Paraceratherium

The Paracer, or Paraceratherium (pair-uh-sair-oth-EE-re-um) is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.

Behavior
Paraceratherium, due to a lack of natural enemies because of its sheer size, is naturally docile. It will ignore humans and other creatures so long as not provoked. Once it is attacked, the animal quickly becomes dangerous. Again, because of its size and immense weight, the Paracer is an extremely deadly adversary so proceed with caution. Luckily, Paracer are solitary creatures living alone or in small family groups. They will protect their fellow herd members if necessary. Don't be fooled by its large size and seemingly docile temperament, the Paracer is an incredibly fast and strong creature when it wants to be. With high health and quick movement, this quick horse-like creature can be slow to take down, and can dish out devastating attacks to survivors and smaller dinos.

Because of their need for copious amounts of nourishment and physical size, Paracer tend to roam the edge of forests and valleys in the lower altitudes, avoiding dense forests if possible.

Appearance
Paraceratherium is a large terrestrial mammal estimated to weigh between 15-20 tons (33,000 to 44,000 lbs) when fully grown. Standing approximately 16 feet at the withers and 24 feet in length. Paracer's build is rather stocky with long, robust legs to support the animal's immense size. A long thick neck, upwards of 4–5 feet long, allows the animal to easily graze high vegetation. Paracer's is extremely thick and hairless. Excess skin folds onto itself similar to modern day Rhinos. Hide color ranges from brown to grey. Small eyes and ears allow limited vision/hearing that is overcompensated by an excellent sense of smell.

Drops
Paraceratherium, Aberrant Paraceratherium =

Corrupted Paraceratherium =


 * Random Special Loot

Base Stats and Growth
Paraceratherium =

Aberrant Paraceratherium =

Corrupted Paraceratherium =

KO Strategy
A rather standard tame, use the with s leaving a few seconds (~4) between each shot. It tends to have pretty high and can move fast for an animal of its size, either kite it around or have a friend hover you above with a flyer and aim for the head for a quicker KO. They can also be Snagged on bigger Destructible rocks, and shot at from the other side, as they are not quite as capable of maneuvering over them, but are tall enough to hit the head or neck. It is also easy to kite the paracer around a.

Combat
This section describes how to fight against the Paraceratherium.

General
The Paracer is one of the larger herbivores and has slightly more than a  and high. They tend to spawn in groups of 2 or more.

Strategy
Despite the Paracer's strength, it is slower than a player and its large size means it can be stuck behind boulders, but it will destroy any trees blocking its path. It can also be kited to a cliff where you can shoot it safely. When using a reasonably fast mount attacking its back feet is a good way to kill it fast and take minimal damage in the process. Since it is docile you can set you large mount like another Paracer or any thing slightly smaller and up to passive while you laugh and shoot or hit it as it runs into you

Weaponry
A decent ranged weapon such as a or a  is effective at killing the Paracer before it can reach you. A decent tame can kill a single Paracer without problems, but a group can deal a large amount of damage quickly to it.

Dangers
The Paracer usually spawns in small groups and can overwhelm an unprepared target. Its attacks have a wide range and even when escaping its stomp attack can be do large amounts of to smaller creatures such as s.

Weakness
Its large size means it can get stuck easily, and it will run away once it has taken sufficient damage, giving a large window to attack.

Also, unlike other creatures, the AoE of this creature also hits wild creatures, making them attack depending on their temperament. You can utilize this to kill huge groups of Paracers. Then, quickly harvest the corpse.

Roles

 * Reliable Mobile base: Although you can't build a base as big as the one you can build on a, Paracer is ideal for survivors that want to have a small hut with the basic structures in it, it also has the advantage of appearing on every map unlike the (Level Health, Speed, and Stamina; also level Weight if used for transport).
 * Transportation: An ideal beast of burden, the Paracer could carry a fair amount of goods. It has a quick pace (compared to the ), and can easily be carried by a under full load, can effectively navigate on open s, and is ignored by most smaller predators such as s and s, the paracer also has a decent AoE damage and HP against larger predators (Level Speed, Stamina, and Weight).
 * Battle Platform: As a beast of war the Paracer is often overlooked in favor of the . However, it does have a number of qualities that work in its favor: compared to the the Paracer requires much less  in order to tame, is quicker, and the platform saddle is available at a much lower level. This can allow an aspiring tribe to mount mobile s to help combat larger creatures or protect its tribe-members behind walls to allow them to get to a battle safely (Level Health, Melee Damage, Speed, and Stamina when necessary).
 * Prime Meat Jerky: Having a Paracer with an on the platform saddle can make getting  for  very easy. Not only can it follow you at quick pace and make sure the  doesn't spoil, it can help you with killing the source of the  (Level Health, Melee Damage, and Weight when needed).
 * Mobile Feeding Trough: A paracer can have many s on its platform saddle.  Build structures to maximize the space for s.  This allows the paracer to move around the player's base to feed their hungry tames. (maximize weight to handle all the weight/mass of the food)

Notes/Trivia

 * Paraceratherium are the only creatures with a that appear on every map.
 * Dossier revealed on 06/15/2015
 * Paraceratherium is the largest terrestrial mammal that ever lived.
 * Paraceratherium despite looking like a combination of a horse and a giraffe is a close relative of modern-day Rhinoceroses.
 * Paraceratherium comes from the Greek words pará - near, keras - horn and thēríon - beast, which refers to the relationship to Rhinoceros.
 * The dossier of the Paraceratherium seems to hint at the boss, similar to how the  dossier hints at the
 * Paraceratherium is also known as Indricotherium or Baluchitherium.
 * Paraceratherium appears to drop much more than even .  Consider hunting them when in need of  for taming or cooking.
 * Paraceratherium Requires a due to its height, but is able to easily walk through a gap two walls wide.  They can occasionally walk over a wall that is two units high, and can step over a one-high wall without slowing down at all.
 * The Paracer is one of only a few creatures to not be included in a Spotlight video (excluding the initial creatures).
 * The Paracer is 4 and a half walls tall