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Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus
Megalosaurus Dossier.jpgDossier EmptyFile:Dossier Megalosaurus Dossier.jpg.png
Dossier EmptyFile:Dossier Megalosaurus Dossier.jpg.png
Group
Dinosaurs
Diet
Carnivore
Temperament
Nocturnally Aggressive
Release Versions
Steam 252.0
Nov 24, 2016
Xbox One 748.2
Dec 16, 2016
PS 502.0
Dec 19, 2016
Logo Mobile 1.0
May 24, 2018
Nintendo Switch 599.0
Nov 30, 2018
Epic Games 311.74
Jun 11, 2020
Stadia 678.15
Sep 1, 2021
Variants
Spawn Command
cheat summon Megalosaurus_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Megalosaurus/Megalosaurus_Character_BP.Megalosaurus_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Domestication
Tameable
Rideable
Breedable
Check mark Yes
Check mark Yes
Check mark Yes
Torpor Immune
X mark No
Taming Method
Knockedout Knockout
Preferred Kibble
Kibble (Oviraptor Egg) Kibble (Oviraptor Egg)
Preferred Kibble ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile
Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Oviraptor Egg)
Preferred Food
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton
Preferred Food ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat
Equipment
Megalosaurus Saddle Megalosaurus Saddle (Level ?)
Rider Weaponry
X mark No
Data
XP for kill
100 XP
Special Loot Chance
30%
Feces Size
Medium Animal Feces Medium
Drag Weight
410
Radiation Immune
X mark No
Carryable By
Tusoteuthis Tusoteuthis
Immobilized By
Can Damage
Thatch Wall Thatch
Greenhouse Wall Greenhouse
Wooden Wall Wood
Reproduction
Egg
Megalosaurus Egg Megalosaurus Egg
Incubation Range
26 - 32 °C / 79 - 90 °F
Egg Incubator (Genesis Part 2) Egg Incubator: 29 °C / 84 °F
Incubation Time
1h 39m 59.521s
Baby Time
9h 15m 33.331s
Juvenile Time
1d 13h 2m 13.325s
Adolescent Time
1d 22h 17m 46.656s
Total Maturation Time
3d 20h 35m 33.313s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d
Habitat

The Island Topographic Map
Spawning Megalosaurus The Island

The Center Topographic Map
Spawning Megalosaurus The Center

Scorched Earth Topographic Map
Spawning Megalosaurus Scorched Earth

Ragnarok Ocean Topographic Map
Spawning Megalosaurus Ragnarok

Extinction Topographic Map
Spawning Megalosaurus Extinction

Crystal Isles Topographic Map
Spawning Megalosaurus Crystal Isles

Lost Island map
Spawning Megalosaurus Lost Island

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

Disambig This article is about Megalosaurus, not to be confused with Megaloceros Megaloceros, Megalania Megalania, Megatherium Megatherium, or Megalodon Megalodon

The Megalosaurus (MEG-uh-lo-SAWR-us[1]) is a creature 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.

NoteHelena
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Wild

Much like the Island's other large theropods, Megalosaurus noctedominus is an aggressive cave carnivore that should not be taken lightly. Unlike most of the other theropods, it is a primarily nocturnal creature. As dawn approaches, Megalosaurus begins looking for a secluded place to spend the day sleeping in relative safety. Conversely, if disturbed during the day, Megalosaurus is significantly more sluggish. Either way, however, its primary combat tactic is to bite onto its target, then lock its jaw shut in an iron grip. Only larger creatures can hope to break free once Megalosaurus locks its jaw. The creature then proceeds to gnaw on its prey until death. It's a terrifying, grisly spectacle to watch, and a formidable tactic for a tribe to employ against more nimble opponents.

Domesticated

While Megalosaurus is not the most powerful theropod, it is still highly sought after by night-raiders. Due to its nocturnal nature, Megalosaurus becomes much more formidable at night, dodging attacks, conserving stamina, and attacking more accurately, to name a few of its enhanced talents.

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Behavior

Megalosaurus is a fierce predator at night, actively hunting many types of animals. However during the day it lies down and falls asleep. While a sleeping Megalosaurus can be approached safely, if touched or attacked it will awaken suddenly. If awoken, it will pursue the player for a short distance and will move sluggishly and its attacks will be weaker.

Appearance

The Megalosaurus is a nocturnal theropod resembling something akin to a smaller version of the Allosaurus. It avoids competition with its fellow large theropods by hunting at night, striking at herbivores or survivors when they are at their most vulnerable. Uniquely among ARK's large carnivorous dinosaurs, it is feathered on the back and top of the head.


This section displays the Megalosaurus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Megalosaurus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Megalosaurus 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 Megalosaurus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Megalosaurus's "face, appendages, and sides" magenta.

Megalosaurus PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Face, Appendages, and Sides
8
13
14
21
22
23
24
25
32
33
34
35
42
45
46
X mark

Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.

X mark

Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.

X mark

Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.

Megalosaurus PaintRegion4
Region 4:
Feathers, Osteoderms, & Patterning
13
14
22
24
33
34
35
42
45
46
Megalosaurus PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Belly
8
14
23
25
28
32
33
47
47

Drops

Note: Information is not guaranteed to be accurate, as it is the Megalosaurus has only been released recently, so not much info has been gathered.

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 1025 +205 +5.4% 0.07
Stamina Stamina 300 +30 +10%
Oxygen Oxygen 150 +15 +10%
Food Food 2000 +200 +10% 15%
Weight Weight 300 +6 +4%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 75 +3.75 +1.7% 7% 17.6%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +2.5%
Torpidity Torpidity 775 +46.5 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s] 		Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 600 ? ? 1092 1260 1260 ?
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
Bite (Night) Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (Xbox One), the Megalosaurus bites the target. At night, this attack costs significantly less stamina and has a high attack speed.
5 700 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 75
Grab/Chomp (Night) (Player) Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Right Mousebutton (PC), L2 Button (PS), LT Button (Xbox One), the Megalosaurus can grab and carry a creature in its jaws. At night, this attack costs less stamina.
30 400 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 1
Roar Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using C (PC), R3 Button (PS), R Button (Xbox One), the Megalosaurus unleashes a menacing roar to frighten opposing survivors.
5 0 0 0
Shake Prey (Night) Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation While carrying a creature in its jaws and using the Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (Xbox One), the Megalosaurus will bite down and shake its prey. At night, this attack costs significantly less stamina and has a high attack speed. Despite the lack of a coded melee damage value, this attack inherits the default 'bite' attack value of 75.
5 0 0 0
Bite (Day) Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (Xbox One), the Megalosaurus bites the target. During the day, this attack costs significantly more stamina and has a very low attack speed.
45 700 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 75
Grab/Chomp (Day) (Player) Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Right Mousebutton (PC), L2 Button (PS), LT Button (Xbox One), the Megalosaurus can grab and carry a creature in its jaws. During the day, this attack costs more stamina.
50 650 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 1
Shake Prey (Day) Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation While carrying a creature in its jaws and using the Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (Xbox One), the Megalosaurus will bite down and shake its prey. During the day, this attack costs significantly more stamina and has a very low attack speed. Despite the lack of a coded melee damage value, this attack inherits the default 'bite' attack value of 75.
10 0 0 0
Grab/Chomp (Night) (AI) Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation The Megalosaurus can grab and carry a creature in its jaws. At night, this attack costs less stamina. This attack's values are only used by a wild or an unridden tamed creature only.
30 400 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 10
Grab/Chomp (Day) (AI) Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation The Megalosaurus can grab and carry a creature in its jaws. During the day, this attack costs more stamina. This attack's values are only used by a wild or an unridden tamed creature only.
50 650 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 10

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.[2]

Megalosaurus

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

Be careful when taming a Megalosaurus as it will be unable to leave many of the caves where it spawns.

Megalosaurus derive 135 food from their favourite kibble (compared to the standard 80), but still gain the standard amount of progress per kibble eaten (Taming Affinity). This means it takes 40% longer to kibble tame a megalosaurus versus other food types when compared to other tames, at 2.96x the taming speed of raw meat (compared to 5x for other kibble tames). This makes taming with prime meat slightly more time efficient (3x), but kibble is still more effective for bonus levels (Taming Effectiveness).


Megalosaurus Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble Superior Kibble 3 0 0 0 0:12:10
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 5 0 0 0 0:11:16
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 9 0 0 0 0:20:14
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 6 0 0 0 0:13:31
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 12 0 0 0 0:26:59
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 15 0 0 0 0:16:53
Raw Meat Raw Meat 18 0 0 0 0:40:31
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 30 0 0 0 0:34:41
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 36 0 0 0 0:40:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 45 17 4 2 0:50:38
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 90 17 4 2 0:50:38
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 78; Slingshot Hits × 32; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 9; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 5; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 4; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:43:03
Megalosaurus Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble Superior Kibble 5 0 0 0 0:20:16
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 11 0 0 0 0:24:46
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 20 0 0 0 0:44:58
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 14 0 0 0 0:31:31
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 27 0 0 0 1:00:41
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 34 0 0 0 0:38:16
Raw Meat Raw Meat 40 64 13 7 1:30:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 67 22 5 3 1:17:27
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 80 64 13 7 1:30:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 100 138 29 15 1:52:31
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 199 137 28 14 1:51:57
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 213; Slingshot Hits × 87; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 24; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 14; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 10; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:11:01
Megalosaurus Level 60 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble Superior Kibble 8 0 0 0 0:32:25
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 17 0 0 0 0:38:16
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 31 0 0 0 1:09:41
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 21 0 0 0 0:47:16
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 42 18 4 2 1:34:24
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 52 0 0 0 0:58:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 63 214 45 23 2:21:46
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 104 125 26 13 2:00:13
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 125 209 44 22 2:20:38
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 156 353 74 37 2:55:31
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 312 353 74 37 2:55:31
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 352; Slingshot Hits × 144; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 40; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 23; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 16; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 8
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:30:11
Megalosaurus Level 90 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble Superior Kibble 11 0 0 0 0:44:34
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 23 0 0 0 0:51:46
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 42 0 0 0 1:34:24
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 29 0 0 0 1:05:16
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 57 116 25 13 2:08:07
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 71 0 0 0 1:19:53
Raw Meat Raw Meat 85 418 89 45 3:11:16
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 142 288 62 31 2:44:09
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 170 418 89 45 3:11:16
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 212 644 138 69 3:58:31
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 424 644 138 69 3:58:31
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 492; Slingshot Hits × 201; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 55; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 32; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 23; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 12
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:44:05
Megalosaurus Level 120 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble Superior Kibble 14 0 0 0 0:56:43
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 29 0 0 0 1:05:16
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 53 23 5 3 1:59:08
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 36 0 0 0 1:21:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 72 251 55 28 2:41:50
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 90 0 0 0 1:41:16
Raw Meat Raw Meat 108 686 149 75 4:03:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 179 493 107 54 3:26:55
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 215 680 148 74 4:01:53
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 269 1005 218 109 5:02:38
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 537 1002 217 109 5:02:04
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 631; Slingshot Hits × 258; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 71; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 41; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 29; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 15
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:55:01
Megalosaurus Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble Superior Kibble 17 0 0 0 1:08:52
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 35 0 0 0 1:18:46
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 65 130 29 15 2:26:06
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 44 0 0 0 1:39:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 87 419 93 47 3:15:33
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 109 0 0 0 2:02:38
Raw Meat Raw Meat 130 987 217 109 4:52:31
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 217 743 164 82 4:10:50
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 260 987 217 109 4:52:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 325 1415 311 156 6:05:38
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 649 1412 311 156 6:05:04
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 771; Slingshot Hits × 315; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 86; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 49; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 35; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 18
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 02:04:02


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

Kibble (Oviraptor Egg) Kibble (Oviraptor Egg)

KO Strategy

Megalosaurus will wake up at the start of each night (approximately 20:30), regardless of its current torpidity. At approximately 52 minutes per day, even a level 1 megalosaurus will wake up at least once without Taming Speed modifiers. As such, the following strategy assumes that the megalosaurus will wake up at least once:

  • The rate of torpor decay makes it unlikely that any narcotics will be required for this tame as, except for low levels, it will wake up at night before its torpor fully depletes and its torpor will be re-filled when the creature is knocked out again.
  • Starve taming is highly recommended for taming the megalosaurus i.e. allowing the creature's hunger to deplete until it is below the target value, and then inserting all the food at once.
    • As of v252.2, the megalosaurus will retain any Taming Affinity (Taming Progress) when it wakes up - however, the contents of its inventory is still lost. Due to Taming Affinity regressing while no food is in an unconscious creature's inventory, you would lose some progress in the brief window after knocking out the creature each time, and you would need to keep at least one piece of food in its inventory for when it wakes up (as removing all food would cause it to start regressing).
    • v252.2 does not state that it's changed the behaviour of Taming Effectiveness (Bonus Levels). Prior to the minor patch, and as with other creatures, Taming Effectiveness is reset to 100% whenever the creature wakes up/knocked out again. Thus, any accidental damage done megalosaurus during one day of taming would be undone on the next. If this hasn't been changed, the retention of Taming Affinity means you could tame a megalosaurus with Raw Meat and retain high values of Taming Effectiveness by timing its last bite to be after a reset.
  • Due to the need of knocking out a megalosaurus multiple times in combination with being starved (i.e. no health recovery from food), using the longneck rifle and tranquilliser darts is almost mandatory. Any other method will almost certainly kill the creature. Even then, it's exceptionally risky.
    • A megalosaurus that is active during the day will generate "Sleep Deprivation" that, once full, will cause the creature to rapidly generate torpidity. The Sleep Deprivation meter of a wild/enemy megalosaurus can be seen through a magnifying glass. It is possible to "knock out" a megalosaurus simply by keeping it awake during the day until it passes out - allowing non-dart tranquillising methods, but increasing the tame time due to the creature being awake at night (starving is paused while the creature is awake).
    • An alternative is to use Narcotic Tripwires. After first knocking out the megalosaurus, you can use its maximum torpor to calculate how many trip wires are required to almost knock-it-out the next evening (and even set-up the tripwires while it is asleep). Be sure not to completely knock it out with tripwires, though, as a creature knocked out by the tripwire itself will not starve and is inaccessible.
    • You can also use Enduro Stew to regenerate Megalosaurus health. Be aware though to use it only during starve taming, as force feeding Enduro Stew during normal taming (after it starts eating, and gaining taming affinity) will drastically drop Megalosaurus' taming efficiency. Otherwise, during starve taming each portion of Enduro Stew will restore 1080 hp in total over a 15 minutes, and will not cause taming efficiency drop. That way you can keep knocking out Megalosaus with tranq arrows, rather than tranq darts.
    • There is another possible method to retain health on a Megalosaurus during taming but this is assuming that you are feeding it as you tame it as opposed to starve taming; upon knockout you can remote use a lot of raw meat into the Megalosaurus while its food is full (a stack of 20 raw meat restores 100 health.) This will allow you to restore the Megalosaurus's health in a cheap fashion but as mentioned this is an option only for taming along the way. Remember that remote using prime meat does NOT restore any health, only regular raw meat.
  • There's two arguments for "when is the best time to knock out a megalosaurus":
    1. During the day as the megalosaurus is so slow that a player can walk backwards while shooting without being at risk. If knocked out just after dawn, this provides the longest period to begin starving before the first time the megalosaurus wakes up. However, if going the day method, you may as well utilise the Sleep Deprivation mechanic mentioned above.
    2. Immediately after night begins, as this provides the longest window to be idle or perform other activities (all night and all day). This method has more risk as the megalosaurus is a swift predator at night.
  • However, short of leaving it awake all night before knocking it out again in the morning, you will likely be knocking the creature out each night regardless. Short of building a bunker or getting the megalosaurus stuck, one method is to use creatures that permit mounted weaponry, such as a sabertooth or carno, to tank the megalosaurus while you tranquillise it from the mount's back. Make sure your tame is appropriately durable for the level of the megalosaurus, although you have plenty of time during the day to recover.
    • The sabertooth will be subject to the megalosaurus' pick-up attack and, depending on the angle, you may need to dismount to begin shooting. While it has your tame in its mouth, it will not pay any attention to you, but will not let it go until it dies or is knocked out.
  • A waking (i.e. not curled-up) megalosaurus can be picked up by a quetzal. It is possible to lure a megalosaurus out of the cave, and relatively easy (safe) to do so during the day, and from there you can carry the megalosaurus to a taming enclosure or other suitable location.
    • However, be wary of Sleep Deprivation. If the megalosaurus passes out while being held, it will be dropped.

Breeding

While sleeping, a young megalosaurus' food depletes at a rate faster than it autonomously eats to recover the food. Thus, there is a strategy to raising a baby megalosaurus:

  • Do NOT hatch a megalosaurus egg during the day, particularly at low levels or poor health/food stats. It may perish before you can claim and open the creature's inventory.
  • Once hatched, set the megalosaurus to Stay Awake. It will inevitably fall unconscious - this is planned. While the unconscious megalosaurus does consume food faster than the awake creature, it is still a fraction of the amount that a sleeping megalosaurus will consume.
    • The creature falling unconscious will not remove you from its inventory. However, the creature regaining consciousness will remove its currently Stay Awake setting.
  • If you do hatch it during the day, you may observe its food constantly being 0. This is due to the speed its food decreases. Due to the intermittent starving, it's health will appear to stagnate (i.e. not mature). This will cause the rapid food consumption to continue even into the night as it recovers the missing values, and it will recover its maximum food faster than its maximum health. Do not be concerned if your megalosaurus wakes up and still appears to be consuming at a fast rate - you can force feed it meat to assist in recover health.

While awake, the megalosaurus is otherwise a normal baby.

  • Oviraptor Kibble provides 135 Food, making it the best food by weight.
  • Using the stasis method (raising the baby in isolation and making sure the location is not rendered) can be employed. Torpor gain due to sleep deprivation appears to be halted while not rendered, meaning there is little risk of increased food consumption versus other babies.

Combat

This section describes how to fight against the Megalosaurus.

General

Megalosaurus can only be found inside some of the caves on The Island and The Center and caves on Scorched Earth. When taming, it is recomended to clear out any other animals inside the cave. Currently only four wild Megalosaurus are on an individual map/server at a time. During the day, it is a peaceful sleeper, but by night, it is a carrying, mangling, ultimate destroying, killing machine.

Strategy

If you want to tame a Megalosaurus its best to tame them during the day when they are sluggish and a much lesser threat. However, you will need to make sure to KO it again when it is night. No matter what the torpor, the Megalosaurus will wake up once it hits night time.

Weaponry

Bows, Crossbows and Rifles will work against the Megalosaurus. Especially during the day since once their stamina runs dry from Sleep Deprivation they will begin to gain Torpor.

Dangers

Even in the wild, the Megalosaurus can pick up players and chomp them to death. While it is weaker during the day, it is not recommended to enter close combat with a Megalosaurus and instead keep a distance and use ranged weapons.

Weakness

Day

The Megalosaurus sleeps in the day which makes it easy to knock out or kill it. It also is very slow in day so it is easy to get some distance from it.

Night

You can outrun a rider on a Megalosaurus with a decent mount unless its stamina or speed has been greatly improved. Even since the Megalosaurus is quite fast its stamina drains rather quickly but it can still outrun most low-mid tier creatures. Hard to ambush unwary players as the eyes glow so most people can see it coming unless covered in dense foliage, or unwary players.

Utility

Terrestrial Carrier
  • The Megalosaurus can carry any creature with a Drag Weight of 150 or less. This does not (by itself) damage or draw aggro from the creature.
  • As with the Kaprosuchus (but unlike all flying carriers that set the precedent), the Megalosaurus has the ability to pick up aquatic and flying creatures.
Aquatic Creatures
  • Note that moving "water-breathing" creatures out of water will instantly kill them.
Terrestrial Creatures
Flying Creatures
  • This can be used to hold a creature still while it is tranquilized, to carry a desired tame to a safer location, or to indefinitely stun hostile birds in PVP.
  • This list appears to be substantially reduced during the day, with the exclusion of larger flying creatures in particular.
Night battle mount

The Megalosaurus is weak and very slow during the day and tires out quickly, but at night its stamina and attack levels raise significantly and makes the Megalosaurus a very powerful mount for night raids. Its lock jaw attack will snatch and incapacitate individual enemies, allowing the rider to finish them off with ease.

Roles

Collectibles

Resource Efficiency
Raw Meat Raw Meat ★★★☆☆

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Notes/Trivia

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

  • The dossier was revealed on January 12, 2016 [3]
  • The dossier implies that Megalosaurus will have special perks at night, and be able to lock its jaw on prey. This might be useful for taming and hunting.
  • Megalosaurus means "Great Lizard" in Latin, and its species name "noctedominus" refer to its role as nocturnal predator.
  • Megalosaurus is the second nocturnal dinosaur confirmed for Ark with the first being the Troodon.
  • Megalosaurus is the first dinosaur to be described in scientific literature.
  • Megalosaurus carryable by Quetzal, but Kaprosuchus, another Megalosaurus, and Tusoteuthis can't carry it.
  • Like Megaloceros,females are faster than males.

Gallery

  • Megalosaurus with Rider

    Megalosaurus with Rider

  • Sleeping Megalosaurus

    Sleeping Megalosaurus

References

  1. ↑ Pronounciation
  2. ↑ ARK Smart Breeding
  3. ↑ Introducing the Megalosaurus!
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  1. Achatina
  2. Allosaurus
  3. Alpha Basilisk
  4. Alpha Blood Crystal Wyvern
  5. Alpha Carnotaurus
  6. Alpha Deathworm
  7. Alpha Fire Wyvern
  8. Alpha Karkinos
  9. Alpha King Titan
  10. Alpha Leedsichthys
  11. Alpha Megalodon
  12. Alpha Mosasaur
  13. Alpha Raptor
  14. Alpha Surface Reaper King
  15. Alpha T-Rex
  16. Alpha Tusoteuthis
  17. Alpha X-Triceratops
  18. Ammonite
  19. Anglerfish
  20. Ankylosaurus
  21. Araneo
  22. Archaeopteryx
  23. Argentavis
  24. Arthropluera
  25. Astrocetus
  26. Astrodelphis
  27. Attack Drone
  28. Baryonyx
  29. Basilisk
  30. Basilisk Ghost
  31. Basilosaurus
  32. Beelzebufo
  33. Blood Crystal Wyvern
  34. Bloodstalker
  35. Bone Fire Wyvern
  36. Brontosaurus
  37. Broodmother Lysrix
  38. Bulbdog
  39. Bulbdog Ghost
  40. Bunny Dodo
  41. Bunny Oviraptor
  42. Carbonemys
  43. Carnotaurus
  44. Castoroides
  45. Chalicotherium
  46. Chalk Golem
  47. Cnidaria
  48. Coelacanth
  49. Compy
  50. Corrupted Master Controller
  51. Crystal Wyvern
  52. Crystal Wyvern Queen
  53. Daeodon
  54. Deathworm
  55. Defense Unit
  56. Deinonychus
  57. Desert Titan
  58. Desert Titan Flock
  59. Dilophosaur
  60. Dimetrodon
  61. Dimorphodon
  62. Diplocaulus
  63. Diplodocus
  64. Dire Bear
  65. Dire Polar Bear
  66. Direwolf
  67. Direwolf Ghost
  68. Diseased Leech
  69. Dodo
  70. Dodo Wyvern
  71. DodoRex
  72. Doedicurus
  73. Dragon
  74. Dung Beetle
  75. Dunkleosteus
  76. Electrophorus
  77. Elemental Reaper King
  78. Ember Crystal Wyvern
  79. Enforcer
  80. Enraged Corrupted Rex
  81. Enraged Triceratops
  82. Equus
  83. Eurypterid
  84. Featherlight
  85. Ferox
  86. Ferox (Large)
  87. Fire Wyvern
  88. Forest Titan
  89. Forest Wyvern
  90. Gacha
  91. GachaClaus
  92. Gallimimus
  93. Gasbags
  94. Giant Bee
  95. Giant Queen Bee
  96. Giant Worker Bee
  97. Giganotosaurus
  98. Gigantopithecus
  99. Glowbug
  100. Glowtail
  101. Golden Striped Megalodon
  102. Griffin
  103. Hesperornis
  104. Human
  105. Hyaenodon
  106. Ice Golem
  107. Ice Titan
  108. Ice Wyvern
  109. Iceworm Male
  110. Iceworm Queen
  111. Ichthyornis
  112. Ichthyosaurus
  113. Iguanodon
  114. Insect Swarm
  115. Jerboa
  116. Jug Bug
  117. Kairuku
  118. Kaprosuchus
  119. Karkinos
  120. Kentrosaurus
  121. King Titan
  122. Lamprey
  123. Lava Elemental
  124. Leech
  125. Leedsichthys
  126. Lightning Wyvern
  127. Liopleurodon
  128. Lymantria
  129. Lystrosaurus
  130. Maewing
  131. Magmasaur
  132. Mammoth
  133. Managarmr
  134. Manta
  135. Manticore
  136. Mantis
  137. Mantis Ghost
  138. Mega Mek
  139. Megachelon
  140. Megalania
  141. Megaloceros
  142. Megalodon
  143. Megalosaurus
  144. Meganeura
  145. Megapithecus
  146. Megatherium
  147. Mek
  148. Mesopithecus
  149. Microraptor
  150. Moeder, Master of the Ocean
  151. Morellatops
  152. Mosasaurus
  153. Moschops
  154. Nameless
  155. Noglin
  156. Oil Jug Bug
  157. Onyc
  158. Otter
  159. Overseer
  160. Oviraptor
  161. Ovis
  162. Pachy
  163. Pachyrhinosaurus
  164. Paraceratherium
  165. Parakeet Fish School
  166. Parasaur
  167. Party Dodo
  168. Pegomastax
  169. Pelagornis
  170. Phiomia
  171. Phoenix
  172. Piranha
  173. Plesiosaur
  174. Polar Bear
  175. Polar Purlovia
  176. Poison Wyvern
  177. Procoptodon
  178. Pteranodon
  179. Pulmonoscorpius
  180. Purlovia
  181. Quetzal
  182. Raptor
  183. Ravager
  184. Reaper
  185. Reaper King
  186. Reaper Prince
  187. Reaper Queen
  188. Rex
  189. Rex Ghost
  190. Rock Drake
  191. Rock Elemental
  192. Rockwell
  193. Roll Rat
  194. Rubble Golem
  195. Sabertooth
  196. Sabertooth Salmon
  197. Sarco
  198. Scout
  199. Seeker
  200. Shadowmane
  201. Shinehorn
  202. Skeletal Bronto
  203. Skeletal Carnotaurus
  204. Skeletal Giganotosaurus
  205. Skeletal Jerboa
  206. Skeletal Quetzal
  207. Skeletal Raptor
  208. Skeletal Rex
  209. Skeletal Stego
  210. Skeletal Trike
  211. Snow Owl
  212. Snow Owl Ghost
  213. Spino
  214. Spirit Dire Bear
  215. Spirit Direwolf
  216. Stegosaurus
  217. Subterranean Reaper King
  218. Summoner
  219. Super Turkey
  220. Surface Reaper King
  221. Surface Reaper King Ghost
  222. Tapejara
  223. Tek Parasaur
  224. Tek Quetzal
  225. Tek Raptor
  226. Tek Rex
  227. Tek Stegosaurus
  228. Tek Stryder
  229. Tek Triceratops
  230. Terror Bird
  231. Therizinosaur
  232. Thorny Dragon
  233. Thylacoleo
  234. Titanoboa
  235. Titanomyrma
  236. Titanomyrma Drone
  237. Titanomyrma Soldier
  238. Titanosaur
  239. Triceratops
  240. Trilobite
  241. Troodon
  242. Tropeognathus
  243. Tropical Crystal Wyvern
  244. Tusoteuthis
  245. Unicorn
  246. Velonasaur
  247. Voidwyrm
  248. Vulture
  249. Water Jug Bug
  250. Woolly Rhino
  251. Wyvern
  252. Yeti
  253. Yutyrannus
  254. Zombie Fire Wyvern
  255. Zombie Lightning Wyvern
  256. Zombie Poison Wyvern
  257. Zombie Wyvern
  258. Zomdodo

Italics denote creatures that have not yet been released! See also Gallery of Dossiers.
Dinosaurs
Allosaurus  •  Amargasaurus  •  Ankylosaurus  •  Baryonyx  •  Brontosaurus  •  Carnotaurus  •  Compy  •  Deinonychus  •  Dilophosaur  •  Diplodocus  •  Gallimimus  •  Giganotosaurus  •  Iguanodon  •  Kentrosaurus  •  Megalosaurus  •  Microraptor  •  Oviraptor  •  Pachycephalosaurus  •  Pachyrhinosaurus  •  Parasaur  •  Raptor  •  Rex  •  Spino  •  Stegosaurus  •  Therizinosaur  •  Titanosaur  •  Triceratops  •  Troodon  •  Yutyrannus
Mammals and Synapsids
Andrewsarchus  •  Basilosaurus  •  Castoroides  •  Chalicotherium  •  Daeodon  •  Dimetrodon  •  Dinopithecus  •  Dire Bear (Polar, Dire Polar, Spirit)  •  Direwolf (Spirit)  •  Doedicurus  •  Equus  •  Gigantopithecus  •  Hyaenodon  •  Human  •  Jerboa  •  Lystrosaurus  •  Mammoth  •  Megaloceros  •  Megatherium  •  Mesopithecus  •  Moschops  •  Onyc  •  Otter  •  Ovis  •  Paraceratherium  •  Phiomia  •  Procoptodon  •  Purlovia (Polar)  •  Roll Rat  •  Sabertooth  •  Thylacoleo  •  Woolly Rhino
Reptiles and Amphibians
Beelzebufo  •  Carbonemys  •  Dimorphodon  •  Diplocaulus  •  Ichthyosaurus  •  Kaprosuchus  •  Liopleurodon  •  Megalania  •  Mosasaurus  •  Plesiosaur  •  Pteranodon  •  Quetzal  •  Sarco  •  Sinomacrops  •  Tapejara  •  Thorny Dragon  •  Titanoboa  •  Tropeognathus
Birds
Archaeopteryx  •  Argentavis  •  Dodo  •  Hesperornis  •  Ichthyornis  •  Kairuku  •  Pelagornis  •  Snow Owl  •  Terror Bird  •  Vulture
Fish
Anglerfish  •  Coelacanth  •  Dunkleosteus  •  Electrophorus  •  Lamprey  •  Leedsichthys  •  Manta  •  Megalodon (Golden Striped)  •  Piranha  •  Sabertooth Salmon
Invertebrates
Achatina  •  Ammonite  •  Araneo  •  Arthropluera  •  Cnidaria  •  Dung Beetle  •  Eurypterid  •  Gasbags  •  Giant Bee (Queen, Worker)  •  Glowbug  •  Jug Bug (Oil, Water)  •  Leech (Diseased)  •  Lymantria  •  Mantis  •  Meganeura  •  Pulmonoscorpius  •  Titanomyrma (Drone, Soldier)  •  Trilobite  •  Tusoteuthis
Fantasy Creatures
Astrocetus  •  Astrodelphis  •  Basilisk  •  Bloodstalker  •  Bulbdog  •  Chalk Golem  •  Crystal Wyvern (Blood, Ember, Tropical)  •  Deathworm  •  Desert Titan Flock  •  Eel Minion  •  Featherlight  •  Ferox (Large)  •  Gacha  •  Glowtail  •  Griffin  •  Ice Golem  •  Iceworm Male  •  Insect Swarm  •  Karkinos  •  Lava Elemental  •  Macrophage  •  Maewing  •  Magmasaur  •  Managarmr  •  Megachelon  •  Morellatops  •  Nameless  •  Noglin  •  Parakeet Fish School  •  Phoenix  •  Ravager  •  Reaper (Elemental, King, Prince, Queen, Subterranean, Surface)  •  Rock Drake  •  Rock Elemental  •  Rubble Golem  •  Seeker  •  Shadowmane  •  Shinehorn  •  Summoner  •  Unicorn  •  Velonasaur  •  Voidwyrm  •  Wyvern (Fire, Forest, Ice, Lightning, Poison)
Mechanical Creatures
Attack Drone  •  Defense Unit  •  Enforcer  •  Exo-mek  •  Mek (Mega)  •  Scout  •  Tek Stryder
Aberrant Creatures
Abberant Coelacanth  •  Aberrant Achatina  •  Aberrant Anglerfish  •  Aberrant Ankylosaurus  •  Aberrant Araneo  •  Aberrant Arthropluera  •  Aberrant Baryonyx  •  Aberrant Beelzebufo  •  Aberrant Carbonemys  •  Aberrant Carnotaurus  •  Aberrant Cnidaria  •  Aberrant Dimetrodon  •  Aberrant Dimorphodon  •  Aberrant Diplocaulus  •  Aberrant Diplodocus  •  Aberrant Dire Bear  •  Aberrant Dodo  •  Aberrant Doedicurus  •  Aberrant Dung Beetle  •  Aberrant Electrophorus  •  Aberrant Equus  •  Aberrant Gigantopithecus  •  Aberrant Iguanodon  •  Aberrant Lystrosaurus  •  Aberrant Manta  •  Aberrant Megalania  •  Aberrant Megalosaurus  •  Aberrant Meganeura  •  Aberrant Moschops  •  Aberrant Otter  •  Aberrant Ovis  •  Aberrant Paraceratherium  •  Aberrant Parasaur  •  Aberrant Piranha  •  Aberrant Pulmonoscorpius  •  Aberrant Purlovia  •  Aberrant Raptor  •  Aberrant Salmon  •  Aberrant Sarco  •  Aberrant Spino  •  Aberrant Stegosaurus  •  Aberrant Titanoboa  •  Aberrant Triceratops  •  Aberrant Trilobite
Tek Creatures
Corrupted and Enraged Creatures
R-Creatures
R-Allosaurus  •  R-Brontosaurus  •  R-Carbonemys  •  R-Carnotaurus  •  R-Daeodon  •  R-Dilophosaur  •  R-Dire Bear  •  R-Direwolf  •  R-Equus  •  R-Gasbags  •  R-Giganotosaurus  •  R-Megatherium  •  R-Parasaur  •  R-Procoptodon  •  R-Quetzal  •  R-Reaper King  •  R-Reaper Queen  •  R-Snow Owl  •  R-Thylacoleo  •  R-Velonasaur
VR Creatures
VR Allosaurus  •  VR Araneo  •  VR Argentavis  •  VR Astrodelphis  •  VR Bloodstalker  •  VR Carnotaurus  •  VR Chalicotherium  •  VR Dilophosaur  •  VR Dimorphodon  •  VR Enforcer  •  VR Ferox  •  VR Kaprosuchus  •  VR Karkinos  •  VR Lymantria  •  VR Mantis  •  VR Megalania  •  VR Megatherium  •  VR Onyc  •  VR Pachy  •  VR Pulmonoscorpius  •  VR Parasaur  •  VR Raptor  •  VR Ravager  •  VR Rex  •  VR Shadowmane  •  VR Stegosaurus  •  VR Tapejara  •  VR Terror Bird  •  VR Titanoboa  •  VR Triceratops  •  VR Velonasaur
X-Creatures
X-Allosaurus  •  X-Ankylosaurus  •  X-Argentavis  •  X-Basilosaurus  •  X-Dunkleosteus  •  X-Ichthyosaurus  •  X-Megalodon  •  X-Mosasaurus  •  X-Otter  •  X-Paraceratherium  •  X-Parasaur  •  X-Raptor  •  X-Rex  •  X-Rock Elemental  •  X-Sabertooth  •  X-Sabertooth Salmon  •  X-Spino  •  X-Tapejara  •  X-Triceratops  •  X-Woolly Rhino  •  X-Yutyrannus
Malfunctioned Tek Creatures
Alpha Creatures
Brute Creatures
Event Creatures
Bosses and Titans

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