Jerboa

File:Dossier Dossier Jerboa.jpg.png

Creature

Group

Mammals

Diet

Herbivore

Temperament

Cowardly

Release Versions

246.0
Sep 1, 2016

739.3
Sep 1, 2016

501.0
Dec 6, 2016

2.0.06
Jul 8, 2019

311.74
Jun 11, 2020

678.15
Sep 1, 2021

DLC

Scorched Earth

Variants

Spawn Command

cheat summon Jerboa_Character_BP_C
or
cheat 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

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

Common Rare
Untameable Cave

The Jerboa is one of the mammals of ARK: Survival Evolved. It only appears on the Scorched Earth map.

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.

Known Information

Renopila generally fits into the clade Glires, but it seems to share traits with both rodents and lagomorphs. While it looks similar to some of the kangaroo mice at first glance, it is clearly unrelated.

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 ones 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 everyway from real life jerboa.

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

13

14

15

20

22

34

37

39

40

41

55

56

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

8

9

10

13

14

17

20

22

31

33

34

36

55

56

Region 5:
Underside and Face

9

13

33

37

39

40

41

55

56

Drops

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
Attribute	Base Value	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	55	+1.1	+4%
Melee Damage	3	+0.15	+1.7%	14%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+3%	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 [u/s]	Base Speed			Sprinting Speed			Stamina
Movement [u/s]	Wild	Tamed¹	Tamed²	Wild	Tamed¹	Tamed²	Stamina
Walking	156	?	?	366.599976	549.899963	824.8499445	4
Swimming	300	?	?	?	?	?	?

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
Melee	Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
	Stamina Cost	Base	Minimum	Activation	The Jerboa attacks the target.
	0	90	0	0	The Jerboa attacks the target.
Attack Type	Damage	Projectile Values			Torpor Values		Status Effect: Stamina			Status Effect: Torpidity
Attack Type	Damage	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.^[1]

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

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

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.

Preferred Food

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.

Combat

General

Will attempt to flee when attacked.

Strategy

A few hits of your fists will knock it out. One hit with a boomarang 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 so it is fairly 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 (default E). To remove it from your shoulder, double tap the F key, 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.

Notes/Trivia

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

Jerboa itself is a real animal, but the genus Renopila which ARK's Jerboa placed in is fictional, the in-game Jerboa also differ from real world Jerboa by its fox like face, which the dossier said as trait between rodent and lagomorph (rabbit and hare).
Jerboa appear to only spawn at level 1
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.