
The Black Lizard requiring offerings of three to five prey to become loyal to the Slugcat, but the domesticated Lizard cannot follow players into different regions.

Their sense of hearing is elevated, but their noise-motivated nature can be used against them: a Slugcat can throw a rock in the opposite direction and the curious Black Lizard will abandon its prey to investigate the sound. These lizards reside in dark environments and are entirely blind, leaving them vulnerable to surprise attacks that they cannot block or evade. Ironically, it is one that players may be uninterested in taming. The Black Lizard is the rarest type, featured in three of the twelve regions in Rain World. How can players gauge which lizards are the most beneficial to tame for their playthrough? 9 The Black Lizard Taming lizards has multiple benefits (depending on the lizard species), such as the domesticated lizard protecting the Slugcat from attackers and accompanying the Slugcat across terrains.

Gaining a lizard’s trust can be achieved by feeding the lizard with a specific number of prey or defending lizards against threatening high-level predators, primarily the masked vultures. Rain World operates using a Reputation System, meaning that players who treat lizards well will earn a positive reputation in the eyes of lizard colonies. Players who grow tired of fighting hoards of lizards across every terrain may want to consider taming the lizards they encounter and making an ally.

Lizards are one predator category in Rain World that the Slugcat encounters in almost every region, with nine variations that have their own unique abilities, traits and even personalities. Survival is the main goal of the playable ‘Slugcat’ in the platform game Rain World, a world dominated by predators and environmental hazards (specifically repetitive heavy downpour of rain).
