Buck

"A strange looking bucket has suddenly been placed on top of you.."

Template:Gootraxian Bucks are a Blackout-exclusive Gootraxian and the blackout variant of Catte.

They resemble a cat, with grey fur and a dark grey underbelly, and they have red horns and spines, which emit a faint, red glow in the dark similar to Carneline. They also have light red eyes.

Abilities

Increased Health (Passive)

Bucks have significantly more health than other Gootraxians, boasting 130 HP for Bucks derived from Catte. Bucks that were infected by pre-existing Bucks instead have 115 HP in total.

Throw

Unlike Catte, they do not drop their buckets upon death and cannot eject their buckets like a Catte. Instead, they have the ability to throw their bucket, dealing 15 damage to the target as well as flinging and ragdolling whoever it may hit. Throwing only works if they have the required headgear, which can be obtained by stepping on either a black or orange bucket, but not a grey one.

Buck can stack up to 5 buckets on their head. All buckets will be thrown at the same time, dealing up to 75 damage if all 5 buckets manage to hit.

Throw Statistics

Stat	Value
Damage	16 Damage
Tool Cooldown	4.5 Seconds
Knockback	40
Effects	Ragdoll, Projectile

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  Buck throwing a bucket and ragdolling a player.
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  Buck throwing multiple buckets and ragdolling a player.

Acquirement

Bucks can be obtained by finding and wearing a black bucket while already playing as a bucketless Catte Gootraxian, or via infection from another Buck Gootraxian.

Bestiary Entry

N/A

Tips

Please note that most things listed in this section are not objective, and are not the "Correct" way to use them. This section is used to give advice to players who want to learn how to use their tools more efficiently.

• You can launch humans into hazards fairly easily via hitting humans with your bucket, leading to easy infects.
• For easy access to playing as Buck, it's usually a good idea to just play as Catte and wait until a Blackout starts, rather than playing another Gootraxian and trying to guess when it happens.
• Due to Buck's projectile buckets having a wide spread, as well as having collision with each other, it is very unlikely that you will actually hit someone with a full stack.

Trivia

• Prior to its HP nerf and the addition of the Nightcrawler, Bucks had the highest amount of health in the game for a non-Slime Gootraxian at 150 HP.
• Bucks are one of the only few Gootraxians who can outright kill survivors.
  • In this case, they can do so by using their buckets.
• Bucks are the first Gootraxian to have a unique or complicated way of obtainment. They are also one of few Gootraxians who have multiple ways of unlocking their Bestiary entry.
  • Buck used to have a health requirement, asking to have less than half of the health in order to put a black bucket on as a Catte.
    • The low health requirement in order to be infected was removed, making the process of obtaining Buck easier.
• Currently, they are the first and only Gootraxian whose Bestiary entry may be obtained in a form that is not combat nor infection-related.
  • In this case, its entry can be unlocked by helping Sam with one of his errands.
• They are one of few Gootraxians to have a unique Bestiary sound effect.
  • In this case, it plays the sound used when someone gets hit by their bucket.
• They are the only Gootraxian whose ability can be used outside of the event they originate from, but cannot be used again until their origin event occurs.
  • Bucks are able to throw their bucket outside of a Blackout, but are unable to obtain another bucket until one happens.
• You will keep the ornaments of Catte's festive skin if you turn into a Buck while having the outfit as a Catte.
• Trying to use "Throw" without a bucket will prompt the following text: "You need a bucket!".
• This is one of the Gootraxians to have a costume, being the Snowboarder Buck.
• The hit sound for the Throw ability is the same as the hit sound of the removed Pipe.
• Prior to V3.1R, when Buck uses the Throw ability, it could take 35 DMG. This was then reduced to 20.
• Oddly, this is one of the Gootraxians to lack a Bestiary description.

Bugs

• Originally, normal Bucks would lose their purple crystals upon a Blackout ending. If one were to be infected by a Buck outside of the event, they will keep the crystals. It is unknown if this is intentional.
  • This has been changed to Bucks' crystals staying after a Blackout ends, and its face only glowing during one and Power Outages.