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Shark
SharkSprite
Game(s) Duke Nukem 3D
Duke Caribbean: Life's A Beach
Duke it out in D.C.
Duke Nukem 64
Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown
Duke Nukem 3D (Sega Saturn)
Duke Nukem 3D (XBLA)
First encountered Shrapnel City, Raw Meat
Statistics
Health 35
Weapon(s) Bite
Mobility Swimming
Speed Slow
Drops when killed N/A

The Shark is a enemy in Duke Nukem 3D. It is first encountered in the first level of Shrapnel City, Raw Meat.

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Description Edit

The Shark is a fearsome predator that strikes terror into the hearts of men. It attacks without warning, inflicts massive damage on its prey and disappears just as swiftly.

At least, that's how they should be. Unfortunately, these creatures are overshadowed by the alien invasion, which relegates the Shark to the position of "weakest enemy". Either because they are so weak in comparison, or the aliens' possible aversion to water, or because of a simple oversight, the Shark has not been recruited into the alien ranks. The Shark is the only creature in the game that is not in league with the alien invasion, and will attack Duke Nukem just because it wants to.

Appearance Edit

While it hasn't been officially stated, the Shark bears a similarity to the grey reef shark. It is grey, menacing and shark-shaped.

Combat analysis Edit

Weapon effectivenesses
Mighty Boot
MightyBootSprite
2-3 kicks
Pistol
PistolSprite
6 shots
Shotgun
ShotgunSprite
1 shot
Chaingun Cannon
ChaingunCannonSprite
4 shots
RPG
RPGSprite
1 rocket
Pipebomb
PipebombSprite
1 pipebomb
Shrink Ray
ShrinkRaySprite
1 blast
Microwave Expander
MicrowaveExpanderSprite
3 shots
Devastator
DevastatorSprite
1 rocket
Laser Tripbomb
LaserTripbombSprite
1 mine
Freezethrower
FreezethrowerSprite
2 shots
  • Note: The values given for the Shotgun and the explosive weapons are minimum values only.

The Shark poses very little threat to the player. They have very low health, and can attack only by means of a weak bite. It is also slow-moving, and will usually not chase the player at all. It is just as easy to swim past even a shiver of Sharks as to shoot them.

The Laser Tripbomb is described as a bad weapon to use because pools of water containing Sharks are often too big to effectively deploy the weapon.

Data Edit

Attributes
Hit points35
Speed??
Pain chance??% (??/256)
Clipdist??
Scale? x ?
Sprites & sounds
Actor tile number1550/SHARK
Death soundsquish.voc
Bite
TypeMelee
Speed??
Damage9

LameDukeEdit

The Shark appears in LameDuke, but its behavior and looks are exactly the same as the final’s.

The Shark in other games Edit

The Shark has no significant differences between any of the games it features in.

Trivia Edit

  • Due to the Shark being so weak, kicking one to death is not nearly as rewarding as perhaps it should be.
  • The shark coding is not in version 0.99/1.0/1.1 of Duke Nukem 3D
Duke Nukem 3D
Episodes L.A. Meltdown | Lunar Apocalypse | Shrapnel City | The Birth
Items Access Card | Holoduke | Jetpack | Night Vision Goggles | Portable Medkit
Protective Boots | Scuba Gear | Steroids
Health: Small Medkit | Large Medkit | Atomic Health | Armor
Scrapped: Space Suit
Weapons Mighty Boot | Pistol | Shotgun | Chaingun Cannon | RPG | Shrink Ray
Microwave Expander | Pipe Bomb | Devastator | Laser Tripbomb | Freezethrower
Scrapped: Flamethrower | Laser Chainsaw | Sonic Resonator
Enemies Assault Captain | Assault Commander | Assault Enforcer | Assault Trooper
Mini Battlelord | Octabrain | Pig Cop | Pig Cop Tank | Protector Drone
Protozoid Slimer | Recon Patrol Vehicle | Sentry Drone | Shark | Turret
Bosses: Battlelord | Overlord | Cycloid Emperor | Alien Queen
Scrapped: Organic Turret | Snake Head
Expansion packs
and add-ons
Duke Caribbean: Life's A Beach | Duke: Nuclear Winter | Duke It Out In D.C.
Duke Xtreme | Duke!ZONE | Unofficial expansion packs
Fan community User maps | Mods & Total Conversions | Level editing (index) | Speedruns
Source ports | High Resolution Pack
Other Difficulty | Hazards | Multiplayer | Cheat codes | Easter eggs
Quotes | Music | Creators | Duke Nukem
Build engine | Game bugs | Unused data
LameDuke
Episodes Mrr Caliber | Mission Cockroach | Suck Hole | Hard Landing
Items Holoduke | Jetpack | Oxygen Tank | Shield | Steroids
Health: Soda Can | Six-pack
Weapons Club | Pistol | Weapon3 | Pipe Bomb | RPG | Sonic Resonator
Enemies Bat | Captain | Drone | Drone 2 | Mandroid
Octabrain | Shark | Trooper | Turret
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