Corrupted Creatures

See also:  Enraged Creatures

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Corrupted Creatures are a variant of normal Creatures corrupted by  Element that are found on Extinction, the corruption enslaving their behavior into a "hive-mentality". Creatures that are corrupted are more powerful, extremely aggressive (regardless of their previous Temperament), and untameable. All Corrupted Creatures can destroy  Tek-tier Structures and will attack the structure when in range (which only applies in PvP).

Projectiles from corrupted creatures are tinted in purple, and if they are hit by ranged projectile, the hit marker will appear in purple, as opposed to normal/friendly hit marker which appears red/green/orange respectively.

Some creatures drop rare materials like  Black Pearl,  AnglerGel, and will often drop  Corrupted Nodule. Corrupted Nodules essentially functions the exact same way as  Organic Polymer does, with a spoilage timer, use as a  Polymer substitute, and a suicide pill when consumed.

All Corrupted Creatures have a chance, based on creature strength, to drop a  Corrupt Heart after killed. This means the stronger the creature, the more likely it will drop a Corrupt Heart.

The  Enforcer does 4x or 400% more damage than it usually does to any and all corrupted creatures, giving it a significant advantage to kill corrupted and help a survivor travel the Wastelands more safely.

All Corrupted Creatures take significantly less damage from  Turrets.

Turret	Damage
Auto Turret	2
Minigun Turret	6
Heavy Auto Turret	10
Tek Turret	15
Plant Species X	32

List of Corrupted Creatures

Common / In Game NameName	Released	Diet	Temperament	TameableTame	RideableRide	BreedableBreed	Saddle LevelSaddle	Entity ID
Corrupted Arthropluera		Carrion-Feeder	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Arthro_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Carnotaurus		Carnivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Carno_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Chalicotherium		Herbivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Chalico_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Dilophosaur		Carnivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Dilo_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Dimorphodon		Carnivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Dimorph_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Giganotosaurus		Carnivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Gigant_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Paraceratherium		Herbivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Paracer_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Pteranodon		Carnivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Ptero_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Raptor		Carnivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Raptor_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Reaper King		Carnivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Xenomorph_Character_BP_Male_Tamed_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Rex		Carnivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Rex_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Rock Drake		Carnivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	RockDrake_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Spino		Carnivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Spino_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Stegosaurus		Herbivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Stego_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Triceratops		Herbivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Trike_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
Corrupted Wyvern		Carnivore	Highly Aggressive	No	No	No	N/A	Wyvern_Character_BP_Fire_Corrupt_C

There are 16 Corrupted Creatures (including variants).

Dossier

This section is intended to be an exact copy of what the survivor Helena Walker, the author of the dossiers, has written. There may be some discrepancies between this text and the in-game creature.

“

Wild

Even at its most deadly, there's nothing as beautiful as nature. Yet by definition, that beauty only exists if nature is left to run its course, free from interference or invasion. Sadly, that's not what happened here. These poor creatures have been infected and twisted by an outside force. I've seen how Element can alter the evolutionary trajectory of a species in small, indirect doses, but this goes far beyond that. The Element that grows within these animals has taken hold of their minds and driven them mad. They move as one, ravaging everything in their path, and often push themselves beyond their physical limits. We've found they have a sixth sense for Element, and on occasion have used that to our advantage. Otherwise, they are an unfeeling, ravenous horde.

Domesticated

At my insistence, we've tried on several occasions to remove the corruption from these hapless beasts, but to no avail. Every time we have to fend them off, I feel a pang of guilt in my heart, but putting them down is the kindest thing we can do for them.

„

~ Helena

Changelog

Patch	ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
310.80	Corrupted Dinos can no longer be teleported.
322.9	Can no longer carry/base Corrupted Dinos.
324.16	Corrupted Dinos no longer damage player structures on PvE.

Note

• Corrupted creatures will attack all non-Corrupted  Creatures encountered, even when there is disproportionate strength level between them.
• It is noteworthy that all Corrupted Creatures can be mate boosted by their own species, potentially making them even more deadly.
• Because of their hive nature, attacking a corrupted creature will result in survivors and their tames being swarmed by nearby corrupted creatures within a certain radius.
  • In Orbital Supply Drops defense, when attacking corrupted that are damaging the drop, several corrupted will branch off and attack you while a few continue damaging the drop.
• In Orbital Supply Drop defenses, several Corrupted creatures seem to "learn" how to bypass certain structures such as the shield for the Tek forcefield or metal spike walls. For example, when a single Corrupted Wyvern and or Corrupted Rock Drake manages to find a way to enter the Tek forcefield a player has put up in replacement for the original forcefield, the rest of the Corrupted Wyverns in later rounds seem to replicate its method to enter and damage the drop.
• Several Corrupted Creatures possess different behaviors and other traits from their standard counterparts:
  • The  Corrupted Reaper King does not possess natural resistance or rapid health regen, but it does possess a much higher health pool to compensate for these factors. They are also not affected by  Charge Light, despite visually displaying the debuff effect when exposed. Upon death, its corpse disappears shortly afterwards.
  • The  Corrupted Giganotosaurus does not inflict a bleed when biting and has a reduced health pool.
  • The  Corrupted Spino can switch into bipedal stance, but will not use its claw swipe; it will only bite.
  • When the  Corrupted Rock Drake uses its cloaking ability, the outline of its non-existent feathers is present.
  • The  Corrupted Stegosaurus has its hardened plate active at all times which, paired with  Mate Boost, makes them exceedingly more dangerous than any other Corrupted Creature on this list.
  • The  Corrupted Dimorphodon only appears during  Orbital Supply Drop defense and is not ordinarily found in the Wasteland.
  • Otherwise, Corrupted Creatures share their abilities and behaviors with their regular variants, aside from minor cosmetic differences (e.g., the  Corrupted Chalicotherium launches  Element boulders rather then mud boulders).
• A Corrupted variant of the  Deathworm spawned on Extinction in its initial release (285.104) but was quietly removed from the game shortly after. While it remains in the game files of  ARK: Survival Evolved, it does not exist at all in  ARK: Survival Ascended, even in the game files.
• For some reason, Corrupted Creatures give off a strange, eerie sound that can be heard when close. The sound however disappears after the player travels enough of distance away and comes back. Also, corrupted corpses do not emit the sound.
• A strange thing about the corrupted creatures is that Element can corrupt anything but it focuses on a fixed number of creatures. All those creatures it corrupts are known and/or popular in contemporary society and all of them are tames that players would typically tame.
  • This behavior is further justified in lore where The One Who Waits/Homo Deus Helena described Element turning any creature that was useful for its cause into its shadows and anything that was useless to it were devoured and destroyed.
  • Game of Thrones:
    • Corrupted Wyvern
  • Jurassic Park/World:
    • Corrupted Carnotaurus
    • Corrupted Dilophosaur
    • Corrupted Dimorphodon
    • Corrupted Giganotosaurus (Indominus Rex)
    • Corrupted Pteranodon
    • Corrupted Raptor
    • Corrupted Rex
    • Corrupted Spinosaurus
    • Corrupted Stegosaurus
    • Corrupted Triceratops
  • Predator/Alien/Alien vs. Predator Series:
    • Corrupted Reaper
    • Corrupted Rock Drake
  • Walking with... Series:
    • Corrupted Chalicotherium
    • Corrupted Arthropleura
    • Corrupted Paraceratherium
• Some Corrupted Creatures do not show any signs of blood when injured, some display blood effects normally, and some will only show blood upon death. Specifically, the  Corrupted Dimorphodon,  Corrupted Giganotosaurus, and  Corrupted Pteranodon) will, upon death, have all of their body that is not corrupted totally and completely covered in red blood.
• Projectiles that are shot from corrupted creatures, which are likely made of a mixture of element and flesh, will not look the same as their creature counterpart. For example, the  Corrupted Chalicotherium's throw attack throws a purple element glob as opposed to poop and the  Corrupted Arthropluera will spit out liquid purple element as opposed to green colored, acidic blood.
• While the shadow on the Dossier image appears what looked like a corrupted  Brontosaurus, there is no such thing as Corrupted Brontosaurus that exists in-game.
• Beware when going into areas like the Wasteland or any other area that usually contains Corrupted Creatures, they can and will literally materialize out of thin air and attack.
• Corrupted creatures act very similar to zombies in that they are infected and will mindlessly attack anything near them.
  • Like zombies, they are all badly malformed. Some features include lack of eyes (some lack eyes, others have purples ones), lack of feathers, organs glowing purple.
• Corrupted Creatures can be picked up and dropped onto bases for easy raiding. Turrets that are not set to attack wild creatures will ignore them as a Corrupted Dino can devastate even Tek bases. This give early game players with tames as early as an argentavis or pteranodon the ability to raid highly advanced bases, while also being virtually unseen by the tribe log.
• The corrupted creatures don't seem to have a method of expelling Element from their bodies and, as a result, Element builds up in their body until it corrupts them.
  • Creatures like the  Managarmr,  Velonasaur,  Snow Owl,  Gasbags, and  Gacha have Element in their bodies, but it doesn't corrupt them. Their respective methods of constantly expelling Element could explain why this is the case.
• The Corrupted Dimorph does not show its Element body parts. This can be fixed by going out of stasis range and returning.
• (BUG) The Corrupted Arthropleura appears to behave neutrally in Ark survival ascended, being paradoxical due to its normal being varaint being hostile on top of being corrupted.
• In  ARK: Survival Ascended, the models of Corrupted Creatures were adjusted to have a more partial but uniform level of corruption across variants, as well as giving their eyes a purple glow. No new Corrupted Creatures were added in  ARK: Survival Ascended.