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Kentrosaurus
Kentrosaurus
Steam 257.0
May 5, 2017
Xbox One 754.0
May 17, 2017
PS 507.0
May 17, 2017
Nintendo Switch 599.0
Nov 30, 2018
Epic Games 311.74
Jun 11, 2020
Stadia 678.15
Sep 1, 2021
Spawn Command
cheat summon Kentro_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Kentrosaurus/Kentro_Character_BP.Kentro_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Kentrosaurus (Gauntlet)
cheat summon Kentro_Character_BP_Gauntlet_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Volcanic/Kentro_Character_BP_Gauntlet.Kentro_Character_BP_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Kentrosaurus (Retrieve)
cheat summon Kentro_Character_BP_Retrieve_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Retrieve/Volcanic/Kentro_Character_BP_Retrieve.Kentro_Character_BP_Retrieve'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Kentrosaurus (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Kentro_Character_BP_STA_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Kentro_Character_BP_STA.Kentro_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
Taming Method
Preferred Kibble
Preferred Food
24 - 30 °C / 75 - 86 °F
Egg Incubator (Genesis Part 2) Egg Incubator: 27 °C / 81 °F
Incubation Time
2h 46m 39.2s
Baby Time
5h 8m 38.517s
Juvenile Time
20h 34m 34.069s
Adolescent Time
1d 1h 43m 12.586s
Total Maturation Time
2d 3h 26m 25.172s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d

The Kentrosaurus (KEN-truh-SAWR-us[1]) is one of the Creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.

Basic Info[]

Dossier[]

This section is intended to be an exact copy of what the survivor Helena Walker, the author of the dossiers, has written. There may be some discrepancies between this text and the in-game creature.

NoteHelena
Species

Kentrosaurus Aethiopicus

Time

Late Jurassic

Diet

Herbivore

Temperament

Short-Tempered

Wild

While Kentrosaurus aethiopicus is considerably smaller than its close relative, Stegosaurus regium, it is much more formidable in matters of self-defense. In fact, it is arguably the pound for pound champion of not only the Stegosaurus, but when encountered in close-knit fighting packs, ranks atop the Island's herbivorous dinosaurs in general. Thanks to its wickedly sharp defensive spikes, any creature that attacks Kentrosaurus is likely to be reversely wounded in turn, and it is capable of piercing even the thickest of hides and armors when it goes on the offensive. I have personally witnessed the Kentrosaurus fell much larger predators in a single such "impaling" maneuver! Underestimating Kentrosaurus can be a fatal mistake, particularly when it is in a herd. When travelling in numbers, Kentrosaurus seems to grow much more aggressive, increasing the range at which it will defend its territory.

Domesticated

Survivors have seen little success in their attempts to ride Kentrosaurus, owing to its spikes and hot-headed temperament. However, a tamed herd of Kentrosaurus can effectively defend a compound and take on larger carnivores. Once impaled by its attack, the Kentrosaurus slams the attacker on the ground continuously, helping to turn the tide of a pitched battle!

Behavior[]

Kentrosaurus is a very defensive and territorial herbivore. Although it tolerates wild herbivores, it will attack survivors and tamed dinosaurs that come close to it. It also gains a pack bonus from others nearby, similar to Allosaurus Allosaurus and Compy Compies. Approach with extreme caution, as its bleeding attacks can be devastating, especially with the herd bonus.

Appearance[]

Kentrosaurus is a smaller, stockier relative to the more famous Stegosaurus Stegosaurus. Its body is similar to Stegosaurus Stegosaurus, with a low slung head with a beaked mouth, close to the ground to feed on low growing vegetation. It has a double row of plates up to its pelvis and a formidable double row of spikes down its tail, its main form of defense. In addition, it has a pair of spikes on its shoulders to deter attackers from the sides.

Color Scheme and Regions[]

This section displays the Kentrosaurus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Kentrosaurus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Kentrosaurus will randomly spawn with to provide an overall range of its natural color scheme. Hover your cursor over a color to display its name and ID.

This information can be used to alter the Kentrosaurus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Kentrosaurus's "main body" magenta.

Kentrosaurus PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Main Body
13
14
22
24
26
33
34
35
42
45
Kentrosaurus PaintRegion1
Region 1:
Plate Base
13
14
22
33
34
35
42
43
44
45
46
48
Kentrosaurus PaintRegion2
Region 2:
Spikes
13
14
33
34
35
38
40
47
56
Kentrosaurus PaintRegion3
Region 3:
Plate Edge
13
14
22
25
28
32
33
39
43
44
Kentrosaurus PaintRegion4
Region 4:
Top
14
22
33
34
35
42
45
48
49
52
56
Kentrosaurus PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Underside
8
14
21
32
33
37
38
39

Drops[]

Base Stats and Growth[]

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 650 +130 +5.4% 0.07
Stamina Stamina 300 +30 +10%
Oxygen Oxygen 150 +15 +10%
Food Food 6000 +600 +10%
Weight Weight 500 +10 +4%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 10 / 42 +0.5 / +2.1 +1.7% 7% 17.6%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +1%
Torpidity Torpidity 500 +30 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s]
Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 150 ? ? 600 600 600 20
Swimming 300 ? ? ? ? ? ?
  • 1These are the base speeds of the creature at 100% Movement Speed.
  • 2These are the speeds of the creature tamed and non-imprinted.
  • For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, see Base Creature Speeds.
Attack Values
Bite Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation
0 300 0 660
Attack Type Damage Projectile Values Torpor Values Status Effect: Stamina Status Effect: Torpidity
Life Impulse Radius Base Mult Duration Damage Mult Amount Duration Damage Mult Amount
Melee 10
Tail Swipe Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation
0 300 0 0
Attack Type Damage Projectile Values Torpor Values Status Effect: Stamina Status Effect: Torpidity
Life Impulse Radius Base Mult Duration Damage Mult Amount Duration Damage Mult Amount
Melee 42
Tail Slam Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation
0 1000 0 660
Attack Type Damage Projectile Values Torpor Values Status Effect: Stamina Status Effect: Torpidity
Life Impulse Radius Base Mult Duration Damage Mult Amount Duration Damage Mult Amount
Melee 42

Wild Stats Level-up

Type in values of a wild creature to see on which stats it's emphasized. Green values on a high-level creature are very good for breeding. If you have already tamed your creature you can try to recover the breeding stats with an external tool.[2]

Kentrosaurus

The stat-calculator does not work in the mobile-view, see here for alternatives: Apps

Note that after the creature is tamed it gets bonuses on some stats depending on the taming effectiveness. This makes it hard to retrieve the levels on a tamed creature, so this tool is only for wild ones, but gives a first impression, how well the stats are distributed.

Combat[]

General[]

A single wild Kentrosaurus will not attack unless one almost walks into it. However wild Kentrosaurus are herding creatures and gain a bonus from others nearby, this pack bonus will make them increasingly territorial with every additional wild Kentrosaurus. Starting from a group of two, they will attack any tamed dinosaur or survivor that come close to them.

Strategy[]

It is best to keep a distance and kite the Kentrosaurus with ranged weapons. Be on the look out for the highest levelled dinosaurs and try and take them out first.

Weaponry[]

Ranged weapons or large dinosaurs that can resist its latch attack and tank its bleed damage such as Rex Rexes.

Dangers[]

The Kentrosaurus can pick up the player using its main attack into its tail spikes, as well as applying the bleed effect. Although the Kentrosaurus will drop the player after some time, its attacks can still be devastating to even the strongest of players.

Because this creature seems to reflect a certain percentage of damage, using a tamed Giganotosaurus Giga against them is ill-advised. This will result in a massive reflection and an almost instantaneous filling of the Rage Bar, fully imprinted tame Giga with good saddle won't have much of the issue.

Weakness[]

They have low torpor and can fall easily under tranq arrows or darts. This will make taming or killing them much easier if you don't have any hunting dinosaurs. They are also fairly slow, so it is not too challenging to evade them.

Taming[]

Note: Contrary to Jen's post about 257,[3] testing and devkit data show that the Kentrosaurus does not prefer Savoroot over other crops.

Kentrosaurus Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 4 0 0 0 0:03:12
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 37 0 0 0 0:22:12
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 37 0 0 0 0:22:12
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 37 0 0 0 0:22:12
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 37 36 8 4 0:44:24
Sweet Vegetable Cake Sweet Vegetable Cake 73 0 0 0 0:21:54
Mejoberry Mejoberry 145 81 16 8 1:05:15
Berries Berries 207 74 15 8 1:02:06
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 50; Slingshot Hits × 21; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 6; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 4; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 3; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:27:46
Kentrosaurus Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 9 0 0 0 0:07:12
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 88 24 5 3 0:52:48
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 88 24 5 3 0:52:48
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 88 24 5 3 0:52:48
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 88 199 41 21 1:45:36
Sweet Vegetable Cake Sweet Vegetable Cake 176 24 5 3 0:52:48
Mejoberry Mejoberry 352 375 77 39 2:38:24
Berries Berries 502 349 72 36 2:30:36
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 137; Slingshot Hits × 56; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 16; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 9; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 7; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 4
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:45:49
Kentrosaurus Level 60 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 15 0 0 0 0:12:00
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 142 112 24 12 1:25:12
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 142 112 24 12 1:25:12
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 142 112 24 12 1:25:12
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 142 464 97 49 2:50:24
Sweet Vegetable Cake Sweet Vegetable Cake 283 111 24 12 1:24:54
Mejoberry Mejoberry 565 810 170 85 4:14:15
Berries Berries 808 761 159 80 4:02:24
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 227; Slingshot Hits × 93; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 26; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 15; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 11; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 6
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:58:11
Kentrosaurus Level 90 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 20 0 0 0 0:16:00
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 195 239 51 26 1:57:00
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 195 239 51 26 1:57:00
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 195 239 51 26 1:57:00
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 195 799 171 86 3:54:00
Sweet Vegetable Cake Sweet Vegetable Cake 390 239 51 26 1:57:00
Mejoberry Mejoberry 779 1357 289 145 5:50:33
Berries Berries 1113 1277 272 136 5:33:54
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 317; Slingshot Hits × 130; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 36; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 21; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 15; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 8
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:07:09
Kentrosaurus Level 120 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 25 0 0 0 0:19:59
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 249 403 88 44 2:29:24
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 249 403 88 44 2:29:24
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 249 403 88 44 2:29:24
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 249 1203 261 131 4:58:48
Sweet Vegetable Cake Sweet Vegetable Cake 497 402 87 44 2:29:06
Mejoberry Mejoberry 993 1996 432 216 7:26:51
Berries Berries 1418 1881 408 204 7:05:24
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 407; Slingshot Hits × 167; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 46; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 26; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 19; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 10
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:14:12
Kentrosaurus Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 31 0 0 0 0:24:47
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 302 593 131 66 3:01:12
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 302 593 131 66 3:01:12
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 302 593 131 66 3:01:12
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 302 1654 364 182 6:02:24
Sweet Vegetable Cake Sweet Vegetable Cake 604 593 131 66 3:01:12
Mejoberry Mejoberry 1207 2713 596 298 9:03:09
Berries Berries 1724 2561 563 282 8:37:12
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 497; Slingshot Hits × 203; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 56; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 32; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 23; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 12
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:20:01

Note that the values are for optimal cases, always bring extra supplies!
For a level-dependent count of resources needed, try an external taming calculator.


KO Strategy[]

Utility[]

Roles[]

  • Tank:
  • Guardian: Although survivors are unable to ride the Kentrosaurus, it is an ideal guard animal for both bases and on excursions, thanks to its armor piercing attacks, recoil damage, and picking up aggressors within its tail spikes while applying a bleeding effect. When it comes to Kentrosaurus, more is always the merrier, as they grow increasingly more effective in groups due to a pack related bonus. Simply following you on the move, it is easy to know how they function, but there are a few things to consider if you decide to employ them as base guardians. In a securely walled base, they can be set to wander, to cover larger areas, but by doing this they can sometimes leave patches unguarded, so spreading a few out on wandering while leaving a few stationary is a solid tactic. If set to aggressive however, beware to not let them be too close to egg hatching/birthing areas, as they will target newly born dinos that have not been claimed yet, resulting in an unhappy ending for your newest addition to the tribe. (Level Health & Damage)
  • Alpha Genesis Brute Damage Deflector: Kentrosaurus' trait of its spikes doing damage to any creature dealing that attacks it is useful when fighting against brute creatures. A massive herd of kentrosaurus compound its spiky nature can deal serious damage. This makes an alpha brute creature's already high damage output a weakness and players can watch from a distance as the brute creature is tearing its own health when hitting the kentrosaurus herd. Be sure to maximize their health to allow them to tank the heavy hits. When needing to bring them to the next hunting zone, have them follow you and the tame you are riding.
  • Damage: The Kentrosaurus does a lot of damage and can impale small creatures and survivors on its tail, making it a good battle creature.
  • Early Game Base Defence: On early or middle game you won't be able to Craft Auto Turret Turrets and Power Them, and Perhaps the Plant Species X Plant Species X May be hard for you to get as well due to its Spawn location and its requirements. The Kentrosaurus Will be a good choice to protect your stone Base from Raids and Pesky Dinos, they're also easy to tame because you can easily knock a high level Kentro with Boomerang Boomerang or Tranq Arrow Tranq Arrows .
  • Transport: has Good weight, useful for Early Game transport. Additionally, while it is technically true they cannot be ridden, a player is allowed to stand and crouch on their backs. Using a combination of move commands and whistles, the Kentrosaurus, with a little creativity, can be turned into an unusual but effective mount.
  • Boss DPS: With its herd ability based on the number of kentrosaurus nearby just like the direwolf though lacking the howl ability, kentrosaurus is viable for pumping out damage equivalent to a stegosaurus. With a yutyrannus buff, mate boost, and pack member boost, they can deal twice their normal damage.

Kentrosaurus can impale the following dino into its tail spikes (except flying creatures)

It cannot impale unconscious and alpha variant dino.

Collectibles[]

Resource Efficiency
Raw Meat Raw Meat ★★★☆☆

Spotlight[]

Notes/Trivia[]

For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Kentrosaurus, see the relevant Wikipedia article.

  • The dossier was revealed on September 5, 2016.[4]
  • This is the one of the few animals to keep their actual species name, as Kentrosaurus Aethiopicus did exist in what is now Tanzania in the Tendaguru Formation
  • Ark's Kentrosaurus are social dinosaurs that live in herds, similar to how real Kentrosaurus are speculated to have lived.
  • Despite the badass look of the spikes of the in-game Kentrosaurus, their size is exaggerated as an artistic design. If the real Kentrosaurus did indeed have such outlandish spikes, it would be much more difficult for the animal to walk through any environment with decently thick vegetation like a forest, while an even worse problem would arise that if any medium-large sized animal ever got impaled, they could possibly become stuck to the creature's body, potentially causing a premature death due to lack of mobility leading to starvation or dehydration or compromise of their spike defense leading to fatal predation.
  • The pack bonus is capped at +4 (5 Kentrosaurus' total) with the affect appearing to give a 5% damage bonus on standard attacks per additional allied Kentrosaurus (capped at +4 for a 20% total bonus).
  • Mate Boost effects appear to have an impact on the damage dealt by the Kentrosaurus' damage reflection ability.

Changelog[]

Patch Changes
257.0 Kentrosaurus Kentrosaurus is added to the game
259.0
  • Fixed issues in which the Kentro Egg Kentrosaurus Egg would fall through the floor
  • Enabled use of the PackLeader Pack Leader buff for Tamed Kentrosaurus'
295.102 Added a hard clamp to Kentrosaurus Melee Damage Damage reflection

Gallery[]

References[]

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