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Lurker

GamesUndeadSomething from outer space2000 to 2009

A small wall-crawling Necromorph from Dead Space, made from the body of an infant. It crawls on walls and ceilings and fires barbs from tendrils; its cries were built from a human baby's voice mixed with big cats. Dead Space 3 replaced the infant body with a dog's.1234

Battle it
First appeared
2008
Dead Space (2008)
Source work
Dead Space (2008)
EA Redwood Shores (Visceral Games)
Age rating
ESRB M
Made in
USA
What causes it
Something from outer space
The signal of the alien Markers reshapes dead tissue; the infection spreads through Necromorph tissue and reanimates corpses in new forms.
How you become one
Made from infants or infant-like organ-bank bodies; Dead Space 3 uses dogs.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • dismemberment

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2008

Dead Space (2008)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Fires barbs from tendrils on its back1234

2

Its voice mixes the sounds of a human baby with big cats1234

3

Needed flat walls in the level design to find its way1234

4

Redesigned as a dog-based creature in Dead Space 31234

Sources

  1. Necromorphs - Dead Space Wiki (Fandom)
  2. Necromorph - Wikipedia
  3. Dead Space (2008 video game) - Wikipedia
  4. Dead Space (2008) - RAWG

Every fact on this page comes from these sources, written in our own words. Spotted a mistake? Tell us at [email protected].

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