Valakkar Fang (Juvenile)
Harvesting
- Category
- Animal
- Sub-type
- fang
- Source
- Valakkar
Required by contracts(1)
- Rayari Inc · Jr. Contractorcollect 25
AI Overview
Compiled by AI from community sources — may be incomplete or inaccurate; verify before relying on it.
A Size-1 harvestable trophy — a shed or extracted tooth from a juvenile Valakkar ("sandworm") that players collect during the Storm Breaker event and turn in to Wikelo as a high-tier crafting ingredient.
What it is
The Valakkar Fang (Juvenile) is an animal body-part harvestable: a single fang/tooth taken from a juvenile-stage Valakkar, the giant burrowing sandworm of the Star Citizen universe. In lore, the valakkar continually sheds teeth throughout its life — as it burrows through sand and seizes prey, its teeth are damaged, and once a replacement tooth forms it severs the connective tissue holding the old one, which then breaks off and falls to the ground. Fangs can also be extracted directly from the creature's mouth after it dies. In-game it is a Misc / "Harvestable Trophy" item (class name `Harvestable_Trophy_1H_vlkJuvenileFang`), Size 1, roughly 100 µSCU in volume with small cargo dimensions (~0.15 x 0.05 x 0.05 m), listed under the manufacturer "Unknown."
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Gameplay use
This is a crafting ingredient, not a consumable or a standard trade commodity. It is collected and deposited as part of Wikelo Emporium collection missions (via the bazaar's freight elevator) and spent to craft rewards. Known recipes that consume Juvenile fangs include: - Prism "Irradiated" Laser Shotgun — requires 10 Valakkar Fang (Juvenile) plus 5 Valakkar Fang (Adult), 1 base Prism Laser Shotgun, and 1 Wikelo Favor. - Wikelo Raft (ship) — requires 20 Valakkar Fang (Juvenile) plus 10 Valakkar Fang (Adult), 1 Valakkar Pearl (AAA), 5 Irradiated Kopion Horn, and 8 Wikelo Favor. Higher-grade and irradiated fangs feed the most valuable Wikelo turn-ins (rare ships and components such as the ATLS IKTI, with apex/irradiated tiers associated with top rewards). Collectors in the fiction prize valakkar fangs for crafting luxury items.
Value & where to sell
The Juvenile fang is not sold by NPC vendors and has no standard buy/sell aUEC price at trade terminals — item databases list it as "not sold directly or at all." Its value is realized by turning it in at the Wikelo Emporium for crafted rewards rather than by selling for cash. On the player marketplace it does trade hand-to-hand, but listings are sparse and volatile; for reference, the much rarer top-tier Irradiated Valakkar Fang (Apex) has been listed around 2,000,000 aUEC per unit and roughly two of those equal 1 Wikelo Favor — the Juvenile grade is worth far less. Treat any price as a volatile player-market figure, not a fixed value.
Where to harvest
Juvenile fangs come from juvenile Valakkar, which are around 5 m long and live near mineral deposits and just beneath the planet surface. The practical farming loop is the Storm Breaker event in the Pyro system, where the Valakkar exists as an invasive species (notably on Monox, and around the Lazarus / Pyro I area and Pyro IV facilities). Players progress through the Lazarus Facilities, summon and kill worms of escalating size (juvenile, then adult, then the Apex Valakkar boss), and loot the fangs from killed creatures or pick up shed teeth. Juvenile worms are the easiest stage and the main source of the Juvenile grade. In lore the species is also native to the deserts of Leir III in the Leir system.
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Source
The source creature is the Valakkar (commonly "sandworm") — a gigantic, limbless burrowing worm that moves on overlapping ground-gripping plates and spits rock-hard sand at attackers. Both its teeth/fangs and its pearl-like body parts are lootable. The Juvenile grade specifically comes from the ~5 m juvenile life stage.
Grades & variants
Fangs are graded by the life stage of the source worm, and a separate "Irradiated" line exists for fangs harvested in the radioactive Storm Breaker context: - Valakkar Fang (Juvenile) — from ~5 m juveniles; the most common, lowest-tier fang. (this item) - Valakkar Fang (Adult) — from ~15 m adults; rarer, used in larger quantities for higher recipes. - Valakkar Fang (Apex) — from the ~300 m apex boss; the rarest. - Irradiated Valakkar Fang (Juvenile / Adult / Apex) — irradiated counterparts tied to the radiation-hazard Storm Breaker fight; carry premium value and feed the top Wikelo turn-ins. The Juvenile grade's distinction is that it is the entry-level, easiest-to-farm tier — needed in larger counts but individually low-value, whereas Adult/Apex (and especially Irradiated/Apex) grades unlock the rarest rewards and command far higher player-market prices.
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Effects
None. This is a non-consumable crafting trophy with no medical, edible, or buff/poison effects — its only "effect" is being spent in Wikelo crafting recipes.
Lore
The Valakkar is a species of titanic sandworm native to Leir III in the Leir system, where its attacks on settlements have prevented permanent habitation, leaving the world sparsely populated by nomadic smugglers and outlaws. It was revealed at CitizenCon 2954 and later established as an invasive species on Monox in Pyro. The lifecycle runs juvenile (~5 m, territorially aggressive, near mineral deposits) to adult (~15 m, predatory, defends its litter) to apex (up to ~300 m, dominating its territory). Streamlined, armor-plated bodies let them move seamlessly beneath shifting sand and volcanic ash. Human exploitation — including the illegal transport of juveniles — has raised ethical concerns in the fiction. Its in-game debut as a fightable creature came with the Storm Breaker event in Alpha 4.2, often described as Star Citizen's take on the Dune sandworm.
Trivia
- The Valakkar is widely compared to the sandworms of Dune; the Apex stage at ~300 m makes it one of the largest creatures in the game. - A non-irradiated and an "Irradiated" version of each fang grade exist in parallel, the irradiated set being the prestige crafting line. - Wikelo turn-ins use a physical deposit mechanic — fangs are dropped into the Emporium's freight elevator rather than handed over at a kiosk.
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