Titanoboa

The Titanoboa (Ty-tan-o-bo-ah) is one of the Creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.

Behavior
Very aggressive, belligerent and relentless, the Titanoboa will pursue and attack most creatures (except other predators), which includes players who dare to approach one. Caves offer a safe location for Titanoboas to mingle with other creatures. They are also found in swamps, where they will attack whatever they can sink their fangs into. Although not amphibious like the, they are adept at swimming. The attack of a Titanoboa increases, which can neutralize incoming players who are unable to fight this crippling game mechanic.

Appearance
The Titanoboa is a constrictor snake of immense size, dwarfing even the largest anacondas. Thick and bulky, they are found in sizeable numbers in the island's swamps, ambushing prey from the shallows and crushing it between its coils; they are also found in large caves, where their apparent immunity to invertebrate toxins protects them from the caves' other denizens. Their bulk precludes them from the attention of most predators, but if threatened the giant snake will flare a frill about its neck and strike out, biting with several rows of recurved, needle-like teeth.

Drops

 * Harvest


 * Special Loot

Titanoboa Venom has a chance of 30% to drop.

Taming
To tame the Titanoboa you have to drop a fertile egg near it, while it is not distracted in any way (it doesn't work if the Titanoboa is aggroed to attacking something, including your character). The Titanoboa will "attack" the egg and eat it, gaining taming progress. The ancestry (e.g. the levels of the parents) of each fertilized egg will not affect the taming speed.

The best way is to drop the egg from above while riding a flying mount. But drop the egg from your own inventory, for when you drop the egg from the mount's inventory, the Titanoboa will ignore it.

All eggs have to be fertilized, non-fertilized eggs will not work. The eggs in the following tables are representing all egg-types of their group. The other eggs belonging to the same group are listed below the tables. All eggs in a group have the same taming-effects. Once the Titanoboa is tamed, it will only eat eggs as a source of food(similar to the Achatina with vegetable cakes), the eggs do not need to be fertilized.


 * Food: 900, Affinity: 120
 * Food: 900, Affinity: 120


 * Food: 750, Affinity: 100
 * Food: 750, Affinity: 100


 * Food: 600, Affinity: 80
 * Food: 600, Affinity: 80


 * Food: 412.5, Affinity: 55
 * Food: 412.5, Affinity: 55


 * Food: 337.5, Affinity: 45
 * Food: 337.5, Affinity: 45


 * Food: 262.5, Affinity: 35
 * Food: 262.5, Affinity: 35


 * Food: 225, Affinity: 30
 * Food: 225, Affinity: 30


 * Food: 187.5, Affinity: 25
 * Food: 187.5, Affinity: 25


 * Food: 150, Affinity: 20
 * Food: 150, Affinity: 20


 * Video on taming a Titanoboa

Combat
This section describes how to fight against the Titanoboa.

General
The Titanoboa, although it deals a low amount of damage, is deadly because of its immobilizing venom. Just a single bite increases your at an alarming rate. Their awkward bodies can allow them to climb impossible slopes or stick to ceilings and drop on unsuspecting survivors, so stay wary and keep your weapons equipped. They cannot breed meaning they can't receive bonus stats from being partners.

Strategy
The best strategy is distance, stay back and take them down. If you're forced to be within striking distance, it's best to carry some or  with you as a combatant against its venom. It should be said that many creatures in the cave can carry on them, while this is not ideal it can prove life-saving. Furthermore, shields can prevent further increase whilst utilising.

Weaponry
Titanoboas are slow and awkward, so you're better off keeping your distance and peppering them from afar. Their large bodies ensure that s are devastating in the caves or in the swamp and most mounts can ignore the and trounce the Titanoboa soundly. If not too encumbered, simply walking backwards and shoving a or  in their face can usually do the trick. Since their head shot modifier is 3x it advise to bring a or  for defense. As with most creatures, the hit box is larger than the collision box, so even if it does not make the "smacking sound", the attack still can hit. This tactic also works great for s.

Dangers
Their venom is extremely potent and they're capable of hiding in odd locations. Watch your corners and be ready to run or cover your allies if they are downed but not dead. It is also important to check your surroundings for more dangerous creatures such as sarcos - if you happen to get knocked out, you will be defenseless against any nearby predators.

Weakness
Their large bodies are also a hindrance as they have difficulty fitting through some small gaps. Most tames, even are quite capable of ignoring the torpor effect and shredding the relatively fragile Titanoboa. They lose melee soundly to an even moderately equipped survivor, providing they beat a hasty retreat before the venom proves their end.

Roles

 * Knock-out: Titanoboa deals double damage than a, meaning it applies at twice the rate of a  of equal level, and both of them are able to be carried by an Argentavis.

Notes/Trivia

 * They tend to stay next to the s or s depending on the cave.
 * Despite being common in caves and swamps, they drop prime meat often. However, the prime meat usually spoils before you get out.
 * The real  and Titanoboa were contemporaries. They both lived in the jungle rivers of what is now Colombia 60 million years ago.
 * On the Xbox One, the kill feed misspells Titanoboa as "Titanboa".
 * Information shown on the Spyglass also misspells Titanoboa as "Titanboa."
 * The real Titanoboa was not venomous, instead being semiaquatic, if not fully aquatic, and feeding on a piscivore diet. It was previously thought it would suffocate its prey like most modern constrictor snakes, but modern studies have deemed its skeleton not properly built for this habit. They did not have frills either, much like the.
 * Titanoboas have the somewhat unique ability to slither over 1 (possibly 2 depending on the terrain) high walls. This is most likely not a bug, but rather a side effect of them being able to climb up and over the very uneven terrain inside caves which before patch 216.0 was the only place they could be found. Without this ability Titanoboas would quite easily become trapped on the uneven terrain due to their elongated dimensions. Keep this ability in mind if you are building a base near the swamp biome, and consider adding a "lip" to the edge of your walls to stop them from paying an unexpected visit.
 * It is possible to knock out Titanoboa via using fist punch and . This is presumably useful to reduce its food for later taming, but too dangerous compared to its worth.
 * Like the the Titanoboa can breathe underwater.
 * Titanoboa don't produce.
 * Titanoboa do not have genders and cannot be bred by the player, possibly due to Titanoboas not being tamable in earlier versions of Ark.
 * Helena wrote in her dossier notes that she was convinced that Titanoboa could not be tamed. Her art in her notes also show an x over a collar.
 * However despite what her notes say it simply means that Helena hasn't discovered how to tame them.
 * Real Titanoboas were carnivores and ate meat just like all snakes, however Ark's Titanoboa has adapted to only eat eggs.
 * Real Titanoboas were able to squeeze their prey like all real constrictor snakes, however Ark's Titanoboa doesn't have that ability and instead has adapted to use venom.
 * Although their anatomy is incorrect compared to their real counterparts, Titanoboas did live in swamps and jungles of South America alongside . They didn't coexist with suchus, the second largest crocodile genus in prehistory, they did share habitat with the even larger crocodile Purussaurus. This crocodile had a thicker body and larger skull, with a size comparable to the game's . They would have come to frequent conflict with Titanoboas.
 * All real world snakes (including Titanoboa) have nostrils to breathe, however, they use their tongues for smelling instead of their nostrils.
 * Despite its big size the Titanoboa is a creature that cannot be ridden.
 * Despite Helena saying that Titanoboas were unable to be knocked out, the player is able to do so. (Crossbow and Tranq Arrows used/ tested in Single Player)