Empire of the Ants is full of creatures for you to discover and even ally with on your journey to help save various ant kingdoms. If you want to know what they all are, here’s our handy guide on how to unlock the full bestiary in Empire of the Ants.
What creatures do in Empire of the Ants
There are dozens of bug creatures in Empire of the Ants’ fauna that serve different purposes. Some you will meet during various missions in each chapter of the game and they can be enemies or allies. The creatures that ally with you can be recruited as legions for either offensive or defensive tactics.
Other creatures don’t necessarily take part in missions and are just part of nature exploration, but you can completely discover them to find out more about what they do and how the ants perceive them.
How to unlock all creatures in Empire of the Ants
Unlocking different creatures for your beast in Empire of the Ants is a fairly simple process. All you have to do is get close enough to that creature and the game will automatically identify it and add it to the beast you can see at any time in the pause menu.
You will gradually unlock most of the creatures in the beast just by following each chapter of the story. As you progress, you will embark on various missions that lead to interactions with different creatures. Each chapter brings you to a different ant kingdom and with it new areas to explore and creatures to observe.
Below we’ve listed all 41 creatures found in Empire of the Ants’ fauna, and relative locations (area or chapter) for where to find them.
| creature | Location Found |
|---|---|
| Worker | From Prologue missions onwards; one of five legions potentially available to the player |
| A soldier | From Prologue missions onwards; one of five legions potentially available to the player |
| Gunner | From Prologue missions onwards; one of five legions potentially available to the player |
| Nest keeper | From Chapter 1 missions onwards; provided with the appropriate Defense nest upgrade |
| Termite Worker | From Prologue missions onwards; one of five common enemy legions |
| Termite Warrior | From Prologue missions onwards; one of five common enemy legions |
| Termite Gunner | From Prologue missions onwards; one of five common enemy legions |
| Termite Nest Guard | From Chapter 1 missions onwards; common in hostile termite nests |
| Black Ant Worker | From Chapter 3 missions onwards; one of five common enemy legions |
| Black Ant Warrior | From Chapter 3 missions onwards; one of five common enemy legions |
| Black Ant Gunner | From Chapter 3 missions onwards; one of five common enemy legions |
| Black Ant Nest Guard | From Chapter 3 missions onwards; common in hostile black ant nests |
| ??? | “Looks like there are counselors for Beauty-who-who?” First encountered in Chapter 1 |
| Beauty-who-together | Founder and Queen of Bel-o-kan. First encountered in Chapter 1 |
| Ta-yu-ni | Queen of Ta-yu-kan, part of the Federation First encountered in Chapter 2 |
| TBD | TBD |
| TBD | TBD |
| Pause | First encountered in Chapter 1 around Bel-o-kan |
| Green Rose Chafer | From Chapter 3 missions onwards; A Super Predator legion may be available to the player (must equip it via the download menu in Chapter 3) |
| Dorbeetle | From Chapter 1 missions onwards; Super Predator legion available to the player |
| TBD | TBD |
| TBD | TBD |
| Ladybug | From Chapter 2 missions onwards; common Super Predator enemy legion encountered near fodder/food items |
| Fire bug | From Prologue missions onwards; common enemy legion found guarding forage/food nodes on the map |
| pill man | From Chapter 2 missions onwards; encountered in the area around Ta-yu-kan |
| Water Walker | From Chapter 1 missions onwards; seen gliding on floodwaters during Chapter 1 research mission to Ta-yu-kan |
| aphid | From Chapter 1 missions onwards; one of five legions potentially available to the player |
| Snail | From Chapter 3 missions onwards; A support legion may be available to the player (must equip it via the download menu in Chapter 3) |
| Slug | From Chapter 1 missions onwards; encountered on a tire sticking out of the flood water during the Chapter 1 research mission to Ta-yu-kan |
| Glow Worm | From Chapter 2 missions onwards; First encountered during a night intel mission |
| firefly | From Chapter 1 missions onwards; First encountered during a mission to hunt fireflies for food |
| dragonfly | From Chapter 1 onwards; One of the most common insects found during missions and around ant kingdoms like Bel-o-kan and Ta-yu-kan. |
| Butterfly | From chapter 1 onwards; One of the most common insects found during missions and around ant kingdoms like Bel-o-kan and Ta-yu-kan. |
| bumblebee | From chapter 1 onwards; One of the most common insects found during missions and around ant kingdoms like Bel-o-kan and Ta-yu-kan; they are constantly flying around and a close flyby will unlock this entry |
| TBD | TBD |
| wasp | From chapter 1 onwards; One of the most common insects found during missions and around ant kingdoms like Bel-o-kan and Ta-yu-kan; they are constantly flying around and a close flyby will unlock this entry |
| TBD | TBD |
| Diadem Spider | From chapter 2 onwards; encountered passively during certain missions |
| Diademed Spiders | From chapter 2 onwards; first encountered during the night intel mission offered in Chapter 2 (patrolling the large animal skull) |
| Jumping Spider | From Chapter 1 missions onwards; first encountered during a Chapter 1 research mission to Ta-yu-kan |
| TBD | TBD |
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