Eagles can fly up other animals in the air!
UPGRADED to Golden Eagle!
Eagles can fly up other animals in the air!
(Can even pick predators!)
UPGRADED to Shahbaz!
Eagles can fly up other animals in the air!
(Shahbaz picks anything including Black Dragon)
UPGRADED to Golden Shahbaz!
Eagles can fly up other animals in the air!
(Golden Shahbaz picks everything!)
The Eagle is a tier 12 Land animal in Mope.io, and the equivalent of the Rhino, Shark, Markhor, Bison and Wolverine.
Technical
Bald Eagle
- Upgrades from the Crocodile, Tiger, Falcon, Octopus, Polar Bear, Vulture or Turkey at 145K XP.
- Upgrades to the Ostrich, Hippo, Boa Constrictor, Sabertooth Tiger or Komodo Dragon at 350K XP.
- Can hide in large Hiding Holes and Whirlpools.
- It can eat all food sources in the game except Dates, Cactus Pears and Berries. Prey of the Eagle includes all animals within tier 11 to tier 5 (Crocodile to Deer).
- Predators of the Eagle are animals from tier 13 to tier 17 (Hippo to Black Dragon).
- Its special ability is to fly, grab and drop prey by pressing
W. The ability starts with the Eagle flying at ground level with its talons outstreched; if it touches prey, the prey will be picked up and flown around by the Eagle for up to 8 seconds. When pressingWa second time, the prey will be dropped, being stunned and damaged slightly. Once theWkey is clicked for a third time, the Eagle will land. If no animal is touched, the Eagle will fly for 10 seconds before landing, or upon pressingWagain.- When predators are touched while the Eagle is flying at ground level, they will be stunned (with no damage) rather than being picked up.
- When an animal is dropped by the Eagle, that animal can only be damaged by the Eagle for a period of time after it's been dropped.
- Eagles can't pick up animals that are hiding underneath trees.
- The Eagle can boost in the air if it doesn't pick up an animal, but not in its beginning outstretched talons state nor if it is carrying an animal.
- The ability has a cooldown of 10 seconds.
Golden Eagle
- All of the above criteria, except for special ability capabilities, apply to the Golden Eagle.
- It has a 28/5000 chance of appearing on the upgrade menu.
- Drains water faster than the normal Eagle.
- Using its special ability, the Golden Eagle can pick up prey as well as predators; anything within tier 1 to tier 16 (Mouse to monster tier). It will fly for 12 seconds by itself. The Golden Eagle can carry prey for 10 seconds, predators up until tier 14 for 8 seconds, apexes for 6-7 seconds, and monsters for 4 seconds.
- It has a superior health compared to the Bald Eagle.
- It is slightly larger in size than the Bald Eagle.
Shahbaz
- Has the same general traits as the Bald Eagle, except for special ability capabilities.
- It has a rarity of 1/5000.
- Drains water faster than the normal Eagle.
- The Shahbaz can climb on rocks.
- The Shahbaz can pick up any animal from tier 1 to tier 17. Its ability also allows it to fly longer and faster than the Golden Eagle, at 14 seconds. The Shahbaz can carry prey for 14 seconds, predators up until Tier 14 for 12, apexes for 8, and monsters for 6 seconds.
- It can dive in water for 10 seconds.
- It has a higher health bar.
Golden Shahbaz
- Has the same general traits as the Bald Eagle.
- It has a rarity of 1/5000.
- Drains water faster than the normal Eagle.
- The Golden Shahbaz can pick up predators from tier 13-King Dragon. Its ability allows it to fly longer and faster than the Shahbaz, and the longest/fastest of all Eagle variants. It will fly for 16 seconds if it doesn't pick up any animal, prey for 14 seconds, predators up until tier 14 for 12 seconds, apexes for 10 seconds, Monsters for 8 seconds, Black Dragons for 6 seconds, and King Dragons for 4 seconds. The Golden Shahbaz has an ability cooldown of 14 seconds, longest out of the other variants. The drop inflicts 1.2 damage.
- It can only pick up King Dragons and Black Dragon from behind. Attempting to do so from in front will not work.
- The Golden Shahbaz can dive for 15 seconds.
- It has 6 hp.
Appearance
Bald Eagle
The Bald Eagle has a brown body with a feathery white head. The head shows off multiple uprooted feathers, and the eagle's eyes are bared. It also has a canary-yellow beak, which is quite sharp. The tail-feathers are tipped with white, but otherwise its body is brown, with faint markings all around it. The Gold Trim Eagle’s head is light gold and is larger. It’s tail tip is also gold.
Golden Eagle
The Golden Eagle looks like the Bald Eagle, except it has a darker shade of brown, and is purely brown except for the beak. Speaking of which, the beak is a lot sharper, pointier, and that point is covered black. The Golden Eagle's tail looks a lot more noticeable and longer, similarly to the Toucan's tail structure.
Shahbaz
The Shahbaz's eyes and beak are similar to the Bald Eagle, except its beak is a shade of burgundy. It has ruffled grey feathers that continue until the tips of the feathers, which are burgundy.
Golden Shahbaz
The Golden Shahbaz is very similar to the Golden Eagle, except for the fact that all its feathers are ruffled and not perfectly brushed like the Golden Eagle.
Purchasable Skins
- The skins listed below are or have been accessible to buy in-game. Older versions or non-purchasable skins may be seen in the article's infobox and/or asset gallery.
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| Gold Trim Bald Eagle | From the Land Gold Trim Skin Pack [12500] | 
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Strategy
As an Eagle
- Try to drop Ocean animals on Land, and use your High Fly or Fly with Prey to avoid enemies. Try hiding under plankton bushes to startle your prey.
- As most ocean animals avoid Eagles when they see them on sandhills or in the water, this will give you a better chance of success in grabbing them.
- Animals from Pufferfish and above are great targets; they are fast and an easy way to gain XP. The said animals are very slow on land, quickly lose water, and you can wall them off!
- If picking up a Pelican, fly a long distance in-land, so that when you land, you can block its entrance off, and effectively eat it.
- Your Fly With Prey ability is useful for tail-biting. Grab an animal (prey to one of your predators, too), and drop them in front of the predator as an offering. While they are busy chasing the animal, this is your chance to bite their tail!
- The Eagle used to be able to pick up predators, but this feature is now exclusive to Golden Eagles, Shahbazes and Golden Shahbazes, but it will stun the predator if you try to use the ability on them.
- Even though the Eagle can no longer pick predators, its ability still stuns them. This is useful if one is going after you, especially in the water. Avoid Boa Constrictors and Hippos at all costs (unless they are at very low health). Boa Constrictors can use their constrict ability, trapping you as you suffocate, and since the Hippo has frequent speed in multiple environments, it can easily erode away your health over time. Both predators have different strengths and weaknesses. With Hippos, you can only avoid them by climbing hills or flying. You can evade Boas by flying away or going into the Ocean biome, where they are slower. In any case, these two predators are the biggest threat.
- An option is to try helping a Giant Spider. You can deposit prey (including fellow Eagles) into their lair of webs. In return, they may decide to give you protection, or at least not eat you immediately. If the Spider is busy at any given moment with prey, you can eat whatever other prey is trapped in webs yourself.
- Tigers and Crocodiles are a pretty good food source. The best way to deal with them is to pick them up, because you can pick up Crocodiles and lower tiers. Then it's your choice to either drop them anywhere or through the lava which is the best idea, because the Tiger or Crocodile will burn, while it's burning, try to see where it is going, and block the areas.
- You can also find another Eagle, and drop the food with them, as they will die easily. To get an easy meal, find any animal that you can pick up and has really low health, pick it up and drop it. Use the stunning as an opportunity to easily finish it off.
- Another strategy is to fly frogs up into the air (yes, this is doable even when they are diving) and bring them far from water, that way they can't dive. Use the short stun to eat the frog. If you've brought it far enough, it won't have time to hop back to the river.
- If you see an Ostrich, use your ability to boost yourself away from it. Cut over hills (Ostriches cannot climb hills!). If you are very close to mud, get away from that too, as Hippos, Boas, and Ostriches can easily knock you into the mud and kill you.
- Or, you can head over to the ocean. Make sure you aren't far from land and find prey in the water. When you find them, use your picking up prey ability to pick them up and fly towards land. Try to fly as far from the sea as possible when you have prey in your grip, so that when they are dropped and you land they will start getting low on water and their health will decrease. Then, you can finish them off much more easily. But watch out for other Eagles!
Against an Eagle
- Eagles can be hard to kill, since their flying ability can stun predators and allow them to escape by flying away. However, if the Eagle is in its position when it's about to try grab an animal, stunning it can stop the ability. For example, if an Eagle is flying towards a Hippo, about to stun it and fly away, the Hippo can groan. Its sound wave will stun the Eagle and hence, stop its ability.
- The same applies with the wave power of the Killer Whale. They can create a wave, stun Eagles, and then easily eat them since they're slow in water. As a Hippo, an Ostrich or a Killer Whale, an Eagle in water have high potential of being easy XP. However, Boa Constrictors are also slow in water, therefore being unable to keep up.
- If you're prey to an Eagle, stay in the Ocean biome to avoid them. Crocodiles can do this, but Falcons and Lions are a different story. Like the Hippo, if you're able to stun the Eagle before it can grab you, you won't be flown away (Lions and variants can stun it too). Be aware that if you're on low health, Eagles must be evaded at all costs. This is because they can drop you, and take away at least two bites of your health in the total stunning time. Additionally, Ocean animals must avoid Eagles, as they will pick you up and throw you out of the ocean.
As a Golden Eagle
- Congratulations! The Golden Eagle is very rare and you have to be very lucky to get it. Most people who get Golden Eagle just want to troll and have fun, but some people want to get a kill with it, which you can!
- Now, to get a kill, drag a Land Monster or Phoenix from the volcano or fish a Sea Monster or a Kraken from the ocean. Keep picking them up until they are taking damage from lava/water loss. Then pick them up and when they are on low health, drop them and you might get the XP from the tiny amount of damage that is dealt when dropped. If not, attempt to tail-bite it before other animals also try to kill it.
- The Golden Eagle received a nerf in Beta on June 27 2020; it can no longer pick up the Black Dragon or King Dragon, leaving the task for the Shahbaz and the Golden Shahbaz. Because of this, don't bother attempting to pick them up.
Against a Golden Eagle
- To defend against a Golden Eagle, the strategy is pretty much the same. However, if you encounter a Golden Eagle, you would have to act like you are prey running from an Eagle if you are a predator; fighting back would not do much. As prey, you don't need to be as cautious as when encountering an Eagle.
- Golden Eagles are dangerous to predators.
- As prey, don't bother being careful, as it won't care about prey unless it is new to the game.
- As a predator to Golden Eagle (Especially Apex+), Be VERY careful, take refuge under a tree or hiding hole.
- Ocean animals should go deeper into the ocean. Desert animals should go to deeper into the desert (Oasis might work too.). And arctic animals should head back into the arctic.
- Try to team on a Golden Eagle to destroy them. Fortunately, the Golden Eagle cannot pick up Black Dragons or King Dragons, leaving only the rarer Shahbaz and Golden Shahbaz with that ability.
Gallery
- Main article: Eagle/Gallery
Criticism
Bald Eagle
Many people had great dislike of the Bald Eagle for being too overpowered, back when it could grab any Animals anywhere, regardless of the size and Tiers. It has since then gotten a nerf, where it loses Water faster and can't hold higher-tier animals, but there was a secret buff; it could still hold Crocodile and Rhino, but it depends on the size. Now the Bald Eagle can't carry any predators or equivalents except for other Eagles.
Golden Eagle
During March-June 2020, the Golden Eagle has undergone much criticism, mainly due to the fact that it can carry Black Dragons and easily cause them to die from Lava loss. Due to its buffed rarity, they aren't as hard to get as pre-GoldenAge, and there can be multiple Golden Eagles in one server. However, this criticism has mainly been sourced from the lack of defense that Black Dragons had. Due to this, the Golden Eagle no longer can pick up any Black Dragon or King Dragon, but the Shahbaz and the Golden Shahbaz now can.
Re-skin
A large portion of the community also expressed dislike for the Eagle Re-skin that appeared in Beta, which affected the Golden Eagle as well. Despite not having been added to live Mope.io yet, there were cry-outs on the Subreddit of purpose-made for the Eagle re-skin, saying that it is simply "worse". Such criticism initially only affected beta, but are now surfacing as concerns in terms in terms of actual addition to the main game. Friendlier forms of criticism have included memes on reddit, but as of now it seems the community has grown used to the re-skin for the most part.
Trivia
- In the Eagle's Teasers, the upgrade message for Eagle was: "UPGRADED to Eagle! Eagles are very strong and intelligent birds. They hunt anything almost equal to their size! (Tip: double-tap boost button to fly free)".
- The old upgrade caption for eagle used to say "UPGRADED to Eagle! Eagles can fly up other animals in the air! They can also fly high (double click)."
- Eagles can no longer drop players in lava after January 26, 2018. However this was changed on February 11, 2019, when Golden Eagles throw an animal to lava, it will be immune to it.
- The Eagle was buffed on December 31, 2017, to pick up some predators bigger than it all the way up to Hippo tier. This was later removed and is now exclusive to the Golden Eagle.
- The Eagle is among one of the first birds implemented in-game, along with the Penguin.
- Back when the Eagle just came out it could pick up predators smaller than itself.
- The Golden Eagle and the Golden Shahbaz are the only Golden animals to not be a Skin (and, consequently, be in the Shop's Golden skin deal), being rather species of the Bald Eagle and the Shahbaz (the Shahbaz itself is another species of the Eagle).
- King Shah, Shaheen, Shahbaz and Golden Shahbaz have King of Agario's name. While King Shah and Shaheen have a portion of his first name ("Shah"), Shahbaz and Golden Shahbaz have his complete first name ("Shahbaz")
- The normal and Golden Shahbaz are the rarest obtainable animals in the game.
Glitches
- When flying too long as an Eagle, the player would be unable to land and die of thirst.
- For a period of time, it was unable to fly but could drag players on the ground where predators can still be hurt as the dragged animal.
- A third glitch was when grabbing an animal behind its tail, it will could the animal to fly all by itself. However, this was hard to do and is most commonly done on low-tier ocean animals.
- Fourthly, the Eagle used to be able to fly at an extremely fast pace. If it grabbed an Arctic animal, it would be able to drag them past the Volcano and near the other end of the map within one flight.
- Lastly, after an animal is dropped by a Bald Eagle, the animal is able to virtually climb hills for a period of time. The animal would appear to be under the hill but would earn an increased FOV.
