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
Liopleurodon magicus
Time
Mid - Late Jurassic
Diet
Sweet Tooth
Temperament
Elusive
Wild
Liopleurodon magicus is a mid-sized ocean creature, typically between 20 and 25 feet long. I've yet to directly encounter one myself, but from the tales other tribes have shared, it compares to no other on the Island.
The rumors indicate that this beautiful creature has magical properties; however, the sightings are so rare it's hard to decipher old tribe's tales from the underlying truth.
They say that Liopleurodon is an elusive creature that can harness its magical powers to retreat from predators or aggressors of any kind, but the Beekeeping tribes claim that their honey is so sweet, not even the Liopleurodon could resist!
Domesticated
Liopleurodon is rumored to bring good fortune to those adventurous enough to tame it. With the Liopleurodon by their side, tribes have apparently managed to obtain treasure beyond their wildest dreams. Supposedly, even after you've gained its favor, it remains incredibly aloof and will eventually use its abilities to escape even the strictest of captivity.
The Liopleurodon swims around until attacked by a player or creature, at which point it will spin around and vanish, never to be seen again.
Appearance
The Liopleurodon appears as a crocodile-like reptile, with two sets of fins and a short tail. It is a pliosaur, a short-necked, large-headed type of Plesiosaur, making it closely related to the deep water Plesiosaurs. It also possesses a single long barbel on its chin to detect the presence of prey swimming past its ambush lair.
Color Scheme and Regions
Region 0:Face, Sides, and Flipper Highlights
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Region 1:Unused
This region does not show on the body.
Region 2:Unused
This region does not show on the body.
Region 3:Unused
This region does not show on the body.
Region 4:Spots and Flipper Edges
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This section displays the Liopleurodon's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Liopleurodon. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Liopleurodon 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 Liopleurodon's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Liopleurodon's "face, sides, and flipper highlights" magenta.
====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]
Liopleurodon
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.
Can be used every 0.67s by both a rider and the AI.
Passive
Lucky
The Liopleurodon gives Mystic Skin Oil buff to any allied player nearby, reduces the Oxygen consumption by 85% and changes to then improve a little the loot inside any Supply Crate or Loot Crate that the player approaches.
The Liopleurodon is a passive tame. You will need to feed it Giant Bee Honey manually (Putting it in the right-most slot and pressing E, , or while the feeding prompt is displayed on the creature). It is a temporary tame lasting 30 minutes before it disappears. It cannot be cryopodded.
The Mystic Skin Oil buff lasts 6 hours since the last time you dismounted it. It will end if your character dies, is transfered or you use beds to Fast Travel. Note that if you log out, you lose count-down timer.
Feeding intervals listed here are incorrect - there are only a few minutes between first and second feed of Lvl 5.
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.
Combat
This section describes how to fight against the Liopleurodon.
General
The Liopleurodon is a passive creature and will not attack you, but will attack you when mounted.
Strategy
As this creature is known for its rarity, it is more than likely the player will only fight a Liopleurodon if startled by a sudden attack when mounted, if not attempting a tame.
As this creature can essentially vanish into thin air (or water in this case), it is really hard to kill. You can use a high level water tame such as a Mosasaurus or Tusoteuthis or a tame with high melee damage which can kill a Liopleurodon in one single hit (level up melee damage).
Weaponry
You can use anything but as soon as it receives damage the Liopleurodon will teleport away.
Dangers
The Liopleurodon itself doesn't impose any danger if you are not riding a creature; if riding on a creature the Liopleurodon seems to be hostile if you get close but overall its threat level isn't much since it will teleport away when you fight back. However the surrounding water could be inhabited by predators.
Weakness
Low speed and turning radius. It is not meant for battle.
Utility
Loot Booster: The Liopleurodon gives Mystic Skin Oil buff that increases the rarity and value of any lootbox you open (Deep Sea Loot Crates and Supply Crates). Crates will briefly sparkle when you approach them to signify their contents have been changed. When you move far away from the Liopleurodon, the buff will persist for 6 hours, or until you die, transfer or fast travel. It also allows you to reroll land crates as well. The Liopleurodon will remain tamed for 30 minutes before it disappears.
Testing shows that the items will still come from the crate's usual chart.
This buff applies to Presents from Winter Wonderland!
Mystic Skin Oil also grants the player decreased Oxygen consumption (about 75% the effectiveness of Lazarus Chowder).
Water Mount: The Liopleurodon is fairly a strong water mount with high melee and health, might be useful for deep sea exploration.
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Liopleurodon, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
The Liopleurodon is currently the least tamed creature in the game. Players have been unhappy with its rarity combined with the fact it is only a temporary tame. If planning to tame one, it is pointless to get attached to them. That said, its hard to deny the call of better loot for any player wishing to find it!
The name and elements of the Dossier, such as 'The species on the island almost seem to be magical', Liopleurodon' will show you the way' and 'those who don't believe in the Liopleurodons qualities are shunned' are most likely references to the popular viral video 'Charlie the Unicorn', which features a magical Liopleurodon that guides the way.[3]
Real Liopleurodons are carnivores. Ark's Liopleurodon most likely eats meat to survive in the wild. However Ark's Liopleurodon has somehow also developed a taste for Giant Bee Honey.
In order to make fossil discoveries more interesting, the original specimens of Liopleurodon were exaggerated to be nearly 80–100 feet long which is over twice their actual size. This is close to the game's Tusoteuthis and Mosasaurus size. However the version in ARK is more accurately scaled, even though it's still larger than real life counterpart.
This dino is unable to be stored in a cryopod, and is also unable to be uploaded to a transmitter
The dino can spawn on Genesis: Part 2, but the chance for it is insanely low.
Yes
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Region 0:
Region 4:
Region 5:
Health
Stamina
Oxygen
Food
Weight
Melee Damage
Movement Speed
Torpidity
Mystic Skin Oil buff to any allied player nearby, reduces the 
Oxygen consumption by 85% and changes to then improve a little the loot inside any 
Supply Crate or 
Loot Crate that the player approaches.
Cnidarias and 
Electrophorus, also it cannot be grabbed by 
Tusoteuthis.
, or 
while the feeding prompt is displayed on the creature). It is a temporary tame lasting 30 minutes before it disappears. It cannot be cryopodded.
Level 5
Giant Bee Honey
Deep Sea Loot Crates and 
Lazarus Chowder).
ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
Liopleurodon is added to the game
Spyglass and 
GPS are now usable on all water creatures
