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Alpha Carnotaurus
Alpha Carnotaurus
Alpha Carnotaurus Image.jpgAlpha Carnotaurus Image
Alpha Carnotaurus Image
Spawn Command
cheat summon MegaCarno_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Carno/MegaCarno_Character_BP.MegaCarno_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Habitat

The Alpha Carnotaurus is one of the Alpha Creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.

Basic Info[]

The Alpha Carnotaurus is a bigger, stronger version of the Carnotaurus Carnotaurus. In addition to their own strength, they also buff the damage and resistance of any nearby wild carnivores. They pose a significant threat to any players who aren't fully prepared to encounter one. Alpha Creatures Alpha Creatures cannot be knocked out.
Defeating an Alpha Carnotaurus grants a large amount of XP and gives all nearby players a Rex Bone Helmet Rex Bone Helmet. They also frequently drop recipes, high-quality weapons and armor, and various other items.
Alpha Carnos do not drop normal raw meat when harvested. Instead, they give very large quantities of Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat.

Behavior[]

Alpha Carnotaurus are extremely aggressive and attack players and dinos on sight. Their headbutt attack has a high knockback and can potentially push players and dinos off cliffs.

Appearance[]

AlphaCarnoSize

Relative size in comparison to a regular Carnotaurus and a Rex.

The Alpha Carno is about 1.5x the size of a normal Carno and share the same color palette, but with a slightly darker shade. They also have a glowing red aura surrounding them, making them easier to differentiate from the normal counterparts.

Color Scheme and Regions[]

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

Alpha Carno PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Body
1
14
17
36
Alpha Carno PaintRegion1
Region 1:
Horns
1
14
17
36
X mark

Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.

X mark

Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.

Alpha Carno PaintRegion4
Region 4:
Patterning
1
14
17
36
Alpha Carno PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Belly
1
14
17
36

Drop[]

Harvest
Guaranteed Special Loot

Base Stats and Growth[]

Attribute Base Value Level Increase
Wild
Health Health 6400 +1280
Stamina Stamina 300 +30
Oxygen Oxygen N/A N/A
Food Food 2000 +200
Weight Weight 300 +6
Melee Damage Melee Damage 80 +4
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A
Torpidity Torpidity 350 +21
Movement
[u/s]
Base Speed Sprinting Speed
Wild Wild
Walking 550


1309
Swimming 400


?
  • 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 Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation The Alpha Carno bites the target.
0 500 300 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 80
Gore Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation The Alpha Carno headbutts the target causing considerable knock-back.
0 440 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 80

Combat[]

This section describes how to fight against the Alpha Carno.

General[]

The Alpha Carnotaurus is an extremely deadly predator, but taking it down is worth the XP. Use all of your resources available, including tribe members, powerful mounts and your strongest weapons. Avoid as much physical confrontation as possible. It also gives the best loot of the land alphas, so it is possible to kill it for high quality gear.

Strategy[]

Avoid the extreme damage by waging a ranged battle. If that is not an option, guerrilla tactics with a speedy mount is acceptable. Using powerful dinosaurs such as Rex Rex, Therizinosaurus Therizinosaurus or Spino Spino can quickly finish the Alpha Carnotaurus. Bringing mate boosted dinosaurs is also a good idea. In all cases, try to clear any surrounding normal Carnotaurus so they cannot assist the Alpha Carnotaurus in battle.

As with all alphas, distracting the carnotaurus to a corpse which it will be fixated on and can not destroy allows you to snipe it with a wyvern/crossbow/gun/flame arrows. This is the easiest option for beginners, with a bleeder like the Thylacoleo or the Allosaurus being a comparably good strategy.

You can also solo the Alpha Carnotaurus with a Baryonyx Baryonyx in the water if you stun it and beat it down. Be mindful of when the stun ends however as when it ends you can find yourself with a Carnotaurus that can deal critical damage to you in several seconds.


Another, less conventional strategy is to make a spike box it can be 4-10 walls but leave one open. Lead the alpha Carno to the center of it and either trap it in with another wall or have a tribemate do it. Once it is inside then you can let it hit the spikes till it dies (WARNING: you might not get exp if you arent hitting it and dont get the final hit, but you will get loot no matter what,unless sometimes they dont have loot.)

Weaponry[]

Ranged weapons work best, as once the Alpha Carnotaurus can harm the player, it is normally already over in the Alpha Carnotaurus' favor. Powerful mounts can turn the battle against it. Swarming it with animals might help as the player can either flee or attack.

Dangers[]

The damage, health, and speed all combine to make the Alpha Carnotaurus a notorious killer of small establishments and massive regimes alike. Don't let it get near your livestock! A determined Alpha Carnotaurus can even chew through stone walls eventually, so keep your animals away from any fencing to stop it from refreshing its aggression to get to them.

Weakness[]

The Alpha Carno is very slow and vulnerable in the water, so mounts like the Basilosaurus can easily defeat it (Basilos can tank it anyhow.) Like all alphas, it will be distracted by corpses which it can not break. Kill nearby carnivores and use this method alongside effective range weapons.

Notes[]

  • Released in patch 194.0
  • The Baryonyx is capable of stunning the Alpha Carnotaurus in the water and can usually very easily kill one on its own.
  • The damage and resistance buff that it gives to nearby carnivores can be seen as an arrow pointing up, with a "+" sign inside of the arrow.
  • Rarely, Alpha Carnos can spawn with Yutyrannus Yutyrannus and the usual Carnotaurus.
    • Tamed Yutyrannus cannot control it as a minion.
  • Its size is comparable to that of an Allosaurus Allosaurus.
  • Doesn't seem to be benefited by the 312.65 update. Alpha Carnotaurus' gore attack does not inflict bleeding, nor its bite attack seem to have armor penetration effect.

Gallery[]

References[]


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