Coil and suffocate other animals!
The Boa Constrictor is the 13th Land animal, and the equivalent of the Hippo, Ostrich, Killer Whale, Sabertooth Tiger and Komodo Dragon.
Technical[]
- It upgrades from Rhino, Eagle, Shark, Wolverine, Markhor or Bison at 350K XP.
- Upgrades to Elephant, Giant Spider, Cassowary, Blue Whale, Mammoth or Blackwidow Spider at 650K XP.
- Press
Wto Suffocate Animals and drag them like Crocodile. By doing this, the boa will curl around the victim and cause them to lose health. Although this ability also works on predators, it's interrupted when they hurt you. Also, when constricting prey, the prey can be damaged (unlike the Crocodile). - Can eat all food types except dates, berries and cactus pears. It can eat animals below it from Eagle to Fox.
- Can be eaten by all animals above it from Elephant to Black Dragon.
- Climbs hills and trees.
- Moves slowly in water.
Appearance[]
Boa Constrictor[]
The Boa Constrictor appears as a light-brownish coiled-up snake a forked tongue sticking out of its mouth, small nostrils, and has a threatening glare due to ovals by its eyes. It also has a straight line going above and between its eyes. Its tail is extra-long, so beware of biters. A small easter-egg shows that the details on the constrictor's body are actually River Currents.
Its graphics change when constricting. It will spring forward and "coil" itself around the victim. This will give the appearance that it has an even longer body.
Tree Boa[]
The Tree Boa has a rounder head than the Boa Constrictor and is green with a dark green stripe along its back. This darker stripe also has a white line down the middle. It has bigger eyes than the Boa Constrictor.
Golden Boa[]
The Golden Boa has the same head shape as the Tree Boa and is golden with darker gold lines giving the gold the appearance of bricks. It also has bigger eyes than the Boa Constrictor.
Strategy[]
A great way to level up as Boa Constrictor is to stay by the Seashore hidden in a hole or bush and wait for a Shark or Octopus to come, then snatch it onto Land and suffocate it or dehydrate it! Sounds harsh, but it's good to know. If you are using this strategy, please note that the Boa Constrictor is extremely slow at swimming, so avoid straying too far in.
The Boa is the ultimate Eagle killer as of the May 13th update, although Eagles can use their attack as a form to escape, their speed is greatly nerfed in water, and even more so in mud, this may give you a slim chance to attack the Eagle and kill it with your constriction. This also means you can Constrict an Eagle into mud and proceed to kill it with ease. When hunting an Eagle, try anticipating where it's going to land, and press W right as it touches the ground. You should especially try chasing it into the mud if you can. The ocean isn't ideal for eating Eagles, since your speed is the same as theirs.
You can also hunt for Crocodiles and Rhinos. They can be a little more of a challenge, due to both having superior speed in water and the Rhino's charge ability. However, this is somewhat evened out by the Boa's hill-climbing. Once again, chase your prey until you get close enough, then bite into it and suffocate your prey. This should kill it slowly, but sometimes your prey may live, but very weak. You should be able to kill it in one bite after. Chasing Rhinos and Crocodiles into the mud won't work well either, as they can dive in it even longer than the Boa can.
Watch out for Giant Spiders, as they can easily trap you in their web, and quickly eat you. Be on the lookout for webs, as it is a sign that a Giant Spider is near you. Do not attempt to tail bite it, as it can shoot a spider web at you, or quickly turn around and attack you. If a Spider is chasing you, get to the nearest mud spot and get away, as spiders are slow in mud. Check around for predators, and if you see a healthy one, run away. If extremely close to dying, you could risk trying to kill it. Just beware the possible crowd that could kill you in the process.
Since Animals fade in Bushes, find a perfect bush to hide in, or stalk, however, bushes in Lakes are one of the best places to hide since you can dive. Nobody will see you, if you see prey, wait for it to come near the bush and SUFFOCATE IT! But if you fail, try doing it in Land or do it in a hiding hole near the volcano, or just do it in any random hole. If you picked to hunt near lava, try finding prey (some prey cannot come here, but Black Dragons or Dragons can).
When being attacked by a non-hill climbing predator on low health (Preferably around 1/4 or less) go to a hill and constrict them. Since they can't attack you since you are on a hill. Your best bets are Elephants, Cassowaries, Krakens (If in ocean), or T-Rexes. T-Rexes might be a little risky since they can bite you if you are too close and drag you out of the safety of the hill and proceed to kill you. Elephants might be hard since they can knock you away with their trunk, but they aren't a threat on a hill.
If you're feeling particularly annoying, try to kill Chipmunks, Mice and lower tiers with your ability. Surprisingly, it works on all animals (except for your tier 13 equivalents).
You can drag a predator that can't climb hills, drag it to a hill and stay still in a position where your predator can't hurt you to cancel your ability, you will hurt it a lot when your ability ends, repeat this until you kill your predator.
When hiding, as said in the previous strategies, slowly approach the prey that passes near your hiding place and suffocate it, try to move in a way that when your ability ends, you are as close as possible to your prey, and you can do some more damage to it
Hunting in lakes, when a prey approaches, you suffocate it and go into the lake, there the prey will be slow, but remember that you can take advantage of the trees and hills nearby to go faster and surround the lake, depriving your prey of any possibility of escaping from the lake without you have gone ahead to block the exit. You can replace the lake with mud spots, where you are faster than most preys and you don't get slowed down like in the water.
You are perfectly designed to hunt Rhino Tier animals (tier 12), even the OP rares from that tier can easily be your victims:
- When a Black/White Rhino is charging against you, just suffocate it as soon as it is about to crash into you, since your ability has a longer range than the Rhino and it can't hurt you, but you will have already constricted it, now get strategic by taking advantage of the game's natural generation in your favor to catch the Rhino.
- If it's a Golden Eagle, treat it as if it were a normal Bald Eagle, but remember that you must take it by surprise if you don't want it to defend itself and end up being the victim in this case. It is preferable to do the above, use a lake or mud spot and hide under a tree or a bush to surprise. As soon as your ability is finished, dive as fast as possible to avoid being caught by the Golden Eagle.
- If it's a Big Goat, it's much easier, because when it's about to charge, it takes a few seconds and you can dodge or get away from the attack, suffocate the Big Goat, give it a few hits and chase it until it's killed.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The Boa Constrictor's design used to look like this as seen in KoA's videos, which looks like this:
- The Boa Constrictor, Cobra, and Giant Spider were originally going to be part of a scrapped biome, the Poison Biome.
- However, the Boa Constrictor isn't a venomous animal, due to being a constrictor (a snake that suffocates prey with its coiling body); it is still immune. Nevertheless, KoA said it would be the 2nd poison biome animal.
- As KOA teaser, the Boa Constrictor was Rhino tier. Now it's moved to Hippo.
- It and the Cobra are the only snakes in game, not counting the scrapped AI animal, the Snake.
