The Bigfoot Shaman is a promotional unit designed to take out planes. It was released on 10 Jan 2014 and is a limited time unit (set to expire midnight PST 16 Jan 2014). It costs 75, but after completing the training mission, the player gets 5 back. The Shaman is built at the Animal Trainer (not the Bigfoot Training Camp). There has been a lot of controversy over this unit, because the stats differ between the introductory missions and the actual purchased unit. Before purchase, it has damage resistance 60% and 85%. Z2 has not yet confirmed this as intentional or a mistake. It was re-released for one day on October 26th 2015 for 56 as part of the Breaking Into the Vault! sale.
Sir, I was doing some reconnaissance around the Outpost and I've discovered–
Hold on. Hold on. You know what the word 'reconnaissance' means?
Sir, with all due respect, can we focus on the issue at hand? The Bigfoot's greatest elder has died, and the Northern tribe is being torn apart with infighting.
The Bigfoots are in trouble?!
Well, I was thinking it would cause trouble for US if the fighting gets any closer to our outpost…
Perkins, we must leave at once to aid in their negotiations!
That's not really what I had in mind...
Sounds great. Why don't you two go do that, and I'll stay here and do something actually useful.
Much like many tribal mammalians, they'll fight amongst each other until a victor emerges as a leader. This process could take up to several weeks. It's quite a delicate ceremony, and any interference could be quite problematic. We must tread carefully.
Why don't we just pick a favorite and then beat up all the others?
HhhhH!
Finish mission
HHh! Ghh!
Hmm. Yes. Go On.
Gghhhuh!
I was expecting the Bigfoots to be upset by our interference, but it appears they are in fact grateful for our… quick negotiation skills. It would appear they'd like to give us the aid of their shamans in battle in exchange for our help.
Well, so everything worked out!
I mean, except for the fact that while we were out here negotiating Bigfoot politics a myriad of rebel planes have been spotted in our Outpost, yes.
I think it'd be beneficial for us to acquire more Bigfoots.
You may be right, they are great for taking down planes. But If you think you're going to get to build a Bigfoot school, I have more important tasks for you at the moment.
But nothing is more important than education!
Reward screen
He's chewing on the History books I gave him...
Trivia[]
A plane wing and AA Flak Gun ammunition is tied to the arm he uses to throw the spear.
This is the second unit to use a cone-shaped area-of-effect attack, the first being the Heavy Chemical Tank.
It was the "Super Rare" prize for the 7th Secret Vault event , and the "Rare" prize for the 8th Secret Vault event