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| image = [[File:Livingstone-Rayman-Legends.png|300px|Livingstone]]

| appears in = ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]'', ''[[Rayman Junior]]'', ''[[Rayman Designer]]'', [[Rayman (Game Boy Color)|''Rayman'' (GBC)]], ''[[Rayman 3]]'' (cameo), [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (Game Boy Advance)|''Rayman Raving Rabbids'' (GBA)]], ''[[Rayman Origins]]'', ''[[Rayman Jungle Run]]'', ''[[Rayman Legends]]'', ''[[Rayman Adventures]]''

| location = [[The Dream Forest]], [[Spellbound Forest (Rayman 1)|Spellbound Forest]], [[Rainy Forest]], [[Ancient Forest]], [[Forest (world)|Forest world]], [[Jibberish Jungle]], [[Jibberish Jungle|Ticklish Temples]], [[Medieval Mayhem]], [[Toad Story (Rayman Adventures)|Toad Story]] (''[[Rayman Adventures]]'')

| attacks = Contact, hat throw

'''Livingstones''', also known as '''Lividstones''' or '''Explorators''', are recurring enemies in the [[Rayman (series)|''Rayman'' series]]. They made their first appearance in [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'' game]], and later appeared in ''[[Rayman Junior]]'', ''[[Rayman Designer]]'', [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman Raving Rabbids'']], ''[[Rayman Origins]]'', ''[[Rayman Jungle Run]]'', ''[[Rayman Legends]]'' and ''[[Rayman Adventures]]''. Before ''[[Rayman Origins]]'', they were a limbless species with tall slender bodies, large noses and moustaches.

==In ''[[Rayman 1|Rayman]]'' and its spin-offs==

Livingstones are common enemies who only appear in levels of [[the Dream Forest]]. They are averagely-resistant enemies who freely wander on their platform, turning backwards when they face an obstacle. [[Rayman]] must simply avoid contact with them. If not eliminated in one hit, they go crazy and charge toward him until he [[Telescopic fist|punches]] them again or they fall in the water. In the Atari Jaguar version, however, they will run toward him regardless of what he does.

===In ''[[Rayman Designer]]''===

===In [[Rayman (Game Boy Color)|the Game Boy Color version of ''Rayman'']]===

==In ''[[Rayman 3]]''==

Livingstones also appear in [[Forest (world)|the Forest world]] of [[Rayman Raving Rabbids (Game Boy Advance)|the Game Boy Advance version of ''Rayman Raving Rabbids'']]. Here they are known by the name of '''Explorators''' and have a significantly altered appearance. They no longer have noses or moustaches however they have visible mouths, they wear a belt around their pants, their gloves are a different color, and their shoes have a more defined look. They also carry around sacks and can use their hats as a weapon. They can still be defeated by being punched however.

==In ''[[Rayman Origins]]''==

Livingstones return as enemies in ''[[Rayman Origins]]'', but here they are renamed '''Lividstones''', perhaps to suggest a connection with the [[Livid Dead]]. Like most of the returning characters from [[Rayman 1|the original ''Rayman'']], they have been redesigned, and now have limbs (rendering [[Rayman]] himself almost unique), visible mouths, longer and more crooked noses, and more scraggy body structures. Their appearance is also more zombie-like. Like most enemies in the game, they have only one [[resistance]] point, and can be defeated and bubblized easily. They can no longer be driven crazy by [[Telescopic fist|punching]] or [[Grimace|grimacing]] at them. Their way of offense is to either headbutt [[Rayman]] or wave their hands in a cowardly manner. They are revealed to enjoy bullying [[Lum (UbiArt games)|Lums]], poking their faces, playing basketball with their bodies and using their heads as deodorant. They are also revealed to be the lackeys of the [[hunter]]s. The smaller variant of Lividstones are not present in this game, but there are different kinds of Lividstones, some of them holding bamboo sticks to attack the characters, and others with spikes on their hats to hurt anyone who attempts to crush them.

==In ''[[Rayman Legends]]'' and its spin-offs==

Lividstones return as enemies in ''[[Rayman Legends]]''. However, they are no longer explorers, but a gang of bandits who break into the houses of the helpless [[Green Teensie]]s who inhabit the area. In this game, they wear blue hats with a red feather, a small sleeveless brown unbuttoned shirt, brown wristbands, and a pair of patched blue pants held by a rope. A second version appears in [[Castle Rock]]. These Lividstones are similar to the first Lividstones, but they wear a red bandanna on their heads, and their pants are black as opposed to blue. Their main weapons are planks with pointy nails, and their parachutes allow them to ambush. In the Wii U, PlayStation Vita and Nintendo Switch versions, [[Murfy]] can interact with them by cutting their parachutes, and stun them to let the other players attack them; [[Murfy]] can also grab them and move them wherever he wants. The second kind of Lividstones appear on top of stacked Lividstones, where they sing as opposed to attacking, and are easily destroyed. Normal green Lividstones also appear in the game but only in the [[Back to Origins]] levels. According to an early concept art, it appears that a third kind of Lividstone, styled after stereotypical Egyptians, was planned for the game, but was scrapped for unknown reasons.

Rayman Legends E3 2012 1.jpg|Livingstones wear new clothes and use new weapons in ''[[Rayman Legends]]''.

Livingstone normal.jpg|A Lividstone in ''[[Rayman Legends]]''.

Livingstone with shield.jpg|A Lividstone with a shield.

===In ''[[Rayman Adventures]]''===

[[File:Intro 1.PNG|320px|thumb|right|The Lividstones who find the [[Ancient Egg]]s.]]

Lividstones return again in ''[[Rayman Adventures]]''. Like almost everything in the game, their designs are the exact same from ''[[Rayman Legends]]''. As a change, they are the ones who set off the events in the game. Two Lividstones happen to come across the [[Sacred Tree]] and get into the roots of it. They steal all the [[Ancient Egg]]s within, resulting in the [[Sacred Tree]] wilting. They then flee in their [[Warship|flying ships]] with all of the [[Ancient Egg|eggs]]. One [[Ancient Egg|egg]] happens to fall from the [[Warship|ship]] and land on either [[Rayman]] or [[Barbara]]. Lividstones can be found in [[Medieval Mayhem]] and [[Toad Story (Rayman Adventures)|Toad Story]]. They occupy areas such as the castle grounds, enchanted forests, dark dungeons, and haunted manors. Their attacks are almost all the same, being their weapons are still nailed planks and parachute from above. The second kind of Lividstones also return, but their behavior is still them standing on top of stacked Lividstones and singing. Though speculated, there is one new ability they have learned which is that they can dodge being hit by a knocked back Lividstone. If the player happens to hit the first Lividstone of a chain that jump into the foreground too early, the other Lividstones will jump and avoid being hit by the knocked back Lividstone. But this move is completely rare and does not occur often as they only do it in one specific level, thus leading it to be speculated as a glitch or mere coincidence.

 

It also appears that Lividstones and [[Toad (Rayman Legends)|Toads]] are at war with each other. No longer allied by the [[Dark Teensy|Dark Teensies]], the Lividstones and [[Toad (Rayman Legends)|Toads]] fight for territory. In many levels of [[Toad Story (Rayman Adventures)|Toad Story in ''Adventures'']], Lividstones invade the territory of the [[Toad (Rayman Legends)|Toads]]. Within the levels, Lividstones and [[Toad (Rayman Legends)|Toads]] show signs of winning the battles that are taking place but due to the player interfering, the battles usually end in a stalemate with a [[Francky]] and [[Oger]] preparing to fight each other only to have the player defeat both of them.

 

Lividstones that have their ''[[Rayman Origins]]'' design also return in some levels.

Cavern Calamity.JPG|A pair of Lividstones being defeated.

Temple Topple.JPG|A ''[[Rayman Origins]]'' Lividstone being defeated.

==''[[Rayman: The Board Game]]''==

Lividstones are set to be included as enemies in ''[[Rayman: The Board Game]]''. They appear in the [[Teensies In Trouble|Forest]] board.

The_Dream_Forest.png|[[The Dream Forest]]'s introductory image shows a Livingstone carrying a [[cage]].

Legends concept art 66.jpg|Concept art for bandit and Egyptian-like Livingstones from ''[[Rayman Legends]]''.

==Trivia==

* The Livingstones' name is derived from the famous Scottish explorer David Livingstone.