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kill dem stunties wrote:Wraithbone is not actually made of bone, its a psycho reactive plastic.

Pretty sure the tyranids would still eat it.

xXSir MontyXx wrote:It could work, maybe eventualy becoming another hive mind haha. That would suck for the universe

For those of you owning the codex, flip to page 44 and read the last few sentences of the final paragraph. "What a zoanthrope would be capable of [if] it were to truly focus or exert itself- or worse yet, what a group of such beasts could achieve by synchronising their intellectual powers - is probably best left to the imagination of folk williing to invite such nightmares"(Games-workshop, Pg. 44).

Now imagine that a Zoanthrope, has just consumed all of the souls of an ENTIRE Craftworld, and suddenly disappeared... Severed from the control of the hive-mind, what would it's intelligence be, not only that, but its tactical stategy/acumen!?

kill dem stunties wrote:Wraithbone is not actually made of bone, its a psycho reactive plastic.

According to Eldar 4th ed fluff it's solidified warp energy. I'm not sure how correct that (My version) is can you put a passage from the codex up?

Read Page 13, under Eldar Technology, paragraph two, the sentence starting with 'In some respects...'

It basically shows why the nids would om nom nom that stuff up.

Tyranids also consume non-organic material, so that could include wraithbone. If it is made of warp energy, then they would just get indigestion.

Mattieau wrote:Read Page 13, under Eldar Technology, paragraph two, the sentence starting with 'In some respects...'

It basically shows why the nids would om nom nom that stuff up.

Yup, just read it... Psychoplastics... Says that they are Semi-Organic, meaning that they would yield biomass... That's not to say that tyranids Don't consume inorganic matter...

Footsloggin wrote:

Mattieau wrote:Read Page 13, under Eldar Technology, paragraph two, the sentence starting with 'In some respects...'

It basically shows why the nids would om nom nom that stuff up.

Yup, just read it... Psychoplastics... Says that they are Semi-Organic, meaning that they would yield biomass... That's not to say that tyranids Don't consume inorganic matter...

Oh no, i never said they didn't consume inorganic matter, i was just saying that, psycho-plastics being semi-organic means the tyranids would definitely consume it.

Mattieau wrote:

Footsloggin wrote:

Mattieau wrote:Read Page 13, under Eldar Technology, paragraph two, the sentence starting with 'In some respects...'

It basically shows why the nids would om nom nom that stuff up.

Yup, just read it... Psychoplastics... Says that they are Semi-Organic, meaning that they would yield biomass... That's not to say that tyranids Don't consume inorganic matter...

Oh no, i never said they didn't consume inorganic matter, i was just saying that, psycho-plastics being semi-organic means the tyranids would definitely consume it.

I was refering to the above, however, I agree, tyranids consume almost anything in their paths, exluding Necrons, and other barren planets...

Slightly off-topic, but, would one tyranid hivefleet attempt to consume another?

Mattieau wrote:Slightly off-topic, but, would one tyranid hivefleet attempt to consume another?

Yes, but I believe that there is another topic on here about this... Albeit it is a few days old... Or I could be remembering warseer, my memory is a bit fuzzy...

EDIT: It is on warseer, type "Tyranid Civil War" in your search-bar and read up

Footsloggin wrote:

Mattieau wrote:Slightly off-topic, but, would one tyranid hivefleet attempt to consume another?

Yes, but I believe that there is another topic on here about this... Albeit it is a few days old... Or I could be remembering warseer, my memory is a bit fuzzy...

EDIT: It is on warseer, type "Tyranid Civil War" in your search-bar and read up

They fight each other and the winner absorbs the loser gaining it's new biomorphic gubbins. Basically the Tyranid race is survival of the fittest taken to the biggest possible extreme.

That's so cool. If tyranids weren't a horde army, i would actually consider playing them now.

Mattieau wrote:That's so cool. If tyranids weren't a horde army, i would actually consider playing them now.

Contrare to common belief, Nids can be played either way. I have access to troops more akin to space marines, albeit more fleshy and less armory. You can easily pull of a list without actually using gaunts, though it would be a challenging list to play. My warriors list comprises of only 50ish models. Or, you could field genestealers, with scything talons, bringing them to the EXACT cost of a space marine...

You could always ask someone at your local gamestore if you could try their nids, and try and compose a list without the use of gaunts!

I sound like im advertising them

Well, that got off topic quickly.

So summing up what I take from this thread is that Tyranids can eat wraithbone and Doom of Malan'tai can also eat souls. The purpose of the soul-eatery is still kind of a mystery to me, though. Any thoughts on that?

TheLinguist wrote:So summing up what I take from this thread is that Tyranids can eat wraithbone...

I'm still not sure. Some are saying it would yield biomass, but if the others are correct in stating it is part warp I doubt Tyranids would be attracted to that.

Laughing God wrote: super plastic... not organic

plastics = organic chemicals

as we have bacteria that can eat plastics on Earth i would say that it is entirely plausable for the Tyranids to have developed something similar/better in doing so.

BluntmanDC wrote:

Laughing God wrote: super plastic... not organic

plastics = organic chemicals

as we have bacteria that can eat plastics on Earth i would say that it is entirely plausable for the Tyranids to have developed something similar/better in doing so.

And besides this, Wraitbone is said to be Semi-organic as posted above.

I have heard of nothing that says Tyranid cant eat it, but also nothing that says they can. The reason for malon tai being left was because the only 'nid there was the doom.

Footsloggin wrote:

BluntmanDC wrote:

Laughing God wrote: super plastic... not organic

plastics = organic chemicals

as we have bacteria that can eat plastics on Earth i would say that it is entirely plausable for the Tyranids to have developed something similar/better in doing so.

And besides this, Wraitbone is said to be Semi-organic as posted above.

But there is the Warp based factor of wraithbone.

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Footsloggin wrote:

BluntmanDC wrote:

Laughing God wrote: super plastic... not organic

plastics = organic chemicals

as we have bacteria that can eat plastics on Earth i would say that it is entirely plausable for the Tyranids to have developed something similar/better in doing so.

And besides this, Wraitbone is said to be Semi-organic as posted above.

But there is the Warp based factor of wraithbone.

And THEN there is the arguable warp factor of Tyranids and the Hive Mind.

Tyranids dont use the warp nearly as much as the other races, only the ones with psychic powers.

Yes, but the fact remains that the Hive Mind has the ability to fuke up the Warp. Which, IMO, suggests epic capacities of Warp power from the collective.

Yes...but a ripper lacks that capacity, and they'd be the ones eating that warp junk. I don't see it doing any good for the Nid digestive system.

TheLinguist wrote:Well, that got off topic quickly.

So summing up what I take from this thread is that Tyranids can eat wraithbone and Doom of Malan'tai can also eat souls. The purpose of the soul-eatery is still kind of a mystery to me, though. Any thoughts on that?

Doom was a mutation, it was vampric so for every thing it killed it absorbed their soul and became stronger

It seems plausible that they can digest wraithbone. Malantai being left desolate can be explained by lack of ripper cleanup or rapid evacuation for a more suitable target. Or that the only thing left was the doom, and having devoured a boatload of souls, wasn't really interested in the rest of the ship as sustenance

Mukkin'About wrote:It seems plausible that they can digest wraithbone. Malantai being left desolate can be explained by lack of ripper cleanup or rapid evacuation for a more suitable target. Or that the only thing left was the doom, and having devoured a boatload of souls, wasn't really interested in the rest of the ship as sustenance

Yes exactly, the nids need the ripper phase of the ivasion to absorb a world, because I know for a fact they eat wraithlords...

Footsloggin wrote:

Mattieau wrote:

Footsloggin wrote:

Mattieau wrote:Read Page 13, under Eldar Technology, paragraph two, the sentence starting with 'In some respects...'

It basically shows why the nids would om nom nom that stuff up.

Yup, just read it... Psychoplastics... Says that they are Semi-Organic, meaning that they would yield biomass... That's not to say that tyranids Don't consume inorganic matter...

Oh no, i never said they didn't consume inorganic matter, i was just saying that, psycho-plastics being semi-organic means the tyranids would definitely consume it.

I was refering to the above, however, I agree, tyranids consume almost anything in their paths, exluding Necrons, and other barren planets...

Wait... hold the phone... nids cant and wouldnt eat necrons. in fact they actively avoid necrons. prolly for that very reason. Example: Nids devour necron hoarde. C'tan floats along to the have fleet. "O ur all full of necrodermis in your DNA? Well I control all of you tyranids now..."

xXSir MontyXx wrote:Tyranids dont use the warp nearly as much as the other races, only the ones with psychic powers.

Pretty sure tyranids depend on the warp just as much as any faction if not more. Without the warp the hive mind wouldnt have the synaptic web. Tyranids psychic powers wouldnt function including synaps.

I dont know why people assume tyranids dont use the warp for their psycich powers, read the entry in the tyranids codex refering to the shadow in the warp. Tyranids psychic output is so strong it disrupts the regular flow of the warp making a shadow. I understand the confusion with the entry on psycic powers how it describes tyranids not using psychic powers like normal psychers but instead channeling there powers through the hive mind. But I took this to mean that they still use warp powers just filtered through the presence of the hive mind.

Laughing God wrote:

Footsloggin wrote:

Mattieau wrote:

Footsloggin wrote:

Mattieau wrote:Read Page 13, under Eldar Technology, paragraph two, the sentence starting with 'In some respects...'

It basically shows why the nids would om nom nom that stuff up.

Yup, just read it... Psychoplastics... Says that they are Semi-Organic, meaning that they would yield biomass... That's not to say that tyranids Don't consume inorganic matter...

Oh no, i never said they didn't consume inorganic matter, i was just saying that, psycho-plastics being semi-organic means the tyranids would definitely consume it.

I was refering to the above, however, I agree, tyranids consume almost anything in their paths, exluding Necrons, and other barren planets...

Wait... hold the phone... nids cant and wouldnt eat necrons. in fact they actively avoid necrons. prolly for that very reason. Example: Nids devour necron hoarde. C'tan floats along to the have fleet. "O ur all full of necrodermis in your DNA? Well I control all of you tyranids now..."

xXSir MontyXx wrote:Tyranids dont use the warp nearly as much as the other races, only the ones with psychic powers.

Pretty sure tyranids depend on the warp just as much as any faction if not more. Without the warp the hive mind wouldnt have the synaptic web. Tyranids psychic powers wouldnt function including synaps.

I dont know why people assume tyranids dont use the warp for their psycich powers, read the entry in the tyranids codex refering to the shadow in the warp. Tyranids psychic output is so strong it disrupts the regular flow of the warp making a shadow. I understand the confusion with the entry on psycic powers how it describes tyranids not using psychic powers like normal psychers but instead channeling there powers through the hive mind. But I took this to mean that they still use warp powers just filtered through the presence of the hive mind.

What are you talking about? Thats what I said, they USE it for their psychic powers, L2READ. The Tyranids dont rely on it for travel, so thats a big difference from the other races.

To avoid quoting a massive wall of text, yes, I was saying that the 'nids DO NOT consume, nor can they, Necrons or other barren planets.

Necrons would not yield bio-mass, as far as i'm concerned. Tyranids actively AVOID dead-worlds such as those the necrons inhabit. As shown in the maps of the galaxy within the codex.

Well what about tanks, are tanks left by 'nids? they are metal like necrons. However yes, necron worlds do not have nearly as much biomass as a regular one. So they would avoid them, but I think Necrons can be broken down like anything else.