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Tusoteuthis
Tusoteuthis
Steam 253.0
Dec 23, 2016
Xbox One 749.0
Jan 17, 2017
PS 503.0
Jan 18, 2017
Logo Mobile 1.0
May 24, 2018
Nintendo Switch 599.0
Nov 30, 2018
Epic Games 311.74
Jun 11, 2020
Stadia 678.15
Sep 1, 2021
Spawn Command
cheat summon Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Tusoteuthis/Tusoteuthis_Character_BP.Tusoteuthis_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Tusoteuthis (Caverns)
cheat summon Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_Caves_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Tusoteuthis/Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_Caves.Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_Caves'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Tusoteuthis (Retrieve)
cheat summon Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_Retrieve_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Retrieve/Ocean/Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_Retrieve.Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_Retrieve'" 500 0 0 35
Taming Method
Preferred Food
Equipment
Tusoteuthis Saddle Tusoteuthis Saddle (Level ?)
0 - 50 °C / 32 - 122 °F
Egg Incubator (Genesis Part 2) Egg Incubator: 25 °C / 77 °F
Incubation Time
4h 59m 58.561s
Baby Time
18h 31m 6.667s
Juvenile Time
3d 2h 4m 26.667s
Adolescent Time
3d 20h 35m 33.334s
Total Maturation Time
7d 17h 11m 6.667s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d
Habitat

The Tusoteuthis (too-so-too thiss) or simply “Tuso” is an aquatic creature 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.

NoteHelena
Species

Tusoteuthis vampyrus

Time

Cretaceous

Diet

Carnivore

Temperament

Aggressive

Wild

Tusoteuthis vampyrus is a very aggressive water predator. Approximately 30 feet long, Tusoteuthis is a terror of the deep. Once it grabs its prey, it slowly crushes it into submission while using the talons on its tentacles to siphon and drink the victim's blood! Tusoteuthis is a terrifying opponent for several reasons. Firstly, its grab slowly renders its victim unconscious, so death isn't the only concern. Secondly, its vampiric blood drain instantly revitalizes it, even during combat. Finally, if Tusoteuthis is losing the fight, it sprays a cloud of ink into the surrounding water, blinding its attackers to cover a sneaky escape.

Domesticated

One of the major benefits of taming Tusoteuthis is harvesting its ink. Unlike normal ink, Tusoteuthis' ink is very oily, and can even be refined into fuels such as gasoline. Between that and Tusoteuthis' distinctive capability to grab & carry large creatures underwater, it makes for an excellent aquatic tame, despite its slower speed.

Behavior[]

Tusoteuthis is found only in very deep water, where it swims about at a slow pace. If it spots the player or a tamed creature, it will begin to move itself towards the player or said creature and attack it. Because of the unique body plan of cephalopods, a Tusoteuthis must turn itself around to strike with its tentacles.

Appearance[]

A monstrous relative of the vampire squid, Tusoteuthis is the largest aquatic creature on the ARK, and bears a closer resemblance to giant squids, but is much more terrifying than its timid kin. Tusoteuthis has powerful tentacles with hooked suckers, capable of drawing blood and keeping even a Mosasaur from escaping a horrible fate. A parrot-like beak hides in the center of the writhing mass, ripping flesh, shell, and bone into easy-to-swallow bits. Tusoteuthis also possesses the ability to spray an oily ink if it is in danger. Tusoteuthis is a true terror of the deep.

Color Scheme and Regions[]

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

Tusoteuthis PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Body Highlights
14
19
20
21
22
23
24
28
29
Tusoteuthis PaintRegion1
Region 1:
Tentacle Highlights
13
14
20
22
24
26
27
33
34
35
X mark

Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.

X mark

Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.

Tusoteuthis PaintRegion4
Region 4:
Tentacles
13
14
20
22
24
26
27
33
34
35
Tusoteuthis PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Main Body
8
14
21
23
28
32
33
36

Drops[]

Harvest
Guaranteed Special Loot

Base Stats and Growth[]

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 2700 +540 +4.05% 0.07
Stamina Stamina 300 +30 +10%
Oxygen Oxygen 215 +21.5 N/A
Food Food 3200 +320 +10% 15%
Weight Weight 800 +16 +4%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 65 / 2 +3.25 / +0.1 +1.7% 7% 17.6%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +1% 100%
Torpidity Torpidity 1800 +108 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s]
Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 7500 ? ? ? ? ? 4
Swimming 1500 ? ? 2250 2250 4500 3
  • 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
Tentacle Slap Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (Xbox One), the Tusoteuthis swipes its massive tentacles at the target.
10 3500 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 65
Grab Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Right Mousebutton (PC), L2 Button (PS), LT Button (Xbox One), the Tusoteuthis can pick up another creature with its tentacles. While holding a non-friendly target, the Tusoteuthis will constantly inflict Torpor Torpor until the target is unconscious. Note that the Tusoteuthis cannot hold an unconscious target.
25 3500 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 2
Ink Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using C (PC), R3 Button (PS), R Button (Xbox One), the Tusoteuthis releases a large ink cloud to completely obscure vision for a limited time.
15 0 0 0
Crush Prey Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation While carrying a creature with its tentacles and using the Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (Xbox One), the Tusoteuthis will crush the target for considerable damage.
10 4000 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 100

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.[1]

Tusoteuthis

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[]

The Tusoteuthis introduced two new mechanics to Passive Taming:

  • It will eat up to 50 of an individual food item in a single consumption. Taming Effectiveness is lost per consumption not per item, and is at a reduced rate compared to other tames in any case.
  • It can eat at 90% of its maximum food, regardless of how much Food what it's being fed will restore (factoring the above).

The Taming Affinity (progress) gained for food types other than Black Pearls is only 10% of the value derived by other tames (e.g. 15 from Prime Meat instead of 150), and so at least 10 should be fed at a time to have a comparable taming time to other creatures. Due to the exceptionally low Affinity from individual items, they have been omitted from the table below, which consequently omits Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat and Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat entirely.

Please ignore the Feeding Interval and Taming Time data (below). Due to being able to eat when at 90% of its maximum Food, the minimum Feeding Interval is 177.5 seconds[2] plus 14 seconds per Food Level.[3]

Tusoteuthis Level 1 Feeding Interval Time
50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 2 51:07 1:51:07
30 Cooked Lamb Chop 30 Cooked Lamb Chop 6 17:46 1:28:54
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 15 59:27 13:52:25
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 32 15:17 7:54:05
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 36 29:21 17:07:27
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 43 28:26 19:54:27
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 79 18:45 24:22:58
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 158 13:58 36:34:26
Tusoteuthis Level 30 Feeding Interval Time
50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 2 51:07 1:51:07
30 Cooked Lamb Chop 30 Cooked Lamb Chop 7 17:17 1:43:43
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 19 58:34 17:34:24
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 41 15:11 10:07:25
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 46 29:10 21:52:50
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 55 28:17 25:27:47
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 102 18:42 31:28:53
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 204 13:57 47:13:19
Tusoteuthis Level 60 Feeding Interval Time
50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 2 51:07 1:51:07
30 Cooked Lamb Chop 30 Cooked Lamb Chop 9 16:40 2:13:20
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 23 58:01 21:16:22
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 50 15:07 12:20:45
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 56 29:03 26:38:14
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 67 28:11 31:01:06
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 125 18:40 38:34:49
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 250 13:56 57:52:13
Tusoteuthis Level 90 Feeding Interval Time
50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 3 23:20 2:46:40
30 Cooked Lamb Chop 30 Cooked Lamb Chop 10 16:27 2:28:09
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 27 57:37 24:58:21
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 60 15:03 14:48:53
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 66 28:58 31:23:38
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 80 28:07 37:02:13
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 149 18:38 45:59:15
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 297 13:56 68:44:59
Tusoteuthis Level 120 Feeding Interval Time
50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 3 23:20 2:46:40
30 Cooked Lamb Chop 30 Cooked Lamb Chop 12 16:09 2:57:47
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 31 57:20 28:40:20
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 69 15:01 17:02:13
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 77 28:54 36:37:34
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 92 28:04 42:35:33
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 172 18:37 53:05:10
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 344 13:55 79:37:45
Tusoteuthis Level 150 Feeding Interval Time
50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 4 14:04 3:42:14
30 Cooked Lamb Chop 30 Cooked Lamb Chop 14 15:57 3:27:25
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 35 57:07 32:22:18
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 79 15:00 19:30:22
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 87 28:52 41:22:58
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 105 28:02 48:36:39
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 196 18:36 60:29:37
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 391 13:55 90:30:32

Soothing Balm Tusoteuthis Level 1 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 2 51:07 1:51:07
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 17 58:57 15:43:24
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 37 15:13 9:08:09
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 41 29:15 19:30:08
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 49 28:21 22:41:07
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 91 18:43 28:05:11
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 181 13:57 41:53:53
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 6 06:35 5:32:58
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 13 16:03 3:12:36
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 14 30:44 6:39:34
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 17 29:30 7:52:14
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 31 19:08 9:34:05
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 61 14:07 14:07:14
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:55:30
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 2 29:38 0:29:38
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 2 57:05 0:57:05
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 2 55:34 0:55:34
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 4 24:41 1:14:05
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 7 16:12 1:37:14
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:55:30
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:14:49
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:28:33
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 1 00:00 0:27:47
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:18:32
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:13:54
Soothing Balm Tusoteuthis Level 30 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 2 51:07 1:51:07
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 21 58:16 19:25:23
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 47 15:08 11:36:18
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 52 29:05 24:44:05
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 62 28:13 28:42:13
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 117 18:40 36:06:40
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 233 13:56 53:56:06
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 7 04:44 6:28:28
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 16 15:48 3:57:03
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 18 30:13 8:33:44
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 21 29:10 9:43:20
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 39 19:00 12:02:14
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 78 14:04 18:03:20
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:55:30
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 2 29:38 0:29:38
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 2 57:05 0:57:05
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 3 41:40 1:23:20
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 4 24:41 1:14:05
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 8 15:52 1:51:07
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:55:30
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:14:49
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:28:33
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 1 00:00 0:27:47
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:18:32
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:13:54
Soothing Balm Tusoteuthis Level 75 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 3 23:20 2:46:40
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 28 57:33 25:53:51
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 63 15:03 15:33:20
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 70 28:57 33:17:48
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 84 28:06 38:53:20
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 157 18:38 48:27:24
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 313 13:56 72:27:12
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 10 01:39 9:14:57
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 21 15:33 5:11:07
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 24 29:46 11:24:58
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 28 28:48 12:57:47
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 53 18:52 16:21:29
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 105 14:01 24:18:20
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:55:30
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 3 22:13 0:44:27
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 3 42:49 1:25:38
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 3 41:40 1:23:20
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 6 22:13 1:51:07
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 11 15:16 2:32:47
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:55:30
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:14:49
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:28:33
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 1 00:00 0:27:47
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:18:32
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:13:54
Soothing Balm Tusoteuthis Level 150 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 4 14:04 3:42:14
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 40 56:55 36:59:46
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 90 14:58 22:13:20
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 100 28:49 47:33:59
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 120 28:00 55:33:19
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 224 18:36 69:08:08
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 447 13:55 103:28:18
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 2 51:07 1:51:07
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 14 59:45 12:56:56
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 30 15:19 7:24:27
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 34 29:24 16:10:22
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 40 28:29 18:31:07
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 75 18:46 23:08:53
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 149 13:58 34:29:26
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 2 51:00 1:51:00
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 3 22:13 0:44:27
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 4 38:03 1:54:10
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 4 37:02 1:51:07
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 8 21:09 2:28:09
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 15 14:52 3:28:20
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:55:30
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:14:49
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:28:33
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 1 00:00 0:27:47
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:18:32
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:13:54
Soothing Balm Tusoteuthis Level 300 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 6 06:40 5:33:20
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 64 56:22 59:11:38
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 143 14:55 35:18:31
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 159 28:43 75:37:50
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 191 27:55 88:25:32
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 358 18:34 110:29:36
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 715 13:54 165:30:30
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 2 51:07 1:51:07
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 22 58:08 20:20:53
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 48 15:07 11:51:07
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 53 29:05 25:12:37
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 64 28:13 29:37:46
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 120 18:40 37:02:13
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 239 13:56 55:19:26
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 3 23:14 2:46:29
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 5 18:31 1:14:05
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 6 34:15 2:51:15
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 7 32:24 3:14:27
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 12 20:12 3:42:14
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 24 14:29 5:33:20
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:55:30
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:14:49
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:28:33
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 1 00:00 0:27:47
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:18:32
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 2 27:47 0:27:47
Soothing Balm Tusoteuthis Level 450 Feeding Interval Time
Values without Soothing Balm 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 8 03:29 7:24:27
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 88 56:07 81:23:29
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 197 14:53 48:38:30
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 219 28:40 104:10:14
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 262 27:53 121:17:44
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 492 18:33 151:51:04
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 983 13:54 227:32:42
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 3 23:20 2:46:40
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 57:24 27:44:50
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 66 15:02 16:17:47
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 73 28:56 34:43:25
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 88 28:05 40:44:26
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 164 18:37 50:37:02
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 328 13:55 75:55:32
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 3 23:14 2:46:29
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 7 17:17 1:43:43
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 8 32:37 3:48:20
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 9 31:15 4:10:00
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 17 19:40 5:14:49
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 33 14:19 7:38:20
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) 50 Black Pearls 50 Black Pearls 1 00:00 0:55:34
30 Cooked Prime Meat 30 Cooked Prime Meat 1 00:00 0:55:30
20 Raw Meat 20 Raw Meat 1 00:00 0:14:49
30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 00:00 0:28:33
30 Cooked Meat 30 Cooked Meat 1 00:00 0:27:47
20 Raw Fish Meat 20 Raw Fish Meat 2 37:03 0:37:03
30 Cooked Fish Meat 30 Cooked Fish Meat 3 20:50 0:41:40


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.

Note that 50 Black Pearls will still restore up to 1500 Food regardless of the creature's current Food when fed, and so Starve Taming will actually take longer as the full 1500 food will need to deplete per required consumption (compared to allowing 10% to deplete each time).

Strategy[]

Overview
  • The Passive Tame hitbox is the Tusoteuthis' beak, within its tentacles.
  • Similar to Mosasaurus, the Tusoteuthis dislikes shallow water and will de-aggro.
    • This is not the case on Mobile; it is advised to swim to shore to de-aggro the Tusoteuthis.
  • Unlike other Passive Tames, Taming Affinity is not reset when the Tusoteuthis takes damage.
  • The Tusoteuthis "Does Not Want To Be Tamed Right Now" unless it has a creature within its clutches.
  • When possible, try to steer the Tusoteuthis away from terrain - it is currently possible for its grab to release creatures/players under the ground.
Process
  • The least-likely-to-die distraction available is a high level Carbonemys with a high armor saddle. Another alternative would be to use a Mosasaur or Dunkleosteus (preferably levelled some into health, with imprint, if possible) with a high armor or Tek saddle on passive. Stimulants may also be required for taming higher level Tusoteuthis, as an unconscious Carbonemys is of no interest to the Tusoteuthis. The lower the durability of the Carbonemys and the higher the dps of the Tusoteuthis: the more Carbonemys that may be required or sacrificed. Other high durability tames also work, but anything that requires oxygen is not recommended. A drowned tame is also of no interest to the Tusoteuthis.
    1. Approach the Tusoteuthis while mounted and allow it to grab your creature.
    2. Dismount then approach the creature's beak with 50 Black Pearls (You can use any form of meat, alebit with significantly lowered effectiveness and many more feeds needed.) within your last inventory slot. Be aware of the weight of Black Pearls.
    3. Press E, Y, Triangle to Feed.
      1. Swim directly up and out of the deep-water zone. You are not able to re-mount while the squid has your creature held.
    4. Wait at least 3 minutes, then repeat.

While riderless, the Tusoteuthis will not wait long to let go of your creature - making a team of two the safest option, as the distraction's rider can remain mounted until the creature is fed and then dismount themselves and swim up. If you do attempt to solo tame, flippers are recommended for speedy getaways. Make sure your tame is on passive and set to follow, and if it survives the feeding it will swim up to safety the moment the squid lets go.


An alternative strategy to solo tame the Tusoteuthis by one's self is to be mounted on a Basilosaurus and have multiple other tame/s set to follow the rider and brought to the Tusoteuthis as bait. Basilosaurus is immune to being grappled by the Tusoteuthis's tentacles,and will provide a safe,quick means of escape and/or putting distance between you and the squid between its feeding intervals while the other tame/s serve as the target/s of the squid's aggression,and grapple; allowing the player to begin taming it. Keep in mind that the Tusoteuthis will most often spawn at depths that will cause the Basilosaurus to slowly take damage ,however,a high level Basilosaurus that has had its Health increased sufficiently should be able to tank this damage with no issues what-so-ever.

You may also use your own tamed Tusoteuthis as it cannot be grappled similarly to the Basilosaurus making the process much easier after you have tamed one.

Post-Tame[]

After taming, its diet remains the same (Black Pearls, Meat and Fish).

However, Tusoteuthis will now eat regular meat and raw fish meat. It does not require black pearls for food when domesticated.

Combat[]

This section describes how to fight against the Tusoteuthis. Generally the squid is a very strong enemy, a confrontation should be avoided if you're not sure you can win.

Strategy[]

A low-level Tuso is no match for a mid-to-strong tamed Plesio or Mosa. A high level one will need a very strong mount with a good saddle or a group of powerful sea dinos to be defeated. Remember that a ridden tame cannot retaliate when within Tuso's tentacles. If you're going for a pack attack, let the squid grab the dino you're riding, as you will be able to watch out for the health and the torpor of your mount and you'll have one more source of damage. When it sprays ink and tries to flee get out of the ink cloud, wait for the blinding effect to end and then easily chase your prey.

You can also use another Tusoteuthis to fight it. Focus mainly on melee damage, with a little health. Swim up to the Tusoteuthis and start attacking it. It will try to grab you, but it is not able to. Keep attacking it until it tries to flee. Because the Tusoteuthis has a wide turning radius, you can keep hitting it as it tries to turn. If it is a lower level, you should be able to kill it before it gets away. If it gets away, follow it. Tamed Tusoteuthis have double the movement speed of wild ones, so you should be able to catch it. As long as the wild squid is near the ground, it will probably run into rocks, where you can kill it.

Another method to kill a Tuso is luring it into an underwater canyon and shooting it from above using a Crossbow Crossbow, it will try to attack you but its large hitbox doesn't allow it to turn effectively and it will start to turn around randomly, unable to hit you.

Weaponry[]

Ranged weapons can work if used while riding a high-level dino. Due to the fast rising of Tuso's health pool, it's advised to use this tactic only on low-level ones.

Dangers[]

Its high health, good dps, life-draining attacks and grab mechanics make the Tuso a deadly enemy. Living only in the deepest seas, other animals can join the fight and turn the battle into carnage. Try to stay away from the bottom of the sea as the Tuso may drop its prey under the ground, thus killing it.

Although they cannot grab a Basilosaurus with their tentacles, their ink is still effective. Basilo riders should take caution at the end of the battle with them.

Weakness[]

  • The Tuso is vulnerable to packs of dinos due to its AoE that resembles a long cylinder. This means that it can't attack many enemies at once.
  • the reach of its tenctacles is immense and the damage is great, but the Area it covers with any one attack is actually quite small and somewhat awkward with its collisionbox meaning eels and others can sit inside its "head" with the tuso unable to reach them with its cylinder style reach and also blocked from moving forward.
  • it needs to do a 180 degree turn before attacking anything in front of the direction it's moving


Utility[]

Roles[]

Aquatic Carrier

  • Using Rmb, LT, L2, it is usable as an aquatic carrier (like the Megalosaurus and Kapro) for anything up to the size of a Rex and Mosa, use left click to munch the captured dino or player to death. It cannot grab birds. (It can grab pelagornis, but it can't pull them under the water, not tested with other fliers.)
  • The Tusoteuthis cannot grab creatures on PVE servers. (Unless enabled by Admin)

Aquatic Taming Mount

  • While holding a target, the Tusoteuthis will constantly inflict Torpor Torpor, until the target is unconscious, making it the cheapest knock-out aquatic taming method.
  • Tusoteuthis inflicts 10 torpor/second regardless of melee damage, target type and target level making it a very slow taming method, but it does so without inflicting any damage and allowing your target to regain health at its usual rate even while it's getting knocked out.
  • it can pick up huge creatures and put them down where you need them to be. But it cannot lift aquatic creatures out of the water or hold land creatures under the water, and it cannot hold unconscious targets but will drop them the second they are fully tranquilized (be careful not to drop them under the terrain or in a rock)
  • This, however, does not work with the Unicorn, as if tried, it will immediately kill one of the rarest creatures in ark.

Passive Oil Creation

  • Tusoteuthis will generate Oil (Tusoteuthis) Oil (Tusoteuthis) passively in its inventory over time. it stacks with Basilosaurus oil and can be used as a replacement for normal oil, but does have a spoil timer.

Generalised aquatic mount

  • Tusoteuthis cannot be grabbed by other Tusoteuthis, and is not affected by Cnidaria. It also has reasonable speed, and outstanding damage and health. This overall makes the Tuso the perfect creature to traverse the deeps of the ocean with ease and safety.

Combat Specialist

  • As previously mentioned the Tusoteuthis high health and multi-hit main attack make it an effective sea combatant. These qualities paired with long range tentacles and a generous damage dealing hitbox (even easier to aim in first-person mode) make clearing groups of small enemies such as Manta, Cnidaria and Piranha a breeze, especially in narrow channels found in caves.
  • Another overlooked utility is that of an Alpha Killer, Tuso have the ability to grab creatures including Megalodon, Mosasaur, Rex, Carno and Raptor and can use the crush attack to gradually deplete the large health pool of alpha predators. The Tuso's grab attack also leeches health from the grabbed target, restoring its own hp quickly. This is particularly effective at absorbing the high damage output of alpha predators and it is not uncommon to end an alpha encounter at full health.

Harvester

  • The Tusoteuthis' tentacles have a long reach and wide AoE, allowing it to mass-harvest large amounts of resources from aquatic creatures such as AnglerGel and oil from Basilosaurus; it can reach onto the shore to harvest large numbers of penguins, or wipe out entire populations of Trilobites. Due to the length of its tentacles, it can even collect Bio-Toxin from Cnidaria and black pearls from Eurypterids with impunity. It can mass-harvest Ammonite bile as well but not without risk in their case, as it will still catch a dose of the pheremones and be attacked by everything nearby.

Collectibles[]

Resource Efficiency
Raw Meat Raw Meat ★★★★★

Spotlight[]

Notes/Trivia[]

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

  • The dossier was revealed on 08/10/15 [4]
  • Tusoteuthis was a Cretaceous relative of the modern Vampire Squid - which is likely the inspiration for its blood-sucking tendencies described in the dossier (although it's worth noting that Vampire Squids don't actually drink blood)
    • It is also important to note that no Vampire Squid, or any cephalopod living or extinct, is known of being capable of feeding through its tentacles; so even if they did drink blood it would be impossible to "drink" with the tentacles as the in-game Tusoteuthis does, as this is impossible feeding behavior for any cephalopod.
  • The Tusoteuthis in-game is considerably larger, reaching 70 meters (230 feet) in length in contrast to it's real 30 foot counterpart.
  • Tusoteuthis was native to the Western Interior Seaway, an ocean that split North America in half during the Late Cretaceous. Despite being comparable in size to modern Giant Squid, it was still far from the top of the local food chain.
  • When the Tusoteuthis performs its ink ability, it creates a smoke screen of ink and increases the Movement Speed Movement Speed of the Tuso by 30% for 8 seconds. Cool down on the ability is 7 seconds.
  • On The Center, Tusoteuthis can rarely spawn in the pool at the bottom of the waterfall under the land bridge connecting Redwoods to the Snowy Grasslands.
  • Tusoteuthis cannot sprint while holding another creature, keep this in mind when using it to transport other friendly tames.
  • The Tusoteuthis on release was originally supposed to be much smaller, but a last minute change was made to make it as it is now.
    • This also makes Tuso to get stuck at certain underwater chokepoints, such as the artifact chamber in The Caverns of Lost Hope.
    • And before the release of Genesis and Moeder, it was the largest aquatic creature.
  • The Tusoteuthis is unable to grab the Basilosaurus Basilosaurus, Liopleurodon Liopleurodon and other Tusoteuthis.
  • The Tusoteuthis can be damaged and slowed by Cnidaria Cnidaria but will not force player to dismount.
  • Huge amounts of Tusoteuthis can be found in Ragnarok in the western part of the ocean near the world border.
  • In this area some shipwrecks can be found which were probably attacked by the Tusos, where you may also find Black Pearls.
  • Tusoteuthis is one of the few passive tames that has "Dino does not want to be tamed right now" without the right condition to feed the food, other being Tropeognathus Tropeognathus and Titanoboa Titanoboa.

Changelog[]

Patch Changes
253.0 Tusoteuthis Tusoteuthis and Alpha Tusoteuthis Alpha Tusoteuthis are added to the game
253.1 Reduced Tusoteuthis taming time by 60%
253.2
  • Fixed Tusoteuthis creature carrying on PVE servers
  • Improved upon the issue of creatures that are relased by the Tusoteuthis getting stuck in the terrain
253.6
  • Unridden Tusotheuthis no longer move on their own when it has grabbed something
  • Fixed an issue that occasionally caused water creatures grabbed to erroneously die
258.45 Alpha Tusoteuthis drop Tusoteuthis Tentacle Tusoteuthis Tentacles again
259.0
  • Fixed issue with Tusoteuthis where when attacking was able to force a target under the world geometry, rendering the victim creature or player unable to be moved or ridden
  • Fixed issue where Tusoteuthis could grab through iceberg geometry
  • Added a 7 second cooldown to the ink ability to prevent spamming
260.0
  • Fixed an exploit where the Tusoteuthis could reach through terrain
  • Changed the Alpha Tusoteuthis so that it no longer ejects the rider when their mount is attacked by it
  • Fixed an issue where if your tame was grabbed by a Tusoteuthis and pushed under the mesh, it would telport inside the Tusoteuthis and become stuck
  • Fixed an issue where the Tusoteuthis would continue preforming its crushing attack even if the player escaped
261.0 Increased the amount of Tusoteuthis Tentacle Tentacles dropped by a Tusoteuthis from 1 to 8
264.52
  • Spyglass Spyglass and GPS GPS are now usable on all water creatures
  • Fixed the Tusoteuthis being able to push tames under terain and insta-kill them
  • Fixed an issue where the Tusoteuthis would not properly loot inventories
276.5 The Tusoteuthus shoud no longer do damage through world geometry in any circumstance
278.0
  • Reduced Tusoteuthus Base Health Health by 20%
  • Reduced Tusoteuthis Health Health level gain by 25%
312.65 Reduced Tusoteuthis maturation time. Now matches Yutyrannus Yutyrannus

Gallery[]

Video Tutorial[]

References[]

  1. ARK Smart Breeding
  2. Remember that a Passive Tame's first feeding interval is always slightly longer than this value.
  3. This cannot be known until after taming, but adding 14% of the creature's level would produce average results.
  4. Dossier
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