cheat summon Ankylo_Character_BP_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Ankylo/Ankylo_Character_BP.Ankylo_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Ankylosaurus
cheat summon Ankylo_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Ankylo/Ankylo_Character_BP_Aberrant.Ankylo_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35
Variant X-Ankylosaurus
cheat summon Volcano_Ankylo_Character_BP_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/BiomeVariants/Volcano_Ankylosaurus/Volcano_Ankylo_Character_BP.Volcano_Ankylo_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant X-Ankylosaurus (Gauntlet)
cheat summon Volcano_Ankylo_Character_BP_Gauntlet_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Volcanic/Volcano_Ankylo_Character_BP_Gauntlet.Volcano_Ankylo_Character_BP_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Ankylosaurus (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Ankylo_Character_BP_STA_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Ankylo_Character_BP_STA.Ankylo_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
The Ankylosaurus (an-KYE-low-SAWR-us), also referred to as the Ankylo or Anky, is a medium-sized, herbivorous dinosaur, known for its ability to harvest large amounts of Metal and other resources as well being able to carry metal at a greatly-reduced weight. It was first added in ARK: Survival Evolved on its early release.
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.
Ankylosaurus crassacutis
TimeLate Cretaceous
DietHerbivore
TemperamentDocile
Unlike many of the herd animals on the Island, Ankylosaurus crassacutis tends to live in small family units. I believe they can afford to stick with smaller groups because of their incredibly thick skin, for which they're named. Despite not being among the largest of the Island's herbivores, Ankylosaurus is one of the more difficult creatures to take down. Its thick, armored skin seems to make it more than a match for several of the mid-sized predators that would otherwise hunt it. Reckless carnivores are just as likely to hurt themselves on Ankylosaurus' spikes, as they are to get hit by its tail.
Without a doubt, the best trait of a trained Ankylosaurus is its enormously dense tail. This tail is powerful enough to quickly shatter the resource-laden rocks of the Island. One of the wealthier human tribes on the island utilizes a squad of Ankylosaurs in its mines and quarries. The creature's affinity for metal enables it to carry raw ore at an effectively reduced weight.
Ankylosaurus can be found peacefully wandering around the Island. They will not attack unless provoked, and since they can deal a devastating blow with their tail club if angered, survivors should leave this beast alone. They have a very low movement speed on land but can move significantly faster in water.
Ankylosaurus is a species of medium, quadrupedal herbivore that inhabits the ARKs. Its skin is adorned with a thick coating of spikes, bony plates, osteoderms, and fused bone. The head has plentiful spikes, as well as a beak at the tip of the mouth and enlarged nasals. They are relatively low to the ground with short legs and a low head; they protect themselves by wielding a wicked club on the end of their muscular tails. The only region not covered with body armour is the belly.
This section displays the Ankylosaurus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Ankylosaurus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Ankylosaurus 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 Ankylosaurus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Ankylosaurus's "back" magenta.
This section displays the Ankylosaurus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Ankylosaurus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Ankylosaurus 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 Ankylosaurus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Ankylosaurus's "patterning" magenta.
Aberrant Ankylosaurus is a tameable aberrant variant of Ankylosaurus found in Aberration. It is identical to the normal Ankylosaurus except for its glowing robe. It is not Radiation immune.
X-Ankylosaurus is a tameable X variant of Ankylosaurus found in the volcanic biome of Genesis: Part 1. It sports a lava-like crusty back and has a 5% × Melee Damage increase at the exchange of 3% × Health reduction. On official servers, its level cap is 500.
Like all X-Creatures on Genesis: Part 1, wild X-Ankylosaurus additionally have a 250% damage increase and a 60% damage reduction from players and tamed creatures.
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
Health | 700 | +140 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
Stamina | 175 | +17.5 | +10% | ||
Oxygen | 150 | +15 | +10% | ||
Food | 3000 | +300 | +10% | 15% | |
Weight | 250 | +5 | +4% | ||
Melee Damage | 50 / 30 | +2.5 / +1.5 | +1.7% | 14% | 17.6% |
Movement Speed | 100% | N/A | +2% | 35% | |
Torpidity | 420 | +25.2 | N/A | 0.5 |
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.
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Auto-Harvest Resources
The Ankylosaurus auto-harvest the metal rocks that it has in front of it whenever it has no rider and its Weight capacity is below 50%.
Weight Reduction
The Ankylosaurus reduces the weight of the following resources by the listed amount while they are in its inventory:
Resource | Reduction |
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Metal | 85% |
For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.
Ankylosaurus is relatively easy to knock out due to its slow movement speed. Even when attacked, the Ankylosaurus is easy to outrun, making nearly any ranged attack effective. The best method to knock it out would be using Tranquilizer Darts,Tranq Spear Bolts or Tranquilizer Arrows, but if neither are available then a simple Slingshot will do the trick but may take longer than a tranquilizer dart or arrow. The Ankylosaurus does not receive increased damage on headshots due to the heavy armor that covers its body.
Level 1 | Time | ||||
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Regular Kibble | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:12 |
Fresh Barley | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0:24:01 |
Fresh Wheat | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0:24:01 |
Soybean | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0:24:01 |
Dried Wheat | 20 | 53 | 11 | 6 | 0:48:01 |
Mejoberry | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0:24:19 |
Berries | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0:24:01 |
KO: × 42; × 18; × 5; × 3; × 2; × 1 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:23:20 |
Level 30 | Time | ||||
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Regular Kibble | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:00 |
Fresh Barley | 47 | 60 | 13 | 7 | 0:56:25 |
Fresh Wheat | 47 | 60 | 13 | 7 | 0:56:25 |
Soybean | 47 | 60 | 13 | 7 | 0:56:25 |
Dried Wheat | 47 | 248 | 51 | 26 | 1:52:49 |
Mejoberry | 63 | 61 | 13 | 7 | 0:56:43 |
Berries | 94 | 60 | 13 | 7 | 0:56:25 |
KO: × 116; × 47; × 13; × 8; × 6; × 3 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:38:29 |
Level 60 | Time | ||||
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Regular Kibble | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:12:48 |
Fresh Barley | 75 | 170 | 36 | 18 | 1:30:01 |
Fresh Wheat | 75 | 170 | 36 | 18 | 1:30:01 |
Soybean | 75 | 170 | 36 | 18 | 1:30:01 |
Dried Wheat | 75 | 542 | 114 | 57 | 3:00:01 |
Mejoberry | 100 | 170 | 36 | 18 | 1:30:01 |
Berries | 150 | 170 | 36 | 18 | 1:30:01 |
KO: × 191; × 78; × 22; × 13; × 9; × 5 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:48:52 |
Level 90 | Time | ||||
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Regular Kibble | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:17:35 |
Fresh Barley | 104 | 328 | 70 | 35 | 2:04:49 |
Fresh Wheat | 104 | 328 | 70 | 35 | 2:04:49 |
Soybean | 104 | 328 | 70 | 35 | 2:04:49 |
Dried Wheat | 104 | 925 | 198 | 99 | 4:09:37 |
Mejoberry | 138 | 325 | 70 | 35 | 2:04:13 |
Berries | 207 | 325 | 70 | 35 | 2:04:13 |
KO: × 267; × 109; × 30; × 17; × 13; × 7 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:56:24 |
Level 120 | Time | ||||
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Regular Kibble | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:22:23 |
Fresh Barley | 132 | 515 | 112 | 56 | 2:38:25 |
Fresh Wheat | 132 | 515 | 112 | 56 | 2:38:25 |
Soybean | 132 | 515 | 112 | 56 | 2:38:25 |
Dried Wheat | 132 | 1363 | 295 | 148 | 5:16:49 |
Mejoberry | 175 | 510 | 111 | 56 | 2:37:31 |
Berries | 263 | 512 | 111 | 56 | 2:37:49 |
KO: × 342; × 140; × 38; × 22; × 16; × 8 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:02:20 |
Level 150 | Time | ||||
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Regular Kibble | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:25:35 |
Fresh Barley | 160 | 731 | 161 | 81 | 3:12:01 |
Fresh Wheat | 160 | 731 | 161 | 81 | 3:12:01 |
Soybean | 160 | 731 | 161 | 81 | 3:12:01 |
Dried Wheat | 160 | 1856 | 408 | 204 | 6:24:01 |
Mejoberry | 213 | 730 | 161 | 81 | 3:11:43 |
Berries | 319 | 728 | 160 | 80 | 3:11:25 |
KO: × 418; × 171; × 47; × 27; × 19; × 10 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:07:13 |
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
This section describes how to fight against the Ankylosaurus.
The Ankylosaurus uses its huge, literally 'bone-crushing' tail to attack its enemies. Its attack can be quite devastating if a survivor is wearing anything weaker than Chitin Armor. It is recommended then to either shoot it with a Ranged Weapon or use a Pike or Spear while circling it.
The most successful strategy for killing an Ankylosaurus is to circle it while shooting it with a ranged weapon like a Bow, Crossbow, or any variety of gun. Be prepared for a moderately lengthy battle if you are using low-level weapons.
Ranged weapons are recommended when fighting an Ankylosaurus. These weapons include Bow, Crossbow, Longneck Rifle, and others, though with some persistence a Slingshot will also work. Melee weapons are generally discouraged, though more nimble survivors might have success using Pikes and Metal Sword if they can quickly move in and out of its attack range, or even bringing a Shield can work as well.
The Ankylosaurus uses its huge tail club as a defensive weapon: this attack has a fairly large range and can deal a respectable amount of damage, so keeping your distance is a must.
Much like Carbonemys, your avatar's backwards movement will outpace the dinosaur whilst the player stabs it to death. Be aware that Ankylosaurus does more damage than Carbonemys.
Resource | Efficiency |
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Metal | ★★★★★ |
Rare Flower | ★★★★★ |
Crystal | ★★★★★ |
Rare Mushroom | ★★★★★ |
Flint | ★★★★★ |
Oil | ★★★★☆ |
Sulfur | ★★★★☆ |
Berries | ★★★★☆ |
Obsidian | ★★★★☆ |
Cactus Sap | ★★★★☆ |
Element Shard | ★★★★☆ |
Thatch | ★★★☆☆ |
Stone | ★★★☆☆ |
Mutagel | ★★★☆☆ |
Silicate | ★★★☆☆ |
Wood | ★★☆☆☆ |
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Ankylosaurus, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
Patch | ARK: Survival Evolved Changes |
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190.0 | Fixed Ankylosaurus getting stuck and rubber-banding on a server when swimming and attacking. |
246.0 | Removed Ankylosaurus bite attack as it was inappropriate to harvest rocks in this manner. |
256.3 | Metal now takes 75% less Weight in the Ankylosaurus' inventory. |
260.0 | Re-added the bite attack. The tail swing attack should now only harvest rocks and trees, while the bite attack should harvest bushes and trees. |
261.0 |
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269.0 | Fixed an issue where the Ankylosaurus could get stuck in the air. |
275.0 | Added the Aberrant Ankylosaurus. |
278.0 | Improved Red Crystal collision so they can be harvested more efficiently by Anky. |
287.100 |
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293.100 | Ankylosaurus now prefers Regular Kibble. |
295.102 | Fixed issue with blue mushrooms not allowing Ankylo to harvest properly on Aberration. |
306.41 | Added the X-Ankylosaurus. |
316.18 | Increased metal weight reduction by 10% (From a total reduction of 75% to 85%). |
338.23 | Enabled auto-harvest on Ankylosaurus. |
Patch | ARK: Survival Ascended Changes |
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34.49 | Fixed Ankylosaurus sometimes collecting Berries with main attack |
Ankylo with color mutation