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Paraceratherium
Paracer
Steam 215.0
Sep 24, 2015
Xbox One 729.0
Dec 16, 2015
PS 501.0
Dec 6, 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
Spawn Command
cheat summon Paracer_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Paraceratherium/Paracer_Character_BP.Paracer_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Taming Method
Preferred Food
Preferred Food Primitive Plus
Equipment
Paracer Saddle Paracer Saddle (Level ?)
Paracer Platform Saddle Paracer Platform Saddle (Level ?)
Gestation Time
7h 56m 11.428s
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
no MAP available
Disambig This article is about Paraceratherium, not to be confused with Parasaur Parasaur

The Paracer, or Paraceratherium(pa-ra-ce-ra-THE-ree-um,) 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.

NoteHelena
Wild

Paraceratherium gigamicus is a massive, long-necked herbivore that inhabits some of the Island's grasslands. It resembles a gigantic horse/rhinoceros hybrid, but is over twice the size of either. Paraceratherium is a very peaceful and friendly creature. Barring some surprises yet in store for me, I can safely say that Paraceratherium is among the largest mammals on the Island. While its size means that Paraceratherium can provide an incredible amount of food, it also makes it dangerous when hunted.

Domesticated

A beast of burden second to the Brontosaurus, Paraceratherium is an excellent worker, and is sufficient in size to support a "platform" saddle upon which structures can be built. It is a naturally friendly animal, and is not afraid of humans. However, despite its normally calm demeanor, when it or its owner is provoked by aggression, the Paraceratherium can quickly become a real threat to the attacker and will use its girth to its advantage in combat.

Behavior

Paraceratherium, due to a lack of natural enemies because of its sheer size, is naturally docile. It will ignore humans and other creatures so long as not provoked. Once it is attacked, the animal quickly becomes dangerous. Again, because of its size and immense weight, the Paracer is an extremely deadly adversary so proceed with caution. Luckily, Paracer are solitary creatures living alone or in small family groups. They will protect their fellow herd members if necessary. Don't be fooled by its large size and seemingly docile temperament,the Paracer is an incredibly fast and strong creature when it wants to be. With high health and quick movement, this quick horse-like creature can be slow to take down, and can dish out devastating attacks to survivors and smaller Dino's.

Because of their need for copious amounts of nourishment and physical size, Paracer tend to roam the edge of forests and valleys in the lower altitudes. Avoiding dense forests if possible.

Appearance

Paraceratherium is a large terrestrial mammal estimated to weigh between 15-20 tons (33,000 to 44,000 lbs) when fully grown. Standing approximately 16 feet at the withers and 24 feet in length. Paracer's build is rather stocky with long, robust legs to support the animal's immense size. A long thick neck, upwards of 4–5 feet long, allows the animal to easily graze high vegetation. Paracer's hide is extremely thick and hairless. Excess skin folds onto itself similar to modern day Rhinos. Hide color ranges from brown to grey. Small eyes and ears allow limited vision/hearing that is overcompensated by an excellent sense of smell.


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

Paracer PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Body
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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.

Paracer PaintRegion4
Region 4:
Back
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Paracer PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Underside
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Drops

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 1026 +205.2 +4.05% 0.07
Stamina Stamina 300 +30 +10%
Oxygen Oxygen 150 +15 +10%
Food Food 6500 +650 +10%
Weight Weight 850 +17 +4%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 45 +2.25 +1.7% 7% 17.6%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +1%
Torpidity Torpidity 1300 +78 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s]
Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 260 ? ? 715 715 715 12
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
Base Minimum Activation Using the Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (Xbox One), the Paracer stomps on the target.
0 800 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 45

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]

Paraceratherium

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

A rather standard tame, use the crossbow with tranq arrows leaving a few seconds between each shot. It tends to have pretty high torpor and can move fast for an animal of its size, either kite it around or have a friend hover you above with a flyer and aim for the head for a quicker KO. They can also be Snagged on bigger Destructible rocks, and shot at from the other side, as they are not quite as capable of maneuvering over them, but are tall enough to hit the head or neck.

Taming Food

Paraceratherium Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble Superior Kibble 5 0 0 0 0:03:53
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 43 6 2 1 0:25:00
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 43 6 2 1 0:25:00
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 43 6 2 1 0:25:00
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 43 138 30 15 0:50:00
Mejoberry Mejoberry 57 5 1 1 0:24:52
Berries Berries 86 6 2 1 0:25:00
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 130; Slingshot Hits × 54; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 15; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 9; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 6; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 0.91 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:24:00
Paraceratherium Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble Superior Kibble 11 0 0 0 0:08:32
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 102 148 35 18 0:59:18
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 102 148 35 18 0:59:18
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 102 148 35 18 0:59:18
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 102 593 137 69 1:58:36
Mejoberry Mejoberry 136 148 35 18 0:59:18
Berries Berries 204 148 35 18 0:59:18
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 357; Slingshot Hits × 146; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 40; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 23; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 17; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 9
Torpidity-depletion: 1.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:39:35
Paraceratherium Level 60 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble Superior Kibble 17 0 0 0 0:13:10
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 163 391 94 47 1:34:46
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 163 391 94 47 1:34:46
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 163 391 94 47 1:34:46
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 163 1223 294 147 3:09:32
Mejoberry Mejoberry 217 390 94 47 1:34:37
Berries Berries 325 389 94 47 1:34:29
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 591; Slingshot Hits × 241; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 66; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 38; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 27; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 14
Torpidity-depletion: 1.96 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:50:17
Paraceratherium Level 90 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble Superior Kibble 23 0 0 0 0:17:49
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 224 703 174 87 2:10:14
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 224 703 174 87 2:10:14
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 224 703 174 87 2:10:14
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 224 1969 488 244 4:20:27
Mejoberry Mejoberry 298 700 174 87 2:09:56
Berries Berries 447 700 174 87 2:09:56
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 825; Slingshot Hits × 337; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 92; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 53; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 38; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 19
Torpidity-depletion: 2.37 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:58:02
Paraceratherium Level 120 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble Superior Kibble 29 0 0 0 0:22:28
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 285 1064 271 136 2:45:42
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 285 1064 271 136 2:45:42
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 285 1064 271 136 2:45:42
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 285 2800 712 356 5:31:23
Mejoberry Mejoberry 380 1064 271 136 2:45:42
Berries Berries 569 1061 270 135 2:45:24
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 1059; Slingshot Hits × 432; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 118; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 68; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 48; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 24
Torpidity-depletion: 2.75 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:04:08
Paraceratherium Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble Superior Kibble 35 0 0 0 0:27:07
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 346 1465 380 190 3:21:09
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 346 1465 380 190 3:21:09
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 346 1465 380 190 3:21:09
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 346 3696 959 480 6:42:18
Mejoberry Mejoberry 461 1463 380 190 3:21:01
Berries Berries 691 1462 380 190 3:20:52
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 1293; Slingshot Hits × 528; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 144; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 83; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 59; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 30
Torpidity-depletion: 3.12 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:09:09

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 Paraceratherium.

General

The Paracer is one of the largest herbivores and has slightly more health than a Rex and high damage. They tend to spawn in groups of 2 or more.

Strategy

Despite the Paracer's strength, it is slower than a player and its large size means it can be stuck behind boulders, but it will destroy any trees blocking its path. It can also be kited to a cliff where you can shoot it safely. When using a reasonably fast mount attacking its back feet is a good way to kill it fast and take minimal damage in the process.

Weaponry

A decent ranged weapon such as a crossbow or a Longneck Rifle is effective at killing the Paracer before it can reach you. A decent dino can kill a single Paracer without problems, but a group can deal a large amount of damage quickly to the dino.

Dangers

The Paracer usually spawns in small groups and can overwhelm an unprepared target. Its attacks have a wide range and even when escaping its stomp attack can be powerful to small creatures such as Raptors.

Weakness

Its large size means it can get stuck easily, and it will run away once it has taken sufficient damage, giving a large window to attack.

Also, unlike other creatures, the AoE of this creature also hits wild creatures, making them attack depending on their temperament. You can utilize this to kill huge groups of Paracers. Then, quickly harvest the corpse.

Utility

  • Mobile base: Although you can't build a base as big as the one you can build on a Brontosaurus, Paracer is ideal for survivors that want to have a small hut with the basic structures in it. On Scorched Earth, they are the only creature that can use a platform saddle (Level Health, Speed, and Stamina; also level Weight if used for transport).
  • Transportation: An ideal beast of burden, the Paracer could carry a fair amount of goods. It has a quick pace (compared to the Brontosaurus), and can easily be carried by a large elevator platform under full load, can effectively navigate on open Tree Platforms, and is ignored by most smaller predators and has a decent AOE damage and HP against larger ones (Level Speed, Stamina, and Weight).
  • Battle Platform: As a beast of war the Paracer is often overlooked in favor of the Bronto. However, it does have a number of qualities that work in its favor: compared to the Bronto the Paracer requires much less food in order to tame, is quicker, and the platform saddle is available at a much lower level. This can allow an aspiring tribe to mount mobile Ballista Turrets to help combat larger creatures or protect its tribe-members behind walls to allow them to get to a battle safely (Level Health, Melee Damage, Speed, and Stamina when necessary).
  • Prime Meat Jerky: Having a Paracer with an Industrial Grill on the platform saddle can make getting Cooked Prime for Jerky very easy. Not only can it follow you at quick pace and make sure the prime doesn't spoil, it can help you with killing the source of the prime meat (Level Health, Melee Damage, and Weight when needed).

Notes/Trivia

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

  • Dossier revealed on 06/15/2015 [2]
  • Paraceratherium is one of the largest terrestrial mammals to ever live.
  • Paraceratherium is a close relative of modern-day Rhinoceroses.
  • Paraceratherium comes from the Greek words pará - near, keras - horn and thēríon - beast, which refers to the relationship to Rhinoceros.
  • The dossier of the Paraceratherium seems to hint at the Megapithecus boss, similar to how the spider dossier hints at the Broodmother
  • Paraceratherium is also known as Indricotherium or Baluchitherium.
  • Paraceratherium appears to drop much more Raw Prime Meat than even Brontosaurus. Consider hunting them when in need of Prime Raw Meat for taming or cooking.
  • Paraceratherium Requires a Behemoth gate due to its height, but is able to easily walk through a gap two walls wide. They can occasionally walk over a wall that is two units high, and can step over a one-high wall without slowing down at all.
  • The Paracer is one of only a few creatures to not be included in a Spotlight video (excluding the initial creatures).

Gallery


References

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