Diplodocus

Diplodocus

Dossier

These values may differ with what you see in-game or written elsewhere. But that is what the dossier says.

Common Name

Diplodocus

Group

Dinosaurs

Species

Diplodocus insulaprincep

Time Period

Late Jurassic

Diet

Herbivore

Temperament

Naive

Release Versions

242.0
June 2, 2016

737.0
June 15, 2016

501.0
December 6, 2016

1.0
May 24, 2018

1.0
November 30, 2018

Variants

Aberrant Diplodocus

Spawn Command

admincheat summon Diplodocus_Character_BP_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Diplodocus/Diplodocus_Character_BP.Diplodocus_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Diplodocus
admincheat summon Diplodocus_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Diplodocus/Diplodocus_Character_BP_Aberrant.Diplodocus_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Taming Method

Knockout or  Passive

Preferred Kibble

Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)

Preferred Food

Vegetables

Preferred Food (P+)

Grapes 

Equipment

Diplodocus Saddle (Level 32)

Rider Weaponry

No

Humans Can Carry

No

Data

XP For Kill

12 XP

Drops

• Hide
• Raw Meat
• Raw Prime Meat

Special Loot Chance

100%

Feces Size

Large

Drag Weight

575

Carryable By

Tusoteuthis

Immobilized By

• Chain Bola
• Large Bear Trap

Reproduction

Egg

Diplodocus Egg

Incubation Range

26 - 29 °C / 79 - 84 °F

Incubation Time

4h 59m

Baby Time

9h 15m

Juvenile Time

1d 13h 2m

Adolescent Time

1d 22h 17m

Total Maturation Time

3d 20h 35m 32s

Breeding Interval

18h - 2d

Habitat

Colorvision Prota- / Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

This article is about Diplodocus, not to be confused with Diplocaulus

	“	It's not aggressive, it's trying to cuddle you. Feed it and it will be your friend.	„
		~ Jen

The Diplodocus (dih-PLOD-uh-kus) is one of the Creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.

Basic Info

Dossier

This dossier section is intended to be an exact copy of what the survivor Helena, the author of the dossiers has written. There may be some discrepancies between this text and the in-game creatures.

	“	Wild Despite being one of the Island's largest creatures, Diplodocus insulaprincep is among the Island's smaller sauropods. Instead of size and intelligence, Diplodocus developed faster maximum speed and greater endurance. When fully matured, it generally only reaches about half the size of the rather enormous Brontosaurus. Diplodocus is another creature whose continued survival on the Island confuses me. It's a very thick-headed and trusting animal, often to its fatal detriment. It never flees from predators until after they've attacked it repeatedly, preferring instead to make numerous fruitless attempts at friendship. For some strange reason, Diplodocus trusts humans so much that it doesn't seem to fight back against them…ever! Domesticated Due to Diplodocus' smaller frame, it cannot support the type of "platform" saddle that other large creatures can. To make up for this, many tribes instead use an eleven-seater passenger saddle which enables Diplodocus to safely transport ten additional riders. These passengers often use ranged weapons to protect the creature, or to attack nearby enemies while on the move!	„
		~ Helena

Behavior

A friendly and playful animal, Diplodocus will often nuzzle animals in friendly manner. While this nuzzle does no damage, it does have knockback, and could potentially knock you off a cliff.

Appearance

At first glance, the Diplodocus resembles its close relative the Brontosaurus, but further observation reveals differences. The Diplodocus is very long with a whip-like tail and a low-slung body in contrast to the raised head and larger body of the Brontosaurus. It also has a smaller head with large pointy teeth sticking out for tearing vegetation to swallow as well as many small spikes along its back, shoulders, and hips.

Color Scheme and Regions

This section displays the Diplodocus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Diplodocus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Diplodocus 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.

Server admins can use this region information in the Console Command "cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>".
For example, "cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6" would color the Diplodocus's "sides, legs and accents" magenta.

Region 0: Sides, Legs and Accents	Region 1: Spines	Region 2 is not used for this Creature.
Region 3 is not used for this Creature.	Region 4: Back	Region 5: Underside

Region 0: Sides, Legs and AccentsRegion 1: SpinesRegion 4: BackRegion 5: Underside

Drops

Harvest

• Raw Meat
• Raw Prime Meat
• Hide

Guaranteed Special Loot

• Sauropod Vertebra

Base Stats and Growth

Although the Diplodocus does no damage the following table lists a value under Melee Damage. This value is greater than zero because it is also - or in this case only - used for the knock back impulse.

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	1700	+340	+5.4%	0.07
Stamina	550	+55	+10%
Oxygen	300	+30	+10%
Food	10000	+1000	+10%
Weight	800	+16	+4%
Melee Damage	02	+0	+0%	7%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A3	+1%
Torpidity	3000	+180	N/A4	0.5

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	300	1350	1350	20
Swimming	400	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	Using the (PC), (PS4), (Xbox One), the Diplodocus swings its massive tail at the target. This attack deals no damage whatsoever, but it does deliver consider knock-back.
		10	1600	0	1800

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.

Diplodocus

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

Knock-Out Tame

Level 1					Time
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)	15	0	0	0	0:09:36
Vegetables	99	0	0	0	0:47:32
Mejoberry	132	0	0	0	0:47:32
Berries	197	0	0	0	0:47:17
Grapes	7	0	0	0	0:00:08
KO: × 300; × 123; × 34; × 82; × 23; × 20; × 14; × 7
Torpidity-depletion: 0.75 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:06:40

Level 30					Time
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)	35	0	0	0	0:22:23
Vegetables	235	20	5	3	1:52:49
Mejoberry	313	19	5	3	1:52:41
Berries	469	18	4	2	1:52:34
Grapes	16	0	0	0	0:00:18
KO: × 822; × 336; × 92; × 224; × 61; × 53; × 38; × 19
Torpidity-depletion: 1.25 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:49:57

Level 60					Time
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)	55	0	0	0	0:35:10
Vegetables	375	319	75	38	3:00:01
Mejoberry	500	319	75	38	3:00:01
Berries	750	319	75	38	3:00:01
Grapes	25	0	0	0	0:00:28
KO: × 1362; × 556; × 152; × 371; × 101; × 87; × 62; × 31
Torpidity-depletion: 1.63 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 02:19:38

Level 90					Time
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)	75	0	0	0	0:47:58
Vegetables	516	762	184	92	4:07:41
Mejoberry	688	762	184	92	4:07:41
Berries	1032	762	184	92	4:07:41
Grapes	35	0	0	0	0:00:38
KO: × 1902; × 777; × 212; × 518; × 141; × 121; × 87; × 44
Torpidity-depletion: 1.97 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 02:41:11

Level 120					Time
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)	96	0	0	0	1:01:23
Vegetables	657	1312	323	162	5:15:22
Mejoberry	875	1308	323	162	5:15:01
Berries	1313	1309	323	162	5:15:08
Grapes	44	0	0	0	0:00:48
KO: × 2442; × 997; × 272; × 665; × 181; × 156; × 111; × 56
Torpidity-depletion: 2.29 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 02:58:06

Level 150					Time
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)	116	0	0	0	1:14:10
Vegetables	797	1939	488	244	6:22:34
Mejoberry	1063	1940	488	244	6:22:41
Berries	1594	1939	488	244	6:22:34
Grapes	54	0	0	0	0:00:59
KO: × 2982; × 1218; × 332; × 812; × 221; × 190; × 135; × 68
Torpidity-depletion: 2.59 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 03:12:03

Passive Tame

Note: Although the DevKit has data for taming with Vegetables, the Diplodocus doesn't accept these as food for passive taming.

Level 1		Feeding Interval	Time
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)	5	01:36	0:06:24
Vegetables	33	00:59	0:31:41
Mejoberry	44	00:44	0:31:41
Berries	66	00:29	0:31:41
Grapes	3	00:03	0:00:07

Level 30		Feeding Interval	Time
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)	12	01:23	0:15:21
Vegetables	79	00:58	1:15:51
Mejoberry	105	00:43	1:15:37
Berries	157	00:28	1:15:22
Grapes	6	00:02	0:00:13

Level 60		Feeding Interval	Time
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)	19	01:21	0:24:18
Vegetables	125	00:58	2:00:01
Mejoberry	167	00:43	2:00:15
Berries	250	00:28	2:00:01
Grapes	9	00:02	0:00:20

Level 90		Feeding Interval	Time
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)	25	01:19	0:31:59
Vegetables	172	00:57	2:45:08
Mejoberry	230	00:43	2:45:37
Berries	344	00:28	2:45:08
Grapes	12	00:02	0:00:26

Level 120		Feeding Interval	Time
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)	32	01:19	0:40:56
Vegetables	219	00:57	3:30:15
Mejoberry	292	00:43	3:30:15
Berries	438	00:28	3:30:15
Grapes	15	00:02	0:00:33

Level 150		Feeding Interval	Time
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)	39	01:18	0:49:53
Vegetables	266	00:57	4:15:22
Mejoberry	355	00:43	4:15:37
Berries	532	00:28	4:15:22
Grapes	18	00:02	0:00:39

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.

Preferred Food

• Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)
• Vegetables
• Mejoberry
• Berries

Ingredients for Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg): 1 ×  Lystro Egg , 1 ×  Rockarrot , 1 ×  Cooked Prime Meat or Prime Jerky , 2 ×  Mejoberry , 3 ×  Fiber , 1 ×  Water

KO Strategy

Diplodocus is able to be both traditionally knockout tamed or passive tamed. If you attract its attention, it will try to push you away, which deals no direct damage (indirectly: fall damage or being pushed into hostile creatures).

There is no need to take any exact caution with the Diplodocus in terms of passive taming. Even if "aggro'd", granted its vocalization when it notices the player and the voices it makes when "attacking", it is simply trying to be friendly, by nudging the player. The only concern to this is that the knockback might deal fall damage. If taming near uneven terrain, you might want to use a more careful approach, such as traditional passive taming, to avoid it noticing you. By standing near its front legs at the base of its neck or under its belly, you can actually stay out of the range of its nudging. However, it is perfectly fine to have some fun and play with the Diplodocus by letting it bounce you around, as it will not affect taming effectiveness so long as you don't hit it, and make sure as you "play" to get close enough at times to make sure you can feed the Diplodocus again. It is most likely the easiest of all passive tames, and in this unique "playing with a dinosaur to tame it and bond with it" aspect, the most fun tame. This "playing with the Diplodocus" taming method is also useful for moving it away from predators which could attack it, and leading it to a safer spot where the tame can be easier.

Standing under it, just behind its front legs will cause it to try and hit you continually, without actually managing it, making it completely stationary and unable to move you. Easy for non-violent tame. However, it should be noted that the time interval between the first and second feeding is very long while every other time is much shorter.

Should you wish to avoid being bounced around you can use a Ghillie Suit to decrease the chance of it noticing you. You can also stay within the area where it can't hit you, behind and underneath it.

Additionally, you can use a grappling hook to stop the knockback at a certain distance. (Or just pull yourself so close you don't get knocked back at all.)

Combat

The Diplodocus is NOT a good battle mount for solo/small tribes, its attack does 0 damage but can do a large amount of knock back. The target is not even aggroed from this attack. If a large tribe is using this Dino it needs an escort or multiple well armed players on the many seats in the saddle. If you can get a whole row of people on one side of the seats, all equipped with pump action shotguns this Dino becomes a deadly mount. It is great for large tribes to use as effectively an Anti Air mount. With several players with guns on this Dino it will destroy flyers, and it is too big to be picked up by even a quetzal. If you are riding this Dino and are being attacked try to face the attacker and use the attack's knock back to launch the attacker away and quickly do a U turn and sprint away. Overall this Dino without an escort or armed players riding it, could compete as the worst battle mount in the game, but if it is armed with players it is a formidable battle mount.

General

Killing it, if that's actually what you want to do, poses no difficulty; Diplodocus can "attack" the player but its attacks are, uniquely, purely defensive and it does no damage, and the knockback is barely an inconvenience unless the player has been careless and approached the Diplo with his or her back to a cliff or to other, more dangerous enemies.

Strategy

Try to hurt it, without getting pushed back from Diplodocus. It does no damage, but you could fall to your doom if pushed off the wrong spot.

Weaponry

Every ranged weapon made for fighting and most dinosaurs are usable for killing them.

Dangers

Being pushed off of a cliff or mountainside, or thrown into an area with hostile, stronger creatures.

Weakness

It cannot do any damage to other dinos or players, so the only way it can damage anything is if it manages to throw it off of a cliff. It may also throw players and tames into hostile dinos.

Utility

Roles

• Transport: The Diplodocus saddle can carry up to ten passengers and one driver. This alongside of its decent movement speed and reduced stamina usage enables the Diplodocus to be an efficient transportation mount (level up in speed, weight, and a bit of stamina).
• Land Battle Ship: With the saddle capable of carrying armed passengers, having people fire weapons while riding the Diplodocus could be a good way of pvp combat. Although, Brontosaurus is also capable of doing this with a platform saddle (Level up Health, Speed, and Stamina).
• Base Clearer: Useful for peacefully clearing bases of potentially destructive dinos that fall in, such as brontos (Level Health).
• Egg Layer: Eggs are used to make kibble to tame Allosaurs or alternatively the eggs can be fed to unconscious Oviraptors to tame them or simply used as food.
• Knockback Tank: Players can hide underneath a tamed Diplodocus and fire ranged weapons at melee enemies without having to worry about being hit. This is especially useful for taming because the Diplodocus can protect players without causing damage to the potential tame.
• Cargo Hauler: A Diplodocus trades off combat capability for extra speed compared to other cargo tames such as the Stegosaurus or Brontosaurus. It is a cheap and expendable early game cargo transport, or a fast cargo runner later on once properly defended with tames that can keep up. Like its bigger cousin, the Diplodocus knocks over trees that would trap smaller tames such as the Trike or Stego, making boulders and cliffs the only significant hazard to navigation (level up Weight).

Collectibles

Resource	Efficiency

Notes/Trivia

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

• The Dossier was released on 10/26/15.
• Its specific name means "Island Chieftain".
• In contrast to the Dossier, the real Diplodocus was longer than the real Brontosaurus, although it was the lighter of the two.
• The Diplodocus is a good early game source of Prime Meat. Since its attack does no damage, it can be killed by pretty much anything.
• For the same reasons above, it's one of the easiest wild creatures to take eggs from next to the Dodos which don't get aggressive at all.
• For unknown reasons the Diplodocus is not able to be transported by Raft or Platform Saddle. So you should tame them close to where you need them, at least on The Center
• It were originally planned that the saddle for the creature was going to have three seats. But the idea was later changed to the Gallimimus' saddle.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

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  Diplodocus transporting players on its 11-seater saddle