Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus

Dossier Stegosaurus.png

Dossier

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

Group

Dinosaurs

Species

Stegosaurus regium

Time

Late Jurassic

Diet

Herbivore

Temperament

Docile

Release Versions

June 2, 2015

729.0
December 16, 2015

501.0
December 6, 2016

1.0
May 24, 2018

599.0
November 30, 2018

311.74
June 11, 2020

Variants

• Aberrant Stegosaurus
• Corrupted Stegosaurus
• Eerie Stego
• Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus
• Skeletal Stego
• Tek Stegosaurus

Spawn Command

admincheat summon Stego_Character_BP_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Stego/Stego_Character_BP.Stego_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Tek Stegosaurus
admincheat summon BionicStego_Character_BP_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Stego/BionicStego_Character_BP.BionicStego_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Stegosaurus
admincheat summon Stego_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Stego/Stego_Character_BP_Aberrant.Stego_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Corrupted Stegosaurus
admincheat summon Stego_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/Dinos/Corrupt/Stego/Stego_Character_BP_Corrupt.Stego_Character_BP_Corrupt'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus
admincheat summon BionicStego_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Stego/BionicStego_Character_BP_Malfunctioned.BionicStego_Character_BP_Malfunctioned'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus (Gauntlet)
admincheat summon BionicStego_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Gauntlet_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Lunar/BionicStego_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Gauntlet.BionicStego_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Malfunctioned Tek Stegosaurus (Retrieve)
admincheat summon BionicStego_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Retrieve_C
or
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Retrieve/Lunar/BionicStego_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Retrieve.BionicStego_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Retrieve'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Torpor Immune

No

Taming Method

Knockout

Preferred Kibble

Regular Kibble

Preferred Kibble

Kibble (Sarco Egg)

Preferred Food

Crops

Preferred Food

Fresh Wheat 

Equipment

Stego Saddle (Level 26)

Unique Skins

• Stegosaurus Bionic Costume
• Stego Bone Costume

Rider Weaponry

Yes

Humans Can Carry

No

Data

XP For Kill

20 XP

Drops

• Hide
• Keratin
• Raw Meat
• Raw Prime Meat

Feces Size

Medium

Drag Weight

250

Radiation Immune

No

Carryable By

• Fire Wyvern
• Forest Wyvern
• Ice Wyvern
• Karkinos
• Lightning Wyvern
• Poison Wyvern
• Quetzal
• Tek Quetzal
• Tusoteuthis

Immobilized By

• Chain Bola
• Large Bear Trap
• Plant Species Y Trap

Can Damage

Thatch
Greenhouse
Wood

Reproduction

Egg

• Stego Egg
• Tek Stego Egg

Incubation Range

22 - 28 °C / 72 - 82 °F

Incubation Time

2h 46m 39.2s

Baby Time

5h 8m 38.517s

Juvenile Time

20h 34m 34.069s

Adolescent Time

1d 1h 43m 12.586s

Total Maturation Time

2d 3h 26m 25.172s

Breeding Interval

18h - 2d

Habitat

Colorvision Prota- / Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Stegosaurus (STEG-uh-SAWR-us) or Stego is one of the dinosaurs 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 Stegosaurus regium has approximately 16 paired rows of plates along its back, flanked by another, smaller pair of 6 plates. This is contrary to the alternating rows on Stegosaurus fossils I've seen in museums. Not surprisingly, Stegosaurus uses the spines on its tail to defend itself. While not aggressive, Stegosaurus will come to the aid of another nearby Stegosaurus. This implies it to be a herd animal. Domesticated Stegosaurus is commonly used as a safe way to transport large quantities of goods. And once you saddle one up, not even an Argentavis could knock you off that perch. A stegosaurus can be trained to flex its back plates for different purposes: hardened to shield it from attack, in a heavier alignment that deals crippling blows, or oriented more sharply to pierce armor. These various plate configurations also come in handy for stripping wood from trees, gathering thatch, or foraging for wild berries, respectively. Stegosaurus can knock back or impale with a whip of its spiky tail, keeping predators at bay or pinning them in place. Its spiked appendage also helps for gathering berries—go figure.	„
		~ Helena

Behavior

While not aggressive by default, Stegosaurus will attack by swinging their spiked tails when provoked. Caution is advised when hunting them. They are also herding animals, coming to the aid of others when attacked.

Appearance

The Stegosaurus appears as a large quadrupedal herbivore with distinctive plates on its back, which are often vibrantly colored. The dinosaur also possesses 3 pairs of spikes on the end of its long tail, and has a small head tipped with a beak as well as a few grinding teeth.

Color Scheme and Regions

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

Region 0:
Body

Region 1:
Spine

Region 2:
Plate/Spike Base

Region 3:
Back

Region 4:
Plate Edge and Spike Tips

Region 5:
Belly

Region 0:
Inner Body

Region 1:
Spine

Region 2:
Body

Region 3:
Legs and Head

Region 4:
Leg Tops and Spike Plate

Region 5:
Emissive and Spike Tops

Tek Stegosaurus (Variant)

The Tek Stegosaurus is a creature that was permanently added to the game in the Extinction Chronicles II event. It is a unique alternate of the original Stegosaurus, and is purely made of Tek. Unlike the original, they spawn at a 5% rate at a 20% higher level than usual.

Drops

• Raw Meat
• Raw Prime Meat
• Hide
• Keratin

• Electronics
• Element Dust
• Oil
• Scrap Metal

• Raw Meat
• Hide
• Keratin
• Corrupted Nodule

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	650	+130	+5.4%	0.07
Stamina	300	+30	+10%
Oxygen	150	+15	+10%
Food	6000	+600	+10%
Weight	500	+10	+4%
Melee Damage	42	+2.1	+1.7%	7%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+2%	96.4%
Torpidity	500	+30	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	170	76.5	607.7	210.4	20
Swimming	300	135	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	Using the (PC), (PS4), (Xbox One), the Stego swings its spiked tail at the target.
		0	570	0	660
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		42

ImpalingTailWhip		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	100	0	100
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		42

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

ThrowImpliedTarget		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	100	0	100
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		42

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

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Tamed	Additive	Multiplicative
Health	650	+130	+5.4%	0.07
Stamina	300	+30	+10%
Oxygen	150	+15	+10%
Food	6000	+600	+10%
Weight	500	+10	+4%
Melee Damage	42	+2.1	+1.7%	7%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+2%	96.4%
Torpidity	500	+30	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	170	76.5	607.7	210.4	20
Swimming	300	135	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	Using the (PC), (PS4), (Xbox One), the Stego swings its spiked tail at the target.
		0	570	0	660
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		42

ImpalingTailWhip		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	100	0	100
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		42

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

ThrowImpliedTarget		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	100	0	100
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		42

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

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase
		Wild
Health	650	+130
Stamina	300	+30
Oxygen	150	+15
Food	6000	+600
Weight	500	+10
Melee Damage	42	+2.1
Movement Speed	100%	N/A
Torpidity	500	+30

• 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
Walking	170	607.75
Swimming	?	?

• 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
		0	570	0	660
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		42

ImpalingTailWhip		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	100	0	100
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		42

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

ThrowImpliedTarget		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	100	0	100
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		42

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.

Stegosaurus

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

Stegosaurus are slow but powerful, kite them from a considerable distance. A slingshot's limited range and low damage may be insufficient for low level players to succeed unless the beast is trapped. Tranq arrows or darts will allow you to stay further away from the beast and achieve a faster KO with much less risk.

Taming Food

Level 1					Time
Regular Kibble	4	0	0	0	0:03:12
Fresh Barley	40	0	0	0	0:24:00
Fresh Wheat	40	0	0	0	0:24:00
Soybean	40	0	0	0	0:24:00
Dried Wheat	40	44	9	5	0:48:00
Mejoberry	53	0	0	0	0:23:51
Berries	79	0	0	0	0:23:42
KO: × 50; × 21; × 6; × 4; × 3; × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:27:46

Level 30					Time
Regular Kibble	10	0	0	0	0:08:00
Fresh Barley	94	36	8	4	0:56:24
Fresh Wheat	94	36	8	4	0:56:24
Soybean	94	36	8	4	0:56:24
Dried Wheat	94	223	46	23	1:52:48
Mejoberry	125	35	8	4	0:56:15
Berries	188	36	8	4	0:56:24
KO: × 137; × 56; × 16; × 9; × 7; × 4
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:45:49

Level 60					Time
Regular Kibble	15	0	0	0	0:12:00
Fresh Barley	150	132	28	14	1:30:00
Fresh Wheat	150	132	28	14	1:30:00
Soybean	150	132	28	14	1:30:00
Dried Wheat	150	503	106	53	3:00:00
Mejoberry	200	132	28	14	1:30:00
Berries	300	132	28	14	1:30:00
KO: × 227; × 93; × 26; × 15; × 11; × 6
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:58:11

Level 90					Time
Regular Kibble	21	0	0	0	0:16:47
Fresh Barley	207	274	59	30	2:04:12
Fresh Wheat	207	274	59	30	2:04:12
Soybean	207	274	59	30	2:04:12
Dried Wheat	207	868	185	93	4:08:24
Mejoberry	275	271	58	29	2:03:45
Berries	413	272	58	29	2:03:54
KO: × 317; × 130; × 36; × 21; × 15; × 8
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:07:09

Level 120					Time
Regular Kibble	27	0	0	0	0:21:35
Fresh Barley	263	448	97	49	2:37:48
Fresh Wheat	263	448	97	49	2:37:48
Soybean	263	448	97	49	2:37:48
Dried Wheat	263	1293	280	140	5:15:36
Mejoberry	350	446	97	49	2:37:30
Berries	525	446	97	49	2:37:30
KO: × 407; × 167; × 46; × 26; × 19; × 10
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:14:12

Level 150					Time
Regular Kibble	32	0	0	0	0:25:35
Fresh Barley	319	653	144	72	3:11:24
Fresh Wheat	319	653	144	72	3:11:24
Soybean	319	653	144	72	3:11:24
Dried Wheat	319	1774	390	195	6:22:48
Mejoberry	425	652	144	72	3:11:15
Berries	638	653	144	72	3:11:24
KO: × 497; × 203; × 56; × 32; × 23; × 12
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:20:01

	Level 1					Time
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	5	0	0	0	0:04:00
	Mejoberry	60	0	0	0	0:27:00
	Berries	90	0	0	0	0:27:00
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	2	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	20	0	0	0	0:09:00
	Berries	30	0	0	0	0:09:00
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	2	0	0	0	0:00:54
	Berries	3	0	0	0	0:00:54
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:18
KO: × 50; × 21; × 6; × 4; × 3; × 3; × 3; × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:27:46

	Level 30					Time
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	11	0	0	0	0:08:48
	Mejoberry	143	62	13	7	1:04:21
	Berries	215	63	13	7	1:04:30
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	4	0	0	0	0:03:12
	Mejoberry	48	0	0	0	0:21:36
	Berries	72	0	0	0	0:21:36
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	5	0	0	0	0:02:15
	Berries	8	0	0	0	0:02:24
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:18
KO: × 137; × 56; × 16; × 9; × 8; × 6; × 7; × 4
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:45:49

	Level 75					Time
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	21	0	0	0	0:16:47
	Mejoberry	272	266	57	29	2:02:24
	Berries	408	266	57	29	2:02:24
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	7	0	0	0	0:05:36
	Mejoberry	91	0	0	0	0:40:57
	Berries	136	0	0	0	0:40:48
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	10	0	0	0	0:04:30
	Berries	14	0	0	0	0:04:12
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:27
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:18
KO: × 272; × 112; × 31; × 18; × 16; × 12; × 13; × 7
Torpidity-depletion: 0.72 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:02:58

	Level 150					Time
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	37	0	0	0	0:29:35
	Mejoberry	486	813	179	90	3:38:42
	Berries	729	813	179	90	3:38:42
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	13	0	0	0	0:10:24
	Mejoberry	162	0	0	0	1:12:54
	Berries	243	0	0	0	1:12:54
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	2	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	17	0	0	0	0:07:39
	Berries	25	0	0	0	0:07:30
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	2	0	0	0	0:00:54
	Berries	2	0	0	0	0:00:36
KO: × 497; × 203; × 56; × 32; × 28; × 21; × 23; × 12
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:20:01

	Level 300					Time
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	69	0	0	0	0:55:09
	Mejoberry	915	2421	564	282	6:51:45
	Berries	1372	2420	563	282	6:51:36
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	23	0	0	0	0:18:23
	Mejoberry	305	292	68	34	2:17:15
	Berries	458	293	69	35	2:17:24
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	3	0	0	0	0:02:24
	Mejoberry	31	0	0	0	0:13:57
	Berries	46	0	0	0	0:13:48
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	3	0	0	0	0:01:21
	Berries	4	0	0	0	0:01:12
KO: × 947; × 387; × 106; × 61; × 53; × 40; × 43; × 22
Torpidity-depletion: 1.59 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:39:39

	Level 450					Time
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	101	0	0	0	1:20:44
	Mejoberry	1343	4469	1084	542	10:04:21
	Berries	2015	4470	1085	543	10:04:30
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	34	0	0	0	0:27:11
	Mejoberry	448	813	198	99	3:21:36
	Berries	672	813	198	99	3:21:36
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	4	0	0	0	0:03:12
	Mejoberry	45	0	0	0	0:20:15
	Berries	68	0	0	0	0:20:24
	Kibble (Sarco Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	3	0	0	0	0:01:21
	Berries	5	0	0	0	0:01:30
KO: × 1397; × 571; × 156; × 89; × 78; × 59; × 64; × 32
Torpidity-depletion: 2.08 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:52:04

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 Regular Kibble: 1 ×  Cooked Meat Jerky, 1 ×  Medium Egg, 5 ×  Fiber, 2 ×  Longrass, 2 ×  Savoroot, 1 ×  Water

Combat

This section describes how to fight against the Stegosaurus.

General

Stegos are herd animals that are incredibly slow but hit quite hard and have hefty knock-back. Watch yourself around cliffs or just near slopes as a single hit can send you flying to your grave.

Strategy

Stegos are very slow and can be peppered with most ranged weapons to death with little issue. Keep your distance and hammer away but watch your position and don't get cornered or surrounded as that can quickly lead to an early grave. If your movement speed is high enough you should be able to dart forward with a pike or spear and dart back before the stego can react properly however this is very risky and should only really be used on low level or lone dinos. Stegos stop when they attack with their tail, giving you time to step back. Use this to your advantage, and the battle is already half won.

Weaponry

Ranged weapons are greatly preferred, a bow should prove sufficient. Keep away and only engage in melee to finish it if the dino is very low on health and can be finished off swiftly.

Dangers

The most dangerous aspect of the Stegosaurus is its ability to dismount riders from mounts with its swings.

Stegosauruses additionally have respectable knock-back. Their damage is nothing to sneer at but their knock-back can quickly turn an easy fight into a foolish death. It should be noted non-mounted dinos are immune to fall damage and thus have little to fear other than getting mobbed by a herd. Play carefully and the Stego will fall easily. Also take care not to engage in fights you cannot win, either through lack of ammo or sheer number of enemies.

All wild stegosaurus, even corrupted stegosaurus are set on hardened plate mode, so think twice before taking one down.

Weakness

The slow movement speed of the Stego is its ultimate weakness. Engage from range or with a meat-shield in the form of a Dilo, Raptor, or other dino. If slowed by any means, the Stego's movement speed is laughable.

Utility

Stegosaurus has three back-plate modes:

• Hardened Plate Mode: Supplies a damage reduction buff and prevents riders from being dismounted by enemies; Wood harvesting benefit
• Heavy Plate Mode: Applies a slow when attacking with the basic tail whip; Thatch harvesting benefit
• Sharpened Plate Mode: Applies an armor penetration effect when attacking with the tail whip. Also useful for harvesting berries

Everytime the survivor mounting the dino switches its backplate mode, it will always wriggle and shrug off before the mode changes.

Aiming directly at the small creature or survivor at any mode and right clicking on them will cause Stego to temporarily immobilize and impale them with its tail swing.

You can switch between plate modes with the C key by default.

Roles

• Gatherer: Stegosaurus are very good at gathering berries with Sharpened Plate, thatch with Heavy Plate, and wood with Hardened Plate (similar to Castoroides) (Level up Melee Damage).
• Transport: Able to carry a great deal of weight and with high health, Stegosaurus make for great pack animals. Also traversing at places where wild dinos can dismount you makes them unable to do so as long as you are at the stegosaurus (Level up Weight, Speed, and Stamina).
• Travel: Stegosaurus makes for a strong, albeit slow, mount (Level up Speed and Stamina).
• Tank: Stegosaurus has a pretty high base damage and knockback which makes it good for fighting multiple enemies smaller than itself (Level up Health, Melee Damage, and some Speed, and utilize Hardened Plate). With only a primitive saddle with a 25.0 armor rating, a yutyrannus' courage roar, a Mek's M.D.S.M, their mate boost, and their hardened plate mode will only make stegosaurus receive 10.7 percent of damage, making a large group of them difficult to kill and will be challenging for even players on giganotosaurus. Overall, a stegosaurus' hardened plate mode can be magnified with other creature's buffs or debuffs on the enemy to a point even the strongest creatures are only chipping away at its health.
• Guardian:
• Battle Mount:
• Boss Killer: The stegosaurus, if well-bred, is a useful tool against the boss of Aberration. It is favored by many tribes since no Rex are on this map, it can dish out a decent amount of damage and can be healed easily through vegetable cakes. This is even more useful with either Hardened Plate for additional survivability, or Sharpened Plate for additional damage and armor penetration against Reaper Kings and Nameless constantly spawning around the bosses.
  • Potentially, Stegosaurus can be useful in the Island's overseer fight once they get close to the boss with the heavy plate, reducing the boss' speed to help the predatory tames damage the boss a little bit more.
• Damage:
• War Mount:A tamed, mounted Stegosaurus with full stamina is basically invincible, as they can deliver damage without touching their opponent, allowing you to take on powerful creatures like Spinosaurus and Paraceratherium and come out unharmed. The only disadvantage is their attack range may strike unintended targets, destroying your tame efforts and starting unnecessary fights with other animals. When fighting with a stegosaurus, make sure to have its tail side facing the enemy, further increasing its attack range while potentially negating the enemy's attacks. The heavy plate mode works in this role where players who are riding stegosaurus' can leisurely defeat creatures that need to close in the distance to get their attacks in. The hardened plate can make stegosaurus take far more damage. The sharpened plate mode is PVP oriented as it can pierce saddle armor. (Utilize between 3 backplate types for combat efficiency)
• PvP Turret Soaker: Utilizing Hardened Plate, Stegos can protect the rider and also reduce the damage of projectiles such as arrows and bullets by a significant amount. If angled correctly against opposing Auto Turrets the Stego can soak more bullets than even a Bronto. This tactic will require a lot of practice and can't be used in every situation but the rewards are plentiful to any tribe that can utilize this niche to its maximum effectiveness. (Level up Health and stick to Hardened Plate.)
• Combatant:
• Defender:

Stegosaurus can impale the following dino and survivors into its tail spikes (except flying creatures):

• Achatina
• Araneo
• Archaeopteryx
• Baryonyx
• Beelzebufo
• Bulbdog
• Castoroides
• Compy
• Daeodon
• Dilo
• Direwolf
• Diplocaulus
• Dodo
• Dung Beetle
• Equus
• Gallimimus
• Gigantopithecus
• Glowtail
• Hesperornis
• Human
• Hyaenodon
• Iguanodon
• Jerboa
• Kaprosuchus
• Kairuku
• Lystrosaurus
• Megalania
• Megaloceros
• Mesopithecus
• Moschops
• Otter
• Oviraptor
• Ovis
• Pachy
• Parasaur
• Pegomastax
• Phiomia
• Procoptodon
• Pulmonoscorpius
• Purlovia
• Raptor
• Ravager
• Sabertooth
• Shinehorn
• Tek Parasaur
• Tek Raptor
• Terror Bird
• Trilobite
• Troodon

Collectibles

(Note that the Efficiency drops to 1 if the Stegosaurus is not under the specific backplate mode to gather the corresponding materials.)

Resource	Efficiency
Wood	★★★★☆
Thatch	★★★★☆
Berries	★★★★☆

Notes/Trivia

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

• Can be very effective at harvesting berries (but not Fiber) from Plants, or either Wood or Thatch from trees by swiping its tail across the ground. This however depends on what backplate the stegosaurus is at.
• Although Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus are often depicted as living alongside each other, a large time gap separates both species. Coexistence between humans and a T. rex would be more accurate because of the shorter time gap.
• The spiked arrangement on the end of a Stegosaurus' tail is called a thagomizer. The word, unlike many scientific terms, was coined in 1982 by cartoonist Gary Larson, in his comic The Far Side, and said to be named after the late Thag Simmons. The name was eventually picked up 11 years later by Ken Carpenter, and has gradually been adopted as an informal anatomical term, even used by the Smithsonian Institution.
• If judged by its Brain-to-body mass ratio Stegosaurus might possibly be the dumbest dinosaur in terms of intelligence.
• Can be picked up by a Quetzal or a Wyvern.
• Don't be fooled into expecting it to be faster than the Bronto; it may seem that way, being smaller, but its sprint is actually barely half as fast as the larger dino.
• The name "Stegosaurus Regium" roughly translates into "Reflective Roof Lizard".
• Real Stegosaurus were social dinosaurs that lived in herds, Ark's Stegosaurus can be found in some groups but can also be found on their own, even more often so at subterranean ARK, dead Earth and reality simulation.
• Stegosaurus is a relatively easy tame that can deem you invincible against powerful single opponents. Their ability to deal damage without even touching the enemy allows them to effortlessly kill dangerous creatures like Spinosaurus and Paraceratherium, as long as their stamina is high.
• Wild Stegosaurus can pratically impale any creatures, including other wild Stegosaurus and herbivores.
• Tek Stegosaurus will change their body lights color as the mode changes as well. Hardened Plate will give the Tek Stego orange glowings, Heavy Plate will change the glowing to blue and Sharpened Plate will change to yellow.

Gallery

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  Tek Stegosaurus

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  Stegosaurus TLC

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  Two Stegosaurus of a different coloring, with and without a saddle.

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  1st person view when riding

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  Aberrant variants feature glowing areas on their plates.