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Common
Rare
Untameable
Cave
The Lymantria, also known as the Desert Moth, 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
Like its smaller relatives, Lymantria sporarmis survives by draining plants and vegetables of their nutrients. Given the desolate nature of the region, that makes its options rather limited, but fortunately its relationship with the desert's plants is symbiotic. In addition to pollinating them, the spores it releases help nourish the harsh desert plants.
- Known Information
When attacked, the slow-moving Lymantria immediately takes to the air and flies almost straight up while releasing spores. While the spores are nutritious to most plants, they are highly poisonous to most other organisms.
- Domesticated
Lymantria is occasionally used as a one man flying mount, but its ability to produce silk and spores is often considered more valuable due to its slow flight speed. Its silk can be weaved into heat-dispersing cloth, and its spores gathered for fertilizer or poison. Its saving grace as a mount is its ability to release spores mid flight, allowing it to act as a primitive bomber during sieges.
Behavior
Passive. Upon combat with a player or dino it will deploy a green mist of spores, that slows players and dinos by 90% and drains stamina. While its attacker is distracted, it will flee.
Appearance
It seems to resemble a giant moth, with bright colored wings.
This section displays the Lymantria's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Lymantria. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Lymantria 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 Lymantria's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Lymantria's "body" magenta.
Drops
Base Stats and Growth
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
Health | 260 | +52 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
Stamina | 150 | +7.5 | +6% | ||
Oxygen | 150 | +15 | +10% | ||
Food | 2000 | +200 | +10% | ||
Weight | 175 | +3.5 | +3% | ||
Melee Damage | 18 | +0.9 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
Movement Speed | 100% | N/A | +0% | ||
Torpidity | 550 | +33 | 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 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wild | Tamed1 | Tamed2 | Wild | Tamed1 | Tamed2 | ||
Walking | 110 | ? | ? | N/A | N/A | N/A | 6 |
Swimming | 300 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Flying | 600 | ? | ? | 1200 | 1056 | 1056 | 0.225 |
- 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.
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.
Combat
General
Will fly away when attacked.
Strategy
Avoid green mist/spores.
Weaponry
Ranged weapons are recommended in order to avoid the spores.
Dangers
When you hit the Lymantria, it deploys a cloud of spores which will deplete stamina as well as slowing dinos and players by 90%.
Weakness
Use a bola to stop it from flying away.
Taming
Level 1 | Time | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regular Kibble | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:48 |
Fresh Barley | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:21:37 |
Fresh Wheat | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:21:37 |
Soybean | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:21:37 |
Dried Wheat | 12 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0:43:13 |
Mejoberry | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:21:37 |
Berries | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:21:37 |
KO: × 55; × 23; × 7; × 4; × 3; × 2 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:30:33 |
Level 30 | Time | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regular Kibble | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:07:12 |
Fresh Barley | 30 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:54:01 |
Fresh Wheat | 30 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:54:01 |
Soybean | 30 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:54:01 |
Dried Wheat | 30 | 192 | 40 | 20 | 1:48:01 |
Mejoberry | 40 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:54:01 |
Berries | 60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:54:01 |
KO: × 151; × 62; × 17; × 10; × 7; × 4 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:50:23 |
Level 60 | Time | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regular Kibble | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:12:00 |
Fresh Barley | 49 | 100 | 21 | 11 | 1:28:13 |
Fresh Wheat | 49 | 100 | 21 | 11 | 1:28:13 |
Soybean | 49 | 100 | 21 | 11 | 1:28:13 |
Dried Wheat | 49 | 465 | 98 | 49 | 2:56:25 |
Mejoberry | 65 | 99 | 21 | 11 | 1:27:46 |
Berries | 98 | 100 | 21 | 11 | 1:28:13 |
KO: × 250; × 102; × 28; × 16; × 12; × 6 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:04:00 |
Level 90 | Time | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regular Kibble | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:16:47 |
Fresh Barley | 68 | 233 | 50 | 25 | 2:02:25 |
Fresh Wheat | 68 | 233 | 50 | 25 | 2:02:25 |
Soybean | 68 | 233 | 50 | 25 | 2:02:25 |
Dried Wheat | 68 | 819 | 175 | 88 | 4:04:49 |
Mejoberry | 90 | 229 | 49 | 25 | 2:01:31 |
Berries | 135 | 229 | 49 | 25 | 2:01:31 |
KO: × 349; × 143; × 39; × 23; × 16; × 8 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:13:52 |
Level 120 | Time | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regular Kibble | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:21:35 |
Fresh Barley | 87 | 402 | 87 | 44 | 2:36:37 |
Fresh Wheat | 87 | 402 | 87 | 44 | 2:36:37 |
Soybean | 87 | 402 | 87 | 44 | 2:36:37 |
Dried Wheat | 87 | 1241 | 269 | 135 | 5:13:13 |
Mejoberry | 115 | 395 | 86 | 43 | 2:35:16 |
Berries | 173 | 397 | 86 | 43 | 2:35:43 |
KO: × 448; × 183; × 50; × 29; × 21; × 11 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:21:37 |
Level 150 | Time | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regular Kibble | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:26:23 |
Fresh Barley | 105 | 592 | 130 | 65 | 3:09:01 |
Fresh Wheat | 105 | 592 | 130 | 65 | 3:09:01 |
Soybean | 105 | 592 | 130 | 65 | 3:09:01 |
Dried Wheat | 105 | 1699 | 374 | 187 | 6:18:01 |
Mejoberry | 140 | 592 | 130 | 65 | 3:09:01 |
Berries | 210 | 592 | 130 | 65 | 3:09:01 |
KO: × 547; × 224; × 61; × 35; × 25; × 13 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:28:01 |
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.
Preferred Food
KO Strategy
Use a bola so it can't fly away, then knock it out. While it doesn't have very high torpor, it also has rather low health, so using a boomerang is discouraged unless it's a higher level. Shoot its wing and abdomen with a standard bow and tranq shots and be quick or it will either die or fly away.
Utility
Roles
- Flying Mount: It can't fly very fast and its attack is rather weak. It is mostly used for beginning players who just want a flying mount to get past a particularly difficult terrain.
- Taming Mount: Unlike other flyers, the Lymantria cannot pick up creatures. However, its slowing attack does not aggro neutral creatures such as a Morellatops or Paraceratherium. This allows the rider of the Lymantria to slow down a target while leaving other tribe members to tame the slow-moving creature.
- Silk Producer: On ARK Digest number 40, the Moth was confirmed to produce silk in a future update. Making it incredibly useful not only on Scorched Earth, but on maps without any way to make silk for possible tools and armor repairs.[2]
Collectibles
Spotlight
Notes/Trivia
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Lymantria, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- On February 15, 2016, a fan-made dossier of a giant lepidoptera was uploaded onto the fan art section of the Ark forums.
- The spores do not affect other Lymantria.
- It is the only rideable flying herbivore in the game.