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Therizinosaur
Therizinosaur
Steam 253.0
Dec 23, 2016
Xbox One 749.0
Jan 17, 2017
PS 503.0
Jan 18, 2017
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 Therizino_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Therizinosaurus/Therizino_Character_BP.Therizino_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
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
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

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.

NoteHelena
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.

Behaviour

Therizinosaurus can be found wandering around alone, though it is not uncommon to see them in small groups of 2 or 3. Whilst they tend to ignore other creatures in the area, any predators, players or tamed creatures that venture too close will envoke an aggressive response. Caution is strongly advised!

Appearance

A Therizinosaurus is one of the strongest creatures a survivor will encounter on the island. Although it is built like a Tyrannosaurus or an Allosaurus, and despite the dossier calling it a predator, 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.

Color Scheme and Regions

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.

Therizinosaurus PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Feathers
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33
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36
52
56
X mark

Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.

Therizinosaurus PaintRegion2
Region 2:
Body Highlights
8
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32
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48
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X mark

Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.

Therizinosaurus PaintRegion4
Region 4:
Feather Highlights
13
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35
Therizinosaurus PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Main Body
8
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Drops

Harvest
Guaranteed Special Loot

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 870 +174 +5.4% 0.07
Stamina Stamina 300 +30 +10%
Oxygen Oxygen 150 +15 +10%
Food Food 3000 +300 +10%
Weight Weight 365 +7.3 +4%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 52 / 5 +2.6 / +0.25 +1.7% 7% 17.6%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +1%
Torpidity Torpidity 925 +55.5 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s]
Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 466 ? ? 978.6 1304.7999 1304.7999 14
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 Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (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 Right Mousebutton (PC), L2 Button (PS), LT Button (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 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), R3 Button (PS), R Button (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 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.[1]

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) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg). Note, the kibble fills up 120 food per bite, not 80.

Therizinosaur Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble 5 56 15 8 0:10:40
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 44 691 177 89 1:10:24
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 44 691 177 89 1:10:24
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 44 691 177 89 1:10:24
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 44 1439 368 184 2:20:48
Mejoberry Mejoberry 58 682 175 88 1:09:36
Berries Berries 87 682 175 88 1:09:36
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 93; Slingshot Hits × 38; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 11; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 6; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 2.84 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:05:26
Therizinosaur Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble 8 106 30 15 0:17:03
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 73 1409 393 197 1:56:48
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 73 1409 393 197 1:56:48
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 73 1409 393 197 1:56:48
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 73 2935 817 409 3:53:36
Mejoberry Mejoberry 97 1404 391 196 1:56:24
Berries Berries 145 1399 390 195 1:56:00
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 254; Slingshot Hits × 104; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 29; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 17; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 12; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 6
Torpidity-depletion: 4.71 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:08:58
Therizinosaur Level 60 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble 11 172 50 25 0:23:27
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 103 2181 635 318 2:44:48
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 103 2181 635 318 2:44:48
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 103 2181 635 318 2:44:48
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 103 4523 1316 658 5:29:36
Mejoberry Mejoberry 137 2175 633 317 2:44:24
Berries Berries 205 2170 631 316 2:44:00
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 420; Slingshot Hits × 172; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 47; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 27; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 20; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 10
Torpidity-depletion: 6.15 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:11:23
Therizinosaur Level 90 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble 14 250 75 38 0:29:51
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 133 2988 896 448 3:32:48
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 133 2988 896 448 3:32:48
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 133 2988 896 448 3:32:48
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 133 6173 1850 925 7:05:36
Mejoberry Mejoberry 177 2982 894 447 3:32:24
Berries Berries 265 2976 892 446 3:32:00
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 587; Slingshot Hits × 240; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 66; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 38; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 27; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 14
Torpidity-depletion: 7.43 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:13:09
Therizinosaur Level 120 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble 17 337 104 52 0:36:14
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 163 3820 1170 585 4:20:48
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 163 3820 1170 585 4:20:48
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 163 3820 1170 585 4:20:48
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 163 7864 2409 1205 8:41:36
Mejoberry Mejoberry 217 3814 1168 584 4:20:24
Berries Berries 325 3807 1166 583 4:20:00
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 753; Slingshot Hits × 308; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 84; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 48; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 35; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 18
Torpidity-depletion: 8.64 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:14:32
Therizinosaur Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Exceptional Kibble Exceptional Kibble 20 430 134 67 0:42:38
Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) Fresh Barley (Primitive Plus) 193 4669 1455 728 5:08:48
Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) Fresh Wheat (Primitive Plus) 193 4669 1455 728 5:08:48
Soybean (Primitive Plus) Soybean (Primitive Plus) 193 4669 1455 728 5:08:48
Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) Dried Wheat (Primitive Plus) 193 9587 2987 1494 10:17:36
Mejoberry Mejoberry 257 4663 1453 727 5:08:24
Berries Berries 385 4656 1451 726 5:08:00
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 920; Slingshot Hits × 376; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 103; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 59; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 42; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 21
Torpidity-depletion: 9.78 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:15:40

Soothing Balm Therizinosaur Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 5 198 51 26 0:24:00
Mejoberry Mejoberry 67 797 204 102 1:20:24
Berries Berries 100 793 203 102 1:20:00
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 2 45 12 6 0:09:36
Mejoberry Mejoberry 23 236 61 31 0:27:36
Berries Berries 34 232 60 30 0:27:12
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:04:48
Mejoberry Mejoberry 3 0 0 0 0:03:36
Berries Berries 4 0 0 0 0:03:12
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:04:48
Mejoberry Mejoberry 1 0 0 0 0:01:12
Berries Berries 1 0 0 0 0:00:48
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 93; Slingshot Hits × 38; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 11; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 6; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 6; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 4; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 2.84 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:05:26
Soothing Balm Therizinosaur Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 9 448 125 63 0:43:12
Mejoberry Mejoberry 111 1623 452 226 2:13:12
Berries Berries 166 1618 451 226 2:12:48
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 3 71 20 10 0:14:24
Mejoberry Mejoberry 37 463 129 65 0:44:24
Berries Berries 56 468 131 66 0:44:48
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:04:48
Mejoberry Mejoberry 4 0 0 0 0:04:48
Berries Berries 6 0 0 0 0:04:48
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:04:48
Mejoberry Mejoberry 1 0 0 0 0:01:12
Berries Berries 1 0 0 0 0:00:48
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 254; Slingshot Hits × 104; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 29; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 17; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 15; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 11; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 12; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 6
Torpidity-depletion: 4.71 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:08:58
Soothing Balm Therizinosaur Level 75 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 14 803 238 119 1:07:11
Mejoberry Mejoberry 180 2979 881 441 3:36:00
Berries Berries 269 2967 877 439 3:35:12
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 5 171 51 26 0:24:00
Mejoberry Mejoberry 60 873 258 129 1:12:00
Berries Berries 90 873 258 129 1:12:00
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:04:48
Mejoberry Mejoberry 6 0 0 0 0:07:12
Berries Berries 9 0 0 0 0:07:12
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:04:48
Mejoberry Mejoberry 1 0 0 0 0:01:12
Berries Berries 1 0 0 0 0:00:48
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 504; Slingshot Hits × 206; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 56; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 32; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 28; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 21; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 23; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 12
Torpidity-depletion: 6.8 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:12:20
Soothing Balm Therizinosaur Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 22 1432 447 224 1:45:35
Mejoberry Mejoberry 294 5370 1673 837 5:52:48
Berries Berries 440 5357 1669 835 5:52:00
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 8 362 113 57 0:38:24
Mejoberry Mejoberry 98 1624 506 253 1:57:36
Berries Berries 147 1624 506 253 1:57:36
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:04:48
Mejoberry Mejoberry 10 0 0 0 0:12:00
Berries Berries 15 0 0 0 0:12:00
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:04:48
Mejoberry Mejoberry 1 0 0 0 0:01:12
Berries Berries 1 0 0 0 0:00:48
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 920; Slingshot Hits × 376; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 103; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 59; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 52; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 39; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 42; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 21
Torpidity-depletion: 9.78 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:15:40
Soothing Balm Therizinosaur Level 300 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 40 2956 970 485 3:11:58
Mejoberry Mejoberry 522 10400 3412 1706 10:26:24
Berries Berries 783 10400 3412 1706 10:26:24
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 14 817 268 134 1:07:11
Mejoberry Mejoberry 174 3244 1064 532 3:28:48
Berries Berries 261 3244 1064 532 3:28:48
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 2 0 0 0 0:09:36
Mejoberry Mejoberry 18 36 12 6 0:21:36
Berries Berries 27 36 12 6 0:21:36
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:04:48
Mejoberry Mejoberry 2 0 0 0 0:02:24
Berries Berries 2 0 0 0 0:01:36
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 1752; Slingshot Hits × 716; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 195; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 112; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 98; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 73; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 80; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 40
Torpidity-depletion: 14.96 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:19:31
Soothing Balm Therizinosaur Level 450 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 57 4463 1504 752 4:33:32
Mejoberry Mejoberry 751 15598 5256 2628 15:01:12
Berries Berries 1126 15591 5253 2627 15:00:48
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 19 1229 414 207 1:31:11
Mejoberry Mejoberry 251 4954 1670 835 5:01:12
Berries Berries 376 4947 1667 834 5:00:48
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 2 0 0 0 0:09:36
Mejoberry Mejoberry 26 165 56 28 0:31:12
Berries Berries 38 150 51 26 0:30:24
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Megalosaurus Egg) 1 0 0 0 0:04:48
Mejoberry Mejoberry 2 0 0 0 0:02:24
Berries Berries 3 0 0 0 0:02:24
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 2585; Slingshot Hits × 1055; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 288; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 165; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 144; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 108; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 117; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 59
Torpidity-depletion: 19.63 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:21:57


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 an Allo 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 attack 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.

It's worth noting that due to the shared torpor effect, the Therizinosaurus can knock a player off their mount unconscious.

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. Also, it seems to have a fear of deep water - even if you are shooting it it won’t enter it. Obviously a crossbow or raft is required if you can’t shoot it from the other side of a lake.

Utility

Roles

Herbivore Combat Mount
  • Most other carnivores will ignore a tamed Therizinosaurs, making it a very safe and efficient transport dino. Only very few other animals will attack unprovoked (e.g: and other Therizinosaurs); unless the Survivor is on a tamed Therizinosaur and get too close to larger carnivores like the Yutyrannus Yutyrannus.
  • The Therizino's sprint speed is comparable to the Giganotosaurs except the Therizino's endurance is better.
  • Therizinosaurus have faster attacking rate while sprinting and it's bite can damage stone structures as well inflict torpor damage and can directly hit the dino rider (similar to the Dimorphodon Dimorphodon).
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, swipe down) 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.
    • It is recommended to upgrade Weight stats 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, swipe up) functions as a sickle versus bush nodes, and gathers Fibre, Silk and Plant Y Seeds.
    • The attack hits two 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 some maps, this attack gathers Plant X Seeds, Rare Flowers and Fiber from the Reed Plants at the edge of rivers.
  • 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, swipe down) 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.

Scrap Metal Gatherer

The Therizino is a very effective gatherer of Scrap Metal from the corpses of both Enforcers, Defense Units and Tek Creatutres. Invest in delicate harvesting and use the tertiary attack (C attack) to harvest only scrap metal. Be warned that scrap metal is quite heavy so either invest heavily into weight or bring along something such as a Gasbags to haul your heavy metal load back to base.

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, swipe up 45-300 700-900 45-300
Azul Berries C,swipe down 45 250 45
Thatch C, swipe down +Lmb, normal attack 25 25 125
Wood Lmb, normal attack 200 200 900
Meat Lmb, normal attack.Rmb, swipe up 60 60 250
Hide and Chitin Lmb, normal attack.Rmb, swipe up 50 / 15 50 / 15 180 / 105
Hide and Chitin C, swipe down 40 / 85 450 / 200 40 / 85
Organic Polymer Rmb, swipe up 8 24 8
Cactus Sap Rmb 60 60 250
Corpse Silk Lmb 40 40 120
Flower Silk Rmb 40 120 40
Rare Flower Rmb, swipe up ? ? ?
  • The Power Therizino when tested against a level 5 Squid gathered so much Raw Fish Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat and Keratin to reach the stack limit within its inventory, at ~3000 Raw Fish Meat, ~300 Raw Prime Fish Meat and ~750 Keratin, compared to the Delicate's ~400 Raw Fish Meat, ~60 Raw Prime Fish Meat 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 Wood ★★★★★
Keratin Keratin ★★★★★
Rare Flower Rare Flower ★★★★★
Chitin Chitin ★★★★★
Hide Hide ★★★★★
Silk Silk ★★★★★
Cactus Sap Cactus Sap ★★★★★
Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom ★★★★★
Plant Species Y Seed Plant Species Y Seed ★★★★★
Fiber Fiber ★★★★★
Organic Polymer Organic Polymer ★★★★☆
Berries Berries ★★★★☆
Thatch Thatch ★★★☆☆
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat ★★★☆☆
Raw Meat Raw Meat ★★★☆☆
Black Pearl Black Pearl ★★★☆☆
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat ★★★☆☆
Raw Prime 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).

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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 [2]
  • The dossier was revealed on 09/07/2015 [3]
  • 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.
  • Some carnivores that are smaller than the Therizinosaurus appear to ignore it when mounted by a player (such as raptors/carnos).
  • 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.
  • Therizinosaurus multiensis roughly translates into "Multiple-Sword Reaping Lizard".
  • Majority of players refers the Therizinosaurus informally as "Tickle Monster", "Tickle Chicken", "Fear Turkey", "Danger Floof", "Longclaws", "Therizino", or "Sid" (Referencing the Sloth character in the film Ice Age). However, there are other "slothlike" creatures in Ark, so therefore the nickname is misleading.
  • Despite the dossier stating the Therizinosaurus as 'Aggressive', the in-game creature is actually 'Territorial' and will only attack the player if they get too close.
  • The dossier mistakenly calls it a “predator”. It is thought to be an herbivore or an insectivore instead.
  • You can now get pretty close to a Therizinosaurus before it aggros on you, like with the Argentavis.

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