Level: Low
Special Abilities: Will never attack humanoids or most synthetics
Recommended Preparations: N/A
The light pink slime is essentially permanently disciplined. It will still eat monkeys, but nothing else.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates friendship agent. When used on mob or slime, makes them your friend and not attack you (and obey commands in case of slimes). This is inheritable
Blood Creates loyalty agent. When used on mob or slime, makes their faction same as yours (for slimes, this causes slimes to no longer attack anyone of your faction). This is inheritable
Water Creates docility agent. When used on slime, causes it to become passive and never be able to split, grow, nor require food to live.
Slime Jelly Creates obedience agent. When used on slime, causes them to instantly become disciplined to maximum level. Note: usage is considered a discipline itself

Sapphire Slime

Tier: 3
Threat Level: Extremely High
Special Abilities: More robust combat tactics
Recommended Preparations: Outrange and outnumber, get a slime securitron
Sapphire slimes are one of the most dangerous slimes, as they are more intelligent than the others and will use more effective fighting tactics, generally stunning much more often.

If two sapphire slimes are fighting you, one will keep you stunned while the other eats or glomps you to death, so bring a buddy or a slime securitron.
Reagent Extract
Phoron Creates a promethean cube
Blood Creates 30 units of mutation agent in the extract
Water Creates 3 to 5 random non-large plushies
Slime Jelly Creates sentience agent. When used on any simplemob, makes them eligible for ghost joining

Possibly Outdated Information

Below is some leftover information from the old guide. Please inform the staff where and if this information should be replaced back into.

Sepia SlimeSepiababyslime.gif

  • Inject the extract with:
    • Phoron: Creates a camera. How? Slime Magic!
    • Blood: Creates some film for a camera. How? More Slime Magic!
  • Potential Children: Sepia
  • Potential Parents: Sepia, Dark Purple

Pyrite SlimePyritebabyslime.gif

  • Inject the extract with:
    • Phoron: Creates some paint. For the love of all that is holy, don't give it to the clown! There are no clowns. Moving on.
  • Potential Children: Pyrite
  • Potential Parents: Silver, Pyrite

Black SlimeBlackbabyslime.gif

  • Inject the extract with:
    • Phoron: Randomly creates between 1 and 50 pieces of a random mineral. It also has a 1/1000 chance to explode, and a 1/10 chance to do nothing at all. Pay attention and keep your distance when working with black slime cores. If it begins to vibrate violently, run.
  • Potential Children: Black
  • Potential Parents: Black, Green

Adamantine SlimeAdamantinebabyslime.gif

  • Inject the extract with:
    • Phoron: Creates a rune that can summon an adamantine golem, a player-controlled construct that will follow its creator's orders. If no player is available for the golem, the rune will fizzle, but can be re-used.
  • Potential Children: Adamantine
  • Potential Parents: Adamantine, Gold
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