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This article is about Dilophosaur, not to be confused with 
Dilo Mask Skin
Dilophosaur
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cheat summon Dilo_Character_BP_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Dilo/Dilo_Character_BP.Dilo_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35Variant Corrupted Dilophosaur
cheat summon Dilo_Character_BP_Corrupt_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/Dinos/Corrupt/Dilo/Dilo_Character_BP_Corrupt.Dilo_Character_BP_Corrupt'" 500 0 0 35Variant Dilophosaur (Gauntlet)
cheat summon Dilo_Character_BP_Gauntlet_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Bog/Dilo_Character_BP_Gauntlet.Dilo_Character_BP_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35Variant Dilophosaur (Retrieve)
cheat summon Dilo_Character_BP_Retrieve_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Retrieve/Bog/Dilo_Character_BP_Retrieve.Dilo_Character_BP_Retrieve'" 500 0 0 35Variant R-Dilophosaur
cheat summon Dilo_Character_BP_Rockwell_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/BiomeVariants/Dilo_Character_BP_Rockwell.Dilo_Character_BP_Rockwell'" 500 0 0 35Variant R-Dilophosaur (Summoned)
cheat summon Dilo_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/Summoner/SummonedDinos/Dilo_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned.Dilo_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned'" 500 0 0 35Variant Dilophosaur (Hunt)
cheat summon Dilo_Character_BP_Hunt_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/Hunt/Dinos/Dilo_Character_BP_Hunt.Dilo_Character_BP_Hunt'" 500 0 0 35Variant Dilophosaur (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Dilo_Character_BP_STA_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Dilo_Character_BP_STA.Dilo_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35Variant Dilophosaur (Mashup)
cheat summon Dilo_Character_BP_ExpG_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Mashup/ExperimentG/DinosAndStructures/Dilo_Character_BP_ExpG.Dilo_Character_BP_ExpG'" 500 0 0 35Variant VR Dilophosaur
cheat summon Dilo_Character_BP_CorrMaze_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Maze/CorruptedZone/Dinos/Dilo_Character_BP_CorrMaze.Dilo_Character_BP_CorrMaze'" 500 0 0 35Data
XP for kill
4 XP
Loot
Special Loot Chance
1%
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Aberrant Megalosaurus
Argentavis
Blood Crystal Wyvern- Ember Crystal Wyvern
- Fire Wyvern
Forest Wyvern
Griffin- Ice Wyvern
Kaprosuchus
Karkinos- Lightning Wyvern
Mammoth- Megalosaurus
- Poison Wyvern
Pteranodon
Quetzal
Tapejara- Tek Quetzal
Tropeognathus- Tropical Crystal Wyvern
Tusoteuthis- X-Argentavis
- X-Tapejara
Incubation Range
Incubation Time
1h 8m 10.582s
Baby Time
2h 6m 15.757s
Juvenile Time
8h 25m 3.028s
Adolescent Time
10h 31m 18.785s
Total Maturation Time
21h 2m 37.57s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d
Habitat
Common Rare
Untameable Cave
Untameable Cave
The Dilophosaurus (dye-LA-fuh-SAWR-us), also shortened to Dilophosaur or even more so Dilo, is one of the dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved. They were medium-sized theropod dinosaurs and aggressive, fast-moving predators that lived in North American jungles during the Jurassic period.
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
Dilophosaurus sputatrix
TimeEarly Jurassic
DietCarnivore
TemperamentSkittish
- Wild
Dilophosaurus sputatrix is a strange creature. It stands at just over half the size of known Dilophosaurs and runs from aggressors as often as it fights them. Dilophosaurus sputatrix has a few traits not common in the Dilophosaurus genus. It has a very shrill call, and a decorative ridge of skin on its neck. I believe these are used to attract mates, as well as intimidate prey and would-be predators. Instead of attacking its prey outright, Dilophosaurus sputatrix spits venom to weaken and paralyze it before moving in for the kill.
- Domesticated
Because of their shrill cry and their ability to attack intruders from range, Dilophosaurus seem most suited as "guard dogs." Due to their small size, they are not suitable as mounts.
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~ Helena
Behavior
Dilophosaurus has a very small aggravation range, but if provoked, can produce deadly strikes in a very short time, as well as blinding you with a ranged poison that it will initially use before biting. Unlike other predators, the Dilophosaurus sometimes chooses to flee the player rather than attack. While they do not officially live in packs, they can often be found with 2-3 others. In spite of their fairly powerful arsenal, they have very low health and are easily taken down. Dilophosaurus do not attack many other species of dinosaurs, except for 
Parasaur, Pteranodon (which they usually can't catch), 
Dodo, Moschops, Lystrosaurus, and other creatures which are smaller than themselves, or will not hurt them if attacked. Otherwise, they will scavenge dinosaurs that have already been killed and consume the meat of the corpse. (There is a bug where Dilophosaur will attack tamed Argentavis, along with all other aggressive creatures.) The Dilophosaur is a highly adaptable animal seen in many environments, including beaches, plains, riverbanks, jungles, swamps, caves, and the Redwood Forest.
Appearance
Dilophosaurus is a small opportunistic predator best distinguished by the twin crests on its head and the membranous frill surrounding its neck. They are found alone or in small groups throughout the island and prey upon anything smaller than themselves. However, these dinosaurs are also frequent scavengers. If threatened, a Dilophosaurus will erect its frill, hiss, and spit a greenish venom that stuns and blinds its target.
Color Scheme and Regions
Region 0:Body
Natural colors:
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Region 1:Back and Face
Natural colors:
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Region 2:Spike Tips
Natural colors:
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Region 3:Spine and Spike Base
Natural colors:
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Region 4:Frill, Crest and Belly
Natural colors:
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Region 5:Legs and Arms
Natural colors:
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This information can be used to alter the Dilophosaur's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Dilophosaur's "body" magenta.
Body
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Back and Face
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Spike Tips
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Spine and Spike Base
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Frill, Crest and Belly
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Legs and Arms
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This information can be used to alter the Dilophosaur's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Dilophosaur's "main color" magenta.
Main color
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Back color
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Spines
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Stripes
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Tertiary color
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This information can be used to alter the Dilophosaur's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Dilophosaur's "dark muted" magenta.
Dark Muted
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Variants
Corrupted Dilophosaur
Corrupted Dilophosaur is the Corrupted variant of Dilophosaur found in Extinction. It is identical to the normal Dilophosaur except for its corrupted robe. It is not tamable and is guided by hive spirit.
R-Dilophosaur
R-Dilophosaur is the R variant of Dilophosaur found in certain biomes of Genesis: Part 2. It is identical to the normal Dilophosaur except for its colorful robe. It is tamable.
VR Dilophosaur
VR Dilophosaur is the VR variant of Dilophosaur found during some Missions in Genesis: Part 2. It is identical to the normal Dilophosaur except for its digitized robe. It is not tamable.
Drops
- Random Special Loot
- Random Special Loot
Base Stats and Growth
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
 Health |
130 | +26 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
 Stamina |
100 | +10 | +10% | ||
 Oxygen |
150 | +15 | +10% | ||
 Food |
450 | +45 | +10% | 15% | |
 Weight |
45 | +0.9 | +4% | ||
 Melee Damage |
10 / 3 | +0.5 / +0.15 | +1.7% | 14% | 17.6% |
 Movement Speed |
100% | N/A | +1% | 200% | |
 Torpidity |
75 | +4.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wild | ||
| Health |
130 | +26 |
| Stamina |
100 | +10 |
| Oxygen |
150 | +15 |
| Food |
450 | +45 |
| Weight |
45 | +0.9 |
| Melee Damage |
10 | +0.5 |
| Movement Speed |
100% | N/A |
| Torpidity |
75 | +4.5 |
- 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]
Dilophosaur
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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| Spit |
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Passive
Turret Mode
The Dilophosaurus has a turret mode, allowing its AI to stay in position and attack from the distance using its venom.
Combat
General
Dilos are common on the beaches and are often one of the first carnivores to be seen by a survivor. Though relatively small with a relatively weak biting attack, avoiding their spitting attack is critical. It can render a player nearly blind, while the poison within it slows movement speed and can drain heath, even more than their teeth on occasion. Failure to dodge this attack can turn the tide against you very quickly, even at relatively high levels. However, with a bit of practice of dodging and a 
Spear, it becomes easy and almost natural. By midgame, they provide an easy source of meat and hide. Occasionally, a group can catch you by surprise in forests or grassland, their small size letting them hide easily.
Strategy
Early survivors caught off guard and unprepared for a fight can easily outrun a Dilo and live to fight another day.
Players can tell they are about to spit (See Dangers) when they stand still and pull their heads back. If you time it right, you can jump to the side to avoid the shot and continue your beat down. After spitting, there appears to be a cool-down during which the Dilo cannot spit again while engaging in melee combat. However, after some time, the Dilo will typically stop, pull their head back, and spit again.
Alternatively, you can block it with a shield instead of side jumping.
Any survivor easily kills it with even a 
Stone Hatchet. Simply approach from in front and strike the head, rinse-repeat until dead. For Spear and 
Bow, shoot the head while backpedaling. If possible, dispatch it with a mount.
Weaponry
Spear/
Pike, since they give the ability to keep them away with the long range and knock-back.
Bow/
Crossbow, for the range.
Dangers
The dilos are found nearly everywhere, especially on beaches and in jungles. Their danger is to attack unconscious dinos that you're taming and lower their taming effectiveness, especially if you're taming small beach dinos like the 
Triceratops or a Parasaur.
They have the ability to spit a blob of green venom, which slows you and decreases your visibility. This venom can also be shot at a player's dinos, with the same effect.
Due to how prevalent they are, players often get mobbed by packs of Dilos on beaches, meaning more Dilos can enter the fray when the player is blinded and unaware. The effect lasts for four seconds and can stack.
Weakness
They are pretty slow, not able to keep pace with an unencumbered survivor. They have relatively low 
Health and 
melee, and become midday snacks for larger animals and aggressive players.
Taming
For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.
KO Strategy
When taming the Dilophosaur, a 
Slingshot is preferred for knocking it unconscious. Two to three hits on a lower level Dilophosaur will knock it out and leave just over half its health remaining. You can also punch it 5-10 times and leave almost all its Health.
Taming Food
 Level 1
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 Basic Kibble
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:36 |
 Raw Mutton
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:34 |
 Cooked Lamb Chop
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:07 |
 Raw Prime Meat
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:34 |
 Cooked Prime Meat
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:07 |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:34 |
 Raw Meat
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:41 |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:09 |
 Cooked Meat
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:24 |
 Raw Fish Meat
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:41 |
 Cooked Fish Meat
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12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:41 |
KO:  × 8; × 4;  × 1;  × 1;  × 1;  × 1
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| Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:04:10 | |||||
| Level 30
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| Basic Kibble
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:36 |
| Raw Mutton
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:07 |
| Cooked Lamb Chop
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:40 |
| Raw Prime Meat
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:07 |
| Cooked Prime Meat
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:14 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:24 |
| Raw Meat
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:21 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:52 |
| Cooked Meat
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12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:21 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:11 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:02 |
| KO: × 21; × 9; × 3; × 2; × 1; × 1
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| Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:06:52 | |||||
| Level 60
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| Basic Kibble
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:12 |
| Raw Mutton
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:41 |
| Cooked Lamb Chop
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:47 |
| Raw Prime Meat
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:41 |
| Cooked Prime Meat
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:20 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:14 |
| Raw Meat
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9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:05:01 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:17 |
| Cooked Meat
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18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:05:01 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:24 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:16 |
| KO: × 35; × 14; × 4; × 3; × 2; × 1
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| Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:08:43 | |||||
| Level 90
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Time | |
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| Basic Kibble
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:12 |
| Raw Mutton
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:14 |
| Cooked Lamb Chop
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7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:54 |
| Raw Prime Meat
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:47 |
| Cooked Prime Meat
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9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:05:00 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:04 |
| Raw Meat
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13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:07:14 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:00 |
| Cooked Meat
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25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:57 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:37 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:37 |
| KO: × 48; × 20; × 6; × 4; × 3; × 2
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| Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:10:04 | |||||
| Level 120
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Time | |
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| Basic Kibble
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:12 |
| Raw Mutton
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:47 |
| Cooked Lamb Chop
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:27 |
| Raw Prime Meat
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:21 |
| Cooked Prime Meat
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11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:07 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:54 |
| Raw Meat
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16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:54 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:07:43 |
| Cooked Meat
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32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:54 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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40 | -0 | -0 | -0 | 0:11:07 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:10:59 |
| KO: × 62; × 25; × 7; × 4; × 3; × 2
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| Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:11:07 | |||||
| Level 150
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Time | |
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| Basic Kibble
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:47 |
| Raw Mutton
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:21 |
| Cooked Lamb Chop
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10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:05:33 |
| Raw Prime Meat
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7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:54 |
| Cooked Prime Meat
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13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:07:13 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:27 |
| Raw Meat
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20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:11:07 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:09:08 |
| Cooked Meat
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39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:10:51 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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48 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0:13:21 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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96 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0:13:21 |
| KO: × 75; × 31; × 9; × 5; × 4; × 2
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| Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:12:00 | |||||
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 
Basic Kibble:
10 × 
Amarberry, 1 × 
Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky, 1 × 
Extra Small Egg, 5 × 
Fiber, 5 × 
Mejoberry, 10 × 
Tintoberry, 1 × 
Water
Utility
Roles
- Combatant: Although the Dilophosaur is weaker than most enemies out there, it can still save you from a critical situation. For example, in very early game, acting as a decoy — in worst-scenario cases, keeping the enemy occupied as you run away. Its venomous spit blinds and slows enemies, as well as dealing a little bit of extra damage. A single Dilo is unlikely to be a threat to an experienced survivor. However, it can be an annoyance while more powerful tames do real damage. A pack of higher-level Dilos can be a significant threat on its own.
- Egg Farm: Dilophosaur eggs are one of the earliest eggs that can be acquired easily for lower-level kibble.
- Hunter: Dilophosaurs are easy to tame for new survivors, making them a good starting hunting-pack dino that can easily incapacitate parasaurs and raptors alike.
- Pet: Dilos are basically tail-wagging dinosaur dogs. During downtime, you can have hours of fun playing Fetch the Dodo on the beach (with slightly less living Dodos)!
- Damage: Dilos can be great for hunting creatures like Dodos and Lystrosaurus early game to keep a sustainable Meat source.
- Swarmers: When in large packs, Dilos can easily overwhelm an opponent due to their spit attack, which will slow down prey so they can keep dealing damage.
- Defenders: Dilos can be used as great defenders, put them on turret mode and aggressive and pair them with a fast mount such as a Raptor.
- Prime fish meat gatherer: Dilos can gather prime fish meat early game. This ability is useful if you don’t have a sickle.
- Turret: Due to their ranged attack, like most other ranged creatures, can be set into turret mode. While their projectile attacks may not do much direct damage, the lingering effect can confuse and frustrate enemies, leaving them open for their allies to follow up. They can be especially effective when arranged in numbers near narrow choke points inside bases, such as just inside a hall or doorway, where intruders don’t have enough room to properly dodge.
- With this Turret Mode, they can be used as a taming assistant in Large Taming Pens; the bare minimum for their tower is three pillars high for small creatures and eight pillars for large creatures
Collectibles
| Resource | Efficiency |
|---|---|
 Raw Prime Fish Meat
|
★★★☆☆ |
 Raw Meat
|
★★★☆☆ |
 Hide
|
★★☆☆☆ |
 Chitin
|
★★☆☆☆ |
 Raw Fish Meat
|
★★☆☆☆ |
 Keratin
|
★★☆☆☆ |
 Raw Prime Meat
|
★★☆☆☆ |
Notes/Trivia
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Dilophosaur, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- Dilos will rarely drop
Nerdry Glasses Skin, a reference to Dennis Nedry from the movie Jurassic Park, who wore these glasses while being killed and eaten by a Dilophosaurus. - Ark: Survival Evolved utilizes the pop-culture version of this dinosaur, a small venom-spitting theropod dinosaur, when in reality, the Dilophosaurus was a fairly large theropod, especially for its time, capable of reaching twenty feet (6 meters) in length. A more accurate in-game representation of the real creature would probably have it similar in size and role as the Carnotaurus. Further, there is no scientific evidence that Dilophosaurs had a neck frill or that they could spit venom (or were venomous at all). This discrepancy is noted in the dossier.
- The name of the Dilophosaur is derived from the Greek words di (δι), meaning "two," lophos (λόφος) meaning "crest," and sauros (σαυρος) meaning "lizard." This meaning "two-crested lizard."
- In Helena's notes, she added a collar to the Dilophosaurus to let people know it can be tamed. However, unlike her other notes, Helena added an arrow pointing to the collar instead of a checkmark.
- In addition to lacking the exaggerated anatomy, real Dilophosaurus was also as large as the game's Utahraptors and were speedy hunters in real life. Since they lacked supreme jaw strength, they would have hunted in packs just like in the game.
- Dilophosaurus might have been one of the dinosaurs that lived in the Aberration ARK before it became damaged. While other creatures evolved to survive the radiation leaking from the damaged ARK, the Dilophosaurus couldn't adapt to change. So while other creatures became mutated, Dilophosaurus probably died out rather than mutated, although the map’s apex predator, the Reapers, do bear a possible resemblance of a Dilophosaur mixed with a Tyrannosaurus.
Changelog
| Patch |  ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
|
|---|---|
| 256.0 | New sound effects for Dilophosaur |
| 258.0 | Dilophosaur now supports a new AI Turret Mode with its spit |
| 285.104 Extinction Expansion Release | Added Corrupted Dilophosaur
|
| 329.5 Genesis: Part 2 Expansion Release | Added R-Dilophosaur
|
Gallery
Size comparison
A Dilophosaur about to spit venom
Render of a Dilophosaur
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