The Monster Book of Monsters (Idea)

[Deerclops Mika]

I previously posted this idea in my art thread. However, having learned that the developers want to add an encyclopedia about mobs to the game, I decided to post it here.

Books could help people remember some of the mobs that they forgot, it might contain information about the drop, what species it belongs to or what species, maybe what you can feed the mobs. Undoubtedly, the player will not be able to get information about the mob immediately after crafting the book, moreover, the mob will not be fully studied the first time. For example, if we killed a spider, but no glands fell out of it, then the glands will not be recorded in the book as a drop from the spider.

The book can also be useful for those who like to collect something and it is possible that the collection of studied mobs will be the most interesting.

The book can also tell some small, not significant, but curious details that are not related to the gameplay. This will make the canon of the game much deeper and possibly force some people to learn the game's story and lore (I still meet people who didn't know the game had a story). It seems to me that such small details can be of interest to many.

The book itself is alive. It is enough to put it on the ground and it will follow you. You can study mobs only after some kind of interaction with him (feeding, trading, stroking, etc.) or by killing him. Information about the loot will be filled in provided that the item from this mob fell out to you. Information about what the creature eats will also open, provided that you fed the animal with this thing. You can pick up a book at any time and read it. The fact that the book is alive and following you allows you to avoid doing unnecessary actions when spawning or replacing a certain cell of a weapon or weapon to study a mob.

I also feel like the book could only be crafted with the Shadow Manipulator, this would prevent players from getting the book too early in the game. (Possibly Monster Meat x1, Hound's Tooth x2 and Papyrus x1)

[Furyestdestroyr]

I really like this idea as it would help so many new players figure out the game. I always thought that Wilson should have this, along with and encyclopedia for the constant. I just feel that if Klei did this instead of a skill tree and transmutations it would have really cemented him as the beginner friendly scientist. They did such a good job with Oxygen not included’s in game wiki that this would be a no brained for them.

[bloopah]

All very nice ideas. However, Klei stated in their latest Rhymes with Play stream that they will add a menu-only Bestiary, so unfortunately your suggestion has a high likelihood of not being added.