Defense Unit

Defense Unit

Creature

Common Name

Defense Unit

Group

Mechanical Creatures

Fuel

Element

Threat Level

High

Release Versions

267.0
August 29, 2017

761.1
August 29, 2017

512.0
August 29, 2017

Not Yet Released

599.0
November 30, 2018

Variants

• Defense Unit - Beta Overseer Arena
• Defense Unit - Alpha Overseer Arena
• Defense Unit - Sanctuary
• Attack Drone
• Attack Drone - Beta Overseer Arena
• Attack Drone - Alpha Overseer Arena

Spawn Command

admincheat summon EndTank_Character_BP_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/EndGame/Dinos/Tank/EndTank_Character_BP.EndTank_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Defense Unit - Beta Overseer Arena
admincheat summon EndTank_Character_BP_Med_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/EndGame/Dinos/Tank/EndTank_Character_BP_Med.EndTank_Character_BP_Med'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Defense Unit - Alpha Overseer Arena
admincheat summon EndTank_Character_BP_Hard_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/EndGame/Dinos/Tank/EndTank_Character_BP_Hard.EndTank_Character_BP_Hard'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Defense Unit - Sanctuary
admincheat summon Defender_Character_BP_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/Dinos/Tank/Defender_Character_BP.Defender_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

No

No

No

Torpor Immune

No

Data

XP For Kill

0 XP

Drops

Element

Special Loot Chance

100%

Feces Size

None

Drag Weight

300

Radiation Immune

No

Can Damage

Thatch
Greenhouse
Wood
Adobe
Stone
Metal
Tek

Habitat

Overseer Arena, accesible via the Ascension Panel in the Tek Cave on The Island.

Colorvision Prota- / Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Defense Unit is a creature in ARK: Survival Evolved, and one of the two minions that defend the Overseer. They are also found within the Sanctuary on Extinction.

Basic Info

Defense Units are mostly found only as summoned minions for Overseer and in the Sanctuary in the Extinction DLC.

Behavior

Defense Units will enter a rolling form to approach enemies before uncurling and slicing at them with their claws. When not attacking a target, they slowly mill around in an almost patrol-like fashion. In Extinction, they help defend players by attacking various Creatures, but will ALSO attack you and your tames.

Appearance

The Defense Units are fairly large and have metal shells and seem to have insect-like limbs and body. They do not tend to have special colors beyond the various metallic colors they have.

Defense Unit - Overseer Arena (Variant)

The Defense Unit - Overseer Arena is a variant of the Defense Unit that are summoned by Overseer, along with Attack Drone as minions. They drop Element upon death, which will disintegrate after the fight when the survivor Ascends. This variant will explode on death, inflicting damage to anything around itself other than Overseer and the minions.

The following are variants of the Defense Unit that are summoned by the Overseer. The variant summoned is dependent on the difficulty of the Overseer.

• Defense Unit - Beta Overseer Arena
• Defense Unit - Alpha Overseer Arena

Defense Unit - Sanctuary (Variant)

The Defense Unit - Sanctuary is a variant of the Defense Unit that can be found in the Sanctuary on Extinction. Unlike the Defense Unit - Overseer Arena, the Defense Unit - Sanctuary drops Electronics, Element Dust, Oil, and Scrap Metal. The Defense Unit - Sanctuary does not explode on death.

Drops

• Element

• Electronics
• Element Dust
• Oil
• Scrap Metal

Base Stats and Growth

Note that creatures will have different stats in Survival of the Fittest

Basic Stats

Attribute	Amount at Level 1	Increase per point		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Domesticated1	Add	Mult
Health	924.0001	+184.80002	+0%
Stamina	2000	+200	+0%
Oxygen	150	+15	+0%
Food	3000	+300	+0%
Weight	1500	+30	+0%
Melee Damage	352	+1.75	+0%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A3	+0%
Torpidity	420	+25.2	N/A4

¹Percentages are based on the value of the stat the moment the creature was tamed (after taming effectiveness)
²The absolute Base Damage is shown here instead of the percentage.
³Wild creatures do not level up movement speed
⁴Torpidity increases every level on wild creatures, but can not be increased once they are tamed.

• For a comparison of the stats of all creatures, see Base Creature Statistics.
• For an explanation of exactly how the levelup calculation works, see Creature Stats Calculation.

Movement Speed

Movement Type	Base Speed	Sprinting		Stamina Used
		Wild	Domesticated
Walking	325	?	?	?
Swimming	300	N/A	N/A	N/A

• These are the base speeds of the creature at 100% Movement Speed
• For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, see Base Creature Speeds

Attack Values

Melee		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	600	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

Melee Slam		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	600	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

Roll Up		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	20000	3500	0

Unroll		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	1250	0	1250

Melee Jump Attack		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	2500	1000	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		30

Note that creatures will have different stats in Survival of the Fittest

Basic Stats

Attribute	Amount at Level 1	Increase per point		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Domesticated1	Add	Mult
Health	1848.0001	+369.60002	+0%
Stamina	2000	+200	+0%
Oxygen	150	+15	+0%
Food	3000	+300	+0%
Weight	1500	+30	+0%
Melee Damage	352	+1.75	+0%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A3	+0%
Torpidity	420	+25.2	N/A4

¹Percentages are based on the value of the stat the moment the creature was tamed (after taming effectiveness)
²The absolute Base Damage is shown here instead of the percentage.
³Wild creatures do not level up movement speed
⁴Torpidity increases every level on wild creatures, but can not be increased once they are tamed.

• For a comparison of the stats of all creatures, see Base Creature Statistics.
• For an explanation of exactly how the levelup calculation works, see Creature Stats Calculation.

Movement Speed

Movement Type	Base Speed	Sprinting		Stamina Used
		Wild	Domesticated
Walking	325	?	?	?
Swimming	300	N/A	N/A	N/A

• These are the base speeds of the creature at 100% Movement Speed
• For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, see Base Creature Speeds

Attack Values

Melee		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	600	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

Melee Slam		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	600	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

Roll Up		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	20000	3500	0

Unroll		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	1250	0	1250

Melee Jump Attack		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	2500	1000	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		30

Note that creatures will have different stats in Survival of the Fittest

Basic Stats

Attribute	Amount at Level 1	Increase per point		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Domesticated1	Add	Mult
Health	2772	+554.4	+0%
Stamina	2000	+200	+0%
Oxygen	150	+15	+0%
Food	3000	+300	+0%
Weight	1500	+30	+0%
Melee Damage	352	+1.75	+0%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A3	+0%
Torpidity	420	+25.2	N/A4

¹Percentages are based on the value of the stat the moment the creature was tamed (after taming effectiveness)
²The absolute Base Damage is shown here instead of the percentage.
³Wild creatures do not level up movement speed
⁴Torpidity increases every level on wild creatures, but can not be increased once they are tamed.

• For a comparison of the stats of all creatures, see Base Creature Statistics.
• For an explanation of exactly how the levelup calculation works, see Creature Stats Calculation.

Movement Speed

Movement Type	Base Speed	Sprinting		Stamina Used
		Wild	Domesticated
Walking	325	?	?	?
Swimming	300	N/A	N/A	N/A

• These are the base speeds of the creature at 100% Movement Speed
• For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, see Base Creature Speeds

Attack Values

Melee		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	600	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

Melee Slam		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	600	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

Roll Up		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	20000	3500	0

Unroll		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	1250	0	1250

Melee Jump Attack		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	2500	1000	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		30

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.

Defense Unit

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.

Combat

This section describes how to fight against the Defense Unit.

General

The Defense Unit has a decent amount of health and melee damage that, and when in large quantities, can quickly chip away at your health bar. To prevent this from happening, it is advised to take them out as soon as they spawn. Due to their attacks' small AOE, ranged weapons (such as rocket launchers, guns, and rifles in general) as well as dinos with large AOE attacks have proven useful.

Strategy

The Defense Unit, when walking, is not very fast by any means (and when rolling it can't attack). This being the case, backing away from them while attacking with the above and below stated ranged weapons will ensure the best chance of survival and success.

Weaponry

Using ranged weapons (i.e. Rifles, Rocket Launchers, just Guns in general) and dinos with AOE attacks work the best.

Dangers

Along with attacks that do a moderate amount of damage, the Defense Unit is spawned in quantities of 8 to 14 every 48 seconds. Because of this, a player can be easily swarmed and overrun whilst focusing on the boss.

Weakness

While not in their rolling form (in which they cannot attack), the Defense Unit is very slow and thus easily picked off using dinos with AOE attacks (i.e. Rex's bite) and ranged weaponry (i.e Rifles, Rocket Launchers etc).

Notes

• Released in patch 267.0.
• The Defense Unit while force tamed can jump.
• Jumping is actually faster than walking when riding a force tamed Defense Unit.
• The roll of a force tamed Defense Unit is set to what seems to be a timer but this can be extended for a longer period of time by jumping while rolling to prevent to Defense Unit from canceling the roll.
  • Holding down the "shift" key also extends the roll.
• In the PS4 edition of Ark, (Single Player tested), to summon one, you must first visit the Overseer, teleporting to a different location (I.e. one of the obelisks) will then allow you to summon one.
• In the PS4 edition of Ark, (Single Player tested), after force-taming one and then leaving the world, it will despawn without a trace.
• The Defense Unit greatly resembles the Destroyer Droid (aka Droideka) from Star Wars
• The Defense Unit has many unused animations you can find in the devkit for ARK, some including leaping ground smash and "flurry" attacks, a blocking/guarding stance, and more.
• The Defense Unit can be seen in one of the teaser images for the Extinction DLC.
  • However, it has been confirmed that while they would make their appearance in the map, they (still) will not be tameable in any ways possible.
• Forcetamed Defense Units will give a Dermis  when harvested with the Taxidermy Tool 
• While the Defense Unit in the Overseer Arena drops Element on death, they are not harvestable and the corpse disintegrates quickly on death. This persists even after a patch that made the Defense Unit in Extinction harvestable.
• In Xbox One and PS4, if Forcetamed and mounted, there is a glitch when dismounting. the player will be stuck in the ground and continuously slide backwards.

Gallery

• 

  Teaser Promotional Image

• 

  Extinction Teaser image.