or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Trike/Trike_Character_BP.Trike_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Triceratops
cheat summon Trike_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Trike/Trike_Character_BP_Aberrant.Trike_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Corrupted Triceratops
cheat summon Trike_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/Dinos/Corrupt/Trike/Trike_Character_BP_Corrupt.Trike_Character_BP_Corrupt'" 500 0 0 35
Yes
No
The Triceratops (try-SAIR-uh-tops), or simply Trike, 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
Apparently a crossbreed of a Triceratops and Styracosaurus, Triceratops styrax has both the characteristic three-horned face of Triceratops and the prominent horned-ridge of Styracosaurus. Normally a very docile grazing animal, Triceratops becomes aggressive once angered. Triceratops will chase down would-be predators (and egg-stealers) with incredible prejudice. Running away from triceratops is harder than it seems due to its ability to charge and ram its target. I've seen Triceratops have an especially hostile reaction to the Tyrannosaurus, with herds attacking en masse. While not very fast, they are deadly in a group.
- Domesticated
A common mount for those that ride dinosaurs, Triceratops doubles as pack animal and combat dinosaur. Triceratops' bony ridge works excellently as cover from frontal attack, and the dinosaur's charge is incredibly dangerous. It is largely protective of its kinds if its sense danger. In the presence of larger carnivores that appears as a threat, Triceratops becomes stronger and rallies the effort of its nearby species. It is also capable of harvesting a sizable amount of resources with its horns by shredding fruit from the leaves, making it a very useful work companion for smaller tribes.
Behavior
The Trike is not aggressive until attacked. When attacked, it charges at the enemy and bucks it with its head. Their bucking attack knocks the enemy back, which can make Trikes much more dangerous near cliffs or steep hills. The amount of knockback is significantly influenced by the enemy's weight. However, This attack can be easily dodged, but if it decides to ram and charge forwards, it is better to quickly dodge sideways as its speed when charging is much faster than simply running forwards. The Triceratops is also a herding animal, coming to the aid of others when attacked.
Appearance
The Trike is a relatively small stout quadrupedal herbivore, which sports a large bony head equipped with an equally bony frill, which is adorned with multiple horns or spikes. Three larger horns also appear on the animal's head, one over each eye, and one on the nose.
Color Scheme and Regions
This section displays the Triceratops's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Triceratops. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Triceratops 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 Triceratops's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Triceratops's "body" magenta.
Body
Face and Feet
Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.
Patterning
Frill
Body Accent
Drops
Base Stats and Growth
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
 Health |
375 | +75 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
 Stamina |
150 | +15 | +10% | ||
 Oxygen |
150 | +15 | +10% | ||
 Food |
3000 | +300 | +10% | ||
 Weight |
365 | +7.3 | +4% | ||
 Melee Damage |
32 | +1.6 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
 Movement Speed |
100% | N/A | +1.5% | 120% | |
 Torpidity |
250 | +15 | 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 | 150 | ? | ? | 607.5 | 283.5 | 623.7 | 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.
| Melee | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | Using the  (PC),  (PS),  (Xbox One), the Trike headbutts the target. |
||||||||||
| 0 | 490 | 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 | 32 | ||||||||||||
| Ram | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | Holding the  (PC),  (PS),  (Xbox One), the Trike prepares a charge attack. |
||||||||||
| 0 | 4000 | 100 | 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 | 32 | ||||||||||||
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
| Health |
375 | +75 | +5.4% | 0.07 | -4% |
| Stamina |
150 | +15 | +10% | ||
| Oxygen |
150 | +15 | +10% | ||
| Food |
3000 | +300 | +10% | ||
| Weight |
365 | +7.3 | +4% | ||
| Melee Damage |
32 | +1.6 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
| Movement Speed |
100% | N/A | +1.5% | 120% | |
| Torpidity |
250 | +15 | 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 | 150 | ? | ? | 607.5 | 283.5 | 623.7 | 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.
| Melee | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | Using the (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Trike headbutts the target. |
||||||||||
| 0 | 490 | 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 | 33.92 | ||||||||||||
| Ram | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | Holding the (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Trike prepares a charge attack. |
||||||||||
| 0 | 4000 | 100 | 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 | 33.92 | ||||||||||||
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase |
|---|---|---|
| Wild | ||
| Health |
375 | +75 |
| Stamina |
150 | +15 |
| Oxygen |
150 | +15 |
| Food |
3000 | +300 |
| Weight |
365 | +7.3 |
| Melee Damage |
32 | +1.6 |
| Movement Speed |
100% | N/A |
| Torpidity |
250 | +15 |
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wild | Wild | |
| Walking | 150
|
607.5 |
| 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.
| None | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | |||||||||||
| 0 | 490 | 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 | 32 | ||||||||||||
| Ram | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | |||||||||||
| 0 | 4000 | 1000 | 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 | 32 | ||||||||||||
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]
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
Triceratops are rather slow, you can kite one easily. Keep firing 
Tranquilizer Arrow with several seconds in between each arrow to allow the 
Torpor level to increase over time while backing away very quickly. You can also look for a stuck Trike, which will be incredibly easy to knock out, as it can't attack you. Another strategy is to look for 2 or 3 small trees on a beach and then aggro the trike from a distance or from a safe place like ontop of a rock, directing him between the trees, it will likely get stuck. Many users have reported that a change has recently been made adding extra head armor to the Triceratops making head shots less effective than body shots to KO a trike. Knock out numbers above no longer work using head shots as the actual number is much higher now.
Taming Food
 Level 1
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Simple Kibble
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:36 |
 Fresh Barley 
|
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:12:01 |
 Fresh Wheat
|
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:12:01 |
 Soybean
|
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:12:01 |
| Dried Wheat
|
20 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0:24:01 |
 Mejoberry
|
27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:12:10 |
 Berries
|
40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:12:01 |
KO:  × 25;  × 11;  × 3;  × 2;  × 2;  × 1
| |||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:13:53 | |||||
| Level 30
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Kibble
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:00 |
| Fresh Barley
|
47 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0:28:13 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
47 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0:28:13 |
| Soybean
|
47 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0:28:13 |
| Dried Wheat
|
47 | 112 | 23 | 12 | 0:56:25 |
| Mejoberry
|
63 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0:28:22 |
| Berries
|
94 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0:28:13 |
| KO: × 69; × 28; × 8; × 5; × 4; × 2
| |||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:22:54 | |||||
| Level 60
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Kibble
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:24 |
| Fresh Barley
|
75 | 66 | 14 | 7 | 0:45:01 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
75 | 66 | 14 | 7 | 0:45:01 |
| Soybean
|
75 | 66 | 14 | 7 | 0:45:01 |
| Dried Wheat
|
75 | 252 | 53 | 27 | 1:30:01 |
| Mejoberry
|
100 | 66 | 14 | 7 | 0:45:01 |
| Berries
|
150 | 66 | 14 | 7 | 0:45:01 |
| KO: × 114; × 47; × 13; × 8; × 6; × 3
| |||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:29:05 | |||||
| Level 90
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Kibble
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:48 |
| Fresh Barley
|
104 | 139 | 30 | 15 | 1:02:25 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
104 | 139 | 30 | 15 | 1:02:25 |
| Soybean
|
104 | 139 | 30 | 15 | 1:02:25 |
| Dried Wheat
|
104 | 437 | 94 | 47 | 2:04:49 |
| Mejoberry
|
138 | 137 | 30 | 15 | 1:02:07 |
| Berries
|
207 | 137 | 30 | 15 | 1:02:07 |
| KO: × 159; × 65; × 18; × 11; × 8; × 4
| |||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:33:34 | |||||
| Level 120
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Kibble
|
14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:11:12 |
| Fresh Barley
|
132 | 226 | 49 | 25 | 1:19:13 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
132 | 226 | 49 | 25 | 1:19:13 |
| Soybean
|
132 | 226 | 49 | 25 | 1:19:13 |
| Dried Wheat
|
132 | 650 | 141 | 71 | 2:38:25 |
| Mejoberry
|
175 | 224 | 49 | 25 | 1:18:46 |
| Berries
|
263 | 224 | 49 | 25 | 1:18:55 |
| KO: × 204; × 84; × 23; × 13; × 10; × 5
| |||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:37:06 | |||||
| Level 150
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple Kibble
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:12:48 |
| Fresh Barley
|
160 | 329 | 73 | 37 | 1:36:01 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
160 | 329 | 73 | 37 | 1:36:01 |
| Soybean
|
160 | 329 | 73 | 37 | 1:36:01 |
| Dried Wheat
|
160 | 891 | 196 | 98 | 3:12:01 |
| Mejoberry
|
213 | 328 | 72 | 36 | 1:35:52 |
| Berries
|
319 | 327 | 72 | 36 | 1:35:43 |
| KO: × 249; × 102; × 28; × 16; × 12; × 6
| |||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:40:00 | |||||
|
Level 1
|
|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
 Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:24 |
| Mejoberry
|
30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:13:31 | |
| Berries
|
45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:13:31 | |
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:48 |
| Mejoberry
|
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:31 | |
| Berries
|
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:31 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:48 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:28 | |
| Berries
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:37 | |
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:48 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:28 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:19 | |
KO: × 25; × 11; × 3; × 2;  × 2;  × 2; × 2; × 1
| ||||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:13:53 | ||||||
|
|
Level 30
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|
|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:48 |
| Mejoberry
|
72 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 0:32:25 | |
| Berries
|
108 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 0:32:25 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:36 |
| Mejoberry
|
24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:10:49 | |
| Berries
|
36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:10:49 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:48 |
| Mejoberry
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:22 | |
| Berries
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:13 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:48 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:28 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:19 | |
| KO: × 69; × 28; × 8; × 5; × 4; × 3; × 4; × 2
| ||||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:22:54 | ||||||
|
|
Level 75
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|
|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:48 |
| Mejoberry
|
136 | 133 | 29 | 15 | 1:01:13 | |
| Berries
|
204 | 133 | 29 | 15 | 1:01:13 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:12 |
| Mejoberry
|
46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:20:43 | |
| Berries
|
68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:20:25 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:48 |
| Mejoberry
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:16 | |
| Berries
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:07 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:48 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:28 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:19 | |
| KO: × 136; × 56; × 16; × 9; × 8; × 6; × 7; × 4
| ||||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 0.72 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:31:29 | ||||||
|
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Level 150
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|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:15:12 |
| Mejoberry
|
243 | 407 | 90 | 45 | 1:49:22 | |
| Berries
|
365 | 408 | 90 | 45 | 1:49:31 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:05:36 |
| Mejoberry
|
81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:36:28 | |
| Berries
|
122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:36:37 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:48 |
| Mejoberry
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:04 | |
| Berries
|
13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:55 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:48 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:28 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:19 | |
| KO: × 249; × 102; × 28; × 16; × 14; × 11; × 12; × 6
| ||||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:40:00 | ||||||
|
|
Level 300
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|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:27:59 |
| Mejoberry
|
458 | 1213 | 282 | 141 | 3:26:07 | |
| Berries
|
686 | 1210 | 282 | 141 | 3:25:49 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:09:36 |
| Mejoberry
|
153 | 148 | 35 | 18 | 1:08:52 | |
| Berries
|
229 | 147 | 35 | 18 | 1:08:43 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:36 |
| Mejoberry
|
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:07:13 | |
| Berries
|
23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:55 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:48 |
| Mejoberry
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:55 | |
| Berries
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:37 | |
| KO: × 474; × 194; × 53; × 31; × 27; × 20; × 22; × 11
| ||||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 1.59 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:49:49 | ||||||
|
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Level 450
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|
Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:40:46 |
| Mejoberry
|
672 | 2237 | 543 | 272 | 5:02:25 | |
| Berries
|
1008 | 2237 | 543 | 272 | 5:02:25 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:13:36 |
| Mejoberry
|
224 | 407 | 99 | 50 | 1:40:49 | |
| Berries
|
336 | 407 | 99 | 50 | 1:40:49 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:36 |
| Mejoberry
|
23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:10:22 | |
| Berries
|
34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:10:13 | |
|
|
Kibble (Carno Egg)
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:48 |
| Mejoberry
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:55 | |
| Berries
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:55 | |
| KO: × 699; × 286; × 78; × 45; × 39; × 30; × 32; × 16
| ||||||
| Torpidity-depletion: 2.08 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:56:02 | ||||||
Note that the values are for optimal cases, always bring extra supplies!
For a level-dependent count of resources needed, try an external taming calculator.
Combat
This section describes how to fight against the Triceratops.
General
While it is not difficult to dodge the attack of a Trike, they deal significant damage, and the knock-back can deal additional fall damage if the player is knocked off of a hill. Oftentimes, beginning players attack out of familiarization with such an iconic dinosaur. This can lead to an early and embarrassing death.
Strategy
When attacked, a Trike will try to ram you with its horned head. Side stepping is your best friend here, especially if you are attacking with a spear. Quickly circle around the Trike, avoiding it’s head, while exposing its body. If you can circle fast enough it’s possible to avoid getting hit at all. (Doesn't work consistently enough to be listed. Highly impossible for a beginner.) The Trike has a chance of stunning you (whilst you are stunned you will move slower). Try to get on a high rock to stop it from hitting you.
Weaponry
It is entirely possible to bring down a Trike using only a melee weapon if the player is careful to avoid the head and stays near the Trike's side or behind. However, it is recommended to use a ranged weapon such as a bow. It is a good strategy to enrage the Trike from afar, using a ranged weapon. Finish it with powerful melee attacks. A powerful mount can also be used.
Dangers
Their headbash will knock you back, so try to avoid getting in front of them. Other Trikes nearby will also attack a player if a member of their species is hit nearby. If a player steals a wild Trike egg, the Trikes nearby will attack. Their attacks have a large AOE(Area Of Effect) and can send big groups of players or attacking dinosaurs flying back. This includes animals as big as, and possibly bigger than the parasaur, so always expect to be knocked back.
Running in a straight line either to escape or keeping a distance is a bad idea as well as it can charge and ram directly in front.
Weakness
Trikes have a large, slow turning radius, so outfoxing the Trike can be a viable strategy. They also have relatively low health and a tendency to get stuck in trees. Because a Trike will try to face its attacker it is easy to position some low level dinos behind it and make them attack it. When it tries to turn towards them, punch the trike and it will change targets again and again without ever actually attacking.
Utility
When near the presence of a threatening large carnivore, Triceratops receives a rivalry buff, affecting nearby tamed/wild Trikes and boosting their damage and health.
The following wild/enemy dinosaur triggers the buff
Roles
- Transport: While slow, has a very good base carrying capacity. Good for local transport, but will get stuck often when travelling through woods. Note that if you are riding the triceratops, you can simply attack the trees, knocking them down; also, a ridden trike's attack does no friendly fire damage, so you can also clear trees out of the way of other non-mounted pack beasts that are following you (Level up Speed, Stamina, and Weight).
- Gatherer: Excellent for gathering berries, second only to a
Therizinosaur, Bronto, Stegosaurus or Mammoth (Level up Melee Damage). - Battle mount: Decent battle mount for starters, as it can do some damage and knocks smaller opponents back (Increase Damage and Health). Do not underestimate its knockback, if you can master it you will be able to kill way stronger dinos and suffer little to no damage, but it requires perfect timing between your attack and if needed to walk forwards or backwards, best to practice with raptors. You can kill an Alpha Raptor in this way.
- Guardian: While most people think first and foremost of the swift, deadly carnivores in terms of protecting their property, the Triceratops is much easier to tame earlier in the game than even midsized carnivores. A pair or trio of Trikes can act as the core of a guard force that will keep your home and herds safe from common predators such as Raptor, Sarco and Carnotaurus. Unlike most dinos, Trikes tend not to die when pursuing Sarco into the water—their AoE lets them fend off multiple Megapiranha (Level up Health and Melee Damage).
- PvP Turret Soaker: The head of the Trike reduces damage by a significant amount. This can allow you to charge against a group of opposing Auto Turrets and absorb their bullets with extreme efficiency. Since Trikes are relatively easy to tame, have more speed compared to the Carbonemys, and are much smaller than larger turret soakers such as Brontosaurus and Diplodocus, they are effective substitutes for a growing tribe that is willing to raid.
- Thatch Gatherer: Using the Ram attack to break down trees, one can gather large amounts of Thatch in a short time.
Collectibles
| Resource | Efficiency |
|---|---|
 Cactus Sap
|
★★★★★ |
 Thatch
|
★★★★★ |
 Berries
|
★★★★☆ |
 Rare Mushroom
|
★☆☆☆☆ |
 Rare Flower
|
★☆☆☆☆ |
 Wood
|
★☆☆☆☆ |
| Use Ram attack for Thatch. | |
Spotlight
Notes/Trivia
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Triceratops, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- Can collect berries, thatch, and smaller amounts of wood; collecting berries in this manner will yield extremely high amounts of berries compared to collecting them by hand. This makes it incredibly useful for feeding and taming other herbivores.
- Its full name means "Spiky three-horned Face".
- When dismounting, you will stand on the back of the trike. If you crouch, you can hide behind its large face plate for cover from attacks. It is also possible to shoot from the top of the trike while it fights. (Don't move or you may fall off.)
- The Trike has a charge attack, although it differs from the Woolly Rhino's in that it requires charging by holding the Right Mouse Button, rather than just sprinting. This was introduced in the TLC Pass #2 in 21 March.
- The Player can use weapons while mounted on the back of the Trike.
- When TLC 2 was first released, Aberrant Variant do not have a color region nor its mutated light region. This was fixed within two weeks after its release.
- They do not appear to carry a "Rivalry" buff appearance either, even when in the presence of a large carnivore.
- Oddly enough, while Rock Drake, Managarmr, Megalosaurus, Titans and Allosaurus appear larger than Trikes and are also carnivores, they do not appear as a threat to them, hence the absence of the buff.
- Before Patch 296.101, Triceratops could sprint in ridiculous speed, this could be achieve by pressing w and shift while its charging attack is activated.
- Real Triceratops were a social dinosaurs who lived in herds, Ark's Triceratops can be found other Triceratops but they can also be found alone.
Gallery
Dead Trike.
Player throwing Spears at a Trike.
Players approaching a wild Trike.
A caravan of Trikes.
TLC Patch 2 model update.
