Aloprat
Details
- Diet
- Omnivorous scavenger — eats a variety of food and scraps.
- Habitat
- Across human-occupied space, including aboard space stations and ships (not tied to a single planet/biome).
AI Overview
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A hearty, adaptable species of small rodent that has spread across human-occupied space, surviving even aboard stations and ships by scavenging scraps — and now a low-cost source of skewered street food in the 'verse.
Appearance
The aloprat is a small rodent-like animal. The Star Citizen Wiki classifies it in kingdom Animal as a small fauna species; beyond "small rodent," no detailed physical description is published yet, but a reference image exists on the wiki (see Image candidates).
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Behavior & temperament
Aloprats are described as a "hearty" and highly adaptable species. Their defining trait is resilience: they tolerate a wide range of environments and have spread throughout human-settled space, including the artificial environments of space stations and starships. They behave as opportunistic survivors/scavengers rather than as a notable threat to players. No aggressive or pack behavior is documented.
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Where to find
Lore places aloprats across human-occupied space generally, with an emphasis on them living alongside people — aboard space stations and ships, where they live off food and scraps. As a prepared food item, the aloprat is most visibly present in the Pyro system: the Aloprat Skewer is stocked at 45+ vendors across Pyro, including planetside settlements on Bloom and stations/outposts such as Orbituary, Checkmate, Starlight Service Station and Patch City. (Note: these are vendor locations for the cooked item, not confirmed live spawn points for hunting the live creature.)
Diet
Omnivorous and opportunistic — aloprats survive by eating "a variety of food and scraps," which is what lets them persist aboard ships and stations far from any natural habitat.
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Loot & drops
The aloprat's in-game payoff is culinary rather than monetary. It is processed into the **Aloprat Skewer**, a single-use consumable (roasted rotisserie-style "for crisp skin and gamey, fatty meat"). - **Aloprat Skewer** — sells for ~9 aUEC (up to 12 aUEC at Checkmate Worker Habitation). Stats: Hunger -18, Thirst -6, Hydrating 1800, Nutrition Density Rating 25, mass 0.25 kg, single-use. Internal item id `Food_Skewered_Rat_1_a`. The wiki also flags it as an immune-suppressing food (reduces immune function when eaten). - **Aloprat Skewer Mystery** ("Mystery Meat") — a non-purchasable variant (Hunger -25, no thirst effect), internal name `Carryable_Skewered_Mystery_Meat_1_a`.
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Variants & subspecies
No biological subspecies are documented. The only "variants" are the two prepared food forms: the standard Aloprat Skewer and the unpurchasable Aloprat Skewer Mystery (mystery meat).
Lore & discovery
The aloprat was introduced in the Alpha 4.0 patch cycle (late 2024), with the wiki citing the Inside Star Citizen: Alpha 4.0 Patch Report (12 December 2024) as its source. Its lore framing — a rat-like pest that has colonized human spacefaring civilization and rides along on ships and stations — mirrors the way real-world rats followed humans across the globe, here extended to the stars. The name is a portmanteau evoking "rat" (the internal asset name literally calls it a "rat"). The wiki article was last updated 1 November 2025.
Trivia
- The aloprat's internal/developer asset name is built on "rat" — the skewer's item code is `Food_Skewered_Rat_1_a` — confirming it's the 'verse's spacefaring rat analog. - It's one of the cheapest food items in the game, making the Aloprat Skewer a budget hunger fix for new players, especially around Pyro. - Eating the skewer carries a downside: it suppresses the immune system, so it's not a "free" meal mechanically.
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