FIELD PROFILE / HONEY-BADGER
Honey Badger
Mellivora capensis
Notorious for its fearlessness and loose, thick skin. It will attack animals ten times its size and is immune to many venoms.
Scores are comparative editorial ratings for hypothetical matchups, not direct scientific measurements.
COMBAT TELEMETRY
Battle stats
Defense
Agility
Stamina
Intelligence
Special
DETAILED COMBAT MATRIX
Twelve substats
Substats explain the six headline ratings. They are editorial judgments, not additional scientific measurements or independent inputs to the current battle probability.
TACTICAL READOUT
Battle profile
- Combat style
- Berserker
- Preferred range
- Close
- Primary environment
- Scrubland
Advantages
- Fearless aggression
- Loose tough skin
- Venom resistance
Pressure points
- Small size
- Limited reach
- Overconfidence
FIELD DATA
Measurements
- Habitat
- Grasslands, forests
- Diet
- insects, small mammals, honey
- Weight
- 12 kg
- Length
- 70 cm
- Top speed
- 28.8 km/h
- Lifespan
- 24 years
- Bite force
- 200 psi
- Behavior
- Primarily solitary · Nocturnal
DATA PROVENANCE
Evidence status
No physical fields for Honey Badger have per-field cited evidence in data release 2026-09-evidence-foundation. The measurements above are legacy catalogue values and remain unreviewed.
Missing values and legacy zeros are not treated as verified actual zero unless a cited record explicitly says so.
Evidence confidence: unavailable
SPECIALIZATION
Abilities & traits
Special abilities
- Reckless Fury
- Pain Immunity
Unique traits
- fearless aggression
- thick skin
- immune to many venoms
ROSTER POSITION
Powerscaling context
These positions sort the current editorial six-stat total within the named roster groups. Biome and pound-for-pound ranks remain unpublished until their classification and normalization rules are reviewed.