The Gear Bug is the fifth pillbug in the game. It can be found in the stampede when the player upgrades their pillbug habitat to level 2 or higher.
Appearance[]
The Gear Bug is completely coloured a lustrous gold, excluding its eyes, with textures which mimic metal reflecting and warping light. On its back it can be seen to be serrated horizontally, unlike other pillbugs. When angry it gives the appearance of a golden gear.
Description[]
This bug can really grind your gears.
Requirements[]
- Space Zoo upgraded to Garden 2 or greater.
- Pillbug tamed.
- Pillbug habitat upgraded to level 2 or higher.
- Ride past 1200m in Garden.
Note: Its chance of appearing is low due to it being a tier 4 animal. It will appear randomly but not often, and never before 1200m.
Baby Gear Bug[]
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Trivia[]
- The Gear Bug's name is a portmanteau of "gear" and "bug", which, like other pillbugs, defines its appearance when angry.
- The description plays on this by referencing the well-known idiom "grind your gears", meaning to annoy someone.
- The Gear Bug is one of six animals that reference gears, other old mechanisms or the steampunk era, the others being the Gearpunk Yak, Antique Penguin, Last Walrus, Clockwork Fox and Gearin'.
Notes[]
- The Gear Bug was released in version 1.15.0 on the 22nd of March 2018 along with Garden and the first five Garden species.
Gallery[]
The Gear Bug when angry
| Pillbugs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pillbug | Medical Pillbug | Basketball Bug | Tyre Bug | Gear Bug | Sushi Bug |
| Armapillo | Frillbug | ||||