Lore And Biology Of The Moloch in Barotrauma! (Theories and Conjecture)

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  • sorry if there is anything wrong with the video I'm using a weaker editing setup as I'm on vacation and wanted to do what I could with what I could take with me, thanks for all the support and thanks for the 88 subs!!!!

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  • @youngarchaeotech189
    @youngarchaeotech189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I remember my first expedition as a captain.
    Humpback, just shuttling between stations. Suddenly there’s a ping on the radar, the cavern tunnels were narrow and it’s big. No way around it. I radio the crew to prepare for a fight.
    Shortly thereafter, I am sent flying across the bridge. Wondering what cruelty possessed the devs to put a moloch at the begging of the game. I was also wondering if my soul would still be part of my anatomy after I collide with the deck, maybe the medic could check on that? Whatever. We lost HARD.

  • @Kokolitofora
    @Kokolitofora 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    It could also be that the frequency a sonar uses is the same one molochs use to challenge each other

  • @benmackinnon3645
    @benmackinnon3645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    Maybe molochs eat sonar flora and the sonar of a sub could just make the molochs think it’s food?

    • @benmackinnon3645
      @benmackinnon3645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Or it could mimic the sound of a distressed baby moloch and when the moloch can’t find any kids it thinks the sub killed/ate them?

    • @WiseArkAngel
      @WiseArkAngel ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Molochs couldn't possibly react so agressively when eating.

    • @quynlanvuorensyrja5484
      @quynlanvuorensyrja5484 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It probably just thinks the sub is a rival or something

    • @PedroOliveira-tq6zm
      @PedroOliveira-tq6zm ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Or, just like sonar hurts whales in our planet, it hurts them too, but instead of doing like whales they go "Imma make it your problem too"

    • @ant_king5656
      @ant_king5656 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree, I think it either hurts them or is a the same as a challenge between molochs. Since it appears they use echolocation like whales do, both are possible.

  • @Skibum0198
    @Skibum0198 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I thought that the skirt of the moloch was a filter to catch microscopic nutrients in the water and well micro organisms kind of like a fishing net

    • @hailstone7470
      @hailstone7470  2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That is a possibility Portuguese man o' War had a very similar type of behavior though due to the size of the moloch i would assume it would be more likely that they filterfeed through their water intake

  • @sirfredrin6302
    @sirfredrin6302 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I feel I should've dded something here much sooner. I had an.... odd encounter with baby moloch. I had been apart of a crew for a certain time, mostly to check if a sub I had helped designed was working properly. The crew had been transporting something from between two colonies until we somehow ended up between a ruin and a wreck, probably what remained of a dive team that had been husked while exploring the ruin and then infecting the whole sub, causing it to become wrecked. Anyways as we sent our own dive team to explore the ruin, we heard strange noises from outside the hull. Turns out those noises were from baby moloch rubbing against the hull. Given that they weren't doing anything other then rubbing against the hull doing no damage, I advised the captain to leave them alone. We spent a really long time gathering resources from both the wreck and ruin and were relatively left alone. I am unsure whether it was the momma moloch hovering above us or the babies hiding us, but we had a really quiet trip going to the next station.

    • @silkenemperor
      @silkenemperor ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That sounds kinda cute.

    • @AngryProtoBoi
      @AngryProtoBoi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I remember the first time me and my crew encountered a group of baby molochs.
      Routine trip through the Great Sea, nothing too unusual until I got near what seemed like a dead end in the system.
      Then, the wailing. That told me to immediately reverse out and take the downwards route instead.
      I believe the adults were off doing something else, because as we were ascending to the next station, we got hit on the topside by not one, but three molochs, and one was the EMP variant.
      I feel bad for having to shell those three, but they were completely blocking the route.

  • @benmackinnon3645
    @benmackinnon3645 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Could the skirt be a rudimentary biological trawler net?

    • @hailstone7470
      @hailstone7470  2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Interesting I hadn't thought about that... perhaps if they once lived deeper down... yeah I would say there would be a fair chance at that!

  • @YukariYakumoRanMode
    @YukariYakumoRanMode ปีที่แล้ว +3

    well sonars In real life suck major balls to be near, so maybe they don't want 200 or so decibels pinging off of them

    • @lv2943
      @lv2943 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's my thought, like the realistic sonar mod, IRL submarine sonar is painful or deadly to be around - so I could see a large animal treating it as a threat.

    • @YukariYakumoRanMode
      @YukariYakumoRanMode ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lv2943 exactlyyy

  • @facecheck9101
    @facecheck9101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Love these as they bring more life to Barotrauma I really hope this game only gets more popular it's pretty great, the customization and sense of danger really just makes for a great game.

  • @snelliesnailington2474
    @snelliesnailington2474 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    When you cover the Husks, what parts of the infection will you cover? Also; I'm really excited to see more of these videos! They're all super great!

  • @TyrannicalSimmo
    @TyrannicalSimmo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Great work! Keep it up, i'm subscribing in anticipation of more Barotrauma lore and analysis of it's wildlife.

    • @hailstone7470
      @hailstone7470  2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I never thought people would care this much but I'm thankful and it's such a good game

  • @lordkoth6735
    @lordkoth6735 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Something interesting about the campaign. Several previous campaign I fought molochs in the first area I've started another campaign I don't know if they changed difficulty but I haven't seen a single moloch I'm in area 3now

  • @mattsopiratoso790
    @mattsopiratoso790 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The gunner that didn't shoot the molochs was actually smart, why waste ammunition when they are not trying to be a threat, just keep an eye on the thing while moving away. I'd say the guy deserves a medal, but too much compassion towards these abominations takes that medal away.

  • @Hobonomous
    @Hobonomous 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This so great I’ve been looking for barotruama lore I’ve been enraptured by this game.

  • @midgerm
    @midgerm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    i suspect the life of eruropa is as follows
    moloch: filter feeder
    mudraptor: carnivore
    crawler: carnivore
    spineling: potentially a filder feeder that hunts in swarms for better food aquisition and protection or could be a leech-type creature that causes bleeding hits and drinks up the blood
    watcher: unsure yet, possibly also a filter feeder
    the husk parasite: population control, kinda like the cordyceps with ants

  • @WiseArkAngel
    @WiseArkAngel ปีที่แล้ว +3

    At the time of me watching this video, I managed to kill 5 molochs (4 Regular and 1 Black) while a school of Moloch younglings were screaming for more to come in spite of me not firing upon the younglings. It feels almost coincidental that they showed up just as you were explaining them to me.

  • @robertmarquez343
    @robertmarquez343 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hilarious love the commentary especially the part when you change your voice part of the recording great😊 very entertaining

  • @jamesmiller9342
    @jamesmiller9342 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Your videos are so enjoyable and simultaneously are somewhat educational

  • @ctdaniels7049
    @ctdaniels7049 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Barotrauma is still direly under-covered on TH-cam, so I really appreciate this!
    Also, I think you meant "baleen whales and basking sharks", as sperm whales are the type with regular teeth!

  • @Blitzozs
    @Blitzozs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this is remarkably professional and enjoyable to listen to

  • @thecookingchannel1520
    @thecookingchannel1520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    God, it's good I'm not the only one that finds those things terrifying

  • @FoxesInBoots
    @FoxesInBoots ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That story at about 8:00, where'd you get that from? 10/10 storytelling!

  • @RandomLookchin
    @RandomLookchin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love these you really deserve more recognition

  • @sirkazoo3794
    @sirkazoo3794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    great work, almost at 100 subs!

  • @lexington1444
    @lexington1444 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    there a time similar thing happened to me, molochs being in between their youngs and me.
    I shot them more but unlike other fight, molochs did not move toward my ship.
    I don't know how to response to this so I sail away.

  • @codeplayer8575
    @codeplayer8575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your channel is awesome man, keep it up!

  • @riaver3038
    @riaver3038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video! im suppressed your channel isnt bigger, your content is so good!

  • @Uselessmane
    @Uselessmane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Классная аналитика. Обожаю эту игру, а теперь и эти видео

  • @danielharding3534
    @danielharding3534 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    make a video on interesting characters like ignatius may and aunt dorhi im sure the rebels have famous people too

  • @anvion1161
    @anvion1161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please continue to upload

  • @thomasspinola7417
    @thomasspinola7417 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you so much!

  • @Nordkampf
    @Nordkampf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video. Not a lot of stuff about barotrauma out there little alone the lore

  • @Yingyanglord1
    @Yingyanglord1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    these are so dam good vids

  • @nethergollum4219
    @nethergollum4219 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how about hammerheads next?

  • @fey6690
    @fey6690 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kinda feel bad killing Moloch in front of their young but I had no choice just because they attacked first 🙃

  • @teo5339
    @teo5339 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good stuff!

  • @micp1979
    @micp1979 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for the video the audio is great but where do you find all this lore?

    • @hailstone7470
      @hailstone7470  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There isn't a lot of real lore in barotrauma as theories and conjecture is in the title. The bits at the end are stories from my own experience in barotrauma. And the biology of the animals is guesswork based on how the animals behave and the models move a lot of it is pure theorizing and gleaning info from what few sources we have available.

    • @hailstone7470
      @hailstone7470  2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      But that's also what makes this a lot of fun for me trying to stitch together reasonable theories

  • @gasmask7064
    @gasmask7064 ปีที่แล้ว

    Easy subscribe.

  • @a.c.i7020
    @a.c.i7020 ปีที่แล้ว

    molocc

  • @Россиянин-ъ4е
    @Россиянин-ъ4е 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Joe.

  • @siriusnmad4082
    @siriusnmad4082 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    sonar its horrible to be around if you are outside a submarine in real life and its uses it sonar youl die in a horrible painfull way