Kentrosaurus

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

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 and. 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. Its body is similar to, 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.

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 es.

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 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, testing and devkit data show that the Kentrosaurus does not prefer Savoroot over other crops.

Roles

 * 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 Great damage making it a good war Mount.
 * Early Game Base Defence: On early or middle game you won't be able to Craft and Power Them, and Perhaps the  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  or.
 * 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.

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

It cannot impale unconscious and alpha variant dino.

Notes/Trivia

 * The dossier was revealed on September 5, 2016.


 * 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.