Gasbags

Gasbags

Dossier Gasbags.png

Dossier

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

Group

Invertebrates

Species

Mopsechiniscus fluitobesus

Time Period

Post-Holocene

Diet

Omnivore

Temperament

Passive

Release Versions

285.104
November 6, 2018

779.29
November 6, 2018

528.23
November 6, 2018

Not Yet Released

Not Yet Released

DLC

Extinction

Spawn Command

admincheat summon GasBags_Character_BP_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/Dinos/GasBag/GasBags_Character_BP.GasBags_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Torpor Immune

No

Taming Method

Knockout

Preferred Kibble

Superior Kibble

Preferred Food

Vegetables

Equipment

No Saddle Needed
Gasbags Saddle  (Level 43)

Rider Weaponry

No

Humans Can Carry

No

Data

XP For Kill

4 XP

Drops

• Hide
• Raw Meat

Special Loot Chance

100%

Feces Size

Medium

Drag Weight

300

Radiation Immune

No

Carryable By

• Fire Wyvern
• Forest Wyvern
• Ice Wyvern
• Lightning Wyvern
• Poison Wyvern
• Quetzal
• Tek Quetzal
• Zombie Fire Wyvern
• Zombie Lightning Wyvern
• Zombie Poison Wyvern

Immobilized By

• Chain Bola
• Large Bear Trap

Can Damage

Thatch
Greenhouse
Wood

Reproduction

Gestation Time

7h 56m 11.428s

Baby Time

4h 37m 46.666s

Juvenile Time

18h 31m 6.664s

Adolescent Time

23h 8m 53.328s

Total Maturation Time

1d 22h 17m 46.656s

Breeding Interval

18h - 2d

Habitat

Colorvision Prota- / Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Gasbags 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 It was always hypothesized that a member of the Tardigrada phylum would be the last species on Earth in the event of a global apocalypse, so in some ways, the existence of Mopsechiniscus fluitobesus is completely expected. Its size and method of travel, however? Less so. Mopsechiniscus is slow and ineffective in a fight, so to survive, it tends to choose flight - literally. First, it inflates itself like a balloon, briefly slowing down and gaining durability. Then it launches itself into the air by expelling gas through a series of sphincters in its underbelly, which it also uses to slow its descent. Yes, it's as...unusual as it sounds, but Mopsechiniscus makes the most of its inflatable nature. In addition to jumping, it can use its stored up gases to push back aggressors, or even float on water. Domesticated While a poor steed in battle, Mopsechiniscus is a fantastic beast of burden. The hairs on its back let a single rider steer it without a saddle, and it carries an incredible amount of cargo for its size. A small caravan of these could see us swimming in resources in no time.	„
		~ Helena

Behavior

It acts Docile towards players and will attempt to scare away predators by puffing itself up.

Appearance

It looks similar in appearance to a plump caterpillar with a wide, bulbous body that is divided into four segments. It walks on six short, plump legs. Its head is small and features a beak, oval shaped eyes and two horn-like antennae with a small patch of fur between them. The front-most segment of its body is wrinkled around the head and appears to have a coarse patch of fur. Its back is dappled sparsely with what appear to be small, round armor plates. Its belly is augmented with a porous element membrane, from which it ejects gas previously inhaled from the air. When it puffs itself up all its segmented regions swell up to a size around two times larger, while the head remains the same size.

Color Scheme and Regions

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

Region 0: Back Stripe	Region 1 is not used for this Creature.	Region 2: Splotches
Region 3 is not used for this Creature.	Region 4: Back Spots	Region 5: Main Body

Region 0: Back StripeRegion 2: SplotchesRegion 4: Back SpotsRegion 5: Main Body

Drops

• Raw Meat
• Hide
• Gasbags bladder

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	650	+130	+5.4%	0.07
Stamina	600	+60	+10%
Oxygen	1000	+90	+9%
Food	3500	+350	+10%
Weight	3000	+60	+1.25%
Melee Damage	52	+0.25	+1.7%	7%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A3	+1.5%
Torpidity	450	+27	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	490	?	?	?
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
		20	550	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

Inhale		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	0	0	0

ExhaleAttack		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	1000	0	0

Launch		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	0	0	0

Inhale_AI		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		10	2000	0	0

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.

Gasbags

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 Gasbags.

General

Gasbags are typically docile creatures unless attacked, and will flee rather quickly by jetting away.

Strategy

Any hunting strategy will do to bring down a Gasbags. Their only response will be to flee. However, when fully puffed with air, they take 80% less damage, so it is important to not allow this. They will slowly lose air when being hit, but a simple way is to shoot them in the head while they are puffing up, which causes them to deflate.

Weaponry

Since a Gasbags will try to flee from an attacking player, ranged weapons such as the Crossbow and the Longneck Rifle are advised.

Dangers

Gasbags will sometimes bite the player with very low damage. Although, their only danger is, should they puff up and jet you with their gas, you may land next to more dangerous creatures. Be aware of your surroundings at all times.

Weakness

When frozen they lose all damage reduction. As mentioned before, shooting them in the head while they are puffing up also causes them to deflate and lose their damage reduction.

Taming

Taming Food

Level 1					Time
Superior Kibble	13	37	8	4	0:41:57
Vegetables	126	528	105	53	4:31:04
Fresh Barley	126	528	105	53	4:31:04
Fresh Wheat	126	528	105	53	4:31:04
Soybean	126	528	105	53	4:31:04
Dried Wheat	126	1109	220	110	9:02:07
Mejoberry	168	528	105	53	4:31:04
Berries	252	528	105	53	4:31:04
KO: × 45; × 19; × 5; × 3; × 3; × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:25:00

Level 30					Time
Superior Kibble	16	35	8	4	0:51:38
Vegetables	152	950	195	98	5:27:00
Fresh Barley	152	950	195	98	5:27:00
Fresh Wheat	152	950	195	98	5:27:00
Soybean	152	950	195	98	5:27:00
Dried Wheat	152	2037	417	209	10:53:59
Mejoberry	202	947	194	97	5:25:55
Berries	303	947	194	97	5:25:55
KO: × 124; × 51; × 14; × 8; × 6; × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:41:14

Level 60					Time
Superior Kibble	18	24	5	3	0:58:05
Vegetables	178	1365	286	143	6:22:56
Fresh Barley	178	1365	286	143	6:22:56
Fresh Wheat	178	1365	286	143	6:22:56
Soybean	178	1365	286	143	6:22:56
Dried Wheat	178	2946	616	308	12:45:51
Mejoberry	237	1363	285	143	6:22:23
Berries	355	1361	285	143	6:21:51
KO: × 205; × 84; × 23; × 13; × 10; × 5
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:52:22

Level 90					Time
Superior Kibble	21	36	8	4	1:07:46
Vegetables	204	1812	386	193	7:18:52
Fresh Barley	204	1812	386	193	7:18:52
Fresh Wheat	204	1812	386	193	7:18:52
Soybean	204	1812	386	193	7:18:52
Dried Wheat	204	3913	834	417	14:37:43
Mejoberry	272	1812	386	193	7:18:52
Berries	408	1812	386	193	7:18:52
KO: × 286; × 117; × 32; × 19; × 13; × 7
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:00:26

Level 120					Time
Superior Kibble	23	40	9	5	1:14:14
Vegetables	230	2292	497	249	8:14:47
Fresh Barley	230	2292	497	249	8:14:47
Fresh Wheat	230	2292	497	249	8:14:47
Soybean	230	2292	497	249	8:14:47
Dried Wheat	230	4942	1070	535	16:29:34
Mejoberry	307	2295	497	249	8:15:20
Berries	460	2292	497	249	8:14:47
KO: × 367; × 150; × 41; × 24; × 17; × 9
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:06:47

Level 150					Time
Superior Kibble	26	70	16	8	1:23:54
Vegetables	257	2817	619	310	9:12:52
Fresh Barley	257	2817	619	310	9:12:52
Fresh Wheat	257	2817	619	310	9:12:52
Soybean	257	2817	619	310	9:12:52
Dried Wheat	257	6054	1330	665	18:25:44
Mejoberry	342	2810	618	309	9:11:48
Berries	513	2810	618	309	9:11:48
KO: × 448; × 183; × 50; × 29; × 21; × 11
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:12:01

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.

Ingredients for Superior Kibble: 2 ×  Citronal, 1 ×  Prime Meat Jerky, 1 ×  Large Egg, 5 ×  Fiber, 2 ×  Rare Mushroom, 1 ×  Sap, Water

Preferred Food

While mejoberries are effective, they will tame faster with advanced crops.

KO Strategy

There are several ways of knocking out Gasbags.

• Luring it into an enclosed trap made of mostly ceilings and doorframes. This may either require Rare Flower, or Giant Honey.
• Throwing a bola at it and firing tranquilizing shots.

It is worth noting that Gasbags are more prone to being knocked out while they are not inflated. There are several ways of deflating Gasbags while its inhaling air.

• Freezing it with either Snow Owl, Managarmr or Ice Titan (Titans will most definitely kill it however)
• Shooting a projectile at its face.

Should it be successful at deflating the air, it will immediately jump up in shock rather than blasting its stored air upwards.

Utility

Roles

Aberration Bus - This animal can be transferred to the "Aberration" map. In combination with cryopod, it makes it easy to search for drops and leave the map. In addition, in the presence of a large amount of oxygen, you can fully navigate the map, carrying a huge amount of resources. Moreover, in some cases Gasbags is even better than a Rock Drake. Gasbags can rise vertically upwards. Managarmr is also able to climb high - but it does not curl in the air, and cannot correct its flight. For improvement - only oxygen (for comfort flying - 11000-13000 oxygen).

Pack Mule - The Gasbags will be used to transport materials in the field and back to base. An example would be if you are collecting Metal and you have no tames but your Gasbags, in which case you could load it up and take it around whilst farming Metal as it seems it will be able to carry a substantial amount, surpassing the Quetzal's weight capacity by a large amount as a base number. There are three stats to consider leveling on a Gasbags based on your needs. Some oxygen is essential to allow the Gasbags to fly for much longer periods of time without potential landings in hostile territory. Movement speed actually increases the flight speed of the Gasbags which will allow it to fly faster. In unison with leveling oxygen, this can allow the Gasbags to reach crazy lengths of flight. Leveling weight sounds appealing but should only be done as a luxury; the weight increase per level is very small. If you're in a hostile environment and are subject to being harassed on the move, consider some health as well.

Note: The Gasbags will not take fall damage from falling unless it is very low or empty on gas. The Gasbags can always be dismounted before hitting the ground to negate the fall damage. In the event that dismounting is impossible, the most damage that the Gasbags can take from fall damage is about 40% of its max health.

Tank - When bloated with air, the Gasbags takes 80% less damage making it useful for tanking bosses, taming, and raids. The Gasbags can also be equipped with a saddle to further increase the damage reduction.

Transport -

Travel -

Collectibles

Resource	Efficiency
Raw Meat	N/A

Notes/Trivia

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

• In the teaser video for the Gasbags, it can be seen carrying multiple players.
• The Gasbags cannot sprint, however it technically doesn't need to be able to sprint, as it's 'flying' capabilities make it redundant; in other words, it sacrifices small, precise movement for the ability to traverse long distances very quickly.
• Real world Tardigrade breed by laying eggs although Ark's Gasbags don't lay eggs like real Tardigrades.

Gallery

• 

  Torn dossier of the Gasbags.

• 

  A field of Gasbags shown in the Extinction Chronicles IV teaser image.

• 

  The Gasbags as seen in one of the Extinction teasers.

• 

  The Gasbags as seen in the launch trailer for Extinction.

• 

  The promo image for the Gasbags.