Love Bug

Love Bug

Creature

Groups

Event Creatures, Fantasy Creatures, Invertebrates

Temperament

Aggressive

Events

Love Ascended 2024

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

No

No

No

Habitat

Spawns only during an Event.

The Love Bug is one of the ARK: Love Ascended 2024 Event Creatures in  ARK: Survival Ascended.

Appearance

It looks like a tiny  Rhyniognatha, with feathered wings, wearing a  Halo on its head.

Color Scheme and Regions

NEW

 

This section displays the Love Bug's natural regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Love Bug.

This information can be used to alter the Love Bug's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 1 6 would color the Love Bug's "" magenta.

Region 0 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 4 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 5 is not used
for this Creature.

Behavior

It spawns at level 100, roaming a bit everywhere on the map, from the northern snowy shores to the southern beaches of The Redwood Forests. It will attack the player on sight, biting and spitting Rhyniognatha's Resin projetiles, with a purple color.

Abilities

Active

• Despite spawning on the ground, it can fly underwater to follow the player or attack aquatic tames.
• It can bite or shoot a projectile similar to the  Resin projectile of the  Rhyniognatha. This projectile and its explosion cloud are purple.

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Tamed	Additive	Multiplicative
Health	?	?	?
Stamina	?	?	?
Oxygen	?	?	?
Food	?	?	?
Weight	?	?	?
Melee Damage	?	?	?
Movement Speed	?	N/A	?
Torpidity	?	?	N/A

Movement [u/s]	Base Speed			Sprinting Speed			Stamina
	Wild	Tamed1	Tamed2	Wild	Tamed1	Tamed2
Walking	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Swimming	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

• 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.

Combat

Quite strong for its size, you may defeat it with a good mount, such as a bred  Argentavis.

Drops

•  Chitin
•  Raw Meat

Special guaranted loot

3 ×  Love Bug Hearts

Gallery

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  Screenshot taken in-game with the Photo mode.