Alpha Tusoteuthis

The Alpha Tusoteuthis is one of the Alpha Creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.

Behavior
See Tusoteuthis.

Appearance
Identical to a regular Tusoteuthis, but larger and colored red. They have a matching red aura around them, which makes them easy to identify from a distance.

Drop

 * Harvest


 * Guaranteed Special Loot

Combat
This section describes how to fight against the Alpha Tusoteuthis.

General
Very dangerous and should be avoided until you have end game weaponry and high leveled mounts

Strategy
Use a high tier crossbow or multiple low end ones to shoot it while mounted. When it starts to flee drive your mount into it and start attacking; don't give it a chance to heal or you will die, attack with the mount and crossbow if it gets too far away. Alternatively, you can use a high level Basilosaurus to attack it. A high level Basilosaurus's health pool combined with its unique surface healing makes it easy to slowly drain the alpha's health. They are also immune to the shocks from any Cnidaria and Electrophorus that may attack you while fighting. (NOT recommended to fight with a crossbow)

Weaponry
Because of its massive health pool, killing an Alpha Tusoteuthis with hand-held weapons will take a long period of time. As with any other Tusoteuthis, the Alpha will avoid the surface, and will grab unmounted players, so only underwater ranged weaponry will be effective, such as the Crossbow, Harpoon Launcher, and Tek Rifle.

Can also damage Auto Turrets.

Dangers
It hits twice as hard as a normal Tusoteuthis, is extremely fast, and it can grab any creature except a Giganotosaurus and crush it to death. The Basilosaurus's unique immunity to movement-impairing effects also makes it immune to being grabbed.

Weakness
Attacks directed at its beak will inflict 3x damage.