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Leaper

GamesUndeadRunsSomething from outer space2000 to 2009

A Necromorph from Dead Space that springs at its victims on a tail made from its own body. Like every Necromorph it is a reanimated human corpse and is stopped by cutting off limbs, not by shooting the head. The model was scaled down during development so that it could move through the levels.123

⚔️ 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
A human corpse is reshaped by the Marker infection.
How it moves
Runs
Jumps long distances.
Intelligence
Mindless
Weak spots
  • cutting off the limbs

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2008

Dead Space (2008)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Uses a tail-like appendage to jump123

2

Covers distance with long jumps123

3

Scaled down during development to fit through the levels123

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (runs), not a measurement.

You, walking about 5 km/h
You, jogging about 10 km/h
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h
Leaper about 24 km/h
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h

Sources

  1. Necromorph - Wikipedia
  2. Dead Space (2008 video game) - Wikipedia
  3. Dead Space (2008) - RAWG

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