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Electrophorus
Electrophorus
Steam 255.0
Feb 26, 2017
Xbox One 751.0
Mar 17, 2017
PS 505.0
Mar 17, 2017
Logo Mobile 1.0
May 24, 2018
Nintendo Switch 599.0
Nov 30, 2018
Epic Games 311.74
Jun 11, 2020
Stadia 678.15
Sep 1, 2021
Spawn Command
cheat summon Eel_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Eel/Eel_Character_BP.Eel_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Electrophorus
cheat summon Eel_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Eel/Eel_Character_BP_Aberrant.Eel_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Electrophorus (Escort)
cheat summon Eel_Character_BP_Escort_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Escort/Ocean/Eel_Character_BP_Escort.Eel_Character_BP_Escort'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Electrophorus (Hunt)
cheat summon Eel_Character_BP_Hunt_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Hunt/Ocean/Eel_Character_BP_Hunt.Eel_Character_BP_Hunt'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Electrophorus (Retrieve)
cheat summon Eel_Character_BP_Retrieve_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Retrieve/Ocean/Eel_Character_BP_Retrieve.Eel_Character_BP_Retrieve'" 500 0 0 35
Taming Method
Preferred Food
Data
XP for kill
32 XP
Special Loot Chance
100%
0 - 50 °C / 32 - 122 °F
Egg Incubator (Genesis Part 2) Egg Incubator: 25 °C / 77 °F
Incubation Time
4h 59m 58.561s
Baby Time
4h 37m 46.666s
Juvenile Time
18h 31m 6.662s
Adolescent Time
23h 8m 53.328s
Total Maturation Time
1d 22h 17m 46.656s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d

The Electrophorus (eh-lek-trof-er-uhs) or Eel is an aquatic creature 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

Electrophorus beluadomito

Time

Holocene

Diet

Carnivore

Temperament

Reactive

Wild

Occupying a space in the low-to-middle end of the food chain, Electrophorus beluadomito is a carnivorous swimmer that feeds mostly off of shellfish and small fish. Despite its common name, it is actually a very long Knifefish, and not an Eel. It does not provide much meat, so many predators simply leave it be. Unlike most predators, it does not use brute strength to bring down its prey, but instead releases an electrical charge around itself to knock its prey unconscious. Alone, this can take out a small creature. When attacking together, Electrophorus can even bring down the larger ocean lifeforms, and then feed as a group.

Domesticated

By far, the most common use of Electrophorus is to subdue large ocean creatures. Knocking out a Plesiosaur or other giant deep-sea leviathan can be incredibly difficult... ...thus many tribes employ small schools of Electrophorus to shock them into submission!

Behavior[]

Electrophorus will attack if within view of the creature. Once within its aggro distance, Electrophorus will follow the player, even upon swimming to the surface of the water. It can be found at middle deep-sea and is faster than the Cnidaria. Due to their disabling shock attacks and fast swimming speeds it is best to steer well clear of these creatures without proper preparation. Electrophorus will ignore wild dinos if there is a player or tamed dino in the area. They will chase their prey at very fast speeds and only let go if the prey is very far away, or the prey moves out of the water. If the electrophorus reaches its target, it will zap them. This will slow and reduce the damage output of any creature except for Basilosaurus and Tusoteuthis for 8–10 seconds, rendering them less effective at fighting and possibly ensuring they will not be able to run away. After the prey is zapped, the Electrophorus and any nearby wild dinos such as Megalodons will start to feast on the helpless meal.

Appearance[]

Electrophorus is a long eel like fish with a fin running from the back of its head to its abdomen. Its mouth is packed with sharp teeth to attack the small fish and shellfish that make up its diet.

Color Scheme and Regions[]

Regions #2 and #3 are not randomized when an Electrophorus spawns, but may be rolled during a breeding mutation or changed through admin commands.

 

This section displays the Electrophorus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Electrophorus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Electrophorus 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 Electrophorus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Electrophorus's "body" magenta.

Electrophorus PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Body
14
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
28
29
30
31
36
Electrophorus PaintRegion1
Region 1:
Fins
19
20
21
22
28
30
43
48
Electrophorus PaintRegion2

Region 2:
Spots
No natural colors

Electrophorus PaintRegion3

Region 3:
Fin Highlight
No natural colors

X mark

Region 4 is not used
for this Creature.

Electrophorus PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Belly
14
19
21
23
24
25
28
30
36
42
43
48
49

Drops[]

Base Stats and Growth[]

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 180 +36 +5.4% -0.2
Stamina Stamina 165 +16.5 +10%
Oxygen Oxygen 1050 +105 +10%
Food Food 1500 +150 +10%
Weight Weight 150 +3 +4%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 3 / 15 +0.15 / +0.75 +1.7% -25% 11%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +1%
Torpidity Torpidity 175 +10.5 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s]
Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 400 ? ? ? ? ? 4
Swimming 330 ? ? 759 1518 1518 3
  • 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 (Tamed) Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation
0 400 0 629
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 3 1.5 0.5
Bite (Untamed) Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation
0 400 0 629
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 15 7.5 0.5
Shock (Untamed) Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation
0 1020 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 35 35 1
Shock (Tamed) Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation
0 1020 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 5 5 1

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.[1]

Electrophorus

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.

Taming[]

Electrophorus Level 1 Feeding Interval Time
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 2 05:26 0:05:26
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 4 03:36 0:10:50
Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 2 04:53 0:04:53
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 3 04:04 0:08:08
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 5 03:23 0:13:32
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 7 01:35 0:09:30
Raw Meat Raw Meat 8 03:05 0:21:41
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 13 01:30 0:18:06
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 15 01:27 0:20:20
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 19 01:25 0:25:45
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 37 00:41 0:25:04
Electrophorus Level 30 Feeding Interval Time
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 5 03:23 0:13:33
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 8 03:05 0:21:40
Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 4 03:15 0:09:46
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 6 03:15 0:16:16
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 11 02:58 0:29:47
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 13 01:28 0:17:37
Raw Meat Raw Meat 16 02:53 0:43:22
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 26 01:26 0:36:12
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 31 01:24 0:42:00
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 39 01:23 0:52:51
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 78 00:41 0:52:51
Electrophorus Level 60 Feeding Interval Time
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 7 03:09 0:18:59
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 12 02:57 0:32:29
Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 6 02:55 0:14:38
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 8 03:05 0:21:41
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 16 02:53 0:43:19
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 20 01:25 0:27:06
Raw Meat Raw Meat 24 02:49 1:05:02
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 40 01:25 0:55:41
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 48 01:23 1:05:02
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 60 01:22 1:21:18
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 120 00:40 1:21:18
Electrophorus Level 90 Feeding Interval Time
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 9 03:03 0:24:24
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 16 02:53 0:43:19
Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 9 02:44 0:21:57
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 11 02:58 0:29:49
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 22 02:50 0:59:33
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 27 01:24 0:36:35
Raw Meat Raw Meat 33 02:47 1:29:26
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 54 01:25 1:15:11
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 65 01:22 1:28:04
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 81 01:22 1:49:45
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 162 00:40 1:49:45
Electrophorus Level 120 Feeding Interval Time
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 11 02:58 0:29:49
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 21 02:50 0:56:51
Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 11 02:41 0:26:50
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 14 02:55 0:37:57
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 28 02:48 1:15:48
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 34 01:23 0:46:04
Raw Meat Raw Meat 41 02:46 1:51:06
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 68 01:24 1:34:40
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 82 01:22 1:51:06
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 102 01:22 2:18:12
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 204 00:40 2:18:12
Electrophorus Level 150 Feeding Interval Time
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 14 02:55 0:37:57
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 25 02:49 1:07:40
Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 13 02:38 0:31:43
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 17 02:52 0:46:04
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 33 02:47 1:29:20
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 42 01:23 0:56:55
Raw Meat Raw Meat 50 02:45 2:15:29
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 83 01:24 1:55:33
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 99 01:22 2:14:08
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 124 01:21 2:48:00
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 247 00:40 2:47:20

Soothing Balm Electrophorus Level 1 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 3 03:39 0:07:19
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 3 04:04 0:08:08
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 6 03:15 0:16:15
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 7 01:35 0:09:30
Raw Meat Raw Meat 9 03:03 0:24:24
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 14 01:30 0:19:30
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 17 01:26 0:23:02
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 21 01:25 0:28:28
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 42 00:41 0:28:28
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 1 00:00 0:02:27
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 2 05:25 0:05:25
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 3 02:02 0:04:04
Raw Meat Raw Meat 3 04:04 0:08:08
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 5 01:44 0:06:58
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 6 01:37 0:08:08
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 7 01:35 0:09:30
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 14 00:43 0:09:30
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 1 00:00 0:02:27
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:24
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 2 01:22 0:01:22
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 1 00:00 0:02:27
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:24
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:00:41
Soothing Balm Electrophorus Level 30 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 5 03:03 0:12:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 6 03:15 0:16:16
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 12 02:57 0:32:29
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 15 01:27 0:20:20
Raw Meat Raw Meat 18 02:52 0:48:47
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 01:26 0:41:46
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 36 01:23 0:48:47
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 45 01:23 1:00:59
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 89 00:41 1:00:18
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 2 04:53 0:04:53
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 2 05:26 0:05:26
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 4 03:36 0:10:50
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 5 01:41 0:06:47
Raw Meat Raw Meat 6 03:15 0:16:16
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 10 01:32 0:13:56
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 12 01:28 0:16:16
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 15 01:27 0:20:20
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 30 00:42 0:20:20
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 1 00:00 0:02:27
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:24
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 2 02:43 0:02:43
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 2 02:43 0:02:43
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 3 01:01 0:02:02
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 1 00:00 0:02:27
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:24
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:00:41
Soothing Balm Electrophorus Level 75 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 9 02:44 0:21:57
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 11 02:58 0:29:49
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 22 02:50 0:59:33
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 27 01:24 0:36:35
Raw Meat Raw Meat 33 02:47 1:29:26
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 54 01:25 1:15:11
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 65 01:22 1:28:04
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 81 01:22 1:49:45
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 161 00:40 1:49:04
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 3 03:39 0:07:19
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 4 03:37 0:10:51
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 8 03:05 0:21:40
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 9 01:31 0:12:12
Raw Meat Raw Meat 11 02:58 0:29:49
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 18 01:28 0:25:04
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 22 01:25 0:29:49
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 27 01:24 0:36:35
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 54 00:41 0:36:35
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 1 00:00 0:02:27
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Meat Raw Meat 2 05:26 0:05:26
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 2 02:48 0:02:48
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 3 02:02 0:04:04
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 3 02:02 0:04:04
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 6 00:48 0:04:04
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 1 00:00 0:02:27
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:24
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:00:41
Soothing Balm Electrophorus Level 150 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 15 02:36 0:36:35
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 19 02:51 0:51:29
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 38 02:46 1:42:52
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 47 01:23 1:03:41
Raw Meat Raw Meat 57 02:45 2:34:27
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 94 01:24 2:10:51
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 113 01:22 2:33:06
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 141 01:21 3:11:02
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 282 00:40 3:11:02
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 5 03:03 0:12:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 7 03:09 0:18:59
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 13 02:56 0:35:12
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 16 01:26 0:21:41
Raw Meat Raw Meat 19 02:51 0:51:29
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 32 01:26 0:44:33
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 38 01:23 0:51:29
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 47 01:23 1:03:41
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 94 00:41 1:03:41
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 1 00:00 0:02:27
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 2 05:25 0:05:25
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 2 02:43 0:02:43
Raw Meat Raw Meat 2 05:26 0:05:26
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 4 01:51 0:05:35
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 4 01:48 0:05:26
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 5 01:41 0:06:47
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 10 00:45 0:06:47
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 1 00:00 0:02:27
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:24
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:00:41
Soothing Balm Electrophorus Level 300 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 27 02:31 1:05:51
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 35 02:47 1:34:51
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 70 02:44 3:09:28
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 88 01:22 1:59:14
Raw Meat Raw Meat 105 02:44 4:44:31
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 175 01:24 4:03:36
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 209 01:21 4:43:10
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 262 01:21 5:54:58
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 523 00:40 5:54:18
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 9 02:44 0:21:57
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 12 02:57 0:32:31
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 24 02:49 1:04:58
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 30 01:24 0:40:39
Raw Meat Raw Meat 35 02:47 1:34:51
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 59 01:24 1:22:08
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 70 01:22 1:34:51
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 88 01:22 1:59:14
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 175 00:40 1:58:33
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 1 00:00 0:02:27
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 2 05:26 0:05:26
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 3 04:04 0:08:08
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 3 02:02 0:04:04
Raw Meat Raw Meat 4 03:37 0:10:51
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 6 01:40 0:08:22
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 7 01:35 0:09:30
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 9 01:31 0:12:12
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 18 00:43 0:12:12
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 1 00:00 0:02:27
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:24
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 2 01:22 0:01:22
Soothing Balm Electrophorus Level 450 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 39 02:30 1:35:07
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 51 02:45 2:18:12
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 102 02:44 4:36:05
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 128 01:21 2:53:25
Raw Meat Raw Meat 153 02:43 6:54:35
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 255 01:23 5:54:58
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 306 01:21 6:54:35
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 382 01:21 8:37:33
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 764 00:40 8:37:33
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 13 02:38 0:31:43
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 17 02:52 0:46:04
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 34 02:47 1:32:02
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 43 01:23 0:58:16
Raw Meat Raw Meat 51 02:45 2:18:12
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 85 01:24 1:58:20
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 102 01:22 2:18:12
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 128 01:21 2:53:25
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 255 00:40 2:52:45
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 2 04:53 0:04:53
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 2 05:26 0:05:26
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 4 03:36 0:10:50
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 5 01:41 0:06:47
Raw Meat Raw Meat 6 03:15 0:16:16
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 9 01:34 0:12:32
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 11 01:29 0:14:55
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 13 01:28 0:17:37
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 26 00:42 0:17:37
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Bio Toxin Bio Toxin 1 00:00 0:02:27
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:02:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:24
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:01:22
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 2 01:22 0:01:22


Preferred Food[]

Strategy[]

  • Passive tame, it is very aggressive with a wide aggro radius. Stay clear if not prepared.
  • Riot Armor / high fortitude for Torpor reduction recommended.
  • High oxygen to chase them down and feed them bait/taming feed.
  • Mount Basilosaurus and allow the Electrophorus to shock your creature, while mounted. The Basilo will not take any damage and its movement will not be impaired. While the Electrophorus is recharging its electrical attack, quickly dismount your Basilo and passively feed your attempted tame. Remount, rinse and repeat.
  • It is possible, but difficult to tame Electrophorus one-on-one without using a trap. Clear out any threats nearby; Have at least bio toxin ready, and lure one out into shallow water. From there, it is a matter of time and caution. Make sure to bring either health tonics or blood packs along with stimulants for a quick recovery between feeding attempts.
  • Electrophorus are found at the very bottom of the South East Trench on The Center.
  • You can easily tame Electrophorus while it's inside one of the bubbles in the Eldritch Isle of Crystal Isles just by luring them to the edge of the bubbles and passively taming them from outside the bubble. Make sure you have a Cryopod ready to freeze it after taming or else it will fight the Cnidaria and the wild Piranha inside.

Combat[]

This section describes how to fight against the Electrophorus.

General[]

Eels can be seen in deep sea or underwater caverns, wandering in pack, and attack players and their mounts on sight. A chained-shock is not only more than enough to eliminate a player, but also deadly to their mounts.

Like most abyssal terror, wild eels refuse to surface, so don't swim deep if you are not prepared.

Strategy[]

Basil or bust
Use a Basilosaurus Basilosaurus -- it is immune to the movement and damage debuffs, and Eels do very little damage with their regular bite. Their shock does nothing to the Basilosaurus Basilosaurus, even when multiple Eels chain a huge shock. You, the rider, will be completely unharmed as well, with no Torpor Torpor gain. Any other mount will need a good amount of Health Health and damage to overcome both the burst damage of their shock and to fight through the damage debuff.

Weaponry[]

Scuba flippers or a fast swimming mount are required. Distance weapons are the best choice (spears, crossbow, Harpoon gun, Tek Rifle Tek Rifle). Note that Eels are faster than a player with flippers, but flippers will still provide you extra time to kill the Eels before they contact you.

Dangers[]

  • Swims very fast - over 5 times faster than Cnidaria, and dinos may appear farther than they actually are when underwater.
  • Shock attack will slow movement and reduce damage output of victim. (except for Basilosaurus)
  • They can chain their electric shock to other eels to unleash even more powerful attacks.
  • One shock is often enough to kill you outright even in flak armor if there are enough grouped up.
  • Average aggro radius.
  • Tend to be in packs of 2 or more.
  • Often are inside of rocks or behind walls, and can swim through them to surprise you when you least expect it, and not only in the sea caves but even large rocks at the bottom of the ocean.
  • Harder to see in daytime because their glow is less obvious.
  • In a pack they have high burst damage as their shock chains together. Make sure your mount has enough health not to be immediately killed.
  • The range of the shock is much larger than any other creature.

Weakness[]

High damage burst but lower sustained damage. If you can survive the initial shock, you will have an opening to retaliate. Basilosaurus doesn't get shocked, so use that.

Low damage individually. Picking a few of them off with ranged weaponry first will greatly weaken the attacks of the remaining Electrophorus.

Is extremely easy to spot and identify from a distance.

Utility[]

Roles[]

  • Stun: For underwater PvP or when fighting against underwater Alpha Creatures, their stun attack in large groups is insanely dangerous as the enemy doesn't do as much damage, and cannot escape. Only the Basilosaurus is immune to this, and the only downside is that they have low Health. Upgrade health and Melee Damage for this role.
  • River Access: Despite their large size the Electrophorus is smaller than many of the other creatures found in the ocean. It's smaller size allows Electrophorus to move through rivers and shallow water that the large sea animals can't access. Although it can move through rivers and shallow water it's size does limit what shallow areas it can and can't enter.
  • Damage:
  • Hunter:
  • Transport:

Collectibles[]

Notes/Trivia[]

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

  • This dossier was revealed on 07/27/2015 on Steam.[2]
  • Electrophorus is one of the only creatures in ARK with a genus that still exists today, such as the Coelacanth, Lamprey or Achatina. The real electric eel, as its name implies, is also capable of producing electric discharges to kill prey and deter predators.
  • Unlike in the real world, Electrophorus does not look like a knifefish, an order of fish that Electrophorus belongs to; but like the unrelated moray eels.
  • The Electrophorus is a simple capacitive generator. A first version of it was invented in 1762 by Swedish professor Johan Carl Wilcke. It's name, meaning Electricity Bearer, was coined more than ten years after that by Alessandro Volta.
  • Prior to patch v262.16, eels were much more powerful. In addition to being more common and having a larger aggro radius, their shock would stun their prey for the duration, preventing any action and dismounting riders. As the shock has a shorter recharge than the debuff duration, this meant a single level 1 eel could potentially stunlock and kill a level 300 tamed Mosasaurus given enough time. This rendered almost every mount except the Basilosaurus nonviable for deep sea exploration as a single encounter would often spell doom for any other mount. And due to the Basil's inability to go too deep in the water, many tribes considered the ocean floor to be completely inaccessible.
  • Oddly enough, Electrophorus's electricity shock does not inducing torpor, its bite does.
  • Electrophorus don't produce Feces Feces.
  • After releasing an electric shock, the power lines (highlighted parts) on their body will become dim, revealing they cannot shock again immediately.
  • Accordingly, The electrophorus is one of the most aggressive creatures in the game. They will aggro from extremely far ranges, and will continue to follow you for a good while.
  • Like other fish the electrophorus can get beached in shallow water or close to the shore. If they get beached they will either get stuck or instantly die.
  • While Helena's notes say that Electophorus is from the Holocene period fossil records of eels date back farther than that.
    • Even though other species of eels pre-date the Holocene period and the Electrophorus in Ark Helena's notes say that Electophorus is from the Holocene period. It is possible that in the Ark universe a large species of eel was discovered in the Holocene period.

Changelog[]

Patch Changes
255.0 Electrophorus Electrophorus is added to the game
256.0 Eel Sleep Deprived Electrocuted immunity time increased to 5 seconds
260.0 Fixed issue where eels would push the player out of the water
262.0
262.16
  • Chance of Eel spawns reduced by 33%
  • Wild Eel aggro range reduced by 33%
  • Wild and Tamed Eel shock no longer causes stun lock or dismount and instead applies a temporary Movement Speed Movement Speed and Melee Damage Melee Damage reduction
263.0 Decreased the amount of eels in Pragmatic General Multicast
275.0 Aberration Expansion Release Added Aberrant Electrophorus Aberrant Electrophorus
303.1 Reduced Sleep Deprived Electrocuted duration by 20%, from 7 seconds to 5.6 seconds from Wild Eels and 1.5 seconds to 1.2 seconds from Tamed Eels

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