Natives

In the Oddworld narrative, the natives are a faction consisting of characters, tribes, and species who prefer to live in harmony with nature and, on occasion, fight against the Industrialists to preserve or restore it. Notable characters belonging to the native faction include Abe, Munch, and the Stranger.

Locations
The natives consider certain places on Oddworld to be sacred, in spite of the industrialists who have set up projects there. The Mudomo Tribe consider the Paramonian Forests to be religiously important, and have built vast wooden structures to help fellow Mudokons with traversal to the Paramonian Temple. This temple features many traps and stone carvings dedicated to the sacred Paramites, and is where a Mudokon who has passed the trials can obtain the paramite hand scar. The Mudanchee consider the Scrabanian desert to be of spiritual importance. They carved out giant statues and carved glyphs into rocks to honour the scrabs. Several structures are supported by ropes. A Mudokon can use these ropes to access the Scrabanian Temple, where they can brave the traps and vicious Scrabs to obtain the scrab hand scar.

All Mudokons respect the Monsaic lines, a cave system filled with ancient Mudokon statues and writing. They are guarded by slingshot mudokons, those who live protect one of the few places that has not yet been defiled by the industrialists. The Monsaic Temple contains a shrine where a Mudokon with both hand scars can obtain the divine power of the shrykull. Necrum was the great Mudokon burial ground where all Mudokon corpses were taken. Some tribes such as the Mudomo and Mudanchee have their own vaults where the animals they worship still guard the tombs.

The Mongo River is considered to be holy by the Grubbs, with many Grubb proverbs and poems personifying it and warning against those who would dare to enslave it.

Sacred Animals
Mudokons, especially the Mudanchee see the Scrabs as a symbol of strength and the Mudomo worship the paramites. The grubbs see the steefs as guardians, and they celebrate the gabbit when they swim up the mongo river to Ma' Spa

Other Animals
The Mudokons farms the meeps and the elums. They just use the meeps for meat, but they commonly use the elums for cavalry.

Native Tribes
There are a few sentient species native to Oddworld that had set up tribes thousands of years ago. Examples of these are the Grubb tribes and the Mudokon tribes, however, their relationship is unknown.

Mudokons
Mudokons are frail, sickly-looking creatures with green or blue skin. Their features include large, bulbous eyes, feather-like hair protruding from their heads, and three to four fingers. Their bodies are very thin and skeletal, and their skin is often wrinkled and sagging. They were later enslaved by the Glukkons for personal reasons to be used as laborers in their many factories.



Grubbs
The Grubbs are meek and unassuming creatures. They rely on the Mongo River to stay alive, but the dam built by Sekto and the Clakkers moving in have severely weakened them. The Grubbs were once protected by the Steef, but the Steef are nearly extinct and their last Steef guardian suddenly disappeared after a battle with Sekto. Any Grubb who goes against Sekto is crucified and killed as a warning to any other considering rebellion.