Anglerfish

Anglerfish

Creature

Group

Fish

Diet

Carnivore

Temperament

Opportunistic

Release Versions

223.0
Nov 12, 2015

729.0
Dec 16, 2015

501.0
Dec 6, 2016

521.0
Nov 30, 2018

311.74
Jun 11, 2020

1.0
May 24, 2018

Variants

•  Aberrant Anglerfish
•  Eerie Angler

Spawn Command

cheat summon Angler_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Anglerfish/Angler_Character_BP.Angler_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Aberrant Anglerfish

cheat summon Angler_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Anglerfish/Angler_Character_BP_Aberrant.Angler_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Anglerfish (Escort)

cheat summon Angler_Character_BP_Escort_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Escort/Ocean/Angler_Character_BP_Escort.Angler_Character_BP_Escort'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Torpor Immune

No

Taming Method

 Knockout

Preferred Kibble

 Regular Kibble

Preferred Kibble

 Kibble (Kairuku Egg)

Preferred Food

 Raw Mutton

Preferred Food

 Raw Prime Meat

Equipment

No Saddle Needed

Rider Weaponry

No

Data

XP for kill

32 XP

Special Loot Chance

100%

Feces

None

Drag Weight

250

Radiation Immune

No

Carryable By

 Tusoteuthis

Can Damage

 Thatch
 Greenhouse
 Wood

Reproduction

Egg

 Angler Egg

Incubation Range

-75 - 75 °C / -103 - 167 °F
 Egg Incubator: 0 °C / 32 °F

Incubation Time

4h 59m 58.561s

Baby Time

3h 42m 13.333s

Juvenile Time

14h 48m 53.331s

Adolescent Time

18h 31m 6.664s

Total Maturation Time

1d 13h 2m 13.328s

Breeding Interval

18h - 2d

Habitat

Common        Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Anglerfish or Angler is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is a small, carnivorous fish known for its ability to harvest large amounts of Silica Pearls.

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.

“

Species

Melanocetus anglerpescum

Time

Early Cretaceous - Holocene

Diet

Carnivore

Temperament

Aggressive

Wild

Whether its size is caused by adaptation to the Island's other inhabitants, or by cross-breeding with another larger species, Melanocetus angerlpescum is the largest form of Anglerfish I've ever heard of. Typically found among the deepest, darkest expanses of the ocean, this creature preys on smaller fish while being an excellent source of food for larger predators. Melanocetus has an array of bioluminescent light pods at the end of stalks on its head. Like typical Anglerfish, it primarily uses these to attract smaller creatures and trick them into coming close enough for Melanocetus to consume the prey. This often makes wild Melanocetus itself relatively easy to spot among the briny depths.

Domesticated

Exploring the depths of the ocean can be difficult. The cold, the lack of air, and the shocking absence of light combine to make travel very dangerous. A tamed Anglerfish can use the natural light at the end of its stalks to illuminate the depths, making exploration not only safer but more lucrative, as I've heard some survivors use this creature to harvest the silica pearls found throughout the ocean's depths!

„

~ Helena

Behavior

Despite being described in its Dossier as being generally skittish, the Angler will attack the player and any tamed creatures on sight. When damaged in a fight, they will attempt to flee but will turn around and attack again after a short chase.

Appearance

This fish has three bio luminescent lures on its head and an oversized mouth lined with long, needle-like teeth to capture prey, perfect for survival in the lowest depths of the Island's ocean.

Color Scheme and Regions

Region 0:Body

Natural colors:

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36

75

Region 1:Unused

This region does not show on the body.

Region 2:Unused

This region does not show on the body.

Region 3:Unused

This region does not show on the body.

Region 4:Spots

Natural colors:

14

19

20

21

22

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26

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36

Region 5:Tail fin and Accents

Natural colors:

14

19

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24

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36

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

Region 0:
Body

0

1

2

3

4

14

19

20

21

22

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24

25

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30

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36

75

Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 4:
Spots

14

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

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36

Region 5:
Tail fin and Accents

14

19

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25

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36

Variants

Aberrant Anglerfish

 Aberrant Anglerfish is the Aberrant variant of Anglerfish found in Aberration. It is identical to the normal species except for its bioluminescence. It is tameable and is not  Radiation immune.

Drops

•  AnglerGel
•  Raw Fish Meat

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Tamed	Additive	Multiplicative
Health	450	+90	+5.4%	0.042
Stamina	240	+24	+10%
Oxygen	150	+15	N/A
Food	1500	+150	+10%		15%
Weight	350	+7	+4%
Melee Damage	30	+1.5	+1.7%	14%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+1%
Torpidity	900	+54	N/A	0.5

Movement [u/s]	Base Speed			Sprinting Speed			Stamina
	Wild	Tamed1	Tamed2	Wild	Tamed1	Tamed2
Walking	?	?	?	?	?	?	N/A
Swimming	330	800	800	470.58	1840	1840	3

• 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.
• ¹These are the base speeds of the tamed creature at 100% Movement Speed, i.e. without a possible taming bonus.
• ²These are the speeds of the creature once tamed including a possible taming bonus and no imprinting bonus.
• For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, see Base Creature Speeds.

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.

Anglerfish

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.

Abilities

Active

Bite 5	The Anglerfish bites the target for 30 damage. This attacks harvest  Silica Pearls from the clams. Can be used every 0.83s by both a rider and the AI.

Passive

Light

The Anglerfish produces its own bioluminescence by default without any cost.

Taming

For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.

KO Strategy

Since the Angler lives deep underwater, the only way to knock it out is with a Crossbow and Tranquilizer Arrows, a Harpoon Launcher with Tranq Spear Bolts or a creature that deals torpor such as the Tusoteuthis (or a Wooden Club, if you're feeling adventurous). Be careful to not deal too much damage at once, as it has relatively low health compared to its torpor, so it's easy to kill it accidentally. The Angler can also deal a decent amount of damage itself, so be sure to suit up in a full set of SCUBA gear. Once they take a bit of damage, they will attempt to swim away. Be careful if you chase them, as they will often turn around and attack again without warning.

A good strategy is to bring a tough underwater mount, such as a Plesiosaur, and set it to passive. That way, once it has been shot, the Angler will target your mount instead of you, giving time to take it down in relative safety.

Ideally, the best place to tame Anglerfish is The Emerald Forest on Valguero, since Abberant Anglerfish will frequently spawn in the shallow creeks here. Most of the time, the water will be too shallow for them to swim away from you, although keep in mind that they can still be attacked by nearby hostile creatures and can also die if they manage to beach themselves.

Another area for easy Anglerfish taming is Eldritch Isle on Crystal Isles, where the many floating bubbles of water contain Anglerfish that cannot flee from being tranqed. Be sure to clear out the Electrophorus, Cnidaria and Piranhas that also spawn in these same bubbles, as they will instantly aggro onto your Angler as soon as it tames. Simply take the finished tame home in a cryopod.

Taming Food

Level 1					Time
Regular Kibble	2	12	3	2	0:06:24
Raw Mutton	3	39	10	5	0:09:00
Cooked Lamb Chop	5	102	26	13	0:15:00
Raw Prime Meat	4	71	18	9	0:12:00
Cooked Prime Meat	7	166	43	22	0:20:59
Raw Prime Fish Meat	8	71	18	9	0:12:00
Raw Meat	10	261	67	34	0:30:00
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	16	205	52	26	0:24:40
Cooked Meat	19	245	63	32	0:28:30
Raw Fish Meat	24	324	83	42	0:36:00
Cooked Fish Meat	48	324	83	42	0:36:00
KO: × 90; × 37; × 10; × 6; × 5; × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 2.8 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:05:21

Level 30					Time
Regular Kibble	3	10	3	2	0:09:36
Raw Mutton	6	120	34	17	0:18:00
Cooked Lamb Chop	12	353	99	50	0:35:58
Raw Prime Meat	8	198	55	28	0:24:00
Cooked Prime Meat	15	471	131	66	0:44:58
Raw Prime Fish Meat	19	256	72	36	0:28:30
Raw Meat	23	783	218	109	1:09:00
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	38	647	180	90	0:58:34
Cooked Meat	45	764	213	107	1:07:30
Raw Fish Meat	57	998	278	139	1:25:30
Cooked Fish Meat	113	988	275	138	1:24:45
KO: × 247; × 101; × 28; × 16; × 12; × 6
Torpidity-depletion: 4.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:08:50

Level 60					Time
Regular Kibble	5	68	20	10	0:16:00
Raw Mutton	10	267	78	39	0:30:00
Cooked Lamb Chop	18	606	176	88	0:53:57
Raw Prime Meat	12	352	102	51	0:36:00
Cooked Prime Meat	24	860	250	125	1:11:56
Raw Prime Fish Meat	30	479	139	70	0:45:00
Raw Meat	36	1371	398	199	1:48:00
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	60	1152	335	168	1:32:29
Cooked Meat	72	1371	398	199	1:48:00
Raw Fish Meat	90	1754	509	255	2:15:00
Cooked Fish Meat	180	1754	509	255	2:15:00
KO: × 409; × 167; × 46; × 26; × 19; × 10
Torpidity-depletion: 6.07 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:11:13

Level 90					Time
Regular Kibble	7	141	43	22	0:22:23
Raw Mutton	14	434	130	65	0:42:00
Cooked Lamb Chop	25	925	277	139	1:14:56
Raw Prime Meat	17	568	170	85	0:51:00
Cooked Prime Meat	33	1283	384	192	1:38:54
Raw Prime Fish Meat	42	747	224	112	1:03:00
Raw Meat	50	2045	612	306	2:30:00
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	83	1716	513	257	2:07:55
Cooked Meat	99	2023	605	303	2:28:30
Raw Fish Meat	124	2582	773	387	3:06:00
Cooked Fish Meat	248	2582	773	387	3:06:00
KO: × 571; × 233; × 64; × 37; × 26; × 13
Torpidity-depletion: 7.35 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:12:57

Level 120					Time
Regular Kibble	8	175	54	27	0:25:35
Raw Mutton	17	568	174	87	0:51:00
Cooked Lamb Chop	32	1262	386	193	1:35:54
Raw Prime Meat	21	754	231	116	1:03:00
Cooked Prime Meat	42	1726	528	264	2:05:52
Raw Prime Fish Meat	53	1009	309	155	1:19:30
Raw Meat	63	2702	827	414	3:09:00
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	105	2282	698	349	2:41:50
Cooked Meat	126	2702	827	414	3:09:00
Raw Fish Meat	158	3445	1054	527	3:57:00
Cooked Fish Meat	315	3433	1050	525	3:56:15
KO: × 733; × 300; × 82; × 47; × 34; × 17
Torpidity-depletion: 8.54 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:14:18

Level 150					Time
Regular Kibble	10	263	82	41	0:31:59
Raw Mutton	21	756	236	118	1:03:00
Cooked Lamb Chop	38	1565	487	244	1:53:53
Raw Prime Meat	26	995	310	155	1:18:00
Cooked Prime Meat	51	2184	680	340	2:32:50
Raw Prime Fish Meat	64	1281	399	200	1:36:00
Raw Meat	77	3426	1066	533	3:51:00
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	128	2890	899	450	3:17:17
Cooked Meat	153	3402	1058	529	3:49:30
Raw Fish Meat	192	4331	1348	674	4:48:00
Cooked Fish Meat	383	4319	1344	672	4:47:15
KO: × 895; × 366; × 100; × 57; × 41; × 21
Torpidity-depletion: 9.67 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:15:25

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.

Ingredients for  Regular Kibble: 1 ×  Cooked Meat Jerky, 1 ×  Medium Egg, 5 ×  Fiber, 2 ×  Longrass, 2 ×  Savoroot, 1 ×  Water

Combat

This section describes how to fight against the Angler.

General

One must first take into consideration the environment that the Angler lives in, the deep ocean. Other animals patrol these waters, making Angler combat or taming difficult. Ichthyosaurus, though friendly, tends to swarm the player and can easily become overwhelming if one attracts the attention of too many of them. Additionally, predators like Cnidaria, Megalodon, Mosasaurs, and Plesiosaurs can attack at any time: even the Anglers themselves are dangerous. Finally, asphyxiation and temperature hazards will finish off any survivors rather quickly that have not equipped themselves with a full set of SCUBA Gear.

Strategy

Often, the Angler will be the one attacking you. In that case, use your mount if it has enough health and attack damage, but also make sure your mount has a quick turning circle to compete with the angler's agility. Fighting the Angler without a mount is also possible; use ranged melee weapons that can keep Anglers at bay like Pikes (Spears are not recommended due to break chance) and when it runs away, use a Crossbow or a Harpoon Launcher to finish it off.

Weaponry

Use a Crossbow or Harpoon Launcher for ranged, and a Pike or Sword for melee. A powerful mount can also deal with anglers.

Dangers

When chasing it, be aware that it can turn around and attack again. Also make sure to keep an eye out for other, dangerous animals.

Weakness

When compared to other marine predators, the Angler has a low threat level.

Utility

Note that the Angler does not require a saddle to ride, making it a decent mount for seafaring survivors who are short on resources.

Roles

• Deep Sea Exploring Mount: Thanks to their light, the angler is perfect for exploring the depths of the sea. Raise  Melee Damage and  Health to be able to fight the powerful creatures that spawn in the depths, or raise  Movement Speed and  Stamina if you plan to escape from them and avoid them, as the Angler is fairly suited to both fighting or fleeing.
• AnglerGel Hunter: The light on the angler attracts other angler fish, making it a good way to collect  AnglerGel. (Level up  Melee Damage and  Health).
• Silica Pearls Farmer: Anglers are the best and only creature that can harvest  Silica Pearls on the seafloor or water beds with their bite attack.
• Light Source: The light given off by the Angler is exceptionally bright(especially when brought to the water's surface) and can illuminate an area of over 40 foundations in diameter, making it a cheap alternative to electric lighting or torches if one lives near, in, or on a water source.
• Combatant: Though the Angler is small and lacks a saddle, it is rather nimble and packs a punch for its size with decent health and stamina. Thanks to their abundance in the depths and their relatively easy taming compared to other sea mounts, one can acquire an army relatively quickly. If levelled appropriately and used with the right methods, an Angler can be a formidable force at mid-game tier, whether used as a solo fighter or for swarm tactics. Leveling depends on the desired combatant role.
• River Access: Although the Anglerfish is a deep sea fish it can travel up rivers since it is smaller than other sea creatures. Despite being able to move around in rivers the Anglerfish is limited on where it can go so a fish basket can help move them to an area they can't reach.

Collectibles

Resource	Efficiency
Silica Pearls	★★★★★
Raw Meat	★★★☆☆

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Notes/Trivia

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

• Revealed 9/21/2015 by Jat.
• Since Patch v257, Anglers now harvest  Silica Pearls with their bite attack. This was originally planned to be a  Liopleurodon feature according to the dossier but got moved to the Angler as the Liopleurodon serves the purpose of a temporary treasure enhancer.
• Color region 4 is listed as not used when it, in fact, colours the dots along their sides.
• The specific epithet anglerpescum is a pseudo-Latinization of the English word "anglerfish", retaining the first half as it is and replacing the second half with a corrupted form of Latin piscis (meaning "fish").
• Although Ark's anglerfish genus name, Melanocetus, is shared with modern-day Black Seadevil Anglerfishes, it instead seems to share traits from many different deep-sea anglerfish families, all of which belong to the suborder, Ceratioidei. Almost all modern-day anglers practice a type of reproduction called sexual parasitism and all species show(often extreme) sexual dimorphism, with the males sometimes being hundreds of times smaller than the females. During this practice, the males will attempt to find a female, either by sight or scent, and proceed to swim over and bite onto the underside of the female where their tissues will then fuse and their circulatory systems will connect, essentially turning the males into external gonads. This adaptation is likely a solution to their sparse, spread-out population and the slowness created by the rarity of food and harsh conditions in the ocean depths.
  • The females produce light by housing a specific kind of bacteria culture inside the tips of their vertebral rods. The rod tip and culture is essentially what is collected in the game, in the form of  AnglerGel. Males cannot make this light.
    • It is also important to note that Ark's anglerfish is rather unlike their real-world counterparts, as they have 3 rods, can swim much faster, and are much larger. Ark's anglerfish also has absolutely no sexual dimorphism to speak of, essentially making the males identical to the females.
    • In real life, most male anglerfish conjoin and sacrifice themselves to mate with a female, which is not the case in ARK where males can mate normally with females.
• The Anglerfish does not produce  Feces.
• Anglerfish can be found in the Snow Cave and many other caves that either have water in them or are filled with water.
• The Fish Basket can be used to reset the breed timer on Anglerfish, as well as  Manta and  Ichthyosaurus.

Changelog

Patch	ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
223.0	Anglerfish is added to the game.
223.1	Decreased the Anglerfish's too high  Torpor so it won't wake up as fast when knocked out.
231.8	Fixed a rare case where a water creature would appear on a client to fly off into the air when unboarding it.
240.0	Anglerfish now drops  Fish Meat instead of regular  Meat.
257.0	Gave the Anglerfish the ability to harvest  Silica Pearls with its bite attack.
259.0	Increased the Anglerfish's light radius underwater.
264.52	Spyglass and  GPS are now usable on all water creatures.
275.0 Aberration Expansion Release	Added the  Aberrant Anglerfish.
305.12	Fixed a bug where the  Fish Basket wasn't returning creatures properly.

Gallery

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  The Aberrant variant.