# Vault Rat

Lives in packs of thirty. Four eyes, all of them good in the dark.

Character · Fictionalized · Established

Stable ID: `starlight-rat` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Starlight Menagerie](/field-guide/collections/starlight-menagerie/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/starlight-rat/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/starlight-rat/record.json)

## At a glance

- On Umbra the dark side never ends, so the rats went violet black and grew extra eyes. Only the pink nose is the same.

- Hunts in numbers. It notices Seven from about 30 metres and does not care how many others are already chasing him. Each bite takes 5 shield points.

- Home: Umbra.

## Appearances

- [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html) (context: [Starlight Menagerie](/field-guide/collections/starlight-menagerie/))

- [Gamelab’s Starlight Menagerie: The Encyclopedia](/gamelab/projects/starlight-menagerie/starlight-menagerie-encyclopedia-build-story.html): Named in this published page.

- [The creatures](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/creatures.html): Named in this published page.

- [The map of Doorly Orbital](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/map.html): Named in this published page.

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Open questions

- Inspired by Brown rat; the guide describes its game depiction.

## Sources

- [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html)

## Reference library

### Scene

![Vault Rat in the Starlight Menagerie.](/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/rat-three.webp)

Vault Rat in the Starlight Menagerie.

[Download original](/gamelab/assets/starlight-menagerie/creatures/rat-three.webp) · [Starlight Menagerie encyclopedia](/gamelab/starlight-menagerie/encyclopedia.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `8fc4b5a62a870014c21b387b887e0b3aef963406c33a01210cd42e86ae1c3d31`