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Meatbugs
May 19, 2026 at 07:32 AM
Expanded with Combat Profile table, role/tactics sections, and hedged pre-release confirmation note (2026-05-18)
Meatbugs are small, docile grub-like creatures that live throughout the Valley of Mines in Gothic 1 Remake. Alkimia Interactive has named them directly in atmosphere copy for the remake (the phrase "meatbug ragout a la Snaf") and they are one of the Colony's background wildlife staples.
Meatbugs are the Colony's equivalent of a renewable food animal. Their meat is a staple ingredient in Colony cooking, and Alkimia Interactive has specifically confirmed that the food and cooking systems are expanded for the remake, which gives Meatbug products a meaningful role beyond the single stat-boost item they were in pre-release commentary. See Getting Started for the broader cooking context.
Trait | Detail |
|---|---|
Tier | Trivial. Meatbugs are not a combat threat and are one of the safest kills in the Colony. |
Behaviour | Docile. Meatbugs do not attack and do not flee, so they can be approached and harvested freely. |
Terrain | Distributed widely across the Valley of Mines as ambient wildlife. They are encountered near every camp, not tied to a specific biome. |
Encounter Size | Solitary or in small loose groupings of two or three. They do not swarm. |
Loot Role | Meat for the cooking system. Useful as a low-stress source of food on the way between objectives. |
Meatbugs are part of the Colony's background atmosphere rather than tied to a single zone. Alkimia's pre-release framing places them as wildlife the Hero will see in passing throughout the Valley of Mines, which is why they appear in atmosphere copy rather than as a dedicated zone creature.
Meatbugs are a reliable snack-running loop for early Heroes who are not yet equipped to fight scavengers, wolves, or larger fauna. Because they are not a threat, they double as a way to practice the remake's loot interactions without combat risk. See Combat System for the wider remake combat loop and Getting Started for the early-game progression notes.
Meatbugs are confirmed in remake form by Alkimia Interactive's own atmosphere copy. Specific stats, exact drops, and per-region density numbers for the remake have not been published before launch, so detail beyond Alkimia's confirmed framing is deferred until the launch build.
