Jerboa

This article is about Jerboa, not to be confused with Titanoboa

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Jerboa

Dossier Jerboa.png

Dossier

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

Group

Mammals

Species

Renopila amplexus

Time

Unknown

Diet

Herbivore

Temperament

Cowardly

Release Versions

246.0
September 1, 2016

739.3
September 1, 2016

501.0
December 6, 2016

2.0.06
July 8, 2019

Not Yet Released

311.74
June 11, 2020

DLCs

Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Valguero, Crystal Isles

Variants

• Eerie Jerboa
• Skeletal Jerboa

Spawn Command

admincheat summon Jerboa_Character_BP_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/ScorchedEarth/Dinos/Jerboa/Jerboa_Character_BP.Jerboa_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

Yes

No

Yes

Torpor Immune

No

Taming Method

Knockout

Preferred Food

Plant Species Y Seed

Preferred Food

Seeds 

Equipment

Hats

Unique Skins

Jerboa Bone Costume

Humans Can Carry

Shoulder-Mounted

Data

XP For Kill

2 XP

Drops

• Hide
• Raw Meat

Feces Size

Small

Drag Weight

25

Radiation Immune

No

Carryable By

• Aberrant Gigantopithecus
• Aberrant Megalosaurus
• Argentavis
• Blood Crystal Wyvern
• Ember Crystal Wyvern
• Fire Wyvern
• Forest Wyvern
• Gigantopithecus
• Griffin
• Ice Wyvern
• Karkinos
• Kaprosuchus
• Lightning Wyvern
• Mammoth
• Megalosaurus
• Poison Wyvern
• Procoptodon
• Pteranodon
• Quetzal
• Tapejara
• Tek Quetzal
• Tropeognathus
• Tropical Crystal Wyvern
• Tusoteuthis
• X-Argentavis
• X-Tapejara

Immobilized By

• Bola
• Bear Trap
• Plant Species Y Trap

Can Damage

Thatch
Greenhouse

Reproduction

Gestation Time

2h 38m 43.81s

Baby Time

2h 6m 15.758s

Juvenile Time

8h 25m 3.03s

Adolescent Time

10h 31m 18.788s

Total Maturation Time

21h 2m 37.576s

Breeding Interval

18h - 2d

Habitat

Colorvision Prota- / Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Jerboa is one of the mammals of ARK: Survival Evolved. It appears on the Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Valguero, and Crystal Isles maps.

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 Scientifically speaking, Renopila amplexus is an adorable little fuzzball and I just want to hug it forever. Unfortunately, being harmless and lovable is inadequate as a defense mechanism in this wasteland, and that means Renopila is at the bottom of the food chain. It's an easy meal for predators and survivors alike, the latter of whom also value its hide. The locals refer to Renopila as a Jerboa, but while it does look similar in some ways, it is clearly unrelated. The fact that it does not hop is a dead giveaway. In fact, while Renopila generally fits into the clade Glires, it seems to share traits with both rodents and lagomorphs. Domesticated In addition to being the cutest little companion in the desert, hours of close study and/or cuddling have taught me that Renopila has an instinctive understanding of this land's weather patterns. When the weather is about to change, Renopila will suddenly start behaving differently, so taming Renopila does have practical uses that can justify its perch upon one's shoulder. Not that I need justification, but I'll take whatever excuse I can get.	„
		~ Helena

Behavior

The Jerboa is used by survivors as a Weather Detector. In the wild the Jerboa is a shy, harmless creature that runs when attacked. Fleeing is its only means of defense, meaning it is easy prey for many predators.

Appearance

It seems like a miniature kangaroo, but its head and ears are extremely similar to a fennec fox. It has a long, flexible tail in which the fur grows thicker near the tip. Its eyes are large, and it usually has stripes on its back that differ in color from its normal coat. ARK's jerboa differ in nearly every way from real life jerboa. It's just the cutest little thing.

Color Scheme and Regions

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

Region 0: Paws and Back	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 Stripes	Region 5: Underside and Face

Drops

• Raw Meat
• Hide

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	55	+11	+5.4%	0.07
Stamina	100	+10	+10%
Oxygen	150	+15	+10%
Food	450	+45	+10%		15%
Weight	120	+2.4	+4%
Melee Damage	3	+0.15	+1.7%	14%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+1%	50%
Torpidity	30	+1.8	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	156	156	366.6	549.9	-4
Swimming	300	300	N/A	N/A	-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	The Jerboa attacks the target.
		0	90	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		3

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.

Jerboa

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

For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.

KO Strategy

Boomerang it a few times and it will go down. You can also simply hit it with your fists, because while it will run away, it is rather slow and a low-level player should be able to catch up to it. It is one of the easiest creatures to tame due to its inability to fight back and low torpor. However, its low torpor means it wakes up fairly fast, so make sure you have some form of torpor-inducing agent on hand. As well as on mobile you do not have boomerangs so simply shoot a tranq arrow at it with a primitive bow

Taming Food

Jerboa always spawns at level 1. The following lists are for Jerboas spawned by mods, console commands or in Dungeons (Mobile) as they are not limited to be level 1.

Level 1					Time
Plant Species Y Seed	3	0	0	0	0:01:19
Fresh Barley	9	2	1	1	0:02:25
Fresh Wheat	9	2	1	1	0:02:25
Soybean	9	2	1	1	0:02:25
Dried Wheat	9	7	2	1	0:04:49
Mejoberry	12	2	1	1	0:02:25
Berries	18	2	1	1	0:02:24
KO: × 3; × 2; × 1; × 1; × 1; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:40

Level 30					Time
Plant Species Y Seed	4	0	0	0	0:01:45
Fresh Barley	13	3	1	1	0:03:29
Fresh Wheat	13	3	1	1	0:03:29
Soybean	13	3	1	1	0:03:29
Dried Wheat	13	15	3	2	0:06:57
Mejoberry	17	3	1	1	0:03:25
Berries	26	3	1	1	0:03:28
KO: × 9; × 4; × 1; × 1; × 1; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:02:44

Level 60					Time
Plant Species Y Seed	5	0	0	0	0:02:11
Fresh Barley	17	5	1	1	0:04:33
Fresh Wheat	17	5	1	1	0:04:33
Soybean	17	5	1	1	0:04:33
Dried Wheat	17	24	5	3	0:09:05
Mejoberry	23	5	1	1	0:04:37
Berries	34	5	1	1	0:04:32
KO: × 14; × 6; × 2; × 1; × 1; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:03:29

Level 90					Time
Plant Species Y Seed	6	0	0	0	0:02:37
Fresh Barley	22	9	2	1	0:05:53
Fresh Wheat	22	9	2	1	0:05:53
Soybean	22	9	2	1	0:05:53
Dried Wheat	22	38	8	4	0:11:45
Mejoberry	29	9	2	1	0:05:49
Berries	43	9	2	1	0:05:44
KO: × 20; × 8; × 3; × 2; × 1; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:04:01

Level 120					Time
Plant Species Y Seed	7	0	0	0	0:03:03
Fresh Barley	26	14	3	2	0:06:57
Fresh Wheat	26	14	3	2	0:06:57
Soybean	26	14	3	2	0:06:57
Dried Wheat	26	51	11	6	0:13:53
Mejoberry	34	13	3	2	0:06:49
Berries	51	13	3	2	0:06:48
KO: × 25; × 10; × 3; × 2; × 2; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:04:27

Level 150					Time
Plant Species Y Seed	8	0	0	0	0:03:29
Fresh Barley	30	19	5	3	0:08:01
Fresh Wheat	30	19	5	3	0:08:01
Soybean	30	19	5	3	0:08:01
Dried Wheat	30	66	15	8	0:16:01
Mejoberry	40	19	5	3	0:08:01
Berries	60	19	5	3	0:08:00
KO: × 30; × 13; × 4; × 2; × 2; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:04:48

	Level 1					Time
	Seeds	3	0	0	0	0:01:19
	Mejoberry	14	3	1	1	0:02:49
	Berries	20	3	1	1	0:02:40
	Seeds	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Mejoberry	5	0	0	0	0:01:01
	Berries	7	0	0	0	0:00:56
	Seeds	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:13
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:08
	Seeds	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:13
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:08
KO: × 3; × 2; × 1; × 1; × 1; × 1; × 1; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:40

	Level 30					Time
	Seeds	4	0	0	0	0:01:45
	Mejoberry	20	5	1	1	0:04:01
	Berries	29	4	1	1	0:03:52
	Seeds	2	0	0	0	0:00:53
	Mejoberry	7	0	0	0	0:01:25
	Berries	10	0	0	0	0:01:20
	Seeds	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:13
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:08
	Seeds	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:13
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:08
KO: × 9; × 4; × 1; × 1; × 1; × 1; × 1; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:02:44

	Level 75					Time
	Seeds	6	0	0	0	0:02:37
	Mejoberry	29	10	2	1	0:05:49
	Berries	44	10	2	1	0:05:52
	Seeds	2	0	0	0	0:00:53
	Mejoberry	10	0	0	0	0:02:01
	Berries	15	0	0	0	0:02:00
	Seeds	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:13
	Berries	2	0	0	0	0:00:16
	Seeds	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:13
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:08
KO: × 17; × 7; × 2; × 2; × 1; × 1; × 1; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.72 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:03:46

	Level 150					Time
	Seeds	9	0	0	0	0:03:55
	Mejoberry	45	25	6	3	0:09:01
	Berries	68	25	6	3	0:09:04
	Seeds	3	0	0	0	0:01:19
	Mejoberry	15	0	0	0	0:03:01
	Berries	23	0	0	0	0:03:04
	Seeds	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Mejoberry	2	0	0	0	0:00:25
	Berries	3	0	0	0	0:00:24
	Seeds	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:13
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:08
KO: × 30; × 13; × 4; × 2; × 2; × 2; × 2; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:04:48

	Level 300					Time
	Seeds	15	5	1	1	0:06:31
	Mejoberry	78	75	18	9	0:15:37
	Berries	116	74	18	9	0:15:28
	Seeds	5	0	0	0	0:02:11
	Mejoberry	26	0	0	0	0:05:13
	Berries	39	0	0	0	0:05:12
	Seeds	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Mejoberry	3	0	0	0	0:00:37
	Berries	4	0	0	0	0:00:32
	Seeds	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:13
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:08
KO: × 57; × 24; × 7; × 4; × 4; × 3; × 3; × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 1.59 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:05:58

	Level 450					Time
	Seeds	21	22	6	3	0:09:07
	Mejoberry	110	139	34	17	0:22:01
	Berries	164	138	34	17	0:21:52
	Seeds	7	0	0	0	0:03:03
	Mejoberry	37	7	2	1	0:07:25
	Berries	55	6	2	1	0:07:20
	Seeds	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Mejoberry	4	0	0	0	0:00:49
	Berries	6	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Seeds	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:13
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:08
KO: × 84; × 35; × 10; × 6; × 5; × 4; × 4; × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 2.08 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:06:43

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.

Combat

General

Will attempt to flee when attacked.

Strategy

A few hits of your fists will knock it out. One hit with a boomerang or a tranquilizing arrow will also do the trick if you want to have it as easy as possible.

Weaponry

Fists, a spear, bow and arrow or anything else.

Danger

Jerboa itself is not a threat, as it will never attack, but players should be wary of other creatures in the area that may attack.

Weaknesses

This creature will run away when you attack it, but it has very low torpor making it easy to knock out. Although they do run, they are not that fast so it's easy to catch up to it.

Utility

A tamed Jerboa can be picked up to ride on the player's shoulder by approaching it and pressing the "use" key (E, , ) and can be picked up by any other creature that can pick up dinos though you can not pick up a wild Jerboa . To remove it from your shoulder, double tap E, , , if looking at things such as bushes, F, , will toss the Jerboa without harvesting, however if you are riding another creature, you will not be able to pick it back up without dismounting.
While riding on your shoulder, you only incur half of the weight of items held by the Jerboa. For example, if the Jerboa's inventory weight added up to 20, you would only have 10 added to your weight, making them useful as backpacks.

Jerboas can also wear helmets, giving them some protection against attacks, although their naturally low health still makes them quite fragile.

Weather Detector

The Jerboa can also warn you about incoming weather conditions such as Sand Storms through a mixture of motions and growls. Keep them close and seek shelter quickly once they start to alert you. A Jerboa perched on your shoulder will still make distinct growls and various motions when harsh weather is incoming.

Lightning Storm

The Jerboa will make a low toned growl-like sound while lowering its ears and wagging its tail.

Sand Storm

The Jerboa will emit a high pitched chirping-like sound while it seems to bark at the sky.

Heat Wave

The Jerboa will make a medium-toned growl while digging and pawing at the ground.

Rain

The Jerboa will make a sniffing sound and stare at the sky.

Backpack: Jerboa only incur half the weight onto the player with what is in their inventory. So a full stack of sand weights 25 instead of 50, increasing the amount a footed survivor can bring on each run. Just level them with weight.

Pet: For its simple cuteness and being more common than many other shoulder pets like the Otter and Mesopithecus, people usually prefer it as a pet. In fact, it is probably one of the most popular pets in the entire game.

Notes

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

• Jerboa is a real animal. However, the genus Renopila that the Dossier mentions is fictional. The Jerboa in-game resembles a creature with a head of a Fennec Fox and body based off the real Jerboa (rabbit-like legs). The creature that resembles the Ark Jerboa the most as a whole is the Springhare of Africa. Even so, the skull is not similar to any rodent, but is more carnivoran in structure and dentition.
• Jerboas only spawn at level 1. However, they will spawn at normal levels on ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile.
• When breeding Jerboa, take care to imprint and feed them very quickly, as Jerboa will starve to death in a very short amount of time.
  • Force feeding can be used to increase survivability.
• Also for breeding, Plant y seeds work well for the baby phase because they are low weight and do not spoil. But be warned they will not eat from a trough during baby phase so you should have berries and plant species seeds ready.
• It is likely that the Ark Jerboa has an acute ability to detect very slight changes in its environment. By feeling pressure and air flow changes, hearing with their giant ears and smelling with their nose, this is the most likely way the Jerboa is able to predict the weather, giving it a survival edge despite its lack of good defense and small size. Various animals on earth can also predict the weather to a degree, often through similar means of feeling pressure and wind changes, smelling rain, and hearing distant rumbling of storms.
• In the dossier, it says that “the locals call it jerboa, although sharing many similarities it is clearly unrelated” which tells us that it isn’t at all related to it’s real life counterpart.
• Both Jerboa and Deinonychus are the only creatures with more than one idle animation.
• In a Jerboa is transferred to Aberration, the Jerboa will give a signal during - but not prior to - an earthquake with the same motion and vocalizations used for the Lightning Storm on Scorched Earth.
• On ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile, the Eerie Jerboa can only be found in the Dungeons. For use on The Island, it must be killed and revived in order to tame it.

Lore

• In lore, Helena had a Jerboa named Radar for its weather-detecting behavior. Helena soon entrusted Radar to Wali al Aswad, also known as Raia.

Changelog

Patch	Changes
246.0 Scorched Earth Expansion Release	Jerboa is added to the game
249.0	Added Skeletal Jerboa and Jerboa Bone Costume for the ARK: Fear Evolved 2 event
312.65	Reduced Jerboa maturation time. Now matches Otter
316.18	Increased Jerboa base weight capacity from 55 to 120 (Matches Bulbdog)

Gallery

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  In-game appearance

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  Baby Jerboa

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  Comparison between a Jerboa and a small Ferox

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