





This article is about Jerboa, not to be confused with Titanoboa
cheat summon Jerboa_Character_BP_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/ScorchedEarth/Dinos/Jerboa/Jerboa_Character_BP.Jerboa_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Jerboa (Gauntlet2)
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cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Jerboa_Character_BP_STA.Jerboa_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
The Jerboa is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved, being introduced in the Scorched Earth expansion pack. It is a small, herbivorous mammal known for its ability to detect changes in the weather.
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.
Renopila amplexus
TimeUnknown
DietHerbivore
TemperamentCowardly
Scientifically speaking, Renopila amplexus is an adorable little fuzzball and I just want to hug it forever. Unfortunately, being harmless and lovable is inadequate as a defense mechanism in this wasteland, and that means Renopila is at the bottom of the food chain. It's an easy meal for predators and survivors alike, the latter of whom also value its hide. The locals refer to Renopila as a Jerboa, but while it does look similar in some ways, it is clearly unrelated. The fact that it does not hop is a dead giveaway. In fact, while Renopila generally fits into the clade Glires, it seems to share traits with both rodents and lagomorphs.
In addition to being the cutest little companion in the desert, hours of close study and/or cuddling have taught me that Renopila has an instinctive understanding of this land's weather patterns. When the weather is about to change, Renopila will suddenly start behaving differently, so taming Renopila does have practical uses that can justify its perch upon one's shoulder. Not that I need justification, but I'll take whatever excuse I can get.
The Jerboa is used by survivors as a Weather Detector. In the wild the Jerboa is a shy, harmless creature that runs when attacked. Fleeing is its only means of defense, meaning it is easy prey for many predators.
It seems like a miniature kangaroo, but its head and ears are extremely similar to a fennec fox. It has a long, flexible tail in which the fur grows thicker near the tip. Its eyes are large, and it usually has stripes on its back that differ in color from its normal coat. ARK's jerboa differ in nearly every way from real life jerboa. It's just the cutest little thing.
This section displays the Jerboa's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Jerboa. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Jerboa 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 Jerboa's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Jerboa's "paws and back" magenta.
Skeletal Jerboa is the Skeletal variant of Jerboa found during Fear Evolved events. It is stronger than the normal specie and is looking like a skeleton. It is not tameable.
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55 | +11 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
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100 | +10 | +10% | ||
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150 | +15 | +10% | ||
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450 | +45 | +10% | 15% | |
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120 | +2.4 | +4% | ||
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3 | +0.15 | +1.7% | 14% | 17.6% |
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100% | N/A | +1% | 50% | |
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30 | +1.8 | 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 Jerboa is a shoulder pet, meaning that it can be picked up by the player on his shoulder, allowing the Jerboa 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 Jerboa has in its inventory will weigh half as much to the player.
Weather Detection
The Jerboa alerts the players minutes before the weather changes.
Helmets
The Jerboa can be equipped with helmets for extra damage resistance.
For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.
Boomerang it once or twice and it will go down. You can also simply hit it with your fists, because while it will run away, it is rather slow and a low-level player should be able to catch up to it. It is one of the easiest creatures to tame due to its inability to fight back and low torpor. However, its low torpor means it wakes up fairly fast, so make sure you have some form of torpor-inducing agent like Narcotics or Narcoberries on hand.
Jerboa always spawns at level 1. The following lists are for Jerboas spawned by mods, console commands as they are not limited to be level 1.
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:19 |
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9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0:02:25 |
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9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0:02:25 |
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9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0:02:25 |
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9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0:04:49 |
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12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0:02:25 |
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18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0:02:24 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:40 |
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4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:45 |
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13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0:03:29 |
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13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0:03:29 |
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13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0:03:29 |
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13 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0:06:57 |
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17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0:03:25 |
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26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0:03:28 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:02:44 |
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:11 |
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17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0:04:33 |
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17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0:04:33 |
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17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0:04:33 |
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17 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 0:09:05 |
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23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0:04:37 |
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34 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0:04:32 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:03:29 |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:37 |
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22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0:05:53 |
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22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0:05:53 |
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22 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0:05:53 |
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22 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 0:11:45 |
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29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0:05:49 |
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43 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0:05:44 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:04:01 |
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7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:03 |
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26 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0:06:57 |
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26 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0:06:57 |
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26 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0:06:57 |
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26 | 51 | 11 | 6 | 0:13:53 |
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34 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:06:49 |
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51 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:06:48 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:04:27 |
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:03:29 |
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30 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0:08:01 |
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30 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0:08:01 |
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30 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0:08:01 |
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30 | 66 | 15 | 8 | 0:16:01 |
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40 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0:08:01 |
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60 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0:08:00 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:04:48 |
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.
Will attempt to flee when attacked.
A few hits of your fists will knock it out. One hit with a boomerang or a tranquilizing arrow will also do the trick if you want to have it as easy as possible.
Fists, a spear, bow and arrow or anything else.
Jerboa itself is not a threat, as it will never attack, but players should be wary of other creatures in the area that may attack.
This creature will run away when you attack it, but it has very low torpor making it easy to knock out. Although they do run, they are not that fast so it's easy to catch up to it.
A tamed Jerboa can be picked up to ride on the player's shoulder by approaching it and pressing the "use" key (E, ,
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) and can be picked up by any other creature that can pick up dinos though you can not pick up a wild Jerboa . To remove it from your shoulder, double tap E,
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, if looking at things such as bushes, F,
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will toss the Jerboa without harvesting, however if you are riding another creature, you will not be able to pick it back up without dismounting.
While riding on your shoulder, you only incur half of the weight of items held by the Jerboa. For example, if the Jerboa's inventory weight added up to 20, you would only have 10 added to your weight, making them useful as backpacks.
Jerboas can also wear helmets, giving them some protection against attacks, although their naturally low health still makes them quite fragile.
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Jerboa, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
This section may contain spoilers related to the background-story of ARK: Survival Evolved.
If you want to experience the story ingame, you probably shouldn't continue reading on this section.
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246.0 | Jerboa is added to the game. |
247.0 | Jerboa now function properly on TheCenter and TheIsland. |
249.0 | Skeletal Jerboa is added to the game. |
249.0 | Added more Jerboa spawn on Scorched Earth. |
312.65 | Reduced Jerboa maturation time. Now matches ![]() |
316.18 | Increased Jerboa base ![]() ![]() |
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41.23 | Fixed incorrect baby bone scaling on Jerboa. |
Comparison between a Jerboa and a small Ferox