The video introduces the Valar, a massive creature in Star Citizen that players can hunt for valuable resources, requiring strategic tactics and teamwork to lure it out and combat it. Players can extract pearls and teeth from the Valar, with different sizes and behaviors leading to varied challenges and loot, enhancing the game’s monster hunting experience.
In the video, the host introduces the Valar, a massive creature inhabiting the planet Monox in the Pyro system of the game Star Citizen. Measuring approximately 300 meters in length, the Valar is described as the largest living organism currently found in the game, surpassing the size of an Idris and comparable to three and a half football fields. Its immense size necessitates a strategic approach for players to engage it, as a group of players will need to employ unique tactics to lure the creature out of the ground for combat.
To draw the Valar out, players will need to use a vehicle to create vibrations, essentially driving around to provoke the creature. The Valar has several defensive attacks, including the ability to shoot congealed sand projectiles, slam its body against the ground to damage vehicles, and bite or swipe at nearby enemies. As players inflict damage, they will notice changes in the Valar’s skin texture, indicating that it is taking hits. If sufficiently damaged, the creature will retreat underground, prompting players to use their vehicles again to coax it back out.
The motivation for hunting the Valar is the valuable resources it yields upon defeat. Players can collect pearls hidden beneath its gross, which require a mining laser to extract, as well as teeth that can be pulled out using a tractor beam. The video humorously suggests that players might want to play the “dentist song” from The Little Shop of Horrors while extracting these items. The pearls and teeth are essential for crafting, and their varying qualities encourage players to repeatedly hunt the Valar for better loot.
The Valar will come in different sizes, each with unique behaviors and loot. The smallest, juvenile Valar, are responsive to sound and can be found in caves near valuable resources. If players eliminate too many juveniles, adult Valar, which are three times larger and more aggressive, will appear to retaliate. The apex Valar represents the largest and most dangerous variant, offering the most valuable loot and posing the greatest threat to players.
The developers intend for the Valar to be the first of many large creatures in Star Citizen that require a combination of skills, weapons, and vehicles for successful hunting. The video concludes with the host expressing a personal goal of defeating an apex Valar using an Idris ship and a rail cannon shot from orbit. Overall, the introduction of monster hunting in Star Citizen adds an exciting new layer of gameplay for players.