Mimic: the one that never looks away.

What it is

Mimic wears the shape of any creature this world has met, even your own pet. It keeps a little way off, like a curious animal, and gives no warning. It is based on the mimic octopus, which impersonates lionfish, sea snakes and flatfish to fool whatever hunts it.

Where and when it comes

• On the reefs, in the kelp and in the shallows.
• It joins a swimmer 22 to 30 metres away, at the same depth.
• After one is slain, another cannot come for about 25 minutes. The Codex hint is "Something that keeps watching you".

How to spot it

The only tell is that it never takes its eyes off you. A real creature faces where it swims; the Mimic always faces you. Turn and look at the swimmers round you. If one keeps facing you while it swims, that is the Mimic.

Stats

Thing	Value
Health	560
Keeps its distance	About 9 metres
Lunge	Lunges at you when you come within about 3.5 metres; a bite does 14 damage
Signature: Borrowed Lunge	A mark 2.2 m across under you, 12 damage, about 0.9 seconds of warning, about every 8 seconds, within 30 metres

How the fight works

1. Pretending. It swims beside you in the shape of a creature you know.
2. Revealing. Come too near and it throws off the shape, lunges and bites.
3. Backing away. After the bite it backs off and becomes something else, then has to find you again.

Strike it while it still pretends and the blow lands twice over. This is the best window to hit it.

Tips

• Watch which fish keep their eyes on you. Those are the Mimic.
• Hit it first, before it reveals itself.
• A pet in your party can be the Mimic's disguise, so do not trust your own pet's face either.

What it drops

Drop	Amount
Kraken ink	6 to 10
Abyssal pearls	1 to 3
Nacre	3 to 6
Gold pieces	1 to 3
Trophy	Mimic Ink Pearl

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