The Hunter first appeared to Isaac Clarke during Chapter 5: Lethal Devotion. The Hunter breaks free of its stasis tube. The spine and the pelvis bone could be seen at the back. Pieces of different bones could be seen pointing at different body parts. The body was greatly covered in muscular tissue with no original skin left due to the mutation. The big toes were severely enlarged into sharp claws. The victim's jaw was gone with four tentacle-like veins hanging in its place, along with the neck frozen into a 45-degree angle. The Hunter's voice could be compared to a deep throaty roar as opposed to the Slasher's usual form of screaming and shouting.

Unlike the other forms of Necromorphs, it was able to regenerate lost limbs in seconds, meaning that conventional dismemberment tactics only served to temporarily incapacitate it. It was noticeably bulkier and taller than the standard Slasher and its original arms appeared to be bound inside the flesh of its torso similar to a straitjacket. The Hunter physically resembled a Slasher, possessing large blades that were attached to a pair of elongated arms jutting out from its shoulder blades. Concept art of the Hunter in Dead Space (2023).

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