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{{familiar
|famid=12
|name=Blood-Faced Volleyball
|image=familiar12.gif
|H1=Icky sporting goods
|H2=Spiritual enhancement
|H3=Obvious pairing?
|function=Increases [[stat]] gains by the square root of its weight.
|hatchling=blood-faced volleyball
|equipment=palm-frond toupee
|oc=3
|ucm=0
|hns=2
|sh=1}}

*Regular Message:
*:<name> smiles approvingly.
*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
*:<name> winks at you. Which is very, very disconcerting.
*With [[miniature gravy-covered maypole]] equipped:
*:<name> does a couple of floating laps around the maypole.
*With [[wax lips]] equipped:
*:<name> smiles extra hard with the help of his wax lips.

==Arena Messages==
*When entered in an Ultimate Cage Match:
*:<name>, not having any teeth, claws, or weapons, is not particularly well-suited for this event.

==Stat Gains per Weight==

*All values are rounded to two decimal places.

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1px"
|- | style="background-color: #EFEFEF"
! Weight
! Stat Gain
! Stat Gain from +1 Weight
! % Gain from +1 Weight
! Stat Gain from +5 Weight
! % Gain from +5 Weight
|-
| 1
| 1
| -
| -
| -
| -
|-
| 2
| 1.41
| 0.41
| 41.42%
| 0.41
| 41.42%
|-
| 3
| 1.73
| 0.32
| 22.47%
| 0.73
| 63.9%
|-
| 4
| 2
| 0.27
| 15.47%
| 1
| 79.37%
|-
| 5
| 2.24
| 0.24
| 11.8%
| 1.24
| 91.17%
|-
| 6
| 2.45
| 0.21
| 9.54%
| 1.45
| 100.71%
|-
| 7
| 2.65
| 0.2
| 8.01%
| 1.23
| 67.3%
|-
| 8
| 2.83
| 0.18
| 6.9%
| 1.1
| 51.73%
|-
| 9
| 3
| 0.17
| 6.1%
| 1
| 42.33%
|-
| 10
| 3.16
| 0.16
| 5.41%
| 0.93
| 35.94%
|-
| 11
| 3.32
| 0.15
| 4.88%
| 0.87
| 31.27%
|-
| 12
| 3.46
| 0.15
| 4.45%
| 0.82
| 27.71%
|-
| 13
| 3.61
| 0.14
| 4.08%
| 0.78
| 24.89%
|-
| 14
| 3.74
| 0.14
| 3.77%
| 0.74
| 22.59%
|-
| 15
| 3.87
| 0.13
| 3.51%
| 0.71
| 20.7%
|-
| 16
| 4
| 0.13
| 3.28%
| 0.68
| 19.09%
|-
| 17
| 4.12
| 0.12
| 3.08%
| 0.66
| 17.73%
|-
| 18
| 4.24
| 0.12
| 2.9%
| 0.64
| 16.54%
|-
| 19
| 4.36
| 0.12
| 2.74%
| 0.62
| 15.51%
|-
| 20
| 4.47
| 0.11
| 2.6%
| 0.6
| 14.59%
|-
| 21
| 4.58
| 0.11
| 2.47%
| 0.58
| 13.78%
|-
| 22
| 4.69
| 0.11
| 2.35%
| 0.57
| 13.06%
|-
| 23
| 4.80
| 0.11
| 2.25%
| 0.55
| 12.41%
|-
| 24
| 4.90
| 0.1
| 2.15%
| 0.54
| 11.82%
|-
| 25
| 5
| 0.1
| 2.06%
| 0.53
| 11.28%
|-
| 26
| 5.10
| 0.1
| 1.98%
| 0.52
| 10.79%
|-
| 27
| 5.20
| 0.1
| 1.9%
| 0.51
| 10.35%
|-
| 28
| 5.29
| 0.1
| 1.84%
| 0.5
| 9.93%
|-
| 29
| 5.39
| 0.09
| 1.77%
| 0.49
| 9.55%
|-
| 30
| 5.48
| 0.09
| 1.71%
| 0.48
| 9.2%
|-
| 31
| 5.57
| 0.09
| 1.65%
| 0.47
| 8.87%
|-
| 32
| 5.66
| 0.09
| 1.6%
| 0.46
| 8.57%
|-
| 33
| 5.74
| 0.09
| 1.55%
| 0.45
| 8.28%
|-
| 34
| 5.83
| 0.09
| 1.5%
| 0.45
| 8.02%
|-
| 35
| 5.92
| 0.09
| 1.46%
| 0.44
| 7.77%
|-
| 36
| 6
| 0.08
| 1.42%
| 0.43
| 7.53%
|-
| 37
| 6.08
| 0.08
| 1.38%
| 0.43
| 7.31%
|-
| 38
| 6.16
| 0.08
| 1.34%
| 0.42
| 7.1%
|-
| 39
| 6.24
| 0.08
| 1.31%
| 0.41
| 6.91%
|-
| 40
| 6.32
| 0.08
| 1.27%
| 0.41
| 6.72%
|}

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{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1px"
|- | style="background-color: #EFEFEF"
! Weight
! Stat Gain
! Stat Gain from +1 Weight
! % Gain from +1 Weight
! Stat Gain from +5 Weight
! % Gain from +5 Weight
|-
| 45
| 6.71
| 0.38
| 6.07%
| 0.71
| 11.37%
|-
| 50
| 7.07
| 0.36
| 5.41%
| 0.99
| 15.4%
|-
| 55
| 7.42
| 0.35
| 4.88%
| 1.25
| 18.94%
|-
| 60
| 7.75
| 0.33
| 4.45%
| 1.5
| 22.08%
|-
| 65
| 8.06
| 0.32
| 4.08%
| 1.74
| 24.89%
|-
| 70
| 8.37
| 0.3
| 3.77%
| 1.66
| 22.59%
|-
| 75
| 8.66
| 0.29
| 3.51%
| 1.59
| 20.7%
|-
| 80
| 8.94
| 0.28
| 3.28%
| 1.53
| 19.09%
|-
| 85
| 9.22
| 0.28
| 3.08%
| 1.47
| 17.73%
|-
| 90
| 9.49
| 0.27
| 2.9%
| 1.42
| 16.54%
|-
| 95
| 9.75
| 0.26
| 2.74%
| 1.38
| 15.51%
|-
| 100
| 10
| 0.25
| 2.6%
| 1.34
| 14.59%
|}

==Notes==
*[[Sombrero vs Volleyball]] contains information about when sombrero and volleyball-type familiars are best for stat gains based on familiar weights and monster level.
*In cases where the stat gain is not an integer, what actually happens is that an entire stat point is awarded a fraction of the time. For example, a two-pound volleyball grants 2<sup>1/2</sup> ≈ 1.4 stats, and you could expect to get 2 bonus stats 40% of fights and 1 bonus stat the other 60%.
*In terms of boosting stat gains via familiar equipment, the volleyball can be outfitted with [[wax lips]] (+3 XP), a [[lead necklace]] (+3 lbs), a [[palm-frond toupee]] (+5 lbs), or an [[annoying pitchfork]] (+5 ML; +1.25 XP). Given an outfit configuration that lacks familiar equipment, and letting the effective weight of the volleyball be ''v'' for that configuration, the stat gains from a fight ''with'' equipment are functions of ''v'':
**''W''(''v'') = ''v''<sup>1/2</sup> + 3 for the wax lips
**''P''(''v'') = ''v''<sup>1/2</sup> + 1.25 for the pitchfork
**''F''(''v'') = (''v'' + 5)<sup>1/2</sup> for the familiar equipment
**''L''(''v'') = (''v'' + 3)<sup>1/2</sup> for the lead necklace
*Straightforward algebra finds that the wax lips always yield the best stat gains, followed by (at 2 or more pounds) the pitchfork, the toupee, and the lead necklace. For one-pound volleyballs (or lighter), the toupee beats the pitchfork.
*Attempting to name a Blood-Faced Volleyball "Wilson" will result in it being automatically renamed to "Baden", "Brine", "Mikasa", "Molten", "Spalding", or "Tachikara".

==History==
*Prior to [[NS13]], the volleyball provided weight/4 bonus stats. 
*With the arrival of NS13, the square root formula was briefly floored, so rounding no longer happened. For more information on the new volleyball formula, see [http://jick-nerfed.us/forums/viewtopic.php?p=52695#52695 this forum thread], and [http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/viewtopic.php?p=2529526#2529526 Jick's post] indicating the fix (not flooring the result).

==References==
*This familiar is a reference to the 2000 movie, [[Wikipedia:Cast Away|''Cast Away'']], in which the character played by [[Wikipedia:Tom Hanks|Tom Hanks]] is stranded on an island and obtains a volleyball from one the packages he was delivering. He painted a face on the volleyball and named it Wilson.  He even spoke to it. To encourage creativity amongst its players, [[Kingdom of Loathing|KoL]] will not let you name your volleyball Wilson. You can, however, use the name Wilson in conjunction with another name. Wiison and WiIson also do not work, due to the visual similarity between a capital I and a lowercase l in the game font.
*[http://www.badensports.com Baden], [[wikipedia:Brine, Corp.|Brine]], [[wikipedia:Mikasa Sports|Mikasa]], [[wikipedia:Molten Corporation|Molten]], [[wikipedia:Spalding (sports equipment)|Spalding]], and [http://www.tachikara.com Tachikara] are all brands of [[wikipedia:Volleyball (ball)|volleyballs]].

==See Also==
*[[Stat Gains from Fights]]