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cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Carno/MegaCarno_Character_BP.MegaCarno_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
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Common
Rare
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The Alpha Carnotaurus is one of the Alpha Predators in ARK: Survival Evolved.
Basic Info
The Alpha Carnotaurus is a bigger, stronger version of the 
Carnotaurus. In addition to their own strength, they also buff the damage and resistance of any nearby wild carnivores. They pose a significant threat to any players who aren't fully prepared to encounter one. 
Alpha Predators cannot be knocked out.
Defeating an Alpha Carnotaurus grants a large amount of XP and gives all nearby players a 
Rex Bone Helmet. They also frequently drop recipes, high-quality weapons and armor, and various other items.
Alpha Carnos do not drop normal raw meat when harvested. Instead, they give very large quantities of 
Raw Prime Meat.
Behavior
Alpha Carnotaurus are extremely aggressive and attack players and dinos on sight. Their headbutt attack has a high knockback and can potentially push players and dinos off cliffs.
Appearance
The Alpha Carno is about 1.5x the size of a normal Carno and share the same color palette, but with a slightly darker shade. They also have a glowing red aura surrounding them, making them easier to differentiate from the normal counterparts.
Color Scheme and Regions
This section displays the Alpha Carnotaurus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Alpha Carnotaurus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Alpha Carnotaurus 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 Alpha Carnotaurus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Alpha Carnotaurus's "body" magenta.
Body
Horns
Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.
Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.
Patterning
Belly
Drop
- Harvest
- Guaranteed Special Loot
Base Stats and Growth
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase |
|---|---|---|
| Wild | ||
 Health |
6400 | +1280 |
 Stamina |
300 | +30 |
 Oxygen |
N/A | N/A |
 Food |
2000 | +200 |
 Weight |
300 | +6 |
 Melee Damage |
80 | +4 |
 Movement Speed |
100% | N/A |
 Torpidity |
350 | +21 |
- 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 [u/s] |
Base Speed | Sprinting Speed |
|---|---|---|
| Wild | Wild | |
| Walking | 550
|
1309 |
| Swimming | 400
|
? |
- 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.
| Bite | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | The Alpha Carno bites the target. | ||||||||||
| 0 | 500 | 300 | 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 | 80 | ||||||||||||
| Gore | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | The Alpha Carno headbutts the target causing considerable knock-back. | ||||||||||
| 0 | 440 | 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 | 80 | ||||||||||||
Combat
This section describes how to fight against the Alpha Carno.
General
The Alpha Carnotaurus is an extremely deadly predator, but taking it down is worth the XP. Use all of your resources available, including tribe members, powerful mounts and your strongest weapons. Avoid as much physical confrontation as possible. It also gives the best loot of the land alphas, so killing one for Ascendant/Mastercraft gear is a good thing
Strategy
Avoid the extreme damage by waging a ranged battle. If that is not an option, guerrilla tactics with a speedy mount is acceptable. A high health, stamina, and damage 
Rex or 
Spino can usually fight a similarly leveled or lower level Alpha Carnotaurus one-on-one and win if it's mounted; but bringing another dinosaur, especially one that can Mate Boost to the mounted combatant is definitely a good idea. A tamed 
Giganotosaurus can almost always defeat an Alpha Carnotaurus, but be mindful of the rage meter when battling. In all cases, try to clear any surrounding normal Carnotaurus so they cannot assist the Alpha Carnotaurus in battle.
You can also solo the Alpha Carnotaurus with a 
Baryonyx in the water if you stun it and beat it down. Be mindful of when the stun ends however as when it ends you can find yourself with a Carnotaurus that can deal critical damage to you in several seconds.
Weaponry
Ranged weapons work best, as once the Alpha Carnotaurus can harm the player, it is normally already over in the Alpha Carnotaurus' favor. Powerful mounts can turn the battle against it. Swarming it with animals might help as the player can either flee or attack.
Dangers
The damage, health, and speed all combine to make the Alpha Carnotaurus a notorious killer of small establishments and massive regimes alike. Don't let it get near your livestock! A determined Alpha Carnotaurus can even chew through stone walls eventually, so keep your animals away from any fencing to stop it from refreshing its aggression to get to them.
Weakness
Try to stand on a very steep hill. Then simply get a ranged weapon, stand far back, and fire away! Alpha Carnotaurus are very slow swimmers so taking the battle to the water may be advisable, especially if powerful water mounts like a 
Mosasaurus can be used. The Alpha Carnotaurus cannot dive so stabbing it from below can work. If the Alpha Carnotaurus gets stuck on some rocks, animals with a much longer reach than it like a Spino or a 
Brontosaurus can use that reach to carve up the Alpha Carnotaurus' health without getting hit back.
Notes
- Released in patch 194.0
- The Baryonyx is capable of stunning the Alpha Carnotaurus in the water and can usually very easily kill one on its own.
- The damage and resistance buff that it gives to nearby carnivores can be seen as an arrow pointing up, with a "+" sign inside of the arrow.
- Rarely, Alpha Carnos can spawn with
Yutyrannus and the usual Carnotaurus.
- Tamed Yutyrannus cannot control it as a minion.
- Its size is comparable to that of an Allosaurus.
Gallery
References
