Rock Puncher

The Rock Puncher was a species of fauna that was planned for Subnautica, but now may be implemented in Subnautica: Below Zero.

Appearance
The Rock Puncher has a bulky body, entirely armoured, it has six articulated feet and two arms at the front. Attached to the arms are two large masses, presumably these are used to deliver powerful strikes against hard objects. As punching the rocks, it would remove it or "terraform".

The Rock Puncher has four eyes at the front and two mandibles underneath the eyes. At its back, it has a shrimp-like tail. The Rock Puncher's underside is gray with a green shade while its back is yellow with red patterns. Its arms and legs are an orange-red hue, with their ends being a dark brown color.

Design
The Rock Puncher is heavily inspired by crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda, the mantis shrimps. Some members of the group possess club-like claws that are used to deliver extremely powerful blows to their prey. The Rock Puncher is essentially a scaled up mantis shrimp.

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Trivia

 * The Rock Puncher's design is most likely based on the mantis shrimp.
 * Early animations for the Rock Puncher can be found here.
 * Gamefiles refer to the Rockgrub as "Rock Puncher Larva" but an early Trello card refers to them as "RockPuncher Food".