Came across this funny RockJaw bug last night...

[GrapeVruit]

Can anybody explain why the heck this happened?

 

 

[lowercase skye]

This happens sometimes when a Rockjaw tries to jump onboard while the boat is moving at a certain speed: it overshoots the boat very slightly, and so lands in the water right beside the boat, which triggers the "oh, I'm close to the boat, better jump on!" behavior... and then it overshoots again, and lands in the same spot on the other side, so it jumps again and so on. It might be more common with grass rafts? In this situation I believe you could hold F and you would hit it once every time it jumped over the boat until it dies.

[GrapeVruit]

4 minutes ago, lowercase skye said:

This happens sometimes when a Rockjaw tries to jump onboard while the boat is moving at a certain speed: it overshoots the boat very slightly, and so lands in the water right beside the boat, which triggers the "oh, I'm close to the boat, better jump on!" behavior... and then it overshoots again, and lands in the same spot on the other side, so it jumps again and so on. It might be more common with grass rafts? In this situation I believe you could hold F and you would hit it once every time it jumped over the boat until it dies.

Huh, that's pretty interesting! In the moment I assumed Chester way manipulating its movement somehow. Is this a common bug? I don't go sailing very often.

[lowercase skye]

1 hour ago, GrapeVruit said:

Is this a common bug? I don't go sailing very often.

As a frequent ocean-enjoyer, I've only had it happen about 3 times total since I started sailing a ton in the waterlogged update, though I do try to avoid their aggro as much as possible if I'm not in need of meat.

[Guille6785]

You can trigger this on demand with good positioning to kill rockjaws more quickly: 

 

[Auth]

He's just happy!

[Well-met]

although not exclusive to grass rafts, it's definitely more likely to happen on a grass raft due to the reduced boat size