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cheat summon Basilisk_Character_BP_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Aberration/Dinos/Basilisk/Basilisk_Character_BP.Basilisk_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35Variant Basilisk (Hunt)
cheat summon Basilisk_Character_BP_Hunt_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Hunt/Volcanic/Basilisk_Character_BP_Hunt.Basilisk_Character_BP_Hunt'" 500 0 0 35Variant Basilisk (Retrieve)
cheat summon Basilisk_Character_BP_Retrieve_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Retrieve/Volcanic/Basilisk_Character_BP_Retrieve.Basilisk_Character_BP_Retrieve'" 500 0 0 35Variant Basilisk (Summoned)
cheat summon Basilisk_Character_BP_Summoned_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/Summoner/SummonedDinos/Basilisk_Character_BP_Summoned.Basilisk_Character_BP_Summoned'" 500 0 0 35Variant Basilisk (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Basilisk_Character_BP_STA_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Basilisk_Character_BP_STA.Basilisk_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35Variant Basilisk (Ghost)
cheat summon Ghost_Basilisk_Character_BP_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Aberration/Dinos/Basilisk/Ghost_Basilisk_Character_BP.Ghost_Basilisk_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 353 Only in 
ARK: Survival Ascended.
ARK: Survival Ascended.Incubation Range
Incubation Time
6h 14m 58.2s
Baby Time
18h 31m 6.667s
Juvenile Time
3d 2h 4m 26.667s
Adolescent Time
3d 20h 35m 33.334s
Total Maturation Time
7d 17h 11m 6.667s
Habitat
This variant spawns only during an Event
Common Rare
Untameable Cave
Untameable Cave
The Basilisk is large, carnivorous fantasy reptile known for its ability to burrow underground to ambush its enemies, as well as spit projectiles that explode into a toxic gas upon making contact.
It was first added in 
ARK: Survival Evolved with the Aberration expansion pack on the 12th of December, 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.
“
Species
Serpens regulus
TimeUnknown
DietCarnivore
TemperamentAggressive
- Wild
More than twice the size of wild Titanoboa exonantur, Serpens regulus is the largest and most lethal snake I've encountered. With a skull that's more draconic than serpentine, it possesses a powerful bite, made even deadlier by the potent venom dripping from its fangs. The unique shape of its skull allows Serpens to hunt in a way that other snakes cannot: by burrowing. Once underground, it simply waits for its victims to approach. Fortunately its forked tail is usually still visible, poking just aboveground.
- Domesticated
Miraculously, survivors have not only managed to tame Serpens regulus, but ride it. Some can even stay seated while it lies in wait belowground, though I doubt it's a pleasant experience. While a wild Serpens can only be forced out of hiding by fire or explosives, once domesticated, it is easily trained to burrow or surface on command.
„
~ Helena
Behavior
It can often be seen by its unusually three-forked tail poking out of the earth as it waits hidden underground for its prey to approach before it can spring out in ambush. It may stay in such a state patiently for days on end, until the opportunity arises to which it will violently burst out of the ground and launch an attack of venomous bites and poisonous spit blasts similar to the poison breath of the 
Poison Wyvern. After killing and consuming its prey, it again will quickly dig back into the ground where it waits again in ambush.
Spawns at an uncommon rate in The Portal and rarely in The Edge areas. It can also be found sporadically across most of Aberration.
Appearance
The size of a Basilisk is exceptionally large and is huge compared to its cousin, Ark's 
Titanoboa. As said in the dossier, it has a 3-pronged forked tail. It is unknown what purpose this very strange appendage serves, though it could be used in sensing vibrations. Like a snake, the whole body is legless and serpentine, covered in many small diamond-shaped scales, but also has other unusual features including many large, spade-like spikes at its lower body and tail region, smaller versions of said spikes at the head and neck, and a serrated and scaly belly; all presumably to aid in digging. The head is draconic in shape and is blunt and sloped at the front. The mouth is full of sharp, pointed teeth as well as 2 longer fangs on the top jaw, and a forked tongue. The eyes are glossy and dead looking. At the back of the head lie a pair of backward facing and long, almost antelope-like horns.
Color Scheme and Regions
Region 0:Body Main
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Region 1:Horns
Natural colors:
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Region 2:Underbelly
Natural colors:
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Region 3:Unused
This region does not show on the body.
Region 4:Emissive
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Region 5:Highlights
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This section displays the Basilisk's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Basilisk. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Basilisk 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 Basilisk's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Basilisk's "body main" magenta.
Body Main
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Emissive
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Region 1:Horns
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Region 2:Underbelly
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Region 3:Unused
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Region 4:Emissive
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Variants
Basilisk Ghost
Basilisk Ghost is a phantom creature that appear during Fear Evolved events. When you kill it you obtain the 
Basilisk Ghost Costume to give your own tamed Basilisk the look of a ghost.
Drops
Base Stats and Growth
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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| Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
 Health |
2750 | +550 | +5.4% | 0.07 | (TBHM: 50%) |
 Stamina |
650 | +65 | +10% | ||
 Oxygen |
N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
 Food |
2500 | +250 | +10% | ||
 Weight |
800 | +16 | +4% | ||
 Melee Damage |
44 / 96 | +2.2 / +4.8 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
 Movement Speed |
100% | N/A | +1% | 20% | |
 Torpidity |
175 | +10.5 | 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.
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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| Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
| Health |
2750 | +550 | +5.4% | 0.07 | (TBHM: 50%) |
| Stamina |
650 | +65 | +10% | ||
| Oxygen |
N/A | N/A | N/A | ||
| Food |
2500 | +250 | +10% | ||
| Weight |
2200 | +44 | +4% | ||
| Melee Damage |
55 / 120 | +2.75 / +6 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
| Movement Speed |
100% | N/A | +1% | 20% | |
| Torpidity |
175 | +10.5 | 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]
Basilisk
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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Shoot Poison    |
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| Bury |
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| Roar |
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Passive
Bury
The Basilisk has a bury option on its wheel menu, after ordering this action the Basilisk buries itself, though buried wild Basilisks are visible through their forked tail, tamed Basilisks are invisible to non-allied players.
Weight Reduction
The Basilisk reduces the weight of the following resources by the listed amount while they are in its inventory:
| Resource | Reduction |
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 Stone
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75% |
Active
| Bite |
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| Shoot Poison |
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| Bury |
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| Roar |
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Passive
Bury
The Basilisk has a bury option on its wheel menu, after ordering this action the Basilisk buries itself, though buried wild Basilisks are visible through their forked tail, tamed Basilisks are invisible to non-allied players.
Weight Reduction
The Basilisk reduces the weight of the following resources by the listed amount while they are in its inventory:
| Resource | Reduction |
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| Stone
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75% |
Combat
This section describes how to fight against the Basilisk.
General
Basilisks will always stay hidden throughout their existence through burrowing. It is possible to tell if one is near when there is a forked tail sticking out of the rubble. Being around a dozen feet away will aggravate them, causing them to emerge.
Strategy
It is ill advised to ever fight a Basilisk alone, so make sure to at least be mounting a decent creature or have good weaponry.
Basilisks are somewhat easy to outrun with most mounts, though don't underestimate their speed. If it is in the way you can kite one over a cliff. They will follow you over and then be out of your way.
Basilisks are not much harder to kill than a 
Spinosaurus. Avoid close range fighting without a 
Gas Mask as much like Poison Wyvern, the poison can be negated with a Gas Mask, 
Hazard Suit Armor or 
Tek Helmet.
If one must fight without these equipment on, then other strategic measures must be taken to avoid being killed off your mount. If the mount is small, nimble, and quick, you can run and jump around while attacking, avoiding the poison spit. Larger mounts can have their bodies angled towards a poison shot as to prevent it from hitting you.
Weaponry
Utilize ranged weapons such as 
Assault Rifles or a 
Compound Bow to deal with Basilisks. Low level Basilisks can be killed with a 
Crossbow if you're able to shoot from a safe location; it will require a lot of 
Arrows. Because it can't be knocked down, it is highly discouraged to utilize 
Torpor-inducing ammo and weapons. As the Basilisk' melee attacks induces Torpor, refrain from getting close and using melee weapons, for it can knock you out faster than it can deal damage.
Dangers
As it can bury under the ground and hide with the exception of its forked tail, it can be easy to be suprised by an unsuspected ambush. As they can be found almost anywhere on the map, always keep your guard up if there wasn't a reason to do so on Aberration.
The Basilisk has a poison attack that explodes on impact, dealing massive damage. Much like the Poison Wyvern a Gas Mask can negate this. The Basilisk's bite also is venomous and if not careful, a survivor or tame can have their Torpor rise and become knocked out. On top of this, they are strong, powerful, and fast with good 
Health, 
Melee Damage, and 
Movement Speed.
Weakness
- Basilisks are very slow when turning and have a large turning radius.
- They are very slow when in water.
- Due to their long body, it takes them a few seconds to get out of the water completely. This allows dangerous fish more time to attack.
- Despite being a strong creature, Basilisks take more damage than normal creatures when falling.
Taming
The Basilisk is tamed non-violently, rather than through the use of tranquilizers.
To tame one, the player must use fertilized 
Rock Drake Eggs on Aberration or fertilized 
Magmasaur Eggs on Genesis: Part 1. Drop them on the ground at or near the Basilisk while it is not burrowed (while it will still eat egg even when aggro'd, chances of it eating are very low even when brought close in its path, and it is best to kite it close and make it lose interest in the player). The Basilisk will "attack" the egg when it is nearby one of them and eat it, gaining taming progress. The ancestry (e.g. the levels of the parents) of each fertilized egg will not affect the taming speed.
If more eggs are required, retreat to a safe location for a long duration, as the rate at which the Basilisk returns to being feedable is very low.
As flying mounts are not available in the maps it exists in, one of such strategy is to utilize a swift mount such as a 
Raptor with high movement speed and lure it over to the fertilized egg as it moves relatively quick once aggravated. If dropping while running, ensure the egg are dropped from your own inventory, for when you drop the egg from the mount's inventory, the Basilisk will still eat the egg when it is not aggravated, but no taming progress will be made.
Another method would be to utilize mounts the Basilisk are not aggravated by, such as 
Rock Drake, 
Rex or 
Magmasaur. Dismount nearby and mount after getting its attention, then kite it into a circle. Do not hit it. Pay close attention to it-the moment it turns its head away from your tame, dismount to the other side and remount to hold aggro.
One can also use a 
Karkinos. Hold a passive wild dino, such as a 
Parasaur, and aggro the Basilisk. Keep turning in a circle to keep the unfortunate held creature safe, and drop the eggs from your survivor's inventory.
Keep in mind that every time the Basilisk goes to burrow, it will lose taming effectiveness and while holding aggro can suffice, an easier way to prevent this from happening is by building a trap of sorts.
Using structures can involve using Dinosaur Gates and/or Walls with Fence Foundations while leaving a corner gap small enough for the player to escape, but not for the Basilisk to escape. However, it will try to attack the structure to get to the character, so moving around to get its attention of your location and losing it after is required for this strategy to work. Be mindful for its poison spit, however.
By far the easiest way to tame a Basilisk is creating a taming pen with pillars and foundations. The Basilisk can't burrow through foundations so you will never lose taming effectiveness.
The Basilisk loses about 7-8% taming effectiveness every time it burrows. (Needs further testing)
Be careful while taming a Basilisk, as if it is heavily damaged, it will refuse to eat, only when its nearly full health before it will accept the food.
Even when not burrowed, the Basilisk will gradually lose both taming progress and taming effectiveness. One way to prevent this is to continuously keep it aggro either on you, or on a creature(tested on PC version 322.6).
Preferred Food
 Level 1
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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 Fertilized Rock Drake Egg
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4 | 11:40 | 0:35:01 |
 Fertilized Magmasaur Egg
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4 | 11:40 | 0:35:01 |
 Fertilized Voidwyrm Egg
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4 | 11:40 | 0:35:01 |
 Fertilized Wyvern Egg
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4 | 11:40 | 0:35:01 |
| Level 30
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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| Fertilized Rock Drake Egg
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5 | 10:56 | 0:43:46 |
| Fertilized Magmasaur Egg
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5 | 10:56 | 0:43:46 |
| Fertilized Voidwyrm Egg
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5 | 10:56 | 0:43:46 |
| Fertilized Wyvern Egg
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5 | 10:56 | 0:43:46 |
| Level 60
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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| Fertilized Rock Drake Egg
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6 | 10:30 | 0:52:31 |
| Fertilized Magmasaur Egg
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6 | 10:30 | 0:52:31 |
| Fertilized Voidwyrm Egg
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6 | 10:30 | 0:52:31 |
| Fertilized Wyvern Egg
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6 | 10:30 | 0:52:31 |
| Level 90
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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| Fertilized Rock Drake Egg
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7 | 10:12 | 1:01:16 |
| Fertilized Magmasaur Egg
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7 | 10:12 | 1:01:16 |
| Fertilized Voidwyrm Egg
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7 | 10:12 | 1:01:16 |
| Fertilized Wyvern Egg
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7 | 10:12 | 1:01:16 |
| Level 120
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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| Fertilized Rock Drake Egg
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8 | 10:00 | 1:10:01 |
| Fertilized Magmasaur Egg
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8 | 10:00 | 1:10:01 |
| Fertilized Voidwyrm Egg
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8 | 10:00 | 1:10:01 |
| Fertilized Wyvern Egg
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8 | 10:00 | 1:10:01 |
| Level 150
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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| Fertilized Rock Drake Egg
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10 | 09:43 | 1:27:31 |
| Fertilized Magmasaur Egg
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10 | 09:43 | 1:27:31 |
| Fertilized Voidwyrm Egg
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10 | 09:43 | 1:27:31 |
| Fertilized Wyvern Egg
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10 | 09:43 | 1:27:31 |
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.
Once tamed, the Basilisk will consume a standard carnivore diet of 
Meat, as well as both fertilized and unfertilized 
Eggs.
Basilisks will also eat Fertilized Voidwyrm Eggs, allowing taming on Genesis: Part 2 without having to upload Magmasaur or Rock Drake Eggs
Utility
Roles
- Jack-of-all-trades Mount: The Basilisk has incredibly high
Weight, and is faster than all but a few animals, and it is the strongest animal on Aberration short of a 
Reaper or bred Spino, so it can be used as a travel mount, a heavy items transport, and a battle mount all at once, while meeting or exceeding the creatures generally used for just any one of those tasks. It even lacks an 
Oxygen stat, allowing it to remain underwater or underground indefinitely. And thanks to its Torpor inducing bite, it can even be used as a taming assistant. It is not without downsides, however; despite lacking an oxygen stat, it moves and turns very slowly in the water, making it a poor choice for water combat (though a decent one for carrying the fruits of underwater gathering, provided it has an escort). The 
Basilisk Saddle is unlocked at a fairly high level. It does not actually climb walls; although it can scale smaller lumps and rocks, it can only reach a certain height, and it is incredibly vulnerable to fall damage. In spite of these downsides, the Basilisk can make for quite the versatile mount. - Dino Tamer: The Basilisk's primary attack inflicts Torpor equal to 3x the damage dealt applied over a period of 10 seconds, similar to the
Pulmonoscorpius. This effect does not stack, so to inflict maximum torpor and minimum damage, space your attacks at least 10 seconds apart. As the Basilisk is quite large and can bury or sprint when in trouble, almost anything medium-to-large can be reliably tamed. - Long Distance Transport: The Basilisk has one of the highest base carrying capacities of all non-
Titanosaur creatures, being only beaten by the 
Gasbags which has a base carry weight of 3000 and the 
Megachelon which can level its weight to ridiculous amounts. While the Basilisk's base Speed is on par with the 
Giganotosaurus the Basilisk's carrying capacity is more than 3x the Giga's making it the best in long distance transport, its 
Stamina is decent to good, and if levels are pumped into speed, the Basilisk can become faster than most creatures in the game. The Basilisk can even travel underground with a rider; press Space to burrow underground (or come up from below, though this happens automatically when stamina runs out); note that the rider will be running out of Oxygen as if underwater while underground. It also has the added benefit of 75% Weight reduction on 
Stone. As long as vertical terrain and water can be avoided, the Basilisks makes one of the best transporters in the game. - Warrior: Alongside the many powerful Aberration creatures, the Basilisk makes for a great fighter in hunting down and destroying enemies. Packed in its humongous snake body are great Damage capabilities in its strong venomous jaws and poisonous spit, great Movement Speed, good Health, immense Weight, and the ability to burrow under the ground. While most of its attributes are nothing special compared to other combatant mounts, what gives the Basilisk an edge are its poison breath, speed, and digging. Because it has a long turn radius and is vulnerable to attacks from all sides, the Basilisk is best used as a support mount or a rundown specialist that picks off the weak. Similar to the Poison Wyvern, the Basilisk can shoot volleys of deadly globs of poison at incredible distances. Its digging ability can also be great to use in the case of being able to escape or enter a battle zone unharmed as nothing can reach the snake underground with the exception of explosives. If one plans to stay underground for long periods of time, a
SCUBA Tank, not 
Tek Armor is recommended as the survivor will lose Oxygen underground without it. (For some reason, while testing, tek will not work underground.) - Nameless Hunter: The Basilisk, while its wide turn radius can present a problem when being swarmed by
Nameless from all sides, has a heavy advantage in its favor when killing these vermin: its poison breath. The Basilisk's poisonous spit is the only attack that can hit directly through Nameless armor, even without chargelight weakening them; whole packs can be taken out in a single blast, depending on the snake's Damage stats. This makes Basilisks extremely effective in harvesting 
Nameless Venom. - Solo Element Vein Salvager: Element Vein solo runners on Extinction are likely familiar with the nuisance of having to bring an
Argentavis and 
Mantis in a 
Cryopod; long before you're ready to deploy the Argentavis, the Mantis has already been encumbered by the massive amounts of 
Element Dust, wasting time and leaving you unable to do anything or defense yourself until the cryo-cooldown wears off. A great way to remove this dilemma is to bring a Basilisk instead of an Argentavis and simply deploy and bury it between enemy waves. This way, the cryo-cooldown will be done by the time the Element is ready for harvest and the Mantis can get to work immediately. In addition to this, the Basilisk's ability to travel underground means the player can safely cross the wastelands back to their base, even during a meteor shower.
- Note: Be sure the Basilisk is set to passive. Otherwise, the Basilisk will emerge and attempt to attack, which will usually result in it getting itself killed.
- Genesis mission brute hunter: The Basilisk is highly useful as a hunter mount for Genesis hunt missions. Its high hp, decent speed and high damage allow it to take on most of the brute creatures that the missions require you to kill. Given the proper terrain, you can position yourself at a spot where you can be reached, but still within range to spit poison at enemies. This works exceptionally well considering the Basilisk's poison spit does not receive a damage reduction on alpha level missions
- Ambush: The Basilisk is an excellent ambusher due to its ability to borrow underground; only explosives can hit you on your Basilisk. The ambush will work on any creature as long as you time it perfectly.
Collectibles
| Resource | Efficiency |
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 Raw Meat
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Notes/Trivia
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Basilisk, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- The torn dossier of the Basilisk was first introduced on November 26, 2017.[2]
- The scientific name means "Serpent Prince".
- The Basilisk in mythology has many similarities with its depiction in Ark. However, the Basilisk in Ark cannot kill creatures with its glare like the Basilisk in mythology, though its eyes do look pretty soulless and creepy.
- TLC 3 added actual eyes to Basilisk's model, which makes the eyes less creepy.
- Basilisk shares the same egg-eating taming method as that of Titanoboa. Unlike Titanoboa, however, it also takes in meat as food supply after taming.
- It is harder to tame Basilisk because, unlike Titanoboa, it burrows itself into the earth when it is not focused on something. They will not eat any nearby Eggs while burrowed.
- The Basilisk resembles a Wyvern, with its dragon-like skull and spikes along its body and tail.
- Although Basilisks are huge, small carnivores like the Raptor will still be aggressive to a tamed Basilisk.
- On the opposite side, however, wild Basilisk ignores large mounts like the Karkinos and Rock Drake, unless the survivor had already provoked it in the first place.
- On the opposite side, however, wild Basilisk ignores large mounts like the
- In ASE, tamed Basilisks are not immune to
Radiation. Burying will not stop it from taking damage if it has already been affected by radiation.
- In ASA, patch 59.4 changed it to where tamed Basilisks are immune to radiation, making them more competent at red zone exploration.
- Domesticated Basilisks, much like Poison Wyvern, can damage their rider if using their poison attack at close range.
- Even when the survivor sets their own resistance to 0 (meaning they take no damage) the Basilisk can still kill the player with it's poisonous spit. It is assumed this is because resistance may just be raising the players armor and the poison spit ignores armor completely. Perhaps that'll explain why it's poison spit bypass Nameless's natural armor; however, it does not bypass Reaper's armor.
- If your Basilisk's poison breath kills a dinosaur after you dismount, the system will state that the dinosaur was killed by you, and not your mount.
- Even when the survivor sets their own resistance to 0 (meaning they take no damage) the Basilisk can still kill the player with it's poisonous spit. It is assumed this is because resistance may just be raising the players armor and the poison spit ignores armor completely. Perhaps that'll explain why it's poison spit bypass
- Like the Rex and Spinosaurus, the Basilisk deals trample damage to smaller creatures; however, it also works on large creatures, and inflicts torpor.
- The Basilisk has one of the largest turning radius in the entire game, so it is highly recommended to have a saddle ready when you tame it or you risk the chance of it falling off cliffs. It takes lots of fall damage even from low heights so either avoid heights all together or quickly dismount before hitting the ground. (Now it is replaced by Megachelon as it has largest turning radius.)
Yutyrannus roar can still induce fear (and courage) at Basilisks buried under.- Gets a 75% Weight reduction on carried Stone, same as a
Doedicurus. - The Basilisk doesn't produce
Feces. - As of versions 307.2 and 333.13, Basilisks can also be tamed using fertilized Magmasaur Eggs,
Voidwyrm Eggs and 
Wyvern Eggs (but not of the 
Crystal Wyverns), allowing them to be tamed both parts of Genesis. It is as effective as the Rock Drake Egg. - In ASE, although the Basilisks have genders in the game and produce unfertilized eggs, they cannot be bred. In ASA however, they can be bred like most other creatures.
Changelog
| Patch | ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
|
|---|---|
| 275.0 | Basilisk and Alpha Basilisk are added to the game. |
| 275.4 | Fixed multiple cases of invisibility for Basilisk. |
| 275.31 | Increased Wild Basilisk Health by 50%.
|
| 275.32 | Basilisks can now be properly downloaded to ARKs other than Aberration. |
| 278.0 |
|
| 289.100 | Mesh Memory Optimizations for Basilisk. |
| 294.101 | Fixed exploit related to Basilisks. |
| 295.102 | LOD Iteration for Basilisk. |
| 307.2 | Can now also be tamed with Fertilized Magmasaur Eggs.
|
| 312.65 | Tek Helmet will now give protection from Basilisk spit attacks.
|
| 313.10 | Fixed an exploit with the Basilisk. |
| 315.2 | Basilisk Ghost is added to the game. |
| 316.18 | Basilisk now has eyes. |
| 318.9 | Fixed a bug which broke Basilisk IK. |
| 349.1 | Fixed Basilisk not being able to tame in Simplified Chinese. |
| Patch | ARK: Survival Ascended Changes
|
|---|---|
| 52.5 | Enabled breeding on Basilisk. |
| 54.7 | Basilisk no longer get levels in Oxygen on servers.
|
| 54.22 | Client side fix for Basilisk getting levels in Oxygen stat.
|
| 55.6 | Fixed a desync issue caused by picking up a buried Basilisk with a  Rhyniognatha.
|
| 55.11 | Fixed Basilisk Ghost using incorrect material. |
| 59.4 | Tamed Basilisks are now immune to radiation on Aberration. |
| 63.7 |
|
| 66.0 | Fixed Basilisk bury mounts not matching the terrain. |
| 68.5 | Basilisk’s Damage scaling has been reduced by 20%.
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