Dunkleosteus
May 24, 2018
cheat summon Dunkle_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Dunkleosteus/Dunkle_Character_BP.Dunkle_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant X-Dunkleosteus
cheat summon Ocean_Dunkle_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/BiomeVariants/Ocean_Dunkleosteus/Ocean_Dunkle_Character_BP.Ocean_Dunkle_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant X-Dunkleosteus (Escort)
cheat summon Ocean_Dunkle_Character_BP_Escort_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Escort/Ocean/Ocean_Dunkle_Character_BP_Escort.Ocean_Dunkle_Character_BP_Escort'" 500 0 0 35
Untameable Cave
The Dunkleosteus (dun-kul-Os-tee-us,)[1] also referred to as the Dunkly, or simply the Dunk, is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.
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.
Dunkleosteus loricaruptor
TimeLate Devonian
DietCarnivore
TemperamentDocile
- Wild
Dunkleosteus loricaruptor is a very strange creature. It is a fairly large fish, covered head to tail in armored plates, with incredibly powerful jaws. It tends to eat the Island's water-dwelling crustaceans trawling the seabed, as it is not fast enough to catch most of the smaller fish. Dunkleosteus is surprisingly combat-oriented for a fish. Its well-armored body protects it from many creatures, while its bite is strong enough to easily crush through chitinous shells.
- Domesticated
Dunkleosteus is an incredibly useful fish for coastal communities. Its powerful jaws make short work of the stone and oil formations found throughout the oceanic depths. While harvesting, Dunkleosteus can defend its rider from all but the largest threats in the waters. And once it is past its prime, the Dunkleosteus itself can be harvested for a fair amount of chitin.
Behaviour
The Dunkleosteus is a slow, cumbersome fish that slowly wanders the depths of the ocean. It will not deter from its path to attack players, but if it is hurt by any creature (players included) or a player gets too close, it will attack without mercy. If the attacker can hold its position, the Dunkleosteus will flee.
Appearance
The Dunkleosteus is a large fish found in the ARK's oceans. While its body's physique is similar to that of a standard fish with an eel-like tail, its head makes the beast very distinct. The Dunkleosteus's head is totally armoured, except for the eyes. Where most animals have teeth, massive jagged plates of bone exist in its mouth to crush the shells and bones of its prey. These teeth are used by the creature to crush rocks and oil nodes. The Dunkleosteus is slightly larger than a Megalodon, another predator that cruises the same waters.
Color Scheme and Regions
This information can be used to alter the Dunkleosteus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Dunkleosteus's "body" magenta.
This information can be used to alter the Dunkleosteus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Dunkleosteus's "main body" magenta.
Drops
Base Stats and Growth
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
Health | 710 | +142 | +5.4% | 0.042 | |
Stamina | 200 | +20 | +10% | ||
Oxygen | 150 | +15 | +10% | ||
Food | 2000 | +200 | +10% | 15% | |
Weight | 910 | +18.2 | +4% | ||
Melee Damage | 60 | +3 | +1.7% | 14% | 17.6% |
Movement Speed | 100% | N/A | +1% | ||
Torpidity | 1150 | +69 | 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.[2]
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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Passive
Damage Reduction
The Dunkleosteus body reduces the incoming damage that it receives by x0.4 its normal damage from melee attacks and by x0.6 from projectiles.
Taming
For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.
KO Strategy
Lure into a cave where you can use a rifle to tranq the Dunkleosteus, requires a creature that can go on land, frogs work well with this method. Kiting the Dunkleosteus in a circle will prevent it from hitting you, allowing a simple solo tame as it has a slow turn and is fairly slow moving. This is made much easier with some points in Oxygen.
Contrary to popular belief it does not matter where you shoot the Dunkleosteus; it will take vastly reduced damage (and consequently much less torpor) than expected whether it's shot in the body or head. If you plan to tranq a very high level Dunkleosteus it is advised to bring at least 250 arrows if you're using a primitive crossbow. As such higher-quality crossbows are recommended to reduce the endurance test that knocking out a Dunkleosteus can be.
A more efficient and less expensive way to knock one down is to just grab them with a Tusoteuthis as the Tuso will inflict torpor over time and arrows won’t need to be expended. Note: This is more time consuming method, so prepare to sit for a bit.
In the Ocean biome on Genesis: Part 1, It is possible to build a trap up against the holographic barrier of the Terrariums and use the open room inside to either tranq the Dunkleosteus with a Longneck Rifle, Electric Prods, or even a Mantis wielding a high damage Wooden Club, the latter of which may be the most effective method of applying torpor.
Taming Food
Level 1 | Time | ||||
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Superior Kibble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:36 |
Raw Mutton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:31 |
Cooked Lamb Chop | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:09:00 |
Raw Prime Meat | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:46 |
Cooked Prime Meat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:11:15 |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:46 |
Raw Meat | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:15:46 |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:13:53 |
Cooked Meat | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:15:46 |
Raw Fish Meat | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:19:08 |
Cooked Fish Meat | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:19:08 |
KO: × 115; × 47; × 13; × 8; × 6; × 3 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 1 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:19:10 |
Level 30 | Time | ||||
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Superior Kibble | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:07:11 |
Raw Mutton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:11:16 |
Cooked Lamb Chop | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:17:59 |
Raw Prime Meat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:13:31 |
Cooked Prime Meat | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:24:44 |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:14:38 |
Raw Meat | 16 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 0:36:01 |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:30:04 |
Cooked Meat | 31 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 0:34:53 |
Raw Fish Meat | 39 | 98 | 23 | 12 | 0:43:53 |
Cooked Fish Meat | 78 | 98 | 23 | 12 | 0:43:53 |
KO: × 316; × 129; × 36; × 21; × 15; × 8 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 1.67 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:31:36 |
Level 60 | Time | ||||
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Superior Kibble | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:14:22 |
Raw Mutton | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:15:46 |
Cooked Lamb Chop | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:29:14 |
Raw Prime Meat | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:20:16 |
Cooked Prime Meat | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:38:13 |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:23:38 |
Raw Meat | 25 | 150 | 37 | 19 | 0:56:16 |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 41 | 68 | 17 | 9 | 0:47:24 |
Cooked Meat | 49 | 140 | 34 | 17 | 0:55:08 |
Raw Fish Meat | 62 | 276 | 68 | 34 | 1:09:46 |
Cooked Fish Meat | 123 | 270 | 66 | 33 | 1:09:12 |
KO: × 523; × 214; × 59; × 34; × 24; × 12 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 2.17 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:40:08 |
Level 90 | Time | ||||
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Superior Kibble | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:17:58 |
Raw Mutton | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:20:16 |
Cooked Lamb Chop | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:38:13 |
Raw Prime Meat | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:27:01 |
Cooked Prime Meat | 23 | 55 | 14 | 7 | 0:51:42 |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:31:31 |
Raw Meat | 34 | 309 | 78 | 39 | 1:16:31 |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 56 | 189 | 48 | 24 | 1:04:44 |
Cooked Meat | 67 | 298 | 75 | 38 | 1:15:23 |
Raw Fish Meat | 84 | 494 | 125 | 63 | 1:34:31 |
Cooked Fish Meat | 168 | 494 | 125 | 63 | 1:34:31 |
KO: × 730; × 298; × 82; × 47; × 33; × 17 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 2.63 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:46:20 |
Level 120 | Time | ||||
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Superior Kibble | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:21:33 |
Raw Mutton | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:27:01 |
Cooked Lamb Chop | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:47:12 |
Raw Prime Meat | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:33:46 |
Cooked Prime Meat | 29 | 154 | 40 | 20 | 1:05:11 |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:40:31 |
Raw Meat | 43 | 501 | 130 | 65 | 1:36:46 |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 71 | 340 | 88 | 44 | 1:22:05 |
Cooked Meat | 85 | 489 | 127 | 64 | 1:35:38 |
Raw Fish Meat | 107 | 761 | 197 | 99 | 2:00:23 |
Cooked Fish Meat | 213 | 754 | 195 | 98 | 1:59:49 |
KO: × 937; × 383; × 105; × 60; × 43; × 22 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 3.05 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:51:12 |
Level 150 | Time | ||||
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Superior Kibble | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:25:09 |
Raw Mutton | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:31:31 |
Cooked Lamb Chop | 26 | 38 | 10 | 5 | 0:58:27 |
Raw Prime Meat | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:40:31 |
Cooked Prime Meat | 35 | 272 | 72 | 36 | 1:18:40 |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:48:23 |
Raw Meat | 52 | 717 | 190 | 95 | 1:57:01 |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 86 | 513 | 136 | 68 | 1:39:25 |
Cooked Meat | 103 | 704 | 186 | 93 | 1:55:53 |
Raw Fish Meat | 129 | 1043 | 276 | 138 | 2:25:08 |
Cooked Fish Meat | 258 | 1043 | 276 | 138 | 2:25:08 |
KO: × 1144; × 467; × 128; × 73; × 52; × 26 | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 3.46 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:55:12 |
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 Superior Kibble: 2 × Citronal, 1 × Prime Meat Jerky, 1 × Large Egg, 5 × Fiber, 2 × Rare Mushroom, 1 × Sap, 1 × Water
Preferred Food
Combat
This section describes how to fight against the Dunkleosteus.
General
The Dunkleosteus is a large, tank-like fish that dwells in the deeper parts of the ocean. It is slightly larger than a Megalodon, which ends up hindering it in certain situations. A poor turning radius allows any player to easily kite it around in a circle, giving time for the player to attack.
Strategy
By utilizing the large turning radius of the Dunkleosteus, the player can stay in a safe area while launching arrows with a crossbow, either to tranquilize or kill it. A large sea mount (Megalodon, Plesiosaur, Mosasaur) can be used to kill one quickly, as they have a relatively slow attack rate. It is not recommended to fight the Dunkleosteus with melee weapons, as it does great damage in a single hit.
Weaponry
Use powerful sea mounts or crossbow weaponry to kill one, or tranquilizer arrows from a crossbow to knock one out for taming. Do not attempt to punch one or whack at one, as a silly act of innocence can elevate into unfortunate loss of the player's inventory, which may or may not be obtainable after death.
Dangers
The Dunkleosteus has a lot of health and powerful bites. They sometimes emerge from nowhere, so surprising ambushes can lead to a quick death for players whose minds are focused on other topics.The Giganotosaurus is not the only one that can break stone, the Dunkleosteus can be used to besiege an under water base.
Weakness
They can be easily dodged due to their horrible turning radius and slow speed. Take the battle to them and out-maneuver the Dunkleosteus so that it cannot harm you.
Utility
Roles
- Damage/War: Being the only tameable water animal that can break stone structures, the Dunkleosteus gains a valuable place in water raids. Use them as a cheap method to get into stone bases underwater. (Level up Health, Stamina, Damage and Speed)
- Tank: The Dunkleosteus has 40% damage reduction from projectiles damage, this in combination with its good base Health makes it a good option to tank turrets on moderate quantities. (Level up Health)
- Taming Tank: Thanks to its damage reduction, the Dunkleosteus could be used for taming creatures like Tusoteuthis because it can easily resist its attacks while the taming is in progress. Also it can just tank other creatures damage while the player is shooting tranqs to them. (Level up Health)
- Gatherer: Excellent at collecting large amounts of Oil and Stone from underwater nodes, and Metal, Obsidian and Crystal whenever those nodes are available for marine enviroments. It will also harvest Black Pearls from dead Eurypterids. (Level up Weight, Damage and Speed)
- Ultimate Marine Collector: On maps like Genesis: Part 1, Lost Island or Fjordur the ocean biome has a lot of different map elements that allows the gathering of resources like Stone, Flint, Metal, Fungal Wood or Rare Mushroom underwater, and most of those resources are obtainable by the Dunkleosteus, allowing the sustainable life under the sea with hardly the need to go out for basic resources. (Level up Stamina, Weight, Damage and Speed)
- NOTE: On ARK: Survival Ascended the map of The Island now has some of this elements underwater too, making the Dunkleosteus more viable for this purpose on this and future remastered maps.
- Ultimate Marine Collector: On maps like Genesis: Part 1, Lost Island or Fjordur the ocean biome has a lot of different map elements that allows the gathering of resources like Stone, Flint, Metal, Fungal Wood or Rare Mushroom underwater, and most of those resources are obtainable by the Dunkleosteus, allowing the sustainable life under the sea with hardly the need to go out for basic resources. (Level up Stamina, Weight, Damage and Speed)
- Transport: With with an outstanding base Weight, the Dunkelosteus makes for a decent pack animal in the water, as they are a lot easier to tame than the Mosasaurus, though they don't have a platform saddle nor the Mosa's damage/health, however, the Dunkleosteus inventory reduces the weight for some resources (See below), making it an excellent option to transport those materials underwater. (Level up Stamina, Weight and Speed)
- Chitin Source: Currently the Dunkleosteus is on of the creatures that drops the most Chitin when it dies, this makes it an interesting option to kill in case that the tribe needs massive amounts of chitin.
Weight Reduction
The Dunkleosteus reduces the weight of the following resources by the listed amount while they are in its inventory:
Resource | Reduction |
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Black Pearl | 50% |
Crystal | 50% |
Metal | 50% |
Obsidian | 75% |
Oil | 50% |
Stone | 50% |
Collectibles
Resource | Efficiency |
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Oil | ★★★★★ |
Crystal | ★★★★★ |
Wood | ★★★★★ |
Stone | ★★★★☆ |
Metal | ★★★★☆ |
Black Pearl | ★★★☆☆ |
Spotlights
Notes/Trivia
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Dunkleosteus, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- Dossier revealed on 10. July 2015.[3]
- Even though the Dossier reports it being docile, the creature actually acts as territorial, though it's range is quite limited.
- Dunkleosteus had one of the strongest bite forces of any living creature. Its bite was stronger than a crocodile or a modern great white shark.
- Its base damage of 60 per bite could be a reference to this fact, being just 2 points lower than the damage of a Rex.
- Unlike the bottom shark in game version of Dunkleosteus, the real life counterpart was an apex predator that hunted most other under water creatures during it's time in the late Devonian period, around 358–382 million years ago.
- Despite appearances, Dunkleosteus has no true 'teeth' to speak of. The blades seen within its mouth are actually extensions of the jawbone that are sharpened by grinding against one another.
- Its name means, approximately: "Dunkle's Bone armor breaker" (in honor of David Dunkle; osteus, Greek for bone;[4] lorica, Latin for (chest-)armor, ruptor, Latin for breaker).
- Since 264.3, the Dunkleosteus now harvest Metal, before that change the Dunkleosteus can only harvest Stone from the metal nodes.
- Dunkleosteus don't produce Feces, much like other sea creatures.
- Dunkleosteus is the only water creature that can break stone (Both resource and structures).
- It is common to hear that the Dunkleosteus is the equivalent of the Ankylosaurus on the ocean, this is because both creatures play a similar role in their respective environments when it comes to collecting resources.
- He is also referred to as marine Argentavis due to its weight reduction in many heavy materials. So technically the Dunkleosteus can make the roles of both creatures underwater.
- Although Dunkleosteus has a 75% weight reduction in Obsidian in its inventory, it is rare to find obsidian underwater, so this reduction in practice only serves for underwater transport.
Changelog
Patch | ASE Changes |
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238.0 | Dunkleosteus is added to the game |
238.2 | Reduced Dunkleosteus maximum Torpor |
240.0 | Dunkleosteus now drops Fish Meat instead of regular Meat |
264.3 | Can now harvest Metal |
264.52 | Spyglass and GPS are now usable on all water creatures |
278.0 |
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306.41 Genesis: Part 1 Expansion Release | Added X-Dunkleosteus |
312.65 |
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