Therizinosaur

Therizinosaur

Dossier Therizinosaur.png

Creature

Group

Dinosaurs

Diet

Herbivore

Temperament

Aggressive

Release Versions

253.0
Dec 23, 2016

749.0
Jan 17, 2017

503.0
Jan 18, 2017

1.0
May 24, 2018

599.0
Nov 30, 2018

311.74
Jun 11, 2020

678.15
Sep 1, 2021

Variants

 Eerie Therizinosaur

Spawn Command

cheat summon Therizino_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Therizinosaurus/Therizino_Character_BP.Therizino_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Torpor Immune

No

Taming Method

 Knockout

Preferred Kibble

 Exceptional Kibble

Preferred Kibble

 Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg)

Preferred Food

 Crops

Equipment

 Therizinosaurus Saddle (Level 69)

Rider Weaponry

No

Data

XP for kill

72 XP

Loot

• Therizino Claws

Special Loot Chance

100%

Feces Size

 Medium

Drag Weight

250

Radiation Immune

No

Carryable By

• Fire Wyvern
• Forest Wyvern
• Ice Wyvern
• Karkinos
• Lightning Wyvern
• Poison Wyvern
• Quetzal
• Tek Quetzal
• Tusoteuthis

Immobilized By

• Chain Bola
• Large Bear Trap
• Plant Species Y Trap
• Net Projectile

Can Damage

 Thatch
 Greenhouse
 Wood
 Adobe
 Stone

Reproduction

Egg

 Therizino Egg

Incubation Range

26 - 32 °C / 79 - 90 °F
 Egg Incubator: 29 °C / 84 °F

Incubation Time

1h 39m 59.521s

Baby Time

11h 34m 26.666s

Juvenile Time

1d 22h 17m 46.662s

Adolescent Time

2d 9h 52m 13.328s

Total Maturation Time

4d 19h 44m 26.656s

Breeding Interval

18h - 2d

Habitat

• The Island
• The Center
• Ragnarok
• Extinction
• Valguero
• Genesis: Part 1
• Crystal Isles
• Genesis: Part 2
• Lost Island

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Therizinosaur (thair-uh-ZEEN-uh-SAWR) is one of the Dinosaurs 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

I'm not entirely sure how Therizinosaurus multiensis stays populated on the Island. It is surprisingly slow for its size, and is a solitary predator (so no pack to back it up). I suppose the fact that its sheer power rivals Tyrannosaurus is the only thing that allows this very aggressive medium-sized predator to thrive. The claws of Therizinosaurus are some of the most versatile biological tools I've encountered, as adept at removing trees and foliage from Therizinosaurus' path as they are at piercing the thick shells and hide of the Island's most defensive creatures if backed into a fight.

Domesticated

A tamed Therizinosaurus is one of the most versatile mounts a survivor can have. It can be trained to use its claws brutally or delicately, allowing the rider to primarily harvest with enhanced efficiency the specific kinds of resources that he or she needs. And in combat, these same claws can pierce straight through the toughest armor. This flexibility more than makes up for its inability to carry the large loads of the Island's many herbivorous beasts of burden.

„

~ Helena

Behaviour

Therizinosaurus have been known to wander about alone but they have been seen to team up and wander in groups, ignoring most other creatures in the area. However, any predators or players that venture too close will immediately rouse its ire. If you see him, you'd better run away

Appearance

A Therizinosaurus is one of the strangest creatures a survivor will encounter on the island. Although it is built like a Tyrannosaurus or an Allosaurus, the creature is a herbivore, using its scythe-like claws to pull down leafy vegetation for consumption. The massive claws are just as efficient for slashing foes in combat though, intimidating all but the hungriest of predators. The beast is also covered in a thick covering of feathers much like its real life counterpart: Therizinosaurus cheloniformis.

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

Region 0:
Feathers

13

14

20

22

24

33

34

35

36

52

56

Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 2:
Body Highlights

8

23

24

25

32

36

48

50

Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 4:
Feather Highlights

13

14

20

22

24

26

27

33

34

35

Region 5:
Main Body

8

14

21

23

32

33

35

47

52

Drops

Harvest

• Raw Meat
• Raw Prime Meat
• Hide
• Keratin

Guaranteed Special Loot

• Therizino Claws

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Tamed	Additive	Multiplicative
Health	870	+174	+5.4%	0.07
Stamina	300	+30	+10%
Oxygen	150	+15	+10%
Food	3000	+300	+10%
Weight	365	+7.3	+4%
Melee Damage	52	+2.6	+1.7%	7%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+2.5%
Torpidity	925	+55.5	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	466	?	?	978.6	1304.7999	1304.7999	?
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

Claw Attack		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation	Using the (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Therizinosaur slashes at the target for considerable damage. When harvesting trees, this attack will only collect Wood and Thatch.
		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		52

Claw (Harvest)		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation	Using the (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Therizinosaur shears nearby flora with its claws. When harvesting, it cannot hit trees, and from bushes it will only collect Fiber. This attack inflicts Torpor at 0.5x the damage dealt to affected creatures.
		0	500	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		5				2.5	0.5

Bite (Harvest)		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation	Using C (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Therizinosaur bites at the target. When harvesting, it cannot hit trees, and from bushes it will only collect Berries, Seeds, and Rare Flowers. This attack inflicts Torpor at 0.5x the damage dealt to affected creatures.
		0	600	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		52				26	0.5

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.

Therizinosaur

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

Since 253.3 the bug (Fertilized Megalosaurus Egg) is fixed and the Therizinosaurus now prefers  Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg). Note, the kibble fills up 120 food per bite, not 80.

Level 1					Time
Exceptional Kibble	5	56	15	8	0:10:40
Fresh Barley	44	691	177	89	1:10:24
Fresh Wheat	44	691	177	89	1:10:24
Soybean	44	691	177	89	1:10:24
Dried Wheat	44	1439	368	184	2:20:48
Mejoberry	58	682	175	88	1:09:36
Berries	87	682	175	88	1:09:36
KO: × 93; × 38; × 11; × 6; × 5; × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 2.84 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:05:26

Level 30					Time
Exceptional Kibble	8	106	30	15	0:17:03
Fresh Barley	73	1409	393	197	1:56:48
Fresh Wheat	73	1409	393	197	1:56:48
Soybean	73	1409	393	197	1:56:48
Dried Wheat	73	2935	817	409	3:53:36
Mejoberry	97	1404	391	196	1:56:24
Berries	145	1399	390	195	1:56:00
KO: × 254; × 104; × 29; × 17; × 12; × 6
Torpidity-depletion: 4.71 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:08:58

Level 60					Time
Exceptional Kibble	11	172	50	25	0:23:27
Fresh Barley	103	2181	635	318	2:44:48
Fresh Wheat	103	2181	635	318	2:44:48
Soybean	103	2181	635	318	2:44:48
Dried Wheat	103	4523	1316	658	5:29:36
Mejoberry	137	2175	633	317	2:44:24
Berries	205	2170	631	316	2:44:00
KO: × 420; × 172; × 47; × 27; × 20; × 10
Torpidity-depletion: 6.15 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:11:23

Level 90					Time
Exceptional Kibble	14	250	75	38	0:29:51
Fresh Barley	133	2988	896	448	3:32:48
Fresh Wheat	133	2988	896	448	3:32:48
Soybean	133	2988	896	448	3:32:48
Dried Wheat	133	6173	1850	925	7:05:36
Mejoberry	177	2982	894	447	3:32:24
Berries	265	2976	892	446	3:32:00
KO: × 587; × 240; × 66; × 38; × 27; × 14
Torpidity-depletion: 7.43 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:13:09

Level 120					Time
Exceptional Kibble	17	337	104	52	0:36:14
Fresh Barley	163	3820	1170	585	4:20:48
Fresh Wheat	163	3820	1170	585	4:20:48
Soybean	163	3820	1170	585	4:20:48
Dried Wheat	163	7864	2409	1205	8:41:36
Mejoberry	217	3814	1168	584	4:20:24
Berries	325	3807	1166	583	4:20:00
KO: × 753; × 308; × 84; × 48; × 35; × 18
Torpidity-depletion: 8.64 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:14:32

Level 150					Time
Exceptional Kibble	20	430	134	67	0:42:38
Fresh Barley	193	4669	1455	728	5:08:48
Fresh Wheat	193	4669	1455	728	5:08:48
Soybean	193	4669	1455	728	5:08:48
Dried Wheat	193	9587	2987	1494	10:17:36
Mejoberry	257	4663	1453	727	5:08:24
Berries	385	4656	1451	726	5:08:00
KO: × 920; × 376; × 103; × 59; × 42; × 21
Torpidity-depletion: 9.78 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:15:40

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.

• As Stimberries do not recover Food, the AI will detect that it is still hungry after eating and trigger a continuous cycle of consumption. Stimulants do not work nor will using Remote Use speed up the process. The Taming Effectiveness gained using Stimberries is exceptionally poor, due to the thousands required to tame. However, Stimberries that are consumed autonomously do not seem to affect Torpor, meaning it will not wake up any faster.
• The -15 Food occurs over a digestion period, but does net an increase the rate that the Therizinosaurus starves. This can be used in conjunction with normal berries or advanced crops to substantially improve the taming time. However, it is worth stressing how little Taming Effectiveness will remain if Stimberries are used. (Taming speed is increased, and effectiveness is effectively 0 when using stimberries, but food no longer drops faster as of 253.5)
  • (As of 253.5 this no longer works) This loss can be counteracted by allowing the creature to wake up when it's close to 0 Food and then knock it out again, resetting its current Taming Affinity and Taming Effectiveness, but preserving its current Food. At this point, do not use Stimberries.

The rate that Taming Effectiveness decays is significantly lower than other herbivores, with a level 145 retaining 90% (+65 levels) when tamed using Advanced Crops). (Tested on Official PVP.)

Combat

This section describes how to fight against the Therizinosaurus.

General

The Therizino is capable of dealing a large amount of DPS, and deals some torpor for each attack and has quite an effective attack range.

Strategy

Therizinos are highly aggressive for Herbivores and will not hesitate to attack any players or tames that approach too closely. Keep in mind that although it isn't as flashy or impressive looking as a Rex, it is at least as powerful as a Spino and not to be taken lightly. It is not recommended to take a Therizino head on with a tame unless you are certain it can take a beating, and certainly don't attempt melee with one if unmounted as they are quite capable of shredding armour very quickly. Fast mounts, high perches and ranged weapons are the order of the day.

Weaponry

Shotgun works well if aimed at the head. Four rounds may down it from close range, depending on server settings, level, quality of gun, etc.

Dangers

The Therizinosaurus' attacks are capable of damaging both mounts and their riders in a single swing whenever it randomly uses its bite attack - although the rider must still be in range of the attack. Approaching a therizinosaurus with shorter mounts is not advised as they can distribute Torpor to the rider of a mount when hit by the bite attack. Therizinosaurus can aggro on a player inside a house if they wander too close, potentially tearing down anything not made of metal, so it's best to monitor the location of any that wander nearby.

Weakness

It can't heal well like the Rex, unless using sweet vegetable cake. Attacking behind spikes with a pike can allow you to kill one on foot, as its head will pop over and they won't be able to hit you.

Roles

Herbivore Combat Mount

• Each of the Therizino's attacks hits multiple times, meaning the effective DPS is much greater than one might assume from the information presented above (which is already high compared to other creatures).
• The Therizino's sprint speed is comparable to the Giganotosaurs except the Therizino's endurance is top-notch, although its gait is much smaller.

Aquatic Utility

• The Therizino's base movement speed in water is slightly fast, even without being able to sprint.
• While it uses both Oxygen and Stamina to swim, and its stamina-endurance while swimming is poor (compared to sprinting on land, at least), it can often make desired swims in such speed its stamina isn't necessary.
• With use of Stimulants or Recipes to regenerate Stamina, its exceptional base oxygen combined with affinity in Power Harvesting makes the Therizino the best Fish/Prime Meat gatherer in the game.

Meat and Wood Gatherer

• The primary attack (Lmb) gathers Wood and Meat in exceptional quantities, as well as lesser (by comparison to C) amounts of Thatch and skins (Hide, Chitin, Silk etc.).
  • The attack hits two times with a single click.
    • Each hit deals damage/gathers resources, capable of hitting the same target multiple times or multiple targets.
  • Can perform this attack while moving.
  • They gather Wood almost as efficiently as a Chainsaw, and more efficiently than any other tame.
  • Recommended Weight for Wood Gathering as the Therizino can easily reach maximum weight in seconds, and combat stats for Meat/Skinning.
  • This attack will also gather obscene quantities of Rare Mushrooms from the Trees within the Swamp.
  • This attack will destroy Cactus Trees on Scorched Earth, but gathers nothing from them.

Fiber Gatherer

• The secondary attack (Rmb) functions as a sickle versus bush nodes, and gathers Fibre, Silk and Plant Y Seeds.
• • The attack hits three times with a single click, but takes a few seconds to perform.
  • Can perform this attack while moving.
  • When using the secondary attack on a tree and pressing the primary attack during the animation it will only gather thatch from the tree.
• This attack will also harvest from corpses, gathering the same amount of meat and hide as (Lmb), but requires multiple attacks to fully harvest the corpse.
  • It is not considered a sickle versus corpses (i.e. it will not gather prime fish from salmon).
• On Scorched Earth, this attack also gathers Silk, Plant Y Seeds, Rare Mushrooms and Rare Flowers from Flower Nodes; and Cactus Sap from Cactus Bushes.

Berries/Seeds and Hide/Chitin/Silk Gatherer

• The tertiary attack (C) gathers Berries from bush nodes and Hide/Chitin from corpses.
  • This attack hits once and can be performed while moving.
  • Other secondary resources, such as Pelt and Organic Polymer, are not gathered at all by this attack. When tested, Mammoths and Kairuku give a substantial amount of Hide.
• On Scorched Earth this attack will also gather Cactus Sap from Cactus Bushes, but in an inferior quantity to the Lmb attack.
• This attack can inflict torpor, directly hit the rider, and damage stone structures.

Automated Harvesting

• The Therizinosaurus will use its Lmb and C attacks autonomously to harvest nearby valid nodes when not in-use by a player (mounted or set to follow). This can be combined with Wander Enabled to have the Therizinosaurus autonomously collect wood, berries and seeds for you.

Upgradeable Harvesting

• In addition to bonus stats, each time you spend a skill point you will also gain the ability to apply "Harvesting Levels" via the Wheel Menu. The two options are: Delicate Harvesting and Power Harvesting.
  • Delicate: Improves the gathering from Bush/Flower Nodes (Rmb/C), hide and chitin (c) and Organic Polymer (Rmb).
  • Power: Improves the gathering from Trees (Lmb) and Corpses (Lmb/Rmb), but is surpassed by Delicate for Hide and Chitin in particular. Trees includes Wood, Thatch and Rare Mushrooms.
  • Pelt does not appear to be gathered in any noteworthy quantity by any attack with any upgrade investment.
• The following table was populated using information from a level 150 that was GMSummoned in single player, and given maximum experience. All skill points were expended in Oxygen, to avoid contaminating the results. Level 5 Diplodocuses were spawned in to test meat/hide; Scorpions for Chitin and Kairuku for Organic Polymer.

	Base	425% Delicate	425% Power
Fiber Rmb	45-300	700-900	45-300
Azul Berries C	45	250	45
Thatch Lmb	25	25	125
Wood Lmb	200	200	900
Meat LmbRmb	60	60	250
Hide and Chitin LmbRmb	50 / 15	50 / 15	180 / 105
Hide and Chitin C	40 / 85	450 / 200	40 / 85
Organic Polymer Rmb	8	24	8
Cactus Sap Rmb	60	60	250
Corpse Silk Lmb	40	40	120
Flower Silk Rmb	40	120	40
Rare Flower Rmb	?	?	?

• The Power Therizino when tested against a level 5 Squid gathered so much Fish, Prime Fish and Keratin to reach the stack limit within its inventory, at ~3000 Fish, ~300 Prime Fish and ~750 Keratin, compared to the Delicate's ~400 Fish, ~60 Prime Fish and ~300 Keratin. A similarly levelled Allosaurus gathered twice as much as a Delicate Therizino, implying the squid itself provides an unusually high amount of resources before factoring the Power Therizino's multiplier.

The following represents the creature's innate affinity for harvesting quantity compared to the other tools/creatures:

Resource	Efficiency
Wood	★★★★★
Keratin	★★★★★
Rare Flower	★★★★★
Chitin	★★★★★
Hide	★★★★★
Silk	★★★★★
Cactus Sap	★★★★★
Rare Mushroom	★★★★★
Plant Species Y Seed	★★★★★
Fiber	★★★★★
Organic Polymer	★★★★☆
Berries	★★★★☆
Thatch	★★★☆☆
Raw Prime Meat	★★★☆☆
Raw Meat	★★★☆☆
Black Pearl	★★★☆☆
Raw Fish Meat	★★★☆☆
Raw Prime Fish Meat	★★★☆☆

These already-good ratings can be improved further with the Harvesting Levels. With 65 bonus levels, one can get up to 4.25x gathering (325% bonus).

Notes/Trivia

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

• Therizinosaurus was first revealed by Drake on 06/27/2015
• The dossier was revealed on 09/07/2015
• Be careful when having a tamed Therizinosaurus follow you around. If it hits a tree as a response to an attack and it has a lot of points in Power Harvesting it can unintentionally encumber itself from the sheer amounts of wood it can acquire. This can leave a dismounted survivor vulnerable or cause an unwary survivor leading a large pack of dinosaurs to mistakenly leave it behind. As of v254.0 this issue can be rectified by disabling resource gathering on the Therizinosaurus.
• The Therizinosaurus drops torpor extremely quickly—be prepared with plenty of narcotics/berries and a safe taming area, when attempting to tame this dinosaur.
• Some carnivores that are smaller than the Therizinosaurus appear to ignore it when mounted by a player (such as raptors/carnos).
• The Therizinosaurus is sometimes called "Tickle Chicken", "Chicken Fingie", or "Freddy Krueger" due to their horrifying appearance and/or lethality.
• Therizinosaurus have faster attacking rate while sprinting.
• Therizinosaurus' bite can damage stone structures, can also inflict torpor damage and can directly hit the dino rider(similar to dimorphodon).
• Compared to other "Tranq and Tame" creatures that have a kibble, the Therizinosaurus is among the top of the list for taking the longest to tame (a level 150 still takes over 3 hours to tame on kibble.) Due to their fast torpor drop and the longevity of the tame, this can make domesticating one a daunting task. However the Therizino is very adaptable when it comes to harvesting resources. Since it's also a very powerful battle mount, these qualities mean that having just a few at your disposal can remove the need for several other dinos to be cared for.

Gallery

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• Therizinosaurus Gathering.jpg
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  Color Mutation on a Therizinosaurus