THE CRAWLER'S COMPANIONpatch notes for the apocalypse

Intellect Hunters

First seen: Book 2, Chapter 2

A finger-sized parasitic worm race and playable crawler race, able to take over the corpse of anything they kill, though the body starts rotting almost immediately and they hop from host to host. Carl briefly considers the race while reading through his floor-1 options, wondering if they're connected to the Valtay Corporation. Confirmed in Book 4 as a distinct race from Valtay, a similar but longer-lasting body-snatching worm.

Race

Connections

Valtay:

A related but distinct body-snatching race, per Mordecai; a Valtay preserves its host for centuries where an Intellect Hunter's host rots fast and gets abandonedB4C5

History by chapter
Book 2
Chapter 2
  • TAG Race: A playable race Carl considers while reading through his floor-1 options; a body-snatching worm whose host starts rotting almost immediately
Book 4
Chapter 5
  • RELATIONSHIP Valtay: A related but distinct body-snatching race, per Mordecai; a Valtay preserves its host for centuries where an Intellect Hunter's host rots fast and gets abandoned