# Mottle

A lumpy purple burrower that dives through solid dirt. Cracks and a pink ring warn where it will surface.

Character · Fictional · Established

Stable ID: `game-justdig-mottle` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Justdig](/field-guide/collections/game-justdig/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/game-justdig-mottle/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/game-justdig-mottle/record.json)

## Appearances

- [Mottle — Character lab](/gamelab/justdig.html) (context: [Justdig](/field-guide/collections/game-justdig/))

- [JustDig\!](/gamelab/justdig.html) (context: [Justdig](/field-guide/collections/game-justdig/))

## Open questions

- What identity and story details should carry forward from this character lab?

## Sources

- [Mottle — Character lab](/gamelab/justdig.html) (revision sha256:ea400c7b280466c90e9de375fb42c5e4d9d9547882b1bbd3bdbb68cf04d1e0c2)

- [JustDig\!](/gamelab/justdig.html) (revision sha256:ce25a9add8a7f36599b31ca68bcbde4bff11d7f17fbb3f3cd074de7662d1ef0d)

## Portrait

![Mottle in the original project artwork.](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-source-final-game-justdig-mottle-v1-1200.webp)

Original JustDig\! character art: the complete front-facing idle frame from the animation lab.

[Download original](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-source-final-game-justdig-mottle-v1.png) · [Original project artwork](/gamelab/projects/justdig/assets/2d/mottle-idle-down.png) · v1 · SHA-256: `24dec9e75f7e43d5b831e14439dae4a65a7d15d27c67817a15e6f67b1ab81937`