Escafil Device



An Escafil device is the technical term for the "blue morphing cube" that gives an individual the power to morph. It goes by other names, but is most well-known as the Escafil device, named after the Andalite scientist Escafil, who helped create the morphing technology. It's a light blue cube that is operated by touch contact, and apparently one person, the "giver," who should already have the morphing ability has to touch one side of it, while those receiving the morphing ability touch other sides. When touched, it gives the user the permanent ability to acquire DNA from live animals and change ("morph") into the animal. Once an individual gains the morphing ability, they do not need to use the Escafil device again.

The morphing technology's exact function is not known, but it is speculated to be a vast network of thousands of microbionic units. These units would be contained in the Escafil device, the central computer for the smaller morphing units. Although the Animorphs had long believed that the Escafil device that  Elfangor-Sirinial-Shamtul used to give them their powers was destroyed when his ship was destroyed by the Yeerks, it was later recovered by  David- where he picked it up was unspecified, although it was definitely in the construction site-, the Animorphs subsequently reclaiming it. It was briefly used as a power source by the  Helmacrons before it was recovered, the Animorphs keeping its location secret due to the dangers of sharing the morphing technology with others.

When fooling David, the group said that it could be, and was, broken into pieces. (These were actually Legos.) It was later disassembled by Ax in The Ultimate, demonstrating that it was able to be broken down.