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cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Liopleurodon/Liopleurodon_Character_BP.Liopleurodon_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Common
Rare
Untameable
Cave
The Liopleurodon (Lie-oh-ploor-oh-don) is one of the Creatures 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
Liopleurodon magicus is a mid-sized ocean creature, typically between 20 and 25 feet long. I've yet to directly encounter one myself, but from the tales other tribes have shared, it compares to no other on the Island. The rumors indicate that this beautiful creature has magical properties; however, the sightings are so rare it's hard to decipher old tribe's tales from the underlying truth. They say that Liopleurodon is an elusive creature that can harness its magical powers to retreat from predators or aggressors of any kind, but the Beekeeping tribes claim that their honey is so sweet, not even the Liopleurodon could resist!
- Domesticated
Liopleurodon is rumored to bring good fortune to those adventurous enough to tame it. With the Liopleurodon by their side, tribes have apparently managed to obtain treasure beyond their wildest dreams. Supposedly, even after you've gained its favor, it remains incredibly aloof and will eventually use its abilities to escape even the strictest of captivity.
Behavior
As it says in the dossier "it mostly hides within the reefs, waiting to ambush prey that swims by." The Liopleurodon swims around until attacked by a player or creature, at which point it will spin around and vanish, never to be seen again.
Appearance
The Liopleurodon appears as a crocodile-like reptile, with two sets of fins and a short tail. It is a pliosaur, a short-necked, large-headed type of Plesiosaur, making it closely related to the deep water Plesiosaurs. It also possesses a single long barbel on its chin to detect the presence of prey swimming past its ambush lair.
This section displays the Liopleurodon's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Liopleurodon. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Liopleurodon 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 Liopleurodon's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Liopleurodon's "face, sides, and flipper highlights" magenta.
Drops
Base Stats and Growth
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
Health | 3200 | +640 | +5.4% | 0.042 | |
Stamina | 800 | +80 | +10% | ||
Oxygen | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
Food | 2000 | +200 | +10% | 15% | |
Weight | 1000 | +20 | +4% | ||
Melee Damage | 40 | +2 | +1.7% | 14% | 17.6% |
Movement Speed | 100% | N/A | +1% | ||
Torpidity | 800 | +48 | 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 | ||||
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Wild | Tamed1 | Tamed2 | Wild | Tamed1 | Tamed2 | ||
Walking | 400 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 20 |
Swimming | 200 | ? | ? | 500 | 500 | 500 | 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.
Lunge | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Base | Minimum | Activation | |||||||||||
15 | 525 | 0 | 680 | ||||||||||
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 | 40 |
Spin | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Base | Minimum | Activation | |||||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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]
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 Liopleurodon is a passive tame. It only eats Giant Bee Honey. It is a temporary tame, it will stay tamed for 30 minutes. At the end of the 30 minutes, the Liopleurodon disappears.
On The Center the Liopleurodon has been found in the deepest parts of the trench.
Level 1 | Feeding Interval | Time | |
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Giant Bee Honey | 2 | 36:01 | 0:36:01 |
Level 30 | Feeding Interval | Time | |
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Giant Bee Honey | 4 | 24:00 | 1:12:01 |
Level 60 | Feeding Interval | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
Giant Bee Honey | 7 | 21:00 | 2:06:01 |
Level 90 | Feeding Interval | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
Giant Bee Honey | 9 | 20:15 | 2:42:01 |
Level 120 | Feeding Interval | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
Giant Bee Honey | 11 | 19:48 | 3:18:01 |
Level 150 | Feeding Interval | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
Giant Bee Honey | 14 | 19:23 | 4:12:01 |
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.
Combat
This section describes how to fight against the Liopleurodon.
General
The Liopleurodon is a passive creature and will not attack you, but will attack you when mounted.
Strategy
As this creature is known for its rarity, it is more than likely the player will only fight a Liopleurodon if startled by a sudden attack when mounted, if not attempting a tame.
As this creature can essentially vanish into thin air (or water in this case), no clear strategy can be recommended.
Weaponry
You can use anything but as soon as it receives damage the Liopleurodon will teleport away.
Dangers
The Liopleurodon itself doesn't impose any danger if you are not riding a creature; if riding on a creature the Liopleurodon seems to be hostile if you get close but overall its threat level isn't much since it will teleport away when you fight back. However the surrounding water could be inhabited by predators.
Weakness
Low speed and turning radius. It is not meant for battle.
Utility
- Loot Booster: The Liopleurodon gives a "Mystic Skin Oil" buff that increases the rarity and value of any lootbox you open (Deep Sea Loot Crates and Beacons). Crates will briefly sparkle when you approach them to signify their contents have been changed. When you move far away from the Liopleurodon, the buff will persist for five minutes, allowing you to reroll land crates as well. The Liopleurodon will remain tamed for 30 minutes before it disappears.
- Testing shows that the items will still come from the crate's usual chart.
Spotlight
Notes/Trivia
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Liopleurodon, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- The Liopleurodon was originally planned to have much different abilities than the luck boost, they were originally going to have a type of skin oil that could be used to reduce the players oxygen use, and quite possibly carry smaller creatures in its mouth
- The Liopleurodon is currently one of the least popular tamable creatures in the game. Players have been unhappy with its rarity combined with the fact it is only a temporary tame. Its random luck boosting nature combined with its consumable use makes it comparable to a free to play mechanic in a MMO. If planning to tame one, it is pointless to get attached to them. That said, its hard to deny the call of better loot for any player wishing to find it!
- The Dossier was revealed on 17. July 2015 [2]\
- The name and elements of the Dossier, such as 'The species on the island almost seem to be magical', Liopleurodon will show you the way' and 'those who don't believe in the Liopleurodons' qualities are shunned' are most likely references to the popular viral video 'Charlie the Unicorn', which features a magical Liopleurodon that guides the way.[3]
- Liopleurodon means "smooth sided tooth".
- Currently, Liopleurodon does not give you an oxygen buff, contrary to the dossier.
- Like Basilosaurus, Liopleurodon is immune to being stunned by Cnidaria.