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Variant Megaloceros - LifesLabyrinth
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Yes
No
Common
Rare
Untameable
Cave
This article is about Megaloceros, not to be confused with 
Megalosaurus, 
Megalania, 
Megatherium, 
Megalodon, or 
MeganeuraThe Megaloceros (meg-ah-loe-seh-ross) 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
Megaloceros latuscoronam is a very skittish herbivore, found mostly in the forests and mountains of the Island. Because of its large size, its fraught demeanor would be strange in any other place. But Megaloceros knows how fierce the predators of the island are, and that it is safer to flee from them than to risk its life in a fight. The antlers of Megaloceros are very large, and make for an excellent source of keratin. This, of course, makes it a valuable resource. Unfortunately, hunting Megaloceros is not easy because of their quick speed and ability to bound over most obstacles.
- Domesticated
Megaloceros is jack-of-all-trades creature, and many who ride it value its versatility. It is decently powerful, and its resilience, speed, and ability to jump often come in handy. Finally, the male Megaloceros' charging horn attack tends to cause targets to “bleed,” decreasing their Health, Stamina, and Speed until healed!
Behavior
The Megaloceros is a passive creature. When attacked, it runs away with high speed. Females are 25% faster than males and both can jump over obstacles that are one wall tall. However, once tamed and mounted, only males can attack.
Appearance
Also known as the Irish Elk or the Giant Deer, the Megaloceros simply resembles a standard deer, except as big as a horse. Megaloceros stags are recognizable by their impressive antlers, used for tussling with each other for the antlerless does. It is only found in the ARK's coldest regions where it is the most common herbivore and thus, regular prey for dire wolves and sabertooth cats.
Color Scheme and Regions
This section displays the Megaloceros's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Megaloceros. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Megaloceros 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 Megaloceros's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Megaloceros's "body" magenta.
Body
Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.
Antlers
Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.
Patterning
Region 5 is not used
for this Creature.
Megaloceros - LifesLabyrinth (Variant)
The Megaloceros - LifesLabyrinth is a variant of Megaloceros that can be found on Ragnarok in LifesLabyrinth. Upon attacking it in the Oasis room, the 
Direbear - LifesLabyrinth and 
Direwolf - LifesLabyrinth will appear and attack in waves, beginning at level 50, and increasing its level every wave by 50, ending at level 250. It is completely identical to the Megaloceros.
Drops
Base Stats and Growth
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
 Health |
300 | +60 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
 Stamina |
280 | +28 | +10% | ||
 Oxygen |
150 | +15 | +10% | ||
 Food |
1200 | +120 | +10% | ||
 Weight |
220 | +4.4 | +4% | ||
 Melee Damage |
30 | +1.5 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
 Movement Speed |
100% | N/A | +1% | 20% | |
 Torpidity |
175 | +10.5 | 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 | 200 | ? | ? | 900 | 1020 | 1224 | 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.
| Melee | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | Using the  (PC),  (PS),  (Xbox One), the Megaloceros attacks the target. |
||||||||||
| 0 | 480 | 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 | 30 | ||||||||||||
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
For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.
KO Strategy
They can be picked up by an Argentavis (needs PvP or option "Allow Flyer Carry (PvE)"), making it easy to put it in a small box with windows to shoot arrows through, so they can't escape. They are also susceptible to bolas, so you can bola a lower level one and club it into unconsciousness.
Taming Food
 Level 1
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Simple Kibble
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
 Fresh Barley 
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:01 |
 Fresh Wheat
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:01 |
 Soybean
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:01 |
| Dried Wheat
|
8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:16:01 |
 Mejoberry
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:16 |
 Berries
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:01 |
KO:  × 18;  × 8;  × 2;  × 2;  × 1;  × 1
| |||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:10:00 | |||||
| Level 30
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Kibble
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:40 |
| Fresh Barley
|
19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0:19:01 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0:19:01 |
| Soybean
|
19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0:19:01 |
| Dried Wheat
|
19 | 70 | 15 | 8 | 0:38:01 |
| Mejoberry
|
25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0:18:46 |
| Berries
|
38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0:19:01 |
| KO: × 48; × 20; × 6; × 4; × 3; × 2
| |||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.49 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:16:30 | |||||
| Level 60
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Kibble
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:00 |
| Fresh Barley
|
30 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0:30:01 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
30 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0:30:01 |
| Soybean
|
30 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0:30:01 |
| Dried Wheat
|
30 | 158 | 33 | 17 | 1:00:01 |
| Mejoberry
|
40 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0:30:01 |
| Berries
|
60 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0:30:01 |
| KO: × 80; × 33; × 9; × 6; × 4; × 2
| |||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.64 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:20:57 | |||||
| Level 90
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Kibble
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:40 |
| Fresh Barley
|
42 | 84 | 18 | 9 | 0:42:01 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
42 | 84 | 18 | 9 | 0:42:01 |
| Soybean
|
42 | 84 | 18 | 9 | 0:42:01 |
| Dried Wheat
|
42 | 281 | 60 | 30 | 1:24:01 |
| Mejoberry
|
55 | 81 | 18 | 9 | 0:41:16 |
| Berries
|
83 | 82 | 18 | 9 | 0:41:31 |
| KO: × 111; × 46; × 13; × 8; × 6; × 3
| |||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.77 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:24:11 | |||||
| Level 120
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Kibble
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:00 |
| Fresh Barley
|
53 | 138 | 30 | 15 | 0:53:01 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
53 | 138 | 30 | 15 | 0:53:01 |
| Soybean
|
53 | 138 | 30 | 15 | 0:53:01 |
| Dried Wheat
|
53 | 416 | 90 | 45 | 1:46:01 |
| Mejoberry
|
70 | 136 | 30 | 15 | 0:52:31 |
| Berries
|
105 | 136 | 30 | 15 | 0:52:31 |
| KO: × 143; × 59; × 16; × 10; × 7; × 4
| |||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.89 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:26:43 | |||||
| Level 150
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Kibble
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:09:20 |
| Fresh Barley
|
64 | 202 | 45 | 23 | 1:04:01 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
64 | 202 | 45 | 23 | 1:04:01 |
| Soybean
|
64 | 202 | 45 | 23 | 1:04:01 |
| Dried Wheat
|
64 | 570 | 125 | 63 | 2:08:01 |
| Mejoberry
|
85 | 201 | 44 | 22 | 1:03:46 |
| Berries
|
128 | 202 | 45 | 23 | 1:04:01 |
| KO: × 174; × 71; × 20; × 12; × 8; × 4
| |||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 1.01 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:28:49 | |||||
|
Level 1
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
 Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:09:01 | |
| Berries
|
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:09:01 | |
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:01 | |
| Berries
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:01 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:46 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:31 | |
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:46 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:31 | |
KO: × 18; × 8; × 2; × 2;  × 1;  × 1; × 1; × 1
| ||||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:10:00 | ||||||
|
|
Level 30
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:00 |
| Mejoberry
|
29 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0:21:46 | |
| Berries
|
43 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0:21:31 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:07:31 | |
| Berries
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:07:31 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:46 | |
| Berries
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:01 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:46 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:31 | |
| KO: × 48; × 20; × 6; × 4; × 3; × 2; × 3; × 2
| ||||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.49 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:16:30 | ||||||
|
|
Level 75
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:40 |
| Mejoberry
|
55 | 82 | 18 | 9 | 0:41:16 | |
| Berries
|
82 | 81 | 17 | 9 | 0:41:01 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:40 |
| Mejoberry
|
19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:14:16 | |
| Berries
|
28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:14:01 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:31 | |
| Berries
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:31 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:46 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:31 | |
| KO: × 96; × 39; × 11; × 7; × 6; × 4; × 5; × 3
| ||||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.7 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:22:41 | ||||||
|
|
Level 150
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:10:40 |
| Mejoberry
|
98 | 257 | 57 | 29 | 1:13:31 | |
| Berries
|
146 | 254 | 56 | 28 | 1:13:01 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:00 |
| Mejoberry
|
33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:24:46 | |
| Berries
|
49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:24:31 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:01 | |
| Berries
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:31 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:46 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:31 | |
| KO: × 174; × 71; × 20; × 12; × 10; × 8; × 8; × 4
| ||||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 1.01 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:28:49 | ||||||
|
|
Level 300
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:18:39 |
| Mejoberry
|
183 | 773 | 179 | 90 | 2:17:16 | |
| Berries
|
275 | 775 | 180 | 90 | 2:17:31 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:40 |
| Mejoberry
|
61 | 76 | 18 | 9 | 0:45:46 | |
| Berries
|
92 | 78 | 18 | 9 | 0:46:01 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:05:16 | |
| Berries
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:05:01 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:46 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:31 | |
| KO: × 332; × 136; × 37; × 22; × 19; × 14; × 15; × 8
| ||||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 1.54 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:35:53 | ||||||
|
|
Level 450
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:27:59 |
| Mejoberry
|
269 | 1443 | 349 | 175 | 3:21:46 | |
| Berries
|
403 | 1440 | 348 | 174 | 3:21:31 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:09:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
90 | 243 | 59 | 30 | 1:07:31 | |
| Berries
|
135 | 243 | 59 | 30 | 1:07:31 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:46 | |
| Berries
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:07:01 | |
|
|
Kibble (Dimorph Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:46 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:31 | |
| KO: × 489; × 200; × 55; × 32; × 28; × 21; × 23; × 12
| ||||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 2.02 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:40:22 | ||||||
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 Megaloceros.
General
The Megaloceros will flee from a fight when attacked, rather than fighting. This trait makes them difficult to kill, as it may be hard to shoot them while they are running. If you have one tamed then they have good damage and is stronger than the Parasaur
Strategy
Try to chase the Megaloceros against a steep cliff. If you walk up directly behind it, it will try to run up the cliff instead of fleeing to either side leaving it open to your attacks. Try to angle yourself in relation to the cliff so that you drive the Megaloceros up the steepest area which should limit its movement options. This is most easily accomplished near the beach. Megaloceros are also relatively slow swimmers so chasing them into the water is viable. Bolas are also extremely effective.
Weaponry
Dangers
In the wild the Megaloceros is not a danger on its own. However they are fast and can grab the attention of more aggressive carnivores such as Terror Birds and Dire Wolves. Although the dossier mentions that the Megaloceros can cause a bleeding wound this has not yet been implemented. (Tested as of v253.995 against wild creatures, PvP scenarios have yet to be tested.)
Weakness
Both male and female Megaloceros are skittish and will run when provoked.
Once you tame a Megaloceros, if it is a female and has a saddle, it can not attack
Utility
Roles
- Gatherer: The Male Megaloceros is good for farming thatch while running through the woods, as it gathers very little wood. You should have no weight issues and should be able to easily farm 1000 thatch in a single run. It's also good for farming Rare Mushrooms in the Swamp (Level Weight and Melee Damage).
- Scout/Transport: The female Megaloceros has a very respectable speed, carry weight, and is extremely agile with its great leaping ability. However, the female does not have an attack, so there is no sense leveling up attack damage (Level Speed, Stamina, and Weight).
- Cave Mount: Megaloceros are one of the strongest mountable creatures being able to pass a cave entrance. Having a mount in caves has several advantages: Your food and water count drop slower, the mount can carry useful stuff, and they deal and take damage. Additionally, Megaloceros take reduced damage from airborne creatures, which is a very unique feature. You can wear armor protecting you from heat or cold and Onycs won't shred it, since they deal no damage to you but to your Megaloceros instead. Note that only male Megaloceros deal damage. Beware of lava though (Level Health, Melee Damage, and Stamina).
Collectibles
| Resource | Efficiency |
|---|---|
 Thatch
|
★★★★☆ |
 Wood
|
★☆☆☆☆ |
Notes/Trivia
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Megaloceros, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- Dossier released on 9/4/2015[2]
- The binomial name means "broad-crowned great horn", but the specific epithet is constructed incorrectly; it should be either laticoronarius or laticoronatus.
- In real life, Megaloceros is referred to by the common name 'Irish Elk', although they were distributed all across Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is also referred to by another common name, the 'Giant Elk'.
- It is important to note that while the female Megaloceros is 25% faster than the male it can not attack as it lacks the antlers of the male to do so with. Keep this in mind if you intend on taming a pair to Mate Boost.
- The female Megaloceros has invisible antlers, something to be aware of when taming.
- During the Winter Wonderland Event, Megaloceros wander the whole island freely because of the lower temperatures and snowy weather. It can be given a special event costume made in the Smithy that can make it look like a Christmas reindeer.
- Female Megaloceros was the fastest thing in the game while jumping. She can outrun Alpha Basilisk. (Fastest thing no jump)
- This title however, is overtaken by
Managarmr with the release of Extinction.
- This title however, is overtaken by
