Twig in Owlboy: Who Is Otus's Friend?
Meet Twig, one of the characters Otus meets on his journey, and see how Twig fits into Owlboy's story of owls, sky pirates and ancient relics.
Who is Twig in Owlboy?
Twig is one of the three main gunners in Owlboy, alongside Geddy and Alphonse, and a character Otus first meets as an adversary before he becomes a friend. Community wiki entries describe him as an insectoid troublemaker who worked with the pirates, wears a dark grey or black costume covering everything but his claws and feet, and calls himself "the GREATEST SPIDER IN THE WORLD!!!" on the Owlboy wiki's Bonfire page.
- Role: gunner and one of the game's main characters
- Look: dark grey/black costume with a large light blue sack on the back, two covered antennae, and a blue-painted face
- Personality: a self-styled troublemaker who steals seemingly random objects and shoots webbing at people and monsters
How does Twig meet Otus?
They start as enemies. On the community wiki's Otus page, Twig steals the relic from Vellie, and early in the game he is the "troublemaker" of Vellie whom Otus and Geddy chase down in a small cavern before finding the teleportation relic.
A note on the big spider: the wiki's Bonfire page has Twig declaring himself the greatest spider in the world and boasting that he can shoot webs. He used to live in Mesos before leaving; the wiki lists his family's opinions about his love of dressing up as a spider, and his false friendship with Dirk, which demanded he go with the pirates to Vellie, among the possible reasons.
What does Twig do during the adventure?
Twig joins Otus after Dirk abandons him to die alongside Otus in the cavern with the last owl relic. After being betrayed, he makes a deal to help Otus out of the ice cavern in exchange for help getting home, befriends him, and asks to stay alongside Otus and Alphonse.
That departure has a knock-on effect for the party: the wiki's Geddy page says Geddy blamed Twig for the destruction of Advent and his collusion with Dirk, and left the party for a short time after Twig joined.
How does Twig play as a gunner?
Twig fires clumps of spider webbing at enemies to tangle or slow them, and his webballs stun enemies according to the community wiki's Combat page. The same page says a string can be used to drag yourself to enemies, while the Gunner page describes a grappling hook that can latch onto walls or objects and carry Otus past obstacles like waterfalls and wind.
Two limits on his usefulness: some enemies are immune to his shots, and the official anniversary update notes that various enemies can now be stunned by dropping Geddy or Alphonse on their heads, so the patch notes do not list Twig for that trick.
Where can I get Owlboy?
It is a single-player action adventure from D-Pad Studio, released on Steam on Nov 1, 2016, and listed at $1.99 on the US store at the time of writing. The store page lists full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Trading Cards and Family Sharing, and Valve rates it Verified for Steam Deck. You can read more on the Steam store page and the official game site.
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