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Spawn Command
cheat summon Trike_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Trike/Trike_Character_BP.Trike_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
22 - 28 °C / 72 - 82 °F
Egg Incubator (Genesis Part 2) Egg Incubator: 25 °C / 77 °F
Incubation Time
2h 29m 59.28s
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
Habitat

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Triceratops (try-SAIR-uh-tops), or simply Trike, is one of the dinosaurs 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
Wild

Apparently a cross-breed of a Triceratops and Styracosaurus, Triceratops styrax has both the characteristic three-horned face of Triceratops and the prominent horned-ridge of Styracosarus.

Known Information

Normally a very docile grazing animal, Triceratops becomes extremely aggressive once angered. Triceratops will chase down would-be predators (and egg-stealers) with incredible prejudice. Triceratops bony ridge is very effective as cover from frontal attack, and the creature's charge is incredibly dangerous. I've seen Triceratops have an especially hostile reaction to the Tyrannosaurus on the island, with herds attacking in groups.

Domesticated

A common mount for those that ride dinosaurs, Triceratops doubles as both pack animal and combat war horse.

Behavior

The Trike is not aggressive until attacked. When attacked, it charges at the enemy and bucks it with its head. Their bucking attack knocks the enemy back, which can make Trikes much more dangerous near cliffs or steep hills. The amount of knockback is significantly influenced by the enemy's weight. However, This attack can be easily dodged. The Triceratops is also a herding animal, coming to the aid of others when attacked.

Appearance

The Trike is a relatively small stout quadrupedal herbivore, which sports a large bony head equipped with an equally bony frill, which is adorned with multiple horns or spikes. Three larger horns also appear on the animal's head, one over each eye, and one on the nose.


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

Trike PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Body
13
14
20
22
24
26
27
33
34
35
Trike PaintRegion1
Region 1:
Face and Feet
13
14
20
22
24
26
27
29
31
33
34
35
X mark

Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.

Trike PaintRegion3
Region 3:
Patterning
13
14
20
22
24
26
27
33
34
35
Trike PaintRegion4
Region 4:
Frill
13
14
20
22
24
26
27
29
31
33
34
35
Trike PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Body Accent
8
14
21
23
25
26
32
33

Drops

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 375 +75 +5.4% 0.07
Stamina Stamina 150 +15 +10%
Oxygen Oxygen 150 +15 +10%
Food Food 3000 +300 +10%
Weight Weight 365 +7.3 +4%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 32 +1.6 +1.7% 7% 17.6%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +3% 123%
Torpidity Torpidity 250 +15 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s]
Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 150 ? ? 607.5 283.5 632.205 14
Swimming 300 ? ? ? ? ? ?
  • 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
Melee Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (Xbox One), the Trike headbutts the target.
0 490 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 32
Ram Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Holding the Right Mousebutton (PC), L2 Button (PS), LT Button (Xbox One), the Trike prepares a charge attack.
0 4000 100 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 32

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]

Triceratops

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

Triceratops Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Simple Kibble Simple Kibble 2 0 0 0 0:01:36
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 20 0 0 0 0:12:01
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 20 0 0 0 0:12:01
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 20 0 0 0 0:12:01
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 20 22 5 3 0:24:01
Mejoberry Mejoberry 27 0 0 0 0:12:10
Berries Berries 40 0 0 0 0:12:01
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 25; Slingshot Hits × 11; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 3; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 2; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:13:53
Triceratops Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Simple Kibble Simple Kibble 5 0 0 0 0:04:00
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 47 18 4 2 0:28:13
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 47 18 4 2 0:28:13
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 47 18 4 2 0:28:13
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 47 112 23 12 0:56:25
Mejoberry Mejoberry 63 19 4 2 0:28:22
Berries Berries 94 18 4 2 0:28:13
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 69; Slingshot Hits × 28; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 8; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 5; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 4; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:22:54
Triceratops Level 60 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Simple Kibble Simple Kibble 8 0 0 0 0:06:24
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 75 66 14 7 0:45:01
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 75 66 14 7 0:45:01
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 75 66 14 7 0:45:01
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 75 252 53 27 1:30:01
Mejoberry Mejoberry 100 66 14 7 0:45:01
Berries Berries 150 66 14 7 0:45:01
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 114; Slingshot Hits × 47; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 13; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 8; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 6; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:29:05
Triceratops Level 90 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Simple Kibble Simple Kibble 11 0 0 0 0:08:48
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 104 139 30 15 1:02:25
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 104 139 30 15 1:02:25
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 104 139 30 15 1:02:25
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 104 437 94 47 2:04:49
Mejoberry Mejoberry 138 137 30 15 1:02:07
Berries Berries 207 137 30 15 1:02:07
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 159; Slingshot Hits × 65; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 18; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 11; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 8; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 4
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:33:34
Triceratops Level 120 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Simple Kibble Simple Kibble 14 0 0 0 0:11:12
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 132 226 49 25 1:19:13
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 132 226 49 25 1:19:13
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 132 226 49 25 1:19:13
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 132 650 141 71 2:38:25
Mejoberry Mejoberry 175 224 49 25 1:18:46
Berries Berries 263 224 49 25 1:18:55
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 204; Slingshot Hits × 84; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 23; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 13; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 10; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:37:06
Triceratops Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Simple Kibble Simple Kibble 16 0 0 0 0:12:48
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 160 329 73 37 1:36:01
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 160 329 73 37 1:36:01
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 160 329 73 37 1:36:01
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 160 891 196 98 3:12:01
Mejoberry Mejoberry 213 328 72 36 1:35:52
Berries Berries 319 327 72 36 1:35:43
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 249; Slingshot Hits × 102; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 28; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 16; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 12; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 6
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:40:00

Note that the values are for optimal cases, always bring extra supplies!
For a level-dependent count of resources needed, try an external taming calculator.


KO Strategy

Triceratops are rather slow, you can kite one easily. Keep firing Tranquilizer Arrow Tranquilizer Arrow with several seconds in between each arrow to allow the Torpor Torpor level to increase over time while backing away very quickly. You can also look for a stuck Trike, which will be incredibly easy to knock out, as it can't attack you. Another strategy is to look for 2 or 3 small trees on a beach and then aggro the trike from a distance or from a safe place like ontop of a rock, directing him between the trees, it will likely get stuck. Many users have reported that a change has recently been made adding extra head armor to the Triceratops making head shots less effective than body shots to KO a trike. Knock out numbers above no longer work using head shots as the actual number is much higher now.

Combat

This section describes how to fight against the Triceratops.

General

While it is not difficult to dodge the attack of a Trike, they deal significant damage, and the knock-back can deal additional fall damage if the player is knocked off of a hill. Oftentimes, beginning players attack out of familiarization with such an iconic dinosaur. This can lead to an early and embarrassing death.

Strategy

When attacked, a Trike will try to ram you with its horned head. Side stepping is your best friend here, especially if you are attacking with a spear. Quickly circle around the Trike, avoiding it’s head, while exposing its body. If you can circle fast enough it’s possible to avoid getting hit at all. (Doesn't work consistently enough to be listed. Highly impossible for a beginner.)

Weaponry

It is entirely possible to bring down a Trike using only a melee weapon if the player is careful to avoid the head and stays near the Trike's side or behind. However, it is recommended to use a ranged weapon such as a bow. It is a good strategy to enrage the Trike from afar, using a ranged weapon. Finish it with powerful melee attacks. A powerful mount can also be used.

Dangers

Their headbash will knock you back, so try to avoid getting in front of him. Other Trikes nearby will also attack a player if a member of their species is hit nearby. If a player steals a wild Trike egg, the Trikes nearby will attack. Their attacks have a large AOE(Area Of Effect) and can send big groups of players or attacking dinosaurs flying back. This includes animals as big as, and possibly bigger than the paracer, so always expect to be knocked back.

Weakness

Trikes have a large, slow turning radius, so outfoxing the Trike can be a viable strategy. They also have relatively low health and they also have a tendency to get stuck in trees. Because a Trike will try to face its attacker it is easy to position some low level dinos behind it and make them attack it. When it tries to turn towards them, punch the trike and it will change targets again and again without ever actually attacking.

Utility

Roles

  • Transport: While slow, has a very good base carrying capacity. Good for local transport, but will get stuck often when travelling through woods. Note that if you are riding the triceratops, you can simply attack the trees, knocking them down; also, a ridden trike's attack does no friendly fire damage, so you can also clear trees out of the way of other non-mounted pack beasts that are following you (Level up Speed, Stamina, and Weight).
  • Gatherer: Excellent for gathering berries, second only to a Therizinosaurus Therizinosaurus, Bronto Bronto or Mammoth Mammoth (Level up Melee Damage).
  • Battle mount: Decent battle mount for starters, as it can do some damage and knocks smaller opponents back (Increase Damage and Health). Do not underestimate its knockback, if you can master it you will be able to kill way stronger dinos and don't suffer damage or very little, it requires perfect timing between your attack and if needed to walk forwards or backwards, best to practice with raptors. You can kill an Alpha Raptor in this way.
  • Guardian: While most people think first and foremost of the swift, deadly carnivores in terms of protecting their property, the Triceratops is much easier to tame earlier in the game than even midsized carnivores. A pair or trio of Trikes can act as the core of a guard force that will keep your home and herds safe from common predators such as Raptor Raptor, Sarco Sarco and Carnotaurus Carnotaurus. Unlike most dinos, Trikes tend not to die when pursuing Sarco into the water—their AoE lets them fend off multiple Megapiranha Megapiranha (Level up Health and Melee Damage).

Collectibles

Resource Efficiency
Berries Berries ★★★★☆
Thatch Thatch ★★★☆☆
Wood Wood ★★☆☆☆
Rare Flower Rare Flower ★☆☆☆☆
Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom ★☆☆☆☆

Notes/Trivia

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

  • Can collect berries, thatch, and smaller amounts of wood; collecting berries in this manner will yield extremely high amounts of berries compared to collecting them by hand. This makes it incredibly useful for feeding and taming other herbivores.
  • Its full name means "Three-horned Face".
  • When dismounting, you will stand on the back of the trike. If you crouch, you can hide behind its large face plate for cover from attacks. It is also possible to shoot from the top of the trike while it fights. (Don't move or you may fall off.
  • The Trike is confirmed to have a skewer attack in the near future, likely similar to the Woolly Rhino Woolly Rhino's.[2]
  • The Player can use weapons while mounted on the back of the Trike.

Gallery

References

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