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Scorpion The Scorpion uses both the "Pulmonoscorpius" and "Pulminoscorpius spellings in-game, depending on where you look. For the sake of consistency, this wiki uses the Pulmonoscorpius spelling, as this is the way it is spelled in the dossier and the spelling of the real-world counterpart.










































Pulmonoscorpius
Pulmonoscorpius
Dossier Pulmonoscorpius.pngDossier EmptyDossier Pulmonoscorpius
Dossier EmptyDossier Pulmonoscorpius

Group
Invertebrates
Diet
Carnivore
Temperament
Aggressive
Release Versions
Steam
Jun 2, 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
Variants
Spawn Command
cheat summon Scorpion_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Scorpion/Scorpion_Character_BP.Scorpion_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Pulmonoscorpius
cheat summon Scorpion_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Scorpion/Scorpion_Character_BP_Aberrant.Scorpion_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35
Domestication
Tameable
Rideable
Breedable
Check mark Yes
Check mark Yes
X mark No
Torpor Immune
X mark No
Taming Method
Knockedout Knockout
Preferred Kibble
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble
Preferred Food
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat
Equipment
Pulmonoscorpius Saddle Pulmonoscorpius Saddle (Level ?)
Rider Weaponry
Check mark Yes
Data
XP for kill
24 XP
Special Loot Chance
30%
Feces Size
Small Animal Feces Small
Drag Weight
110
Radiation Immune
X mark No
Carryable By
Immobilized By
Can Damage
Thatch Wall Thatch
Greenhouse Wall Greenhouse
Reproduction
Egg
Pulmonoscorpius Egg Pulmonoscorpius Egg
Incubation Range
12 - 16 °C / 54 - 61 °F
Egg Incubator (Genesis Part 2) Egg Incubator: 14 °C / 57 °F
Incubation Time
1h 59m 59.424s
Baby Time
3h 42m 13.333s
Juvenile Time
14h 48m 53.333s
Adolescent Time
18h 31m 6.667s
Total Maturation Time
1d 13h 2m 13.333s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d
Habitat

The Island Topographic Map
Spawning Pulmonoscorpius The Island

The Center Topographic Map
Spawning Pulmonoscorpius The Center

Scorched Earth Topographic Map
Spawning Pulmonoscorpius Scorched Earth

Ragnarok Ocean Topographic Map
Spawning Pulmonoscorpius Ragnarok

Extinction Topographic Map
Spawning Pulmonoscorpius Extinction

Valguero Topographic Map
Spawning Pulmonoscorpius Valguero

Genesis Part 1 Topographic Map
Spawning Pulmonoscorpius Genesis Part 1

Crystal Isles Topographic Map
Spawning Pulmonoscorpius Crystal Isles

Genesis Part 2 Map
Spawning Pulmonoscorpius Genesis Part 2

Lost Island map
Spawning Pulmonoscorpius Lost Island

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Pulmonoscorpius (Pul-mon-oh-skor-pee-us), or simply Scorpion, 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
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Wild

I'm not sure why, but the giant scorpions I've seen on the Island are far more disturbing than most of the dinosaurs. Rather than simply kill its prey, Pulmonoscorpius gigantus injects its victims with a tranquilizing poison, then eats its unconscious prey alive. This subspecies has a large pair of pincers that seem connected to the same toxin sacs as the tail. I've never seen another scorpion that has this adaptation, but I've never seen another scorpion that's larger than I am, either.

Domesticated

Trying to tame a monster like Pulmonoscorpius gigantus sounds like a crazy idea, but I suppose the ability to knock out a foe could come in handy. It could certainly make incapacitating some of the Island's other creatures much easier.

„

Behavior

Pulmonoscorpius will approach anything out of curiosity, but it doesn't like to be touched... This combination causes dinos (wild and tamed) and players that bump into it to cause it to attack virtually everything at any time. Large hitbox(es) doesn't help the easily aggravated nature. An openly hostile or a touched bug will have its claws raised when in melee range. A single scorpion can be ignored, or waited off. Two scorpions will most likely have the second one attack due to getting too close. A group will target the same spot on a given thing, causing extras to home into the now blocked off spot and touching the rest of the dino/player in question, proc'ing agro of any and all scorpions.

Appearance

Pulmonoscorpius is an enormous land scorpion that haunts the island's warmer interior. It has a glossy chitinous exoskeleton and, uniquely, a pair of venom sacs stored within its pincers; between these and the one that makes up its fearsome stinger, the creature can inject other animals with a potent paralytic neurotoxin. It feeds only on decomposed meat, preferably that which its venom has rendered from its tranquilized victims. Unlike that of most other creatures, its blood is green. It lurks in caves around the island, as well as the rocky terrain around the bottom of mountains, though the latter is much less common.

Color Scheme and Regions

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

Pulmonoscorpius PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Plate Edges
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Pulmonoscorpius PaintRegion1
Region 1:
Claw Stripes, Barb Patterning, and Body Joints
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Pulmonoscorpius PaintRegion2
Region 2:
Limb Joints
8
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33
Pulmonoscorpius PaintRegion3
Region 3:
Body
8
14
19
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33
Pulmonoscorpius PaintRegion4
Region 4:
Plates
13
14
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31
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35
Pulmonoscorpius PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Legs
8
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Drops

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 280 +56 +5.4% 0.07
Stamina Stamina 200 +20 +10%
Oxygen Oxygen 150 +15 +10%
Food Food 1500 +150 +10%
Weight Weight 200 +4 +4%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 15 +0.75 +1.7% 7% 17.6%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +1% 100%
Torpidity Torpidity 150 +9 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s] 		Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 300 ? ? 420 420 840 5
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 Effects
Attack Type Effect Description
Main Attack Tranquilized Tranquilized The target's Torpor Torpor will increase by 3x the damage dealt over 10 seconds. This effect stacks.
Attack Values
Melee Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (Xbox One), the Pulmonoscorpius claws or stings the target. The target's Torpor Torpor will increase by 3x the damage dealt over 10 seconds. This effects stacks with each hit from a wild Scorpion, however attacks from tamed Scorpions stack up to two times for a maximum of 20 seconds torpor debuff.
0 200 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 15 10 3 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]

Pulmonoscorpius

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

Pulmonoscorpius Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 1 0 0 0 0:01:04
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 4 0 0 0 0:04:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 27 0 0 0 0:08:06
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 66 4 1 1 0:09:54
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 15; Slingshot Hits × 7; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 2; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 1; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 1; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:08:20
Pulmonoscorpius Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 3 0 0 0 0:03:12
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 10 0 0 0 0:10:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 63 18 4 2 0:18:54
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 157 33 7 4 0:23:33
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 42; Slingshot Hits × 17; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 5; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 3; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:13:44
Pulmonoscorpius Level 60 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 4 0 0 0 0:04:16
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 15 0 0 0 0:15:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 100 52 11 6 0:30:00
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 250 83 18 9 0:37:30
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 69; Slingshot Hits × 28; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 8; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 5; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 4; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:17:27
Pulmonoscorpius Level 90 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 6 0 0 0 0:06:24
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 21 5 1 1 0:21:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 138 102 22 11 0:41:24
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 344 151 33 17 0:51:36
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 96; Slingshot Hits × 39; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 11; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 7; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:20:08
Pulmonoscorpius Level 120 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 7 0 0 0 0:07:28
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 27 26 6 3 0:27:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 175 162 36 18 0:52:30
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 438 233 51 26 1:05:42
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 123; Slingshot Hits × 50; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 14; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 8; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 6; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:22:15
Pulmonoscorpius Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 8 0 0 0 0:08:32
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 32 47 11 6 0:32:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 213 234 52 26 1:03:54
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 532 327 72 36 1:19:48
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 150; Slingshot Hits × 61; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 17; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 10; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 7; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 4
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:24:00

Soothing Balm Pulmonoscorpius Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 5 0 0 0 0:05:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 30 2 1 1 0:09:00
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 75 7 2 1 0:11:15
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 2 0 0 0 0:02:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 10 0 0 0 0:03:00
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 25 0 0 0 0:03:45
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:18
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 3 0 0 0 0:00:27
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:18
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:09
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 15; Slingshot Hits × 7; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 2; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 1; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 1; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 1; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 1; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:08:20
Soothing Balm Pulmonoscorpius Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 11 0 0 0 0:11:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 72 27 6 3 0:21:36
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 179 44 9 5 0:26:51
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 4 0 0 0 0:04:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 24 0 0 0 0:07:12
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 60 0 0 0 0:09:00
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 3 0 0 0 0:00:54
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 6 0 0 0 0:00:54
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:18
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:09
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 42; Slingshot Hits × 17; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 5; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 3; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 3; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 2; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:13:44
Soothing Balm Pulmonoscorpius Level 75 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 21 10 2 1 0:21:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 136 99 21 11 0:40:48
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 340 144 31 16 0:51:00
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 7 0 0 0 0:07:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 46 0 0 0 0:13:48
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 114 0 0 0 0:17:06
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 5 0 0 0 0:01:30
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 12 0 0 0 0:01:48
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:18
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:09
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 82; Slingshot Hits × 34; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 10; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 6; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 5; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 4; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 4; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 0.72 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:18:53
Soothing Balm Pulmonoscorpius Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 37 77 17 9 0:37:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 243 287 63 32 1:12:54
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 608 394 87 44 1:31:12
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 13 0 0 0 0:13:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 81 2 1 1 0:24:18
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 203 38 9 5 0:30:27
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 2 0 0 0 0:02:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 9 0 0 0 0:02:42
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 21 0 0 0 0:03:09
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:18
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 2 0 0 0 0:00:18
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 150; Slingshot Hits × 61; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 17; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 10; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 9; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 7; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 7; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 4
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:24:00
Soothing Balm Pulmonoscorpius Level 300 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 69 304 71 36 1:09:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 458 834 194 97 2:17:24
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1143 1098 256 128 2:51:27
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 23 0 0 0 0:23:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 153 125 29 15 0:45:54
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 381 212 50 25 0:57:09
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 3 0 0 0 0:03:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 16 0 0 0 0:04:48
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 39 0 0 0 0:05:51
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 2 0 0 0 0:00:36
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 3 0 0 0 0:00:27
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 285; Slingshot Hits × 116; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 32; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 19; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 16; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 12; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 13; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 7
Torpidity-depletion: 1.59 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:29:53
Soothing Balm Pulmonoscorpius Level 450 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 101 612 149 75 1:41:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 672 1525 370 185 3:21:36
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1679 1981 481 241 4:11:51
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 34 4 1 1 0:34:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 224 305 74 37 1:07:12
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 560 458 111 56 1:24:00
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 4 0 0 0 0:04:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 23 0 0 0 0:06:54
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 56 0 0 0 0:08:24
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Raw Meat Raw Meat 2 0 0 0 0:00:36
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 4 0 0 0 0:00:36
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 420; Slingshot Hits × 172; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 47; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 27; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 24; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 18; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 19; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 10
Torpidity-depletion: 2.08 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:33:37


For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.


KO Strategy

To knock it unconscious with less of a chance of killing it, use the Slingshot or Tranquilizer Arrows, but try to lengthen your time between shots if you see it doing too much damage. You can also use another scorpion to knock it out. One strategy is to stand upon a large rock or elevation where the scorpion cannot climb up, though finding one may be difficult, as the scorpion can easily climb some rocks. Another method is simply to back away while shooting at it, as it pauses when attacking. A bola will also work to stop it in place.

Once it is unconscious, use Narcotics. Narcotics and Spoiled Meat will tame it most effectively, although Narcoberries and Raw Meat also work. Note that you cannot tame it with prime meat. When tamed, they can eat both raw meat and spoiled meat, preferring spoiled.

Taming Food

Combat

This section describes how to fight against the Pulmonoscorpius.

General

Avoid melee-combat as much as possible; their powerful sting can render a player unconscious (and then dead) very fast. They are easily capable of immobilizing multiple tribe members if not prepared. Their attack deals both torpor and a smaller amount of physical damage.

Strategy

Stay away from their sting and pincers. Due to the slow sprinting speed of a wild Scorpion, it is possible for even a low level player to kill a Scorpion by walking backwards and repeatedly stabbing it in the face with a Spear or Pike.

Weaponry

Ranged weapons or a strong mount with high torpor is recommended to avoid getting knocked unconscious.

Dangers

Their attack increases torpor, so it's best to avoid melee combat. Also, don't think you can flee from them by jumping in the water. Scorpions are surprisingly fast swimmers.

Weakness

Their HP is not very high, so attacked with the right equipment / creature, they're easy to knock out or kill. Additionally. the sprinting speed of a wild Scorpion is slower than that of an unburdened player's walking speed with no increases in the Movement Speed stat. Note that when tamed, they are almost as fast as a player's sprinting speed without any increases.

Utility

Roles

  • Dino Tamer: Capable of knocking out any creature in the game susceptible to narcotic, so as long as the attack is applied sparingly. (Level up Damage and Health)
  • Guard Dog: Easy to feed and dangerous to even armored raiders, the scorpion is especially effective if used to surprise opponents in tight corridors. (Level up Damage and Health)
  • Hostage/Prisoner Taker: Knock-out other humans and take them hostage, kill them, or just leave them for the dinos. (Level up Health and Damage)
  • Hunter:
  • Damage:
  • Transport:
  • Travel:
  • Cave mount:
  • Combatant:
  • Swarmers:
  • Knock-Out:
  • Defenders:

Sub-Roles

  • Mountain-Climber: One of the best at scaling mountains and difficult terrain. Also capable of defending owner if attacked.
  • Swimmer: Surprisingly adept at swimming along the surface of water.
  • The Swarm: Plentiful, easy to feed, and capable warriors, it is not difficult to amass an army of scorpions.
  • Good Starter pet: Easy to feed, good warrior. (Level up Health and Damage)

Collectibles

Resource Efficiency
Raw Meat Raw Meat ★★★☆☆
Hide Hide ★★★☆☆

Feeding tamed scorpions

It should be noted that tamed Pulmonoscorpius prefer Spoiled Meat over Raw Meat. Spoiled Meat refills 50 units of food, while Raw Meat only refills 10. Therefore, if players want to save stacks of Raw Meat, they should not put them in the inventory of a hungry scorpion, as it will eat all of it very quickly. To easily get spoiled meat for your scorpion, split your stack of Raw Meat into multiple stacks of one. This will make them spoil all at the same time.

Stinging

The torpor gained from a sting is equal to 3x the damage dealt.
A level 1 Scorpion will have 100% melee damage, dealing 15 damage and therefore 45 torpor.
At 200% melee damage, it will deal 30 damage and 90 torpor.

Getting your specific scorpion's torpor and damage applied per sting is as simple as multiplying your melee damage % number by 0.45 for torpor and 0.15 for damage.

The poison from one sting is applied over a duration of 10 seconds, so stinging in rapid succession will not knock out the target faster. The poison buffs do stack two times. After the first stack has been consumed you can apply a new one, to keep stacks at two. You need to refresh the sting every 10 seconds to deal the least amount of damage and maximum torpor.

A mate boosted scorpion will have these numbers increased by 33%.

  • A Scorpion that has 367.9% melee will deal 367.9 x 0.45 = 165.6 torpor over 10 seconds and 367.9 x 0.15 = 55.2 damage instantly.

Notes/Trivia

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

  • Probably the best terrestrial creature to climb mountains and pass through forests.
  • The scorpion's venom can even knock a Rex unconscious, but it will take time, and the scorpion's health must be upgraded to survive the ordeal.
  • They might be the same species as Brontoscorpio (in real life), which was present in the Silurian, while Pulmonoscorpius is only found in the Carboniferous.
  • Pulmonoscorpius' Melee % directly affects their ability to knock out an opponent.[2]
  • Kibble made with Scorpion egg is used to tame Rex, and scorpions are popular to be tamed for egg farms.
  • The fact that Scorpions lay eggs is scientifically incorrect, as modern scorpions in real life do not lay eggs.
  • The name Pulmonoscorpius Gigantus roughly translates to "Giant Breathing Scorpion"
  • If a smaller creature (Dodo, Compy, small raptor etc.) is located behind a tamed scorpion's pincers it will be locked in place and unable to move, despite its best efforts. This is a useful and efficient way to tame fast fleeing dinosaurs such as the Oviraptor and is very accessible as scorpions are an easy low level tame only requiring spoiled meat and narcotics to tame. This strategy can be helpful for increasing egg laying for early level Survivors' tames.
  • It is currently impossible to obtain fertilized Pulmonoscorpius eggs from a tamed pair, as they currently can not mate.
  • Real world Pulmonoscorpius would hunt for their food or wait to cath their food like real Scorpions, while still capable of hunting and waiting for it's food Ark's Pulmonoscorpius has adapted to eating spoiled rotting meat and flesh.
  • Despite being scorpions they don't use their claws to grab prey.
  • Although Pulmonoscorpius lay unfertilized eggs and can't reproduce they still some how manage to spawn into the Ark worlds.

Gallery

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References

  1. ↑ ARK Smart Breeding
  2. ↑ Scorpion vs Tranq Arrows - Reply #2
v · d · eCreatures

  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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