This is on top of their own body weight, so a fully loaded beetle will show a total weight of 1613 stones. Like pack horses, Giant Beetles can be used to store items, to a maximum of 125 items and/or 1600 stones. ( Gargoyles can own and control them but cannot ride any animals as mounts.) Once tamed, any non- Gargoyle character can control and ride them. They have to have their health taken down until they are *Beaten into subjugation* before they can be tamed. If they are hit with a ranged attack, they run at Paragon-like speeds to catch up with their attacker.
(See screen shots to the right.)īefore Taming they are actually rather strong and quite capable of killing weaker characters. The are completely blue in the Classic Client, leading to their common nickname of 'blue beetles', which can be confusing to Enhanced Client players where the beetles are black. Giant Beetles can be tamed and used for this very purpose, much like a pack horse, and can simultaneously be used as a mount if they are not carrying too much weight. It is believed that the ants bred them for use in carrying heavy loads of dirt and rock from their myriad digging operations. Giant Beetles were first seen in the company of the Solen ants in their hives.
