

When they attach onto you, you wont regenerate stamina, and you will lose health slowly.If the leeches latch onto you, another player is the fastest way to remove it if it's attached to your mount, you can remove it yourself. Make sure to bring a friend with you, or stay out of its attack range with a tall mount.The leech does not require any serious weapons to kill, although killing it before it reaches melee range is valuable try to finish it with ranged weapons or, failing that, hold it at a distance with spear or pike.Leeches don't attack or attach themselves to tamed Beelzebufos and any other mounts native to the swamp, making them great for hunting Leeches.At present, all mounts are immune to Swamp Fever only humans and Dodos can catch it.If you see a leech from far enough away, attack it with ranged weapons to kill it before it has a chance to latch on once they do, it will not be possible to harvest them even if you remove them.Keep your eyes peeled use your mount's attacks to 'plow the road' in front of you as you navigate the swamps in the hopes of killing leeches before they latch on.If your mount needs an escort in the swamps, use a flock of flyers ground-bound escorts are likely to be leeched without you noticing, and if you do notice, you will have to step entirely off your mount to remove them, potentially exposing yourself to other leeches.This way you can remove leeches from your mount without having to expose yourself to them. Travel well-mounted you need something tall enough to keep you out of the water and large enough that you stay standing on its back when dismounted.If you attack them, however, they will still be aggressive. Bug Repellant will make you invisible to all leeches even if you touch them.You can cure the disease by consuming Lesser Antidote. There is a diseased variant of this creature (Diseased Leech).To remove a leech from a creature, press and hold the Use key (E by default) and select remove leech from the menu that appears.Keeping it at a distance with a spear or similar weapons could work as well, but a longer ranged weapon is more highly advised, as you are not required to get as close and risk the leech attatching on to you. Be aware that it can still jump towards you from a distance larger than you may expect, so keeping a slight distance is advised. Even simple stone arrows will stop it dead in its tracks. If you see a leech approaching and wish to kill it, a few long ranged attacks should do the trick.Go back to your mount and remove it manually. Keep in mind, however, that sometimes the leech you see on your screen actually lives on your mount. Dying and removing the leech off your corpse also works. Jump into the burning fire for a short time, the leech will then disappear. To get rid of a leech that is already hanging on your body you need fire, e.g.
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This section describes how to fight against the Leech. The Diseased Leech has the same values except of Health, which is 120. For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, see Base Creature Speeds.2These are the speeds of the creature tamed and non-imprinted.1These are the base speeds of the creature at 100% Movement Speed.For an explanation of exactly how the levelup calculation works, see Creature Stats Calculation.For a comparison of the stats of all creatures, see Base Creature Statistics.When processed properly, Haementeria venom can be made into a powerful antivenom! While Haementeria is not intelligent enough to be tamed, it is always useful to keep a few around for antidotes and fishing lures. Few creatures on the Island are transmitters for this disease, and it can ultimately be cured with a rare medicine. Some Haementeria are also carriers for a dangerous disease I've dubbed "Swamp Fever," which persists beyond the leech's own lifespan.

Once Haementeria attaches to a host, it drains blood at a rapid pace, and the host experiences hunger, loss of health, and lowered stamina. Both of these can be nearly as dangerous to the host as to the leech itself. Removing Haementeria requires precision bladework, or access to an open flame. The creature has practically no intelligence, and just attaches to any nearby living flesh in an attempt to drain that creature's blood. It is difficult to be angry with Haementeria laetus, despite its rather terrible nature.
