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cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/ScorchedEarth/Dinos/Deathworm/MegaDeathworm_Character_BP.MegaDeathworm_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
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The Alpha Deathworm is one of the Alpha Predators in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is only available in Scorched Earth.
Basic Info
Behavior
Once you are in its aggro range, it chases you until you get out range just like any other Deathworm. Also like other Deathworms, it can despawn while it is chasing you. If you want to prevent it from despawning, be sure to make it "pop" up every minute or less as they have a very very short despawn period. If it is not aggroed, the alpha will remain stationary just like normal Deathworms.
Iceworm Queen (Variant)
An ice-themed version of the Alpha Deathworm, found on Ragnarok, and the final boss of the Frozen Dungeon. It has a light blue color scheme with white appendages and grey claws.
Appearance
Looks like the regular Deathworm, but far bigger!
This section displays the Alpha Deathworm's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Alpha Deathworm. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Alpha Deathworm 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 Deathworm's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Alpha Deathworm's "head and sides" magenta.
Head and Sides
Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.
Claws
Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.
Back and Spikes
Underside
Drops
Raw Meat- Raw Prime Meat
- Hide
- Keratin
- Deathworm Horn
- Leech Blood
- Black Pearls
- Angler Gel
- Manticore Helmet Skin
- Organic Polymer
- Alpha Deathworm Trophy
Base Stats and Growth
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase |
|---|---|---|
| Wild | ||
 Health |
27000 | +54 |
 Stamina |
100 | +10 |
 Oxygen |
N/A | N/A |
 Food |
100 | +10 |
 Weight |
100 | +2 |
 Melee Damage |
500 | +25 |
 Movement Speed |
100% | N/A |
 Torpidity |
100 | +6 |
- 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 | ?
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? |
| Swimming | 600
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? |
- 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 Deathworm bites the target. | ||||||||||
| 0 | 4700 | 0 | 6500 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 500 | ||||||||||||
| Claw | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | |||||||||||
| 0 | 4700 | 0 | 6500 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 500 | ||||||||||||
Combat
General
The Alpha Deathworm can spawn anywhere in the dunes, but seem to be more common farther away from regular land. Search at night as the glow of the Alpha will be far easier to spot.
Strategy
I would not recommend fighting any Deathworm with a rock elemental because they do reduced damage to Deathworms while Deathworms do a significant amount of damage to them.
A perfect tamed Rex with at least 10k health and 400% damage can take one down albeit with very little health remaining (in my experience, I've lost 6k to 8k health). So it's best to have multiple perfect Rexes or a friend or two standing a good distance away hitting it with fire arrows.
Another way to kill it is to make it pop up with a fast Dino (a Rex can do this too) by running (or flying) directly at it then straight past it, hopping off, and hitting it with fire arrows when you're a good distance away. This works well enough because it stays up significantly longer than a regular Deathworm and it still gets hurt from fire damage while underground (the blood damage appears above its sand mound)
Possibly the best way to fight deathworms with little risk is to use oil jars and fire arrows paired with a fast mount. Before aggroing a deathworm, throw an oil jar on the ground and light it. Then, lead the deathworm into the fire and continuously make it pop up over the fire until it runs out. If done correctly, this should only consume three oil jars and three flame arrows per deathworm. The only disadvantage this method has is it cannot be used in rain, as it extinguished the oil jar's fire much quicker.
Weaponry
Fire arrows
Oil jars
Level 100+ tamed Rex(es) with 10k health and 400% damage
Lightning Wyverns level 150 and more are also really effective
Dangers
This creature could attack you at any time and it is hard to tell where it is until it comes out of the ground. So always be prepared when they could strike. However, since it is alpha, it has that distinct red glow which makes it easier to find than a regular Deathworm. Even when it is under the sand, you can see the alpha aura rising above its location.
Weakness
- The Alpha Deathworm has similar weaknesses to the normal Deathworm, such as using a Rock Elemental to tank its hits.
Notes/Trivia
- This is one of the two alphas released in Scorched Earth, the other being the Alpha Fire Wyvern.
- The Alpha Deathworm drops 20 Deathworm Horns upon death, useful for a tribe that is looking to tame a Mantis.
- Unlike the normal Deathworm, the Alpha Deathworm cannot be summoned on The Island and The Center.
