The Isle: EVRIMA Hordetest: Unlocking a Secret Mutation! 

It’s getting thermals and slipstreams, both of which keep it in the air even longer than it already can be. It’s gonna be fine.

​@@peasantkyrI cannot WAITTT

It’s not a giant apex dinosaur so highly unlikely. Devs don’t care about the small tiers they are just throwaway playables

We already know its getting updates

@@peasantkyr But when??

Mutations are currently being tested in an experimental branch of the game-- they haven't released to the main branch yet. Ptera is my favorite too! ❤

You'll never believe this-- I was eating chips and guacamole during this video, and looked down at that moment to eat more. I gave myself a heart attack too! 😂😂😂

You can only pick them up if you're above a certain size, I think. Otherwise they just die and stay in the water.

@@gabrielkanka I was a new born, starved before I found my first meal. It would have been that frog but death had other plans ^^

If it has anything to do with stamina, the devs won't give it to ptera XD

Unfortunately it only stays on the dino you got it with. :P

@@gabrielkanka Really, difficult. Do you have a list of how to get each one?

@@gabrielkanka stays permanently or just with each life of that species?

@@wowgoml You have to re-unlock the mutation if you start another life.

@@igornunes3482 Here are the ones I know about-- Cannibal (haven't tried this for myself): consume enough meat from your own species. Saltwater: Drain your water meter twice by drinking salt water. Reinforced Tendons (reduced jump cost): drain your stamina bar three times by jumping.

Y'know... you might be right. 😅

not even 3, i got mine in 2. might've even been 1 but i didnt check till i had filled up twice.

You can get rid of the "fluid deficient" debuff by drinking more saltwater until it disappears! Even if you can't get the mutation, you can at least fix the thirst issue :)

@@gabrielkanka Oh okay, thank you! I'll try that. Somehow, I haven't died yet, lol.

What else could count if not that?

@@mrbread1867 A normal jump maybe?

I'll make a video about the saltwater mutation soon!

I'll try to get the saltwater one today! If I succeed I'll post another video. Thanks for the advice!

What makes the flight system awful, to you, besides the admittedly atrocious stam regen? I just started playing a year and a half ago, so I'm unfamiliar with the prototype you mentioned. I really enjoy the way flight works in the Isle, but that may just be because I've gotten used to it XD

@@gabrielkanka -There is no separate flapping and gliding modes. The animations just mix together without you having any control over which you want to do. This means you cannot perform actions like stalling out or swooping, because the ptera will automatically start flapping when you pull up. -Momentum barely carries when you fly upwards, and since you can't choose to glide, you always flap when you gain altitude, costing stamina. -Turning with a and d looks very clunky, yet it is the most cost effective way to turn, since holding w will flap and cost stam if you aim at a slightly upward angle. -The flight itself feels very "automatic" so to speak. Whenever you aren't actively choosing to go in a direction, you automatically level out to a fixed angle of descent. This makes controlling the ptera awkward at times and overall makes the mechanic far less dynamic, like gravity isn't even a factor. -The camera is very static. When they were still developing ptera before the release of evrima, they shared a few videos of the WIP flight system. They can still be found on the developer dmdmdm's youtube channel. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h9ktXs0JECA.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aD4r14Ymbs0.html These videos showcase a system that is much more dynamic, with the ptera not being stuck at a fixed gliding angle and being much more heavily influenced by gravity. These maneuvers are not possible with the current system.

@@gwit4051 Those are some really good points! I'd love to be able to switch between flapping and gliding at the very least.

I’ll take The Isles flight over the animated levitation they pass as flying in other games like Ark, PoT or BoB. Still would love a better stam system though.

@@Nrex117 Ark I agree with, but PoT and BoB both have the same basic flight as the isle, if not a bit better since they are faster and don't have the atrocious stam. I'd take the isle as a game over those two on most days, but still.

I played around with it more and figured out that it also affects how much stamina you use when flying upward! Still not sure if it's worth it, but I enjoyed experimenting.