Tear X-tractor

A Tear X-tractor is a device designed to repeatedly shock a Mudokon until they begin crying. The tears are then collected and used as a secret ingredient by the Glukkons to make SoulStorm Brew. While the X-tractors' shocks are not deadly under normal conditions, the device can be overloaded to cause fatal electrocution as seen in Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus' bad ending.

Abe's Exoddus
Tear extractors can be found all throughout Soulstorm Brewery, and Abe does not encounter full batteries of them. When a Tear X-Tractor holds a Mudokon captive, electricty will occasionally lash out at the eyes in order to produced tears. This lash will turn the whole screen blue for asplit seconds. Many mechanism can be used to free captive Mudokons, from levers to wheels to Glukkon voice recorders. Once free however, the Mudokons will remain unresponsive, similar to the effects of brew overdose. Abe must acquire a healing ring from an infiltrating shaman to cure them, after which they will fart and resume normal Mudokon behaviour.

Soulstorm
In this version of Soulstorm Brewery, Tear-Extractors are found in groups of threes, being maintained by a group of three Mudokons spinning wheels. These workers can be distracter from their work, where Abe can press a button to deactivate the X-Tractors, activate mechanical wells and spit the tortured Mudokons into the foreground. Abe will often have to contend with Slig security after this though. While rescued Mudokons will comment on their relief on being freed, there is no sickness as a result of the process.

Trivia

 * In Soulstorm, the Mudokons rescued from the X-Tractors are the only Mudokons who can follow Abe directly that wear the signature loincloths.

Appearance

 * Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus
 * Oddworld: Soulstorm