Amoeboid

The Amoeboids were slimy creatures that were developed by Dr. Nefarious on what appears to be the Secret Laboratory on planet Venantonio, and let loose into the Blackwater City sewers of planet Rilgar. Captain Qwark claimed that the majority of the creatures were destroyed by him but many survived and spread into the sewers of other planets such as Aquatos and Pokitaru. They were most likely named after "Amoeba", a single celled organism that reproduces by splitting, almost exactly the same way Amoeboids do when killed.

Ratchet & Clank
The Amoeboid invasion of Blackwater City was reported by Darla Gratch on Holo-Vision. Consequently, Darla was eaten by a large Amoeboid, although she survived. When Ratchet first arrived on Rilgar, the Amoeboids were taking over and Mist Troopers were finding it hard to fend them off. Ratchet managed to stop the Amoeboids and saved the city. The Amoeboid were found again dwelling in some caves on Tobruk Crater, although causing no harm.

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
In Ratchet and Clank: Up Your Arsenal, it is revealed that the Amoeboids were actually a creation of Dr.Nefarious in what appears to be the Secret Laboratory on planet Venantonio who planned to use them to destroy Blackwater City, as an act of revenge against those who had called him insane. In the Aquatos Sewers, Ratchet managed to find several King Amoeboids, lurking in the deep. These were biggest type of Amoeboids encountered to date, and posed a distinctive chrome skin as opposed to the typical green. They often shot balls of goo from their mouths. Ratchet killed many of them while searching for Sewer Crystals. Amoeboid's of small, medium and large sizes were also found throughout the sewers. They could also be found in the second vid-comic.

Secret Agent Clank
In Venantonio, Clank arrived at the Secret Laboratorys of the Amoeboids creation and fought many of Klunk's Amoeboids which included normal Amoeboids and Explosive Amoeboids. Self-deodorising Amoeboids were also mentioned in one the experiment signs on Venantonio.

Amoeboids also arrived in Prison by using the pipes. They arrived there to get revenge on Ratchet who was held there after being framed.

Types of Amoeboids
There were many shapes and sizes of the Amoeboid. Usually, when an Amoeboid was killed, it halved into two smaller Amoeboids, which collectively were the same threat to the player.



Large Amoeboids
The larger Amoeboids were the strongest type of normal Amoeboid. Despite this, they could be killed in one strike. The large Amoeboids were a lot rarer than the others, due to the fact that when defeated they split into two smaller Amoeboids.



Medium Amoeboids
The medium sized Amoeboids were the result of a killed large Amoeboid. When the medium Amoeboids were killed, they themselves released another two Amoeboids of a smaller size. This ended up in four small Amoeboids, collectively.



Small Amoeboids
The small Amoeboids were the result of a killed medium Amoeboid. They were the weakest of the Amoeboid chain, dealing low damage and only one health. When killed, they simply burst into a spray of goo.

King Amoeboid


The King Amoeboids were the largest type of Amoeboids. They were found primarily in the sewers of Aquatos. Sometimes, they took the form of a wall of green goop and others come from the gooey vents on the ceiling. When approaching a King Amoeboid, they will attack instantly raging through the sewer tunnels. They could strike twice as hard as large Amoeboids, although only half the health of a large Amoeboid. For unknown reasons, they were often found guarding rare and precious Sewer Crystals.

Spiky King Amoeboid

 * See: Spiky King Amoeboid

Spiky King Amoeboids where a mutated stronger version of the King Amoeboid. The Spiky Kings where more durable and fired lasers.

Explosive Amoeboids
Explosive Amoeboids were a different type of Amoeboid. They were coloured red instead of the usual green and detonated when near enemies.

Self-Deodorising Amoeboids
These Amoeboids never appeared in gameplay, although they were essentially an experiment by Nefarious. It was unknown whether the experiment succeeded.

Klunk's Amoeboids
Klunk's Amoeboids were a group of Amoeboids created by Klunk to serve him. They consisted of small and medium Amoeboids.

Ratchet & Clank

 * The Amoeboids became smaller when attacked: from one large Amoeboid, to 2 medium Amoeboids, to 4 small Amoeboids. Try to use an explosive weapon to get rid of herds quickly.
 * Use the Blaster to kill the large Amoeboid.
 * Use your wrench to kill the medium Amoeboid, or if there are more than 2, use an explosive weapon. Continue with smaller Amoeboid.


 * Amoeboids were very weak against morphing guns, such as the Morph-o-Ray mainly because the enemy won't split up when morphed. They were also weak to quick, repeated fire.
 * The Pyrocitor has quick repeated fire in a wide spread, killing the Amoeboid and what it split up into easily.

Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

 * A shot of the N60 Storm usually killed a large Amoeboid, and the rest could be finished off by the wrench. The Plasma Whip was a good choice as well, to kill herds in intersections.
 * Another thing that worked well during intersections was the Rift Inducer.
 * You could also use the Nitro Launcher.

Trivia

 * If in contact with water, an Amoeboid would simply vanish in a cloud of green dust and goo. However, it was not known how they could live so well in sewers if they evaporated in contact with water. The water on Rilgar appeared cleaner than the water on Aquatos, meaning that purified water kills Ameboids.
 * When an Amoeboid spotted Ratchet, it jumped in the air and shout "Yi", although most believe they are saying "Die". The pitch depended on the Amoeboid's size, however they are all the same pitch in Up Your Arsenal.
 * An Amoeboid would not notice Ratchet if he swam over them.
 * They were also metioned in Tools Of Destruction in the first level, 2nd cut-scene, when Ratchet reached the Inter-Planetary Defence Center "If you are beng attacked by a giant mutant Amoeboid, please press 1." Qwark's recording at the Inter-Planetary Defence Center on Metropolis.

Appearances

 * Ratchet & Clank
 * Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal
 * Ratchet: Deadlocked
 * Secret Agent Clank
 * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction