Ichthyosaurus

This article is about Ichthyosaurus, not to be confused with Ichthyornis

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Ichthyosaurus

Dossier Ichthyosaurus.png

Dossier

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

Group

Reptiles

Species

Ichthyosaurus curiosa

Time Period

Late Triassic - Early Jurassic

Diet

Carnivore

Temperament

Curious

Release Versions

181.0
June 30, 2015

729.0
December 16, 2015

501.0
December 6, 2016

1.0
May 24, 2018

599.0
November 30, 2018

Variants

• Eerie Ichthyosaurus
• X-Ichthyosaurus

Spawn Command

admincheat summon Dolphin_Character_BP_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Dolphin/Dolphin_Character_BP.Dolphin_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Ichthyosaurus (Race)
admincheat summon RaceDolphin_Character_BP_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Race/RaceDolphin_Character_BP.RaceDolphin_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant X-Ichthyosaurus
admincheat summon Ocean_Dolphin_Character_BP_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/BiomeVariants/Ocean_Dolphin/Ocean_Dolphin_Character_BP.Ocean_Dolphin_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant X-Ichthyosaurus (Escort)
admincheat summon Ocean_Dolphin_Character_BP_Escort_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Escort/Ocean/Ocean_Dolphin_Character_BP_Escort.Ocean_Dolphin_Character_BP_Escort'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Torpor Immune

Yes

Taming Method

Passive

Preferred Kibble

Simple Kibble

Preferred Kibble

Kibble (Dodo Egg)

Preferred Food

Raw Mutton

Preferred Food

Raw Prime Meat

Equipment

Ichthyosaurus Saddle (Level 13)

Rider Weaponry

Yes

Humans Can Carry

No

Data

XP For Kill

8 XP

Drops

Raw Meat

Special Loot Chance

100%

Feces Size

None

Drag Weight

75

Radiation Immune

No

Carryable By

• Aberrant Megalosaurus
• Kaprosuchus
• Megalosaurus
• Tusoteuthis

Can Damage

Thatch
Greenhouse
Wood

Reproduction

Gestation Time

7h 56m 11.428s

Baby Time

9h 15m 33.332s

Juvenile Time

1d 13h 2m 13.328s

Adolescent Time

1d 22h 17m 46.656s

Total Maturation Time

3d 20h 35m 33.313s

Breeding Interval

18h - 2d

Habitat

Colorvision Prota- / Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

“ After continuously feeding it whenever it’s hungry, it’ll eventually grow to love you! „ ~ Jat on Taming

The Ichthyosaurus (ick-thee-oh-sawr-us) or Ichthy is one of the creatures 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.

	“	Wild Ichthyosaurus curiosa is a comparatively small carnivore found in the waters around the island. It is slightly larger than a human, but that’s still small compared to the leviathans roaming these waters. It seems to be very interested in any creature around its size, often approaching and following humans swimming through its waters. Despite its appearance, the Ichthyosaurus is neither a fish nor an ocean mammal. Like many creatures in the waters around the island, it is actually an aquatic reptile. Domesticated I can’t think of a better mount for someone starting to explore the island’s seas and waterways. Ichthyosaurus is comparatively fast swimmer, and even in the wild will cozy right up to you and try to figure out what you’re doing. Taming these is actually pretty easy, as they seem to love humans and will be fed and tamed without the use of violence.	„
		~ Helena

Behavior

Ichthyosaurs are a very friendly species to most creatures, and will often swim towards you and around you out of curiosity. They will push you ashore if you run out of stamina and can't surface for oxygen in time. They act a lot like modern dolphins. Ichthyosaurs in the northwestern waters can be found killing and eating wild Kairuku.

Appearance

An Ichthyosaur is a mid-sized marine reptile, taking the rough shape of a dolphin. It has large eyes for spying fish and squid in the dark depths, a long snout for catching said prey, and a large brain that gives the animal its inherently curious nature.

Color Scheme and Regions

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

Region 0: Body	Region 1 is not used for this Creature.	Region 2 is not used for this Creature.
Region 3 is not used for this Creature.	Region 4: Back and Fins	Region 5: Belly

Region 0: BodyRegion 4: Back and FinsRegion 5: Belly

Drops

• Raw Meat

Base Stats and Growth

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

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Tamed	Additive	Multiplicative
Health	275	+13.75	+1.35%	0.042
Stamina	300	+60	+20%
Oxygen	150	+15	N/A
Food	1000	+100	+10%		15%
Weight	250	+5	+4%
Melee Damage	15	+0.75	+0.85%	14%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+1.5%
Torpidity	300	+18	N/A	0.5

• 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	Base Speed		Sprinting Speed		Stamina
	Wild	Tamed	Wild	Tamed
Walking	600	?	?	?	10
Swimming	600	?	720	2376	3

• 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 Ichthy bites the target.
		0	525	0	680
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		15

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.

Ichthyosaurus

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 Ichthy.

General

The Ichthy will flee once you or your tame attacks it.

Strategy

There are two ways of doing this:

• It's recommend using a fast water mount and chasing it down, which is the most effective and fastest way.
• The more wasteful and time consuming way is to get a fast flying mount, pick up a friend or tribe mate, and have them get a gun or bow/crossbow and shoot it from above.

Weaponry

Any aquatic mount or even just spears can take out an Ichthyosaur. You may also need SCUBA Flippers if you don’t have a mount.

Dangers

While not a dangerous animal itself, the Ichthy can attract dangerous creatures such as Megalodon or Manta. Be prepared to fight more than just an Ichthyosaur if you do go hunting for one.

Weakness

These animals don't have that much health, so killing them isn't that difficult in general.

Taming

The Ichthy is unable to be tamed through the standard tranquilize-and-feed methods, and must be tamed non-violently.

To feed it, place raw meat on the last slot of your hotbar, then when approached press use (default E, , ) to feed it. You cannot feed them all the meat required for taming at one time, you must wait every couple of minutes until it is hungry again to feed it more until its taming meter is filled.

• The Ichthyosaurus will nuzzle up to tamed creatures, so using them to help tame them is recommended.
• The Ichthyosaurus may try to swim away while you are taming it.
• If you find the Icthyosaurus keeps running away you might be able to get between it and the open ocean forcing it to run to the shallows where it could get stuck for you to tame it. Its still likely it may get away though so blocking it in even further might help as well.It is advised not to try and tame them in open water.
• It will co-habitat with Megalodons and Mantas, which together with the water can make taming them a bit dangerous.

Level 1		Feeding Interval	Time
Simple Kibble	2	05:29	0:05:29
Raw Mutton	3	03:51	0:07:43
Cooked Lamb Chop	5	03:12	0:12:51
Raw Prime Meat	4	03:26	0:10:18
Cooked Prime Meat	7	02:59	0:17:59
Raw Prime Fish Meat	9	01:26	0:11:35
Raw Meat	10	02:51	0:25:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	17	01:24	0:22:28
Cooked Meat	20	01:21	0:25:43
Raw Fish Meat	25	01:20	0:32:09
Cooked Fish Meat	50	00:39	0:32:09

Level 30		Feeding Interval	Time
Simple Kibble	3	04:07	0:08:14
Raw Mutton	7	03:00	0:18:01
Cooked Lamb Chop	12	02:48	0:30:50
Raw Prime Meat	8	02:56	0:20:35
Cooked Prime Meat	16	02:44	0:41:06
Raw Prime Fish Meat	20	01:21	0:25:43
Raw Meat	24	02:41	1:01:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	40	01:21	0:52:51
Cooked Meat	47	01:18	1:00:26
Raw Fish Meat	59	01:18	1:15:52
Cooked Fish Meat	118	00:38	1:15:52

Level 60		Feeding Interval	Time
Simple Kibble	5	03:25	0:13:43
Raw Mutton	10	02:51	0:25:43
Cooked Lamb Chop	19	02:42	0:48:49
Raw Prime Meat	13	02:47	0:33:26
Cooked Prime Meat	25	02:40	1:04:13
Raw Prime Fish Meat	32	01:19	0:41:09
Raw Meat	38	02:38	1:37:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	63	01:20	1:23:14
Cooked Meat	75	01:18	1:36:26
Raw Fish Meat	94	01:17	2:00:52
Cooked Fish Meat	188	00:38	2:00:52

Level 90		Feeding Interval	Time
Simple Kibble	7	03:11	0:19:11
Raw Mutton	14	02:46	0:36:01
Cooked Lamb Chop	26	02:40	1:06:48
Raw Prime Meat	18	02:43	0:46:18
Cooked Prime Meat	35	02:38	1:29:55
Raw Prime Fish Meat	43	01:19	0:55:18
Raw Meat	52	02:37	2:13:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	86	01:20	1:53:37
Cooked Meat	104	01:17	2:13:43
Raw Fish Meat	129	01:17	2:45:52
Cooked Fish Meat	258	00:38	2:45:52

Level 120		Feeding Interval	Time
Simple Kibble	9	03:05	0:24:40
Raw Mutton	18	02:43	0:46:18
Cooked Lamb Chop	33	02:38	1:24:46
Raw Prime Meat	22	02:41	0:56:35
Cooked Prime Meat	44	02:37	1:53:02
Raw Prime Fish Meat	55	01:18	1:10:43
Raw Meat	66	02:36	2:49:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	110	01:19	2:25:19
Cooked Meat	132	01:17	2:49:43
Raw Fish Meat	165	01:17	3:32:09
Cooked Fish Meat	329	00:38	3:31:31

Level 150		Feeding Interval	Time
Simple Kibble	10	03:02	0:27:25
Raw Mutton	22	02:41	0:56:35
Cooked Lamb Chop	40	02:38	1:42:45
Raw Prime Meat	27	02:40	1:09:26
Cooked Prime Meat	54	02:37	2:18:43
Raw Prime Fish Meat	67	01:18	1:26:09
Raw Meat	80	02:36	3:25:43
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	133	01:19	2:55:42
Cooked Meat	160	01:17	3:25:43
Raw Fish Meat	200	01:17	4:17:09
Cooked Fish Meat	399	00:38	4:16:31

	Level 1		Feeding Interval	Time
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	2	05:09	0:05:09
	Cooked Prime Meat	4	03:25	0:10:17
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	5	01:36	0:06:26
	Raw Meat	6	03:05	0:15:26
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	10	01:28	0:13:13
	Cooked Meat	12	01:24	0:15:26
	Raw Fish Meat	15	01:22	0:19:18
	Cooked Fish Meat	29	00:39	0:18:39
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Meat	2	05:09	0:05:09
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	2	02:35	0:02:35
	Raw Meat	2	05:09	0:05:09
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	4	01:46	0:05:18
	Cooked Meat	4	01:43	0:05:09
	Raw Fish Meat	5	01:36	0:06:26
	Cooked Fish Meat	10	00:42	0:06:26
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:20
	Cooked Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Cooked Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:00:39
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:20
	Cooked Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Cooked Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:00:39

	Level 30		Feeding Interval	Time
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	2	05:29	0:05:29
	Raw Prime Meat	5	03:13	0:12:52
	Cooked Prime Meat	9	02:53	0:23:08
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	12	01:24	0:15:26
	Raw Meat	14	02:46	0:36:01
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	23	01:22	0:30:23
	Cooked Meat	27	01:20	0:34:43
	Raw Fish Meat	34	01:19	0:43:43
	Cooked Fish Meat	67	00:39	0:43:05
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	2	05:09	0:05:09
	Cooked Prime Meat	3	03:51	0:07:43
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	4	01:43	0:05:09
	Raw Meat	5	03:13	0:12:52
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	8	01:30	0:10:35
	Cooked Meat	9	01:26	0:11:35
	Raw Fish Meat	12	01:24	0:15:26
	Cooked Fish Meat	23	00:40	0:14:48
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:20
	Cooked Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Fish Meat	2	02:35	0:02:35
	Cooked Fish Meat	3	00:58	0:01:56
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:20
	Cooked Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Cooked Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:00:39

	Level 75		Feeding Interval	Time
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	4	03:39	0:10:58
	Raw Prime Meat	9	02:53	0:23:09
	Cooked Prime Meat	17	02:43	0:43:40
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	22	01:20	0:28:18
	Raw Meat	26	02:40	1:06:52
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	43	01:21	0:56:49
	Cooked Meat	51	01:18	1:05:35
	Raw Fish Meat	64	01:18	1:22:18
	Cooked Fish Meat	128	00:38	1:22:18
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	2	05:29	0:05:29
	Raw Prime Meat	3	03:51	0:07:43
	Cooked Prime Meat	6	03:05	0:15:25
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	8	01:28	0:10:18
	Raw Meat	9	02:53	0:23:09
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	15	01:24	0:19:49
	Cooked Meat	17	01:22	0:21:52
	Raw Fish Meat	22	01:20	0:28:18
	Cooked Fish Meat	43	00:39	0:27:39
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	2	02:39	0:02:39
	Cooked Meat	2	02:35	0:02:35
	Raw Fish Meat	3	01:56	0:03:52
	Cooked Fish Meat	5	00:48	0:03:13
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:20
	Cooked Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Cooked Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:00:39

	Level 150		Feeding Interval	Time
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	6	03:17	0:16:27
	Raw Prime Meat	16	02:44	0:41:09
	Cooked Prime Meat	31	02:39	1:19:38
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	38	01:19	0:48:52
	Raw Meat	46	02:37	1:58:18
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	76	01:20	1:40:24
	Cooked Meat	92	01:18	1:58:18
	Raw Fish Meat	114	01:17	2:26:35
	Cooked Fish Meat	228	00:38	2:26:35
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	2	05:29	0:05:29
	Raw Prime Meat	6	03:05	0:15:26
	Cooked Prime Meat	11	02:49	0:28:16
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	13	01:23	0:16:43
	Raw Meat	16	02:44	0:41:09
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	26	01:22	0:34:21
	Cooked Meat	31	01:19	0:39:52
	Raw Fish Meat	38	01:19	0:48:52
	Cooked Fish Meat	76	00:39	0:48:52
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Meat	2	05:09	0:05:09
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	2	02:35	0:02:35
	Raw Meat	2	05:09	0:05:09
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	3	01:59	0:03:58
	Cooked Meat	4	01:43	0:05:09
	Raw Fish Meat	4	01:43	0:05:09
	Cooked Fish Meat	8	00:44	0:05:09
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:20
	Cooked Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Cooked Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:00:39

	Level 300		Feeding Interval	Time
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	11	03:00	0:30:09
	Raw Prime Meat	29	02:39	1:14:35
	Cooked Prime Meat	58	02:36	2:28:59
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	72	01:18	1:32:35
	Raw Meat	86	02:36	3:41:09
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	143	01:19	3:08:55
	Cooked Meat	172	01:17	3:41:09
	Raw Fish Meat	215	01:17	4:36:26
	Cooked Fish Meat	429	00:38	4:35:48
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	4	03:39	0:10:58
	Raw Prime Meat	10	02:51	0:25:43
	Cooked Prime Meat	20	02:42	0:51:23
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	24	01:20	0:30:52
	Raw Meat	29	02:39	1:14:35
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	48	01:20	1:03:25
	Cooked Meat	58	01:18	1:14:35
	Raw Fish Meat	72	01:18	1:32:35
	Cooked Fish Meat	143	00:38	1:31:56
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Meat	2	05:09	0:05:09
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	3	01:56	0:03:52
	Raw Meat	3	03:51	0:07:43
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	5	01:39	0:06:37
	Cooked Meat	6	01:32	0:07:43
	Raw Fish Meat	8	01:28	0:10:18
	Cooked Fish Meat	15	00:41	0:09:39
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:20
	Cooked Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Cooked Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:00:39

	Level 450		Feeding Interval	Time
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	16	02:55	0:43:51
	Raw Prime Meat	42	02:38	1:48:01
	Cooked Prime Meat	84	02:35	3:35:46
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	105	01:17	2:15:01
	Raw Meat	126	02:35	5:24:01
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	210	01:19	4:37:25
	Cooked Meat	252	01:17	5:24:01
	Raw Fish Meat	315	01:17	6:45:01
	Cooked Fish Meat	630	00:38	6:45:01
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	6	03:17	0:16:27
	Raw Prime Meat	14	02:46	0:36:01
	Cooked Prime Meat	28	02:39	1:11:56
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	35	01:19	0:45:01
	Raw Meat	42	02:38	1:48:01
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	70	01:20	1:32:29
	Cooked Meat	84	01:18	1:48:01
	Raw Fish Meat	105	01:17	2:15:01
	Cooked Fish Meat	210	00:38	2:15:01
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	2	05:09	0:05:09
	Cooked Prime Meat	3	03:51	0:07:43
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	4	01:43	0:05:09
	Raw Meat	5	03:13	0:12:52
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	7	01:32	0:09:15
	Cooked Meat	9	01:26	0:11:35
	Raw Fish Meat	11	01:24	0:14:09
	Cooked Fish Meat	21	00:40	0:13:31
	Kibble (Dodo Egg)	1	00:00	0:02:45
	Raw Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Raw Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:02:35
	Cooked Prime Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:20
	Cooked Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Raw Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:01:18
	Cooked Fish Meat	2	01:18	0:01:18

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 Simple Kibble: 1 ×  Cooked Fish Meat, 1 ×  Small Egg, 5 ×  Fiber, 5 ×  Mejoberry, 2 ×  Rockarrot, 1 ×  Water

Utility

• Scout: A tamed, mounted Ichthyosaurus will be ignored by every terrestrial predator in the game no matter where you are, as long as you don't attack them. Even then, you can still dart away unharmed, making them the perfect aquatic scout for small rivers and deep oceans. If you give lots of points to movement speed then this dude is the perfect creature to scout the whole oceans of Ark in no time. Perfect to find some underwater creatures when you need them.
• Black Pearl Farmer: It can be used to farm Eurypterids since it is the only mount besides the Angler that has no knockback, which usually has a massive effect on the Eurypterids, and because of that they may be constantly attacked and killed effortlessly by the Ichthy. A big advantage compared to the Angler is that the Ichthy does not gain any torpor, which the Eurypterids can massively inflict (Level Health and Melee Damage).
• Travel: Ichthyosaurus is remarkably fast even with normal speed, and the player can be more than capable of going extremely close to predators and dash off without being caught when riding this animal (Most predators ignores it however). If you give lots of points to movement speed and some stamina than the Ichthy is the perfect creature to scout the whole oceans of Ark in no time.
• Security: Predators in shallow water will ignore a player mounted on Ichthyosaurus, even the most dangerous like Baryonyx and Megapiranha. However the predators will retaliate if attacked, in which case it's easy to escape if your route isn't blocked.
• Transport: With it's decent speed it could take you with your items/resources in no time without being bothered by sea predators, except that it has not much weight like most sea mounts. (Level up movement speed, weight, and stamina if needed.)
• Taming Mount: You can hold weapons while riding an Ichthyosaurus, so feel free to bring your crossbow, making it useful early underwater taming mount for early levels without waiting to endgame levels in order to acquire SCUBA gear to swim fast. The Ichthy swims very fast and can outswim most sea predators so you don't really need SCUBA gears for that, and if you gave lots of points to movement speed your Ichthy doesn't even have to sprint. Here's the tactic: Ride your Ichthyosaurus, find your desired sea creature, pick your finest position to shoot the creature (DO NOT UNMOUNT), everytime the angry creature get's close to you swim away while riding your Ichthy from it but not to far, then turn around and repeat. Don't get hit too often due to it's low HP unless if you add lots of points to HP or confident enough. This tactic is very useful to tame any sea creatures on early level (if you have at least a crossbow and tranq arrows) from Angler, Megalodon to larger sea creatures like Plesiosaur and even the Mosasaurus if you are patient enough and can be done by any survivors if they know the Ichthyosaurus' utilities. It became time consuming however if your wanted sea creature is high level so you probably need to scout the island to find deep sea loot crates for good quality crossbows if possible, because you can't shoot tranq darts underwater. Or you can just wait to have harpoon launcher and tranq spear bolts which is an endgame item (on mobile they don't have harpoon launcher and tranq spear bolts), so crossbows is still one of the most used underwater weapon/knock-out tame. The only downside is that you could drown if you don't wear SCUBA gear, so get up to the surface every time once your oxygen drops very low and go to the deeps again after you recover your oxygen. To do this method you'll need to add lots of points on your own oxygen in order to stay in the water for a long periods of time, but once you have SCUBA gear, you don't need to resurface in order to recover oxygen ever again.

Notes/Trivia

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

Dancing Ichthys

• Before patch 183.2, Ichthyosaurs would die if even a fraction of them was above the water.
• Prior to being added, Ichthyosaurus was referred to in the "upcoming week patch notes" as Shastasaurus which is a much larger related species.
• They are one of the few species in Ark to retain their eating animation after they are tamed. However their eating animation is slightly glitched as their long snouts actually cross each other.
• Ichthyosaurus are attracted by other tamed Ichthy and Megalodons.
• Although being attracted to water pets may be a benefit for players looking to tame one, not moving for even a few moments could attract enough to stop your Plesiosaur or Mosasaurus from moving.
• Despite the common belief that Icthyosaurus is playful and curious in ARK, they can actually be quite aggressive to wild terrestrial creatures. So long as a player or tamed animal is nowhere in the vicinity, Icthyosaurus are very aggressive, similar to Megalodons, and will attack just about any land animal that gets into the same vicinity of them. Although they can be found in the north killing and eating Kairuku, they often tussle with Carbonemys in warmer waters; they will attack Ankylosaurus, Carnotaurus, Raptors, and even Rexes if there is no player in the immediate vicinity. This is most likely a bug.
• If you tranq a creature, like a Parasaur, and it slides into the ocean where Ichthys are present, they will attack and eat the drowned creature.
• The largest icthyosaur in real life, Shonisaurus sikanniensis, was more massive and nearly twice as long as a sperm whale, weighing in at an incredible 75 tons, and measuring in at an astounding 21 meters in length. Shonisaurus is the largest extinct marine animal ever discovered.
• On Ark Mobile, for some reason when a ridden/unridden tamed Ichthyosaurs attacking aggresive sea predators (including Mosasaurus and Tusoteuthis) they doesn't seem to fight back the Ichthy at any circumstances except they only fight back when you shoot something towards them while riding the Ichthyosaur in order to aggro them to you. Similar to the Arthropleura, this seems to be a bug.

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