DESMODUS

The Desmodus hits the target for 40 damage.

The Desmodus blasts a scream, scaring the enemies away. Additionally, gives the affected targets Ecolocation debuff, which causes them to emit red waves around them revealing their positions. Lasts for 20 seconds. Damage is increased by 20% to revealed targets at night.

The Desmodus grabs a smaller creature with its legs. While holding a victim, its health can be slowly stolen to heal the bat via the circle menu.

The Desmodus gets Camouflage, which makes the Desmodus invisible, preventing detection from all creatures (beside those that already have sensed it). This action is only available at night or while latching on a surface.

The Desmodus latches onto a surface, suspending itself upside down on it. If the Desmodus can latch onto a surface, the text "Latching Available" will appear above the hotbar. Dismounting does not cancel the latch. The button must be pressed again while mounted.

The Desmodus flies up.

The Desmodus flies down.

The Desmodus doesn't just harvest Blood Packs, it consumes them as well, and heals a portion of health every time it does. It cannot be rapidly force-fed blood packs, as a cool-down timer is triggered with each drink, but consumption is automatic, and with this it often recovers from injury much faster than most other tames, without the tedium of having to force-feed.

The Desmodus possesses abilities that set it apart from the average flyer. First and foremost, on official settings the Desmodus is the only flying creature able to be ridden and fly in caves. Secondly it has complete 3D movement in flight, able to maneuver in all directions, just like a Tapejara. Finally, If the Desmodus flies downwards with sprint active, it will start to dive and gain massive acceleration. This boost in speed keeps for a few seconds after the Desmodus levels out, though it lacks the continued momentum of a Griffin or Snow Owl, so it cannot chain dives efficiently with up and down swoops like they can. What the Desmodus lacks in momentum however, it makes up for in control; as it can be more easily steered in this state than the others.

Whenever the Desmodus takes damage in flight, the cooldown period of its primary bite attack (0.75 seconds) is reset, which can be abused by a skilled rider to land rapidly repeating attacks, and heavily increase the DPS rate of the giant bat. Coupled with its ability to heal from Blood Packs, this makes Desmodus terrifyingly efficient killers of creatures that inflict recoil damage, like Kentrosaurus and Arthropluera. While inside caves or between the hours of dusk and dawn, night vision can be toggled on and off via the circle menu. When toggled on, the rider of the Desmodus will be able to see at night, although with a heavy red tint. Unlike Night Vision Goggles, the screen does not brighten harshly as the light level gets higher. Living creatures are also a brighter red in contrast to the environment, making them them easy to pick out from the terrain, very similar to the thermal vision of the Snow Owl. While the Owl's thermal vision can be activated at any time of day, unlike the owl's version, the Desmodus' night vision does not consume stamina while active. Night vision will automatically turn off at dawn's light, or when exiting caves, and you will have to wait until nightfall or the next time you go spelunking to use it again.