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Xen Plant Light

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Xen Plant Light
General information
Faction

Xen

Type

Plant

Individual information
Health

N/A

Game information
Entity

xen_plantlight

Designer(s)

N/A

The Xen light stalk[1], also called the Xen Lamp Plant,[2] is a plant found commonly in Xen.

Overview[edit]

The Xen light stalk consists of a reddish-brown stalk around four feet tall with a small bulb on top that shines mostly bright yellow, but also green, purple, or white. Whenever approached, it shakes rapidly, dims its light, and retracts into its base. It eventually reemerges after a short period. It is mostly found near Xen Spores or Xen Trees on Xen. They can also grow on cave ceilings as seen in the Gonarch's lair.

In Opposing Force, Xen light stalks can be seen several times in the Black Mesa Research Facility by Adrian Shephard: in the chapter Missing in Action, where Xen flora seems to have invaded the facility, and in the chapter Vicarious Reality, where it can be seen in glass cases near Xen spores and the Barnacle Grapple, Xen flora and fauna also being studied by Black Mesa.

In Half-Life: Alyx, it can be seen that light stalks grow on Xen growth in the Quarantine Zone outside City 17, being controlled and put down by the Combine. The stalks retain their behavior from Xen, retracting upon the approach of players.

Behind the scenes[edit]

As found in the Half-Life 2 leak, the Xen light stalk was originally to appear in Half-Life 2, with the entity name npc_lightstalk. In the WC map pack, in can be found in maps made from January to February 2002: In the sewers under the Combine Factories in c17_01_71, c17_01_74, c17_01_80, and d1_garage_02_03, and in Antlion caves in alyxcave4.[3][4]

There is an unused dead texture variation of the light stalk in the files of Half-Life: Source.

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References[edit]

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  1. Worldcraft, Half-Life Game Definition File (halflife.fgd)
  2. Half-Life: Alyx game files
  3. WC map pack
  4. Half-Life 2 leak