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Licker

GamesInfected, still aliveRunsA virus1968 to 1999

A blind, flayed predator that grows out of a zombie in Resident Evil 2. It tracks prey by sound and kills with claws and a long barbed tongue. The Licker is the series' best-known 'evolved zombie' and has returned in spin-offs, Resident Evil 5 and the 2019 remake.123

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First appeared
1998
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Source work
Resident Evil 2 (1998)
Capcom
Age rating
ESRB M
Made in
Japan
What causes it
A virus
A rare secondary mutation of t-Virus zombies, usually ones that have eaten a great deal of biomass.
How you become one
A zombie infected with a particular t-Virus variant mutates a second time.
How it moves
Runs
Intelligence
Mindless

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
1998

Resident Evil 2 (1998)

field notes

What the sources say

1

Skinless and eyeless, with an exposed, enlarged brain and large talons123

2

Hunts by sound, to which it is extremely sensitive123

3

Its barbed tongue can pierce flesh and take a head off123

4

In the lore the name was coined by survivors in the Raccoon City police station123

5

Umbrella researchers first took it for a wild form of Tyrant123

6

A mass-produced Licker beta appears in Resident Evil 5123

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
Licker about 24 km/h
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h

Sources

  1. Licker - Resident Evil Wiki (Fandom)
  2. Resident Evil 2 - Wikipedia
  3. Resident Evil 2 (1998) - RAWG

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