
cheat summon LanternBird_Character_BP_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Aberration/Dinos/LanternBird/LanternBird_Character_BP.LanternBird_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Featherlight (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon LanternBird_Character_BP_STA_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/LanternBird_Character_BP_STA.LanternBird_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
The Featherlight is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved's Aberration expansion.
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.
Microluminis alectryon
TimeUnknown
DietHerbivore
TemperamentPassive
A floating beacon of light often found in the deepest pits of these caverns, Microluminis alectryon's appearance can seem almost heavenly. Its colorful plumage doesn't hurt either. Even without the charged light it emits, it would give any modern bird on Earth a run for its money in terms of pure spectacle. Although its feathery eyebrows might give one of the impression that it is related to owls, it is not a bird of prey. It is entirely docile, and shows no aggression towards survivors or other creatures.
Microluminis alectryon's ability to fly and the ease with which it perches upon a survivor's shoulder has made it a favored pet among many. Some consider it the most refined of its glowing brethren, but I think they just want to look like a pirate. Not that I blame them...
A passive creature. Flies away when attacked.
The Featherlight bears resembalance to a falcon or a pheasant and is a small bird-like creature with dragonfly-like, glowing flight feathers on its head, wings, and tail as well as smaller insulatory feathers. There is a prominent v-shaped head crest diverging at the upper jaw and extending behind the head, adorned with glowing feathers as well as having a crest on the forehead.
This section displays the Featherlight's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Featherlight. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Featherlight 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 Featherlight's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Featherlight's "main body" magenta.
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
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115 | +23 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
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100 | +10 | +10% | ||
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180 | +19.8 | +11% | 0.2 | |
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450 | +45 | +10% | 15% | |
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70 | +1.4 | +4% | ||
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3 | +0.195 | +2.04% | 15.4% | 22% |
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100% | N/A | +1% | 130% | |
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60 | +3.6 | N/A | 0.5 |
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]
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.
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Shoulder Pet
The Featherlight is a shoulder pet, meaning that it can be picked up by the player on his shoulder, allowing the Featherlight to attack from the player's shoulder if it has range, also it cannot take damage unless the player dies or is thrown off the shoulder by the player.
While in shoulder the weight that the Featherlight has in its inventory will weigh half as much to the player.
The Light Pets are a subcategory of shoulder pets that prduces its own bioluminescence. To activate its light use the wheel menu or use the Clap Emote on the emotes wheel menu.
When activated the light applies Charged Light effect on all the players and creatures nearby, reducing the hordes of
Nameless and
Reapers that appear, along with disable their natural armor, however this also attracts
Seekers and increases their
Melee Damage and damage resistance.
The stats of the light pets receive some changes on their uses, in addition to its conventional use, the stats of Stamina,
Oxygen and
Melee Damage changes their names to
Charge Capacity,
Charge Regeneration and
Charge Emission Range respectively and they scales that specific value of the light.
Whenever the Featherlight is above the player's shoulder and has its light on it will alert the player for nearby non-allied players or
max level wild creatures, this alerts can be turn off using the radial menu.
The Bulbdog can be equipped with helmets for extra damage resistance.
Not a threat by itself. Like all passive creatures, lack of awareness is your biggest threat.
Any hunting strategy is effective, especially long ranged weapons.
If you want the safest of safe, use ranged weapons as to not attract anything to your location, however this is almost always a waste of resources. You really shouldn't be killing these unless you are desperate for a quick meal or exp.
Like other Charge light-giving dino, Featherlight does not fight back when hurt, and only flies off. However, its charge light might attract other predators such as Raptor and
Ravager towards itself and thus possibly creating a situation of dangerous predators to be drawn closer than optimal.
It is passive, and won't attack you.
The Featherlight is unable to be tamed through the standard tranquilize-and-feed methods, and must be tamed non-violently.
To feed it, place preferred food on the last slot of your hotbar, then when approached press use (default E, ,
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) to feed it. You cannot feed them all the food required for taming at one time, you must wait every couple of minutes until it is hungry again to feed it more until its taming meter is filled.
Taming Strategy: Since they spawn in dangerous areas, where either you or the Featherlight could be killed, and because they have a tendency to fly away, it is best to box them in. When the Featherlight lands, place a stone foundation on it and quickly surround it with walls and a ceiling. Then replace one of the walls with a door and tame it in the stone hut. This will protect you and the tame from the creatures outside and will prevent it from flying away during the tame. If you're having trouble securing the Featherlight inside your box you can use a grapple hook on it while it is landed (you cannot grapple a flying Featherlight). This will not damage the creature and will allow you to "reel it in". This allows you to either simply tame it while attached to the grapple, or allows you extra time to build your box before it flies away again.
An even easier method would be to bring a wooden cage and honey. Wait till the featherlight lands, then drop the honey about 10 feet away from it. As it walks towards the honey, put the cage over the honey and open the door. Close the door when the featherlight enters. There's no need to open the door to feed it-it can be fed through the bars of the cage. Don't try to put the cage directly over the featherlight, it will not work (without disabled collision).
Another alternative is to wait for the Featherlight to land, then put the wooden cage on top of it to easily trap it.
Not listed but a taming method that works as well is to place a tent on top of the Featherlight as it lands, and feed it will it and you are in the tent together.
Charge Lantern: Another Method would be to use a Charge Lantern to forcefully ground the featherlight. The stun from the Charge Lantern forces fliers to land, allowing you to get close. As it does no damage, this method won't hurt Taming Efficiency and it wont chase the featherlight away. Be wary of other Dangers however. You cannot shoot a grounded Featherlight, so only fire when it takes flight.
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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1 | 00:00 | 0:01:01 |
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5 | 00:50 | 0:03:21 |
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344 | 00:00 | 0:04:36 |
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429 | 00:00 | 0:04:35 |
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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2 | 02:01 | 0:02:01 |
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9 | 00:45 | 0:06:01 |
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629 | 00:00 | 0:08:24 |
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786 | 00:00 | 0:08:24 |
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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3 | 01:30 | 0:03:01 |
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13 | 00:43 | 0:08:41 |
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925 | 00:00 | 0:12:21 |
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1156 | 00:00 | 0:12:20 |
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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4 | 01:20 | 0:04:01 |
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17 | 00:42 | 0:11:21 |
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1220 | 00:00 | 0:16:17 |
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1525 | 00:00 | 0:16:17 |
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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4 | 01:20 | 0:04:01 |
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21 | 00:42 | 0:14:01 |
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1516 | 00:00 | 0:20:13 |
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1894 | 00:00 | 0:20:13 |
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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5 | 01:15 | 0:05:01 |
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25 | 00:41 | 0:16:41 |
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1811 | 00:00 | 0:24:09 |
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2264 | 00:00 | 0:24:09 |
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.
The Featherlight's preferred food is Plant Species Z Seed followed by
Auric Mushroom.
As a Charge Light creature, Featherlight carries charge, which replenishes over time while its light is turned off. When the light is turned on, it provides survivors with the Charged Light buff, protecting from Nameless and
Reaper ambush, but attracting
Seekers. If set to active, it can also detect both nearby enemy players, and nearby creatures of maximum level.
It carries a mediocre charge capacity, but yields the second best charge recharge rate and the best discharge range.
Since it can fly, it is also the most survivable charge pet.
Resource | Efficiency |
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Patch | ![]() |
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275.0 Aberration Expansion Release | Added the ![]() |
275.2 | Fixed Charge Pet inventories being mistakenly flagged as Tribute inventories |
275.32 | Featherlights can now be properly downloaded to ARKs other than Aberration |