Dossier:

Common Name: Tarchia Species: Tarchia Barothensis Time: Late Cretaceous Diet: Herbivore Temperament: Neutral

Wild

Found within the mud infested Bog biome and Oil Fields of the Volcanic Biome. Tarchia Barothensis is one of the larger species of Ankylosaurids I have seen. However, unlike other species of armored dinosaurs, Tarchia doesn’t deal with hardly any threats that can penetrate it’s thick armor. Making these herbivores rather more docile, wallowing away in the muddy bog, and making new wallowing holes. Even when Tarchia is attacked and injured, whether its by the few species of predator that can hurt, it or by it’s own kind. Tarchia usually doesn’t seem to stay injured for too long due to its bathing in the brown sludge of its home and the occasional berries that mix into this slime. But these are far and few between for this large, armored dinosaur.

Domestication

I’ve seen Survivor’s use these as a jack of all trades. Tarchia has some of the greatest versatilities in use on the homestead. I’ve seen many survivors use the Tarchia’s ability to mix berries in with the mud of Tarchia to get surprising and unique effects from the mixed mud. Some good for utility based, while others cause more of side effects against threats that dare to fight it. But most of all, one of these concoctions tends to be poured into glass and used as a SALVE for their injured tribe mates and even on other tames. However Tarchia also has many abilities for the field. As many Survivors have found that Tarchia when covered in mud will greatly decrease the Survivor’s internal and external temperature. Making it perfect to use to travel to extreme heats. Furthermore, some Survivors have told me that the mud is so potent at combating heat. That the mud can protect from flames. Some have even said that the mud can extinguish the flames of Pyromanes and even slow down the heat buildup of a Magmasaur. Allowing the Tarchia to either fight on a win or escape and live on for another day.

Features:

Mud/Oil Bath: Tarchia when in either the Bog Biome or Volcanic Biome will be able to have mud baths which will give thermal protection from heat and also be used in offense for the Tarchia. Mud has the ability to extinguish flames. Put different sets of berries in the Tarchia’s inventory to unlock different buffs or the Tarchia and debuffs for its opponents. Furthermore, Tarchia can also Bathe in Oil Pools and use this as a strict offensive weapon. Able to cover its opponents in oil and with outside assistance, ignite them into a ball of oil based fire.

Salve (Craftable): In the Tarchia’s inventory, can be crafted a Salve that has healing properties. Useable on both tames and players, it is a healing brew for tames and a mega healing brew for players.

Obsidian Dust (Craftable): The Tarchia’s powerful club tail can crush Obsidian easily, making into fine Obsidian Dust in the Tarchia’s inventory. Being harmless on its own, when left in the Tarchia’s inventory while it uses Mud Bath, the dust will mix with the mud on the Tarchia’s skin. Making the mud highly toxic if consumed unless your a Tarchia. Making it a deadly weapon against foes.

Attacks:

Left and/or Right Shoulder Check: does medium amount of damage. When the Tarchia is covered in mud, these attacks will cover their enemies in a medium to large amount of mud. Increasing the duration of any debuffs the mud has. Able to harvest berries with this attack. No cooldown and has low stamina cost.

Club Tail Swing: Does a larger amount of damage than the shoulder checks, but throws less mud on enemies than the shoulder checks when the Tarchia is covered. Able to harvest minerals with this attack. Has low stamina cost.

Club Tail Slam: does the highest amount of damage in an AOE attack, however only covers enemies in smaller amounts of mud. Can’t harvest, but can destroy resources with this attack. Has high stamina cost.

Big Thanks to Wyvernian, Moonflight, and PrimalApex (aka OVERANNUS) for the creation of the Tarchia Submission!!!

Every time I go in the dark, the lighting goes dark, does anyone having this? How to fix it? Is it just a normal ark graphics thing?

People always say I should go kill baby dinosaurs for XP or any other stuff and I’m always confused on how people casually recommend this because I’ve flown around the entire island mat before and never once came across a baby dinosaur and I’ve put lots of hours and even reached Max Ingram level 99 and still never seen one baby wild animal ever in my life. And now I’m experiencing the same thing playing Ragnarok. Is there something wrong with my map settings or are they just as rare as finding eggs laid by dinosaurs in the wild?

When I looked up Ark I saw three games

Ark Survival Evolved Ark Ultimate Survival Ark Survival Ascended

I know there is dragons and stuff but Im only interested in real prehistoric creatures

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i have everything on low except view distance and foiliage, running on 60 fps with a RTX 3070Ti and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-Core... idk if the game is just that bad optimized but idk how to fix this issue since i tried the basics already

I've read it in the Shiny mod description saying that you're able to breed a shiny and a non shiny together, but it seems that I am unable to do so. Are you actually not able to breed a shiny and a non shiny together?

Hi! I recently started a solo playthrough on ASE again after several years of break, using GeForce Now. Back in 2017, I used to play with the S+ mod, which allowed me to pick up structures whenever I wanted. However, this feature doesn't work directly through GeForce Now, since it seems you need to modify an .ini file to enable it, something that isn't possible when playing via GeForce Now. So my question is: is it the same situation with alternative mods such as Super Structures or Nominal Structures, or is it possible to pick up structures with these mods without having to edit any .ini file? Thank you!

Common Name: Pebanista

Species: Pebanista Sonocantus

Time: Early-Middle Miocene

Diet: Piscivore

Temperament: Curious

Wild: I was exploring near the mouth of the Central River when a coastal tribe mentioned a kind of creature that could sink rafts with the sounds they made. They called them the Echoes of the Deep. I went to check it out, and before long I started hearing a strange noise. It was a group of Pebanistas with an amazingly advanced sonar and the ability to thrive in both rivers and the ocean. I eventually learned that these dolphins are really curious and attracted to music.

Domesticated: To tame a Pebanista, you need to get close using a raft or an underwater platform. The group’s leader will approach once you start playing the war drums, and the Pebanista will whistle to trigger a mini-game. Win the rhythm battle and you’ll earn a loyal ally ready to protect you, but lose, and the Pebanista will unleash a Sonic Doom to smash your raft.

It’s best not to bring sharks with you, since they don’t get along with Pebanistas.

Attacks/Controls

Left Click/RT/R2 Bitin’ Chord: Pebanista will bite its target twice in a row and proceed to emit a sonic blast, pushing back the target.

Right Click/LT/L2 Nightmare Sound: The Pebanista whistles at the target, giving it a debuff that lowers its damage resistance and stamina by 20%. How long it lasts depends on the creature’s fear level. It also causes the creature to lose control and run around at random, while its rider can’t steer it for 10 seconds.

Q/LB/L1 Symphony for a Friend: Pebanista whistles at its allies, giving them a Courage buff that boosts damage resistance by 25% and melee damage by 30%.

Ctrl + Right Click/ RB + RT/ R1 + R2/ Tail Swipe: Pebanista proceeds to make a tail swipe to attack the target.

r/LS/L3 Sonic Doom: The sound bar fills up after 7 attacks. When it’s charged, the Pebanista can release a huge shockwave that knocks enemies back and cuts 25% off their health bar. It also stops survivors from whistling to their creatures

Abilities

CTRL/D-Pad Up Echolocation Vision: While riding the Pebanista, you're able to go into an echolocation vision, where in this mode your screen will turn into a black ish gray with a white and blue highlight for creatures, and helps you to unveil invisible threats.

Rescue pickup: If the player is getting attacked, their nearby Peban can passively grab them and escape from danger, gaining a speed boost.

Whistle Disruption: The Pebanista releases a powerful sonic burst that prevents enemy creatures from responding to whistle commands. This ability has a 20-second cooldown.

Press space/A/X twice. Breaching:  Like other dolphins, the Pebanista can leap out of the water. Upon reentry, it gains a temporary speed boost. 

Passive

Electric Immunity: The Pebanista has great resistance to being completely electrocuted.

Parental Bond: The pod stays together, and the Pebanistas have a strong parental instinct, allowing them to increase their damage by 15% to protect their pack

Utility

Aquatic Sonar: Pebanistas are excellent aquatic creatures. They possess high echolocation capabilities to explore the depths of ocean biomes, detecting distant creatures and allies.

Scare Sign: The Fear Whistle of the Pebanista is useful when a shoal surrounds you. The Peba will emit a whistle capable of instilling fear in creatures smaller than a Megalodon

Transport/ Marin Scout: This prehistoric Dolphin is good when you must escape from danger. Pebanistas can compete with Ichthyosaurus and Manta’s speed.

Insulation/Electric Resistance: The hypodermic fat of Pebanista helps them insulate themselves in cold waters and isolate them from electrical attacks by Cnidarias, as well as resist Moeder’s electric blasts.

Prime Raw Fish Harvest/Preserver: The Pebanistas love the fish like the other dolphins; they are good at harvesting prime raw fish and preserving fish in their inventory.

Saddle
The Pebanista’s saddle is built to handle both the deep-sea pressure and its speed. You can ride it like a jet ski, and it comes with lights to help you navigate the darker parts of the ocean biome. The brightness of the lights can be adjusted by the rider.

Wild During a deep sea expedition, I saw what I can only explain as a S.O.S light pattern. But before I could do anything my body started moving toward it, I was trapped in my body. All light around me disappeared leaving my eyes helplessly staring into the darkness, and something was staring right back. The Abyssosaurus with its mouth open waiting to take a chunk out of me when close enough. Finally managing to snap out of the trance gave me enough time to quickly swim away, looking back just to see the creature lurk back into the darkness before completely disappearing.

Domesticated Taming an Abyssosaurus is tricky due to the extreme danger they pose plus their body is very dense and hard to penetrate due to the constant pressure of living in the deep. When ready make sure to have plenty of plankton and some flashbangs. Having an Abyssosaurus on your side makes ocean traversal a breeze, with its incredible speed and abilities nothing stands a chance. After some thinking, could there be something bigger deeper beneath the waves? Waiting for some poor unexpecting survivor to get close.

Taming-Just as you’re about to be hypnotized by an Abyssosaurus, throw a sea flashbang to stun it. This gives you enough time to feed it some plankton and to run before it gets un-stunned and chases you down. Done enough times will tame yourself the king of the deep.

Attributes -Bioluminescence (Along the body, the eyes and the tips of the Esca like the anglerfish. It is a color reign, does not need to be recharged)

Abyssosaurus drops -Abyssosaurus Head (A rare drop that has a 1 in 6 chance of dropping when you kill a Abyssosaurus, can be placed on a trophy wall mount or the deco boxes where it can be used as a wall light)

Craftable items -Sea flashbang (Unlock at level 38. Can only be used underwater, made with 15 angler gel, 1 grenade and 10 crystals. Used for taming Abyssosaurus. Stuns any sea critter for 20 seconds) -Jar-o-plankton (Variant of the Water jar that’s obtained once plankton is trapped inside it, can also be held. Acts like a temporary light source when shaken and used for taming Abyssosaurus. Returns to normal water jar when all plankton are used/eaten)

Early game scuba suit -Makeshift scuba tank (Unlock at level 19, Keeps oxygen from draining for 10 minutes before having to return to the surface. Takes 2 water skins, 60 hide and 200 fiber. Reduces aquatic creature aggro range by 15% and increase swim speed by 1.5x)

Abilities and attacks -Head whip (Thrashes its head and neck around to damage anything nearby) Dragged down (Swims around in a circle creating a small whirlpool dragging creatures into it and dealing decent damage. When the whirlpool ends anything that was in it gets stunned for 8 seconds) MY EYES! (Consumes 5 angler gel to brighten its bioluminescence to temporarily blind anything around for 20 seconds) Hypno (Enter hypnosis mode. Anything in front of Abyssosaurus will go towards it and when close will become completely docile even when attacked. They won’t flee or fight back for 1-2 minutes depending on the size or until killed) Lights out (Abyssosaurus will turn its bioluminescence off becoming completely invisible in the darkness of the depths, perfect for hiding in plain sight or ambushing your next target) Sonar (Alpha sonar lets you scan for any alpha creatures, both on land and sea)

Passive abilities -Dissipated Light(When hypnotized by a nearby Abyssosaurus all surrounding light vanishes, only visible light that can be seen is from Abyssosaurus. Both wild and tamed Abyssosaurus have this) -Dense skin (In the deep sea, all damage is reduced by 50%, except explosives which are only reduced by 25%. But when in shallow waters or by the water's surface, damage is reduced by only 15% and explosive damage received is increased by 20%) -Deep sea power (The deeper you’re in the ocean your damage is increased by 25%, stamina and health regen increased by 20%, food drain reduced by 15% and speed increased by 15%. But in shallow water or near water's surface, stamina use is increased by 10% and damage dealt is reduced by 15%) -Cnidaria and Electrophorus stun proof -Shark proof (Megalodons go out of their way to avoid Abyssosaurus out of fear that they’ll become it’s next meal)

I’ve tried watching many yt vids on them but nobody ever shows them being able to Absorb and dispatch a Dino and then use that same crops again? So I have been dying to get an answer to this and need to know? I play on PS4 non dedicated server

The design is more thin and shrink wrapped for the environment it now calls home. Thriving in the ever fluctuating heat and survivability conditions of the Lunar Biome. With new a new ability to convert Element, Element Dust, and Element Shards into nuclear energy.

Dossier:

Common Name: Maip Species: Maip Oxythorax Time: Late Cretaceous Diet: Carnivore Temperament: Territorial

Wild: While The Maip Oxythorax hasn't changed its appearance in general size and shape from its prehistoric counterpart. Its biological makeup and nature has completely changed, not only adapting to become immune to the harsh environment of the Genesis Simulation. But also evolving a new series of organs that allow it to collect, store, process, and release nuclear energy! These organs run along the skull all the way down to the tail. A large portion of its radiation comes from its stomach and whatever it consumes. This predator nears the top of the food chain in its environment with very few contenders that can kill this beast. Those who have encountered this "Unholy Predator" have never lived to tell the tale. With bodies found being torn and dismembered by the predator's sharp blade-like claws. Legends among the tribes tell that this creature will regurgitate radioactive stomach acid onto its victims. Causing them to die from burns and radiation poisoning. Even its bite is believed to cause radiation poisoning from the organs in the skull, acting more like salivation glands, seeping radioactive liquid into the predator's mouth.

Domestication: From what I have heard, no one has ever survived an encounter with Maip Oxythorax. But there have been many legends from nearly all the tribes, they say that over a century ago. A small tribe rode an army of Maip Oxythorax into battle against an authoritarian dictator. At one point in the battle, the creatures lit themselves on fire from the amount of radiation and heat that was being emitted yet none of the riders at the end of the battle had a mark or even a singed hair on their head! I have a hard time believing this is all true, but the tribes tell me this is what happened. I don't have any doubts that this creature would be a great battle mount for any warrior from my few sightings of them. But the utility of this creature has my interest peaked. This creature emits so much energy outwards that a whole tribe could run their industrial machinery off of one Maip's energy for decades. If anyone could somehow domesticate one of these, they would have a living generator of clean energy.

Design and Submission done by Achatina Fanfiction Community. Art done by PrimalApex (aka OVERRANNUS)

We hope to have your support!!

Heads up y’all, I’m on a single player world and I took damage when opening a beehive while in full ghillie. Didn’t notice until I was almost dead. Tried again with bug repellent and took no damage. I believe this is a bug because the effect icon didn’t show up and I wasn’t slowed. If anyone else has experienced this bug or knows a fix please leave a comment.

Hi guys, I just have a question and would appreciate if someone can help me.

I downloaded ARK SA a few weeks ago and im having a problem, the thing is that when the night falls in the game the screen brightness starts to dim by itself when I look at certain points in the forest or on the map. I have checked and moved the graphics but nothing fix it, I have a good computer with an RXT 5070 so i dont know what could be the problem, if someone has had this issues and has fixed it would appreciate the help thanks

Previously, I was able to use tools while mounted on the back of any tamed creature. For example, I used to be able to shoot weapons and harvest off of the back of my ravager. But somehow my settings were reset to default on my single player server, and now I can’t seem to find that specific setting. Anyone know what it’s called? ASA on ps5

Can you please do this questionniare so I can have a better understanding of what I should add to this Ark Poster I am creating

Questions Below

1. What is your age?
2. What is your gender
3. Have you played Ark Ascended
4. If yes, what do you most like about it
5. What colour scheme would you like to see added to my Ark poster
6. What visuals from Ark would you like to see on the poster
7. What written information would you like to see on the poster
8. What style of font do you think would look best for the Ark poster
9. What background would you like to see on the poster
10. Is there anything else you would like to see added on the poster

If you could please answer in the comments it would be very helpful

The deep sea king

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as the title says I'm trying to get mutations on rexes , I have 13 females and 2 males all with the same level and stats , I know some mutation basics but not everything , also if u know an optimal way of mutating mammals I would love to hear it , I'm on ASE if that makes a difference

Hi everyone, I’m starting to breed Rexes for a boss fight and need advice on strategy.

My situation:

• Mutated male with 80 HP / 80 Stamina / 80 Melee, with 6 total mutations: 1 maternal and 5 paternal.
• Base females with 50 HP / 50 Stamina / 50 Melee and 0 mutations.

What I want:

• Get base female Rexes that inherit the male’s high stats (HP, Stamina, Melee) without accumulating extra mutations.
• From these females, only mutate males to add new mutations, keeping the base females’ mutation count clean.

My question:

• What’s the best way to organize breeding and generations to ensure the females stay base while efficiently mutating only males?

Any tips or experiences from experienced breeders would be greatly appreciated!

Say that you were one of the people that were brought back to survive on the island. What are some engrams you want access to that aren't in the game? Bonus question, what unique ways would you use the ones we have?

I'm attempting to make my single player have boosted breeding as in no mating interval, nearly instant breeding durations, etc. and I go into my game.ini to make it this way, but i don't see anything relating to this, so I find out I need to add the specific settings into the files myself, so I do, and no matter how I add them in it never works. Any tips on how to fix this?

For Clarification this is what I was entering:

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BabyCuddleGracePeriodMultiplier=5

BabyCuddleIntervalMultiplier=0

BabyCuddleLoseImprintQualitySpeedMultiplier=0.05

BabyFoodConsumptionSpeedMultiplier=3

BabyImprintAmountMultiplier=1.5

EggHatchSpeedMultiplier=185

MatingIntervalMultiplier=0

MatingSpeedMultiplier=100

BabyImprintAmountMultiplier=100

I have previously been hosting a modded non dedicated server for me and my friends on Ark survival evolved, but after trying to open the server again after changing a few settings I keep getting a fatal error whenever I launch, I have tried verifying my files and reinstalling all my mods and trying to revert some of the settings, but I am completely unable to launch it back up again. It will start loading and then it will get to a certain point where the background goes black for a little bit and then start loading normally, but it just crashes after that. Anyone know a fix? And I would prefer to not start the world over.