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Incubation Time
1h 59m 59.424s
Baby Time
4h 37m 46.666s
Juvenile Time
18h 31m 6.662s
Adolescent Time
23h 8m 53.328s
Total Maturation Time
1d 22h 17m 46.656s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d
Habitat
Common Rare
Untameable Cave
Untameable Cave
The Baryonyx (bare-ee-ON-iks) is a medium-sized, piscivorous dinosaur, well suited as an amphibious mount. It possesses decent speed on land and allows a riding survivor to use weapons whilst mounted, and can defend itself well in water due to its increased damage against aquatic creatures, healing from killing and eating fish, and ability to stun foes in water with a tail spin attack. It was first added in 
ARK: Survival Evolved on the 30th of January, 2017.
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.
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Species
Baryonyx aquafulgur
TimeEarly Cretaceous
DietPiscivore
TemperamentPassive to land creatures, but aggressive to water-dwellers
- Wild
Like the Carnotaurus, Baryonyx aquafulguar is a large carnivore, but not large enough to rival the Island's apex predators. While not as powerful as some deep-sea predators or Spinosaurus, Baryonyx is an extremely fast swimmer who is still sufficiently nimble enough to threaten most creatures on the Island. And yet despite being a fast, dangerous dinosaur, Baryonyx almost exclusively consumes fish and other water-dwellers. The highly specific metabolism of Baryonyx seems to allow it to heal wounds almost preternaturally fast after feeding on nutritious fish meat. Perhaps this is why Baryonyx rarely attacks land animals?
- Domesticated
Baryonyx's natural affinity for aquatic predation means that once tamed; it learns to kill ocean-dwellers even more efficiently. Between its speed and its power, Baryonyx makes an ideal choice for anyone interested in frequently moving between water and land travel, and who values speed and agility over raw strength.
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~ Helena
Behavior
It lives near bodies of water, due to the fact that it eats fish as its main diet. It is also a very good swimmer, sometimes needing to go out into the water to get its prey, however, it is also said that its long claws are for catching prey on land, not just in water.
Despite what the dossier states, a Baryonyx will target any nearby players, mounts or wild creatures, regardless of whether they are on land or in water. While this creature is not the fastest swimming mount (slower than Megalodon during sprint, at base), its ability to temporarily stun creatures (for 10 seconds) with its spin attack can make the Baryonyx an adept aquatic mount or fighter. The stun does not function on very small, dangerous creatures such as Cnidaria, nor very large, dangerous creatures such as Mosasaurs. Unless your target is medium-sized, the targets will only be damaged. Additionally, much like the Kaprosuchus, the Baryonyx will surface in a more diagonal trail rather than a directly vertical path, making it slightly more difficult to escape from Mosasaurs and Plesiosaurs.
Appearance
Baryonyx resembles a typical mid-sized carnivorous dinosaur except for its crocodile-like head with serrated teeth and having longer arms with large claws. These features are specially adapted to the animal's diet of fish and other water-dwellers. It looks somewhat like a hybrid of a Kaprosuchus and Spino, and is about the size of a Carnotaurus.
Color Scheme and Regions
Region 0:Body
Natural colors:
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Region 1:Spines
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Region 2:Unused
This region does not show on the body.
Region 3:Unused
This region does not show on the body.
Region 4:Stripes
Natural colors:
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Region 5:Underside
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This section displays the Baryonyx's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Baryonyx. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Baryonyx 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 Baryonyx's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Baryonyx's "body" magenta.
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Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.
Region 3 is not used
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Stripes
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Underside
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Variants
Aberrant Baryonyx
Aberrant Baryonyx is the Aberrant variant of Baryonyx found in Aberration. It is identical to the normal Baryonyx except for its glowing robe. It is tamable and is 
Radiation immune.
Drops
Base Stats and Growth
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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| Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
 Health |
440 | +88 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
 Stamina |
325 | +32.5 | +10% | ||
 Oxygen |
225 | +22.5 | N/A | ||
 Food |
2250 | +225 | +10% | ||
 Weight |
325 | +6.5 | +4% | ||
 Melee Damage |
35 / 25 | +1.75 / +1.25 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
 Movement Speed |
100% | N/A | +1% | 20% | |
 Torpidity |
400 | +24 | 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.
- 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.[1]
Baryonyx
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    |
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Tail Swing    |
Water only
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| Roar |
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Passive
Increased Fish Damage
All the Baryonyx attacks does 20% extra damage to fishes.
Healing By Hunting Fish
The Baryonyx recovers around ~500 health any time that it hunt small fish, it can be configured to automatically hunt fishes when it has low health.
Extra Healing From Eating Fish
The Baryonyx recover extra health for each 
Raw Fish Meat that it eats (Approximately ~8.5 health per raw fish).
Auto-Harvest Corpses
The Baryonyx automatically collects the corpses of its victims when they die from one of its attacks.
Ignored by Leeches
As a swamp creature, tamed Baryonyx will not be targeted by 
Leeches unless it attack them first.
Taming
KO Strategy
Survivors should create a trap out of stone structures and a ramp to lead the baryonyx into. If this is not a possibility, use your flyer to navigate to a safe location and begin tranquilizing it.
Taming Food
 Level 1
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 Regular Kibble
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:47 |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat
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11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:36 |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:09:26 |
 Raw Fish Meat
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33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:13:46 |
 Cooked Fish Meat
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65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:13:33 |
KO:  × 40;  × 17;  × 5;  × 3;  × 2;  × 1
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| Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:22:13 | |||||
| Level 30
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| Regular Kibble
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:34 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:09:36 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:19:42 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:28:46 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:28:46 |
| KO: × 110; × 45; × 13; × 7; × 5; × 3
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| Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:36:39 | |||||
| Level 60
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| Regular Kibble
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:05:20 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:15:01 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:30:24 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:44:36 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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213 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:44:23 |
| KO: × 182; × 75; × 21; × 12; × 9; × 5
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| Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:46:32 | |||||
| Level 90
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| Regular Kibble
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:07:07 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:20:01 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:41:06 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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144 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1:00:01 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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288 | 31 | 7 | 4 | 1:00:01 |
| KO: × 254; × 104; × 29; × 17; × 12; × 6
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| Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:53:43 | |||||
| Level 120
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| Regular Kibble
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10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:53 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:25:26 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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121 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:51:49 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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182 | 89 | 20 | 10 | 1:15:51 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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363 | 88 | 19 | 10 | 1:15:38 |
| KO: × 326; × 133; × 37; × 21; × 15; × 8
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| Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:59:22 | |||||
| Level 150
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| Regular Kibble
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11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:09:47 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:30:26 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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146 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:02:31 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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219 | 160 | 36 | 18 | 1:31:16 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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438 | 160 | 36 | 18 | 1:31:16 |
| KO: × 398; × 163; × 45; × 26; × 18; × 9
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| Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:04:01 | |||||
Ingredients for 
Regular Kibble:
1 × 
Cooked Meat Jerky, 1 × 
Medium Egg, 5 × 
Fiber, 2 × 
Longrass, 2 × 
Savoroot, 1 × 
Water
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 Baryonyx.
General
The Baryonyx is usually seen along shore lines. It is a highly aggressive predator, and will pursue its prey to death, unless its Torpor gets too high.
Strategy
Killing a Baryonyx on land is rather straightforward, being as frail of a creature as it is. Shooting it from a ledge or hitting it with a 
Sword will defeat it rather quickly. Attacking it with tamed creatures will finish it off with even less effort.
This changes when in the water. Due to its ability to stun lock creatures when in the water it is highly advised to avoid combating it in its element. Kite the Baryonyx out of the water to finish it off with arrows, bullets, or your tamed creatures. If a sarcosuchus is being led out of a swamp, continue running as right after the sarco is unstunned it can easily dash away.
Weaponry
On land a Baryonyx can be taken out with firearms, melee weapons, and with tamed creatures rather quickly. In water however, it is advised to not engage at all.
Dangers
Baryonyx on land poses as much of a threat as any of the larger carnivores, but it is deadly in the water. Its tail spin will stun lock the player, rendering them unable to surface for air or draw their weapons to defend themselves. Death by drowning is almost certain if it catches you underwater. If you try to catch the Baryonyx with a wyvern or quetzal while it is in water, be careful not to be spotted (an approach from behind is the better option), and stay at a far enough distance from the surface or it may stun your bird and dismount you. (Warning, can be a danger to even moderately equipped players if it is a higher level.)
Weakness
On land, the baryonyx is no more powerful than 1.5 raptors, so it is possible to simply have a mount tank the damage while the rider shoots it down.
Oddly enough unlike other Stuns the 
Tek Chestpiece's Jetpack still functions like normal making it a simple tactic of boosting then hovering for the stun's duration.
Utility
Roles
- Aquatic Battle Mount: With a dangerous tail-spin attack that can be used to dismount, and temporarily stun other players, allowing the rider to attack (only usable while swimming).[2] The Baryonyx also does bonus damage to some river-dwelling creatures such as
Spinos and 
Sarcosuchus'. There are certainly other creatures affected as well, and tests need to be done on each creature to get an accurate representation. Bonus damage is roughly 20% greater. - Starter mount: The Baryonyx can be considered a good upgrade in between the
Raptor and an 
Allosaurus or a Spino. Though being most similar to the 
Carno in tier, it does have some traits that can make it more desirable. Low torpor drop rate, ability to stun many tougher dinos (while swimming), and a fast movement speed in water and on land make the Baryonyx a very viable mount for early game players. They can also be used late game as their lack of 
Oxygen stat and ability to sprint underwater makes them viable for players at all levels. - Underwater Miner: While not being able to mine on its own, players are able to equip weapons and tools while riding a Baryonyx. Providing access to underwater resources such as
Oil and 
Silica Pearls. Since they do not require Oxygen and they have a low buoyancy, a survivor has no concerns about having the Baryonyx rising to the surface. - Whale Tamer: Taming a
Basilosaurus often entails killing the group of 
Manta surrounding it. Because of the Baryonyx's ability to stun underwater creatures with its tail spin attack (Rmb, , , ), it can easily stun the Manta group repeatedly, allowing easy killing while they are immobilized. The cooldown for the spin is short enough to keep the Mantas at bay until they have all been dealt with. Beware though, that stun on tamed Baryonyx does not stack; one should stun and then repeatedly bite targets. - Island Caver: With the exception of the two ice and ocean caves, Baryonyx can easily reach, freely enter, complete, and exit all other artifact caves on the The Island. Possessing reasonable jumping skills and maneuverability, capable of moving effectively between land and aquatic travel, and the ability to quickly heal while consuming dead fish; a well-bred and strong-saddled Baryonyx makes collecting artifacts for boss battles a breeze. Just remember to bring in a supply of raw fish if the cave lacks
Piranhas to feed from, in the case your Bary needs a brief healing session, and always take into account the standard precautions for caving: spare supplies, such as extra armor, food, water, antidotes, and medical brews, to name a few. The only caves the Baryonyx cannot complete are the ice caves, as it cannot fit through the entrances, and the ocean caves, as 
Cnidaria and 
Electrophorus swarms are too hazardous. Likewise, although the Baryonyx can complete the South East Cave, it is filled with deadly pitfalls full of magma, which can quickly kill you, your shoulder mount, and your Baryonyx if you misstep or fail a jump, and fall into one of these pools. While the Baryonyx can easily handle the creatures in this cave, a 
Terror Bird, with its gliding ability, would be the better choice for dealing with the environmental hazards, although it will likely struggle with the creature swarms compared to the Baryonyx. - Hiker: Baryonyx are surprisingly good at crossing terrain and their jump and slim anatomy makes traveling through mountains easier, but a parachute may be needed in case of fall damage.
Tail Spin Attack
This is a list of all the creatures of ARK and how each of them is affected by the Baryonyx's tail spin attack, which can inflict a 10 second stun affect to 
Humans as well as some other creatures, including the Baryonyx itself. All creatures and survivors that are inflicted with the stun attack in any way will also show an orange-yellow swirly particle effect that can usually be seen around the head region.
Stunned by Tail Spin
The following creatures are stunned by the Baryonyx's tail spin attack and thus will be unable to move or fight back for 10 seconds, occasionally more:
Achatina
Alpha Megalodon
Anglerfish
Ankylosaurus
Araneo
Archaeopteryx
Argentavis
Arthropluera
Baryonyx
Beelzebufo
Bulbdog
Carbonemys
Carno
Castoroides
Compy
Daeodon
Deinonychus
Dilophosaur
Dimetrodon
Dimorphodon
Diplocaulus
Dire Bear
Direwolf
Dodo
Doedicurus
Dung Beetle
Dunkleosteus
Electrophorus
Enforcer
Equus
Featherlight
Ferox
Ferox (Large)
Gallimimus
Gigantopithecus
Glowbug
Glowtail
Griffin
Hesperornis
Hyaenodon
Ichthyosaurus
Iguanodon
Jerboa
Jug Bug
Kairuku
Kaprosuchus
Kentrosaurus
Lamprey
Leech
Lymantria
Lystrosaurus
Managarmr
Manta
Mantis
Megalania
Megaloceros- Megalodon
Mesopithecus
Microraptor
Moschops
Nameless
Otter
Oviraptor
Ovis
Pachy
Pachyrhinosaurus
Parakeet Fish School
Parasaur
Pegomastax
Pelagornis
Phiomia
Procoptodon
Pteranodon
Pulmonoscorpius
Raptor
Ravager
Roll Rat
Sabertooth
Sarco
Shinehorn
Snow Owl
Stegosaurus
Tapejara
Terror Bird
Therizinosaur
Thorny Dragon
Thylacoleo
Troodon
Velonasaur
Vulture
Slowed by Tail Spin
The following creatures are not stunned by the Baryonyx's tail spin, as they can still move and attack. Instead, they are only slowed for 10 seconds, occasionally more:
Unaffected by Tail Spin
The following creatures are not stunned or affected in any way by the Baryonyx's tail spin attack and only receive damage. This does not mean that a rider can't be knocked off by the Baryonyx's tail spin per se, it just means the creature itself cannot be affected:
Allosaurus
Alpha Basilisk
Alpha Deathworm
Alpha Fire Wyvern
Alpha Karkinos
Alpha Leedsichthys
Alpha Mosasaur- Alpha Raptor
Alpha Surface Reaper King
Alpha T-Rex
Alpha Tusoteuthis
Ammonite
Astrocetus- Basilisk
Basilosaurus
Bloodstalker
Brontosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus
Chalicotherium
Cnidaria
Coelacanth- Deathworm
Defense Unit
Diplodocus
Eurypterid
Gacha
Gasbags
Giganotosaurus- Karkinos
- Leedsichthys
Liopleurodon
Magmasaur
Mammoth
Megachelon
Megalosaurus
Megatherium
Morellatops- Mosasaurus
Paraceratherium
Piranha
Plesiosaur
Purlovia
Quetzal
Reaper King- Reaper Queen
- Rex
Rock Drake
Rock Elemental
Rubble Golem
Sabertooth Salmon
Spino
Titanosaur
Triceratops
Trilobite- Tusoteuthis
Woolly Rhino- Wyvern
Yutyrannus
Note that when the 
Ammonite is hit with the Baryonyx tail spin attack, it will not spray ink attracting other creatures as it normally would. This means that the Ammonite can more or less be safely killed and harvested by your tamed Baryonyx without attracting unwanted creatures.
Collectibles
Spotlight
Notes/Trivia
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Baryonyx, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- Dino Dossier revealed on 08/14/2015.[3]
- The dossier mentions the ability to recover
Health faster after ingesting fish. Tests have shown that remote using raw fish meat in a Baryonyx restores 7.5 health per fish meat, as opposed to 1.5 when used on other dinosaurs. However it gains no effect from remote using regular raw meat. It will only eat fish meat. - Leeches will ignore a tamed Baryonyx even if you are riding it. If you attack a Leech, only the surviving Leeches will attack back.
- Baryonyx's scientific name translates to 'Heavy claw', and Baryonyx's specific name means "Water Lightning".
- Even though Baryonyx would have definitely used its powerful forearms and claws as its main weapon of choice(hence the name meaning heavy claw), no such attack is available to the in-game Baryonyx, unlike the Spino which does have the ability to use its claws. It can however do a spin attack in the water, stunning creatures usually near its weight class with its tail.
- Baryonyx cannot swim up and down directly like most aquatic creatures do, but it can if you're holding a weapon.
- Larger predators (
Rexs'}} for example) will ignore a tamed Baryonyx in the water, even if you attack the predator before entering water or attack it in the water. Note that this only applies if the Baryonyx is swimming, not in shallow water(has to be doing the "swimming/floating" animation). - The Baryonyx's "tail spin" attack (Rmb, , , ) only stuns creatures of comparable size to the Baryonyx - for example, it will not stun a
Trilobite or a 
Coelacanth (both too small), but it will stun a 
Megalodon or Manta. Larger creatures such as the 
Plesiosaur and 
Mosasaurus are immune. Notably, Cnidaria are immune as well. Eels can be stunned, but can also in turn can slow and paralyze given enough of time, so it's a careful act to balance. The Baryonyx is vulnerable to both of those creatures' stuns. - Incredibly, the Baryonyx in game does not have an Oxygen stat and thus cannot drown. This blatantly apparent inaccuracy, though arguably a reasonable game choice, is shared by many aquatic tetrapods on the Ark's such as the
Ichthyosaurus. A real Baryonyx would likely have been unable to hold its breath for even 30 minutes. - Though the dossier's temperament says "Passive to land creatures, but agressive to water-dwellers", the Baryonyx indeed does attack some land creatures, though they usually are small. Regardless of land or water, it still aggros on Humans.
- Baryonyx is a member of the same family as the Spinosaurus, known as the Spinosauridae. Most, if not all of the members of this family were carnviorous theropods with semi-aquatic tendencies, though the amount of adaptations to life in the water differed between species and the degree of which the animals lived their lives in water is debated. It is however almost certain that the Spinosaurus was more adaptated to an aquatic lifestyle than the Baryonyx.
- Given the Baryonyx's general anatomy and life style, a real one would not be especially fast compared to most land carnivores, as they were geared towards slower terrestrial prey or aquatic prey like fish, not chasing down swift animals. In ARK however, the Baryonyx can sprint and leap faster than the Raptor and the Carno, both of which should in theory easily outrun a Baryonyx. In fact, the speed at which one can achieve using its jump can easily make it even faster.
- Fossils of Baryonyx have been found with the remains of other dinosaurs, meaning that despite being a fish-eating predator, Baryonyx was probably capable of taking on larger land animals, despite the dossier stating it rarely attacks land animals. Some fossil animal remains found to have been eaten by a Baryonyx indicate that the diet of the Baryonyx included large terrestrial animals. Dinosaurs that also lived with and were probably eaten by Baryonyx, like
Iguanodon, were still most likely a smaller part of its diet and fish was probably still a main staple food for the animal. - Despite it's usually frail and tiny body in-game, it can take on Wild Spinos if the water is deep enough, usually by using the Spino's large turn radius to it's advantage.
- Baryonyx is one of the few dinosaurs that, despite being rideable, doesn't include a saddle and check mark by it in the notes.
- Since 316.18 Baryonyx can no longer be immobilized with
Bolas or carried by 
Argentavis. - Though is says you need raw fish meat to tame it, you can also use raw meat, but it will take longer.
Changelog
| Patch | ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
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|---|---|
| 254.0 | Baryonyx is added to the game.
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| 275.0 Aberration Expansion Release | Added the Aberrant Baryonyx
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| 276.21 | Aberrant Baryonyx now lays the correct  Baryonyx Egg
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| 316.18 | Undocumented: Drag Weight of the Baryonyx has been increased from 120 to 210, rendering it unable to be picked up by some creatures that before could pick it up, such as the Argentavis.  Bear Traps are unaffected
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| 333.4 | Fixed a bug where Baryonyx wouldn't regenerate health on killing fish |
| Patch |  ARK: Survival Ascended Changes
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|---|---|
| 34.49 | Fixed being able to dismount players with Baryonyx on PVE |
Gallery
Baryonyx swimming
Baryonyx in the swamp
References
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