
This article is about Lymantria, not to be confused with Mantis
cheat summon Moth_Character_BP_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/ScorchedEarth/Dinos/Moth/Moth_Character_BP.Moth_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Lymantria (Gauntlet)
cheat summon Moth_Character_BP_Gauntlet_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Bog/Moth_Character_BP_Gauntlet.Moth_Character_BP_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Lymantria (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Moth_Character_BP_STA_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Moth_Character_BP_STA.Moth_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
Variant VR Lymantria (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Moth_Character_BP_TameSTA_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Endless/Tames/Moth_Character_BP_TameSTA.Moth_Character_BP_TameSTA'" 500 0 0 35
Variant VR Lymantria (Mashup)
cheat summon Moth_Character_BP_ExpG_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Mashup/ExperimentG/DinosAndStructures/Moth_Character_BP_ExpG.Moth_Character_BP_ExpG'" 500 0 0 35
Variant VR Lymantria (Maze)
cheat summon Moth_Character_BP_CorrMaze_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Maze/CorruptedZone/Dinos/Moth_Character_BP_CorrMaze.Moth_Character_BP_CorrMaze'" 500 0 0 35
The Lymantria, also known as the Desert Moth, is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is a small, herbivorous invertebrate known for its ability to drop poisonous spores on enemies as well for dropping large amounts of Silk.
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.
Lymantria sporarmis
TimeHolocene
DietHerbivore
TemperamentEvasive
Like its smaller relatives, Lymantria sporarmis survives by draining plants and vegetables of their nutrients. Given the desolate nature of the region, that makes its options rather limited, but fortunately its relationship with the desert's plants is symbiotic. In addition to pollinating them, the spores it releases help nourish the harsh desert plants. When attacked, the slow-moving Lymantria immediately takes to the air and flies almost straight up while releasing spores. While the spores are nutritious to most plants, they are highly poisonous to most other organisms.
Lymantria is occasionally used as a one man flying mount, but its ability to produce silk and spores is often considered more valuable due to its slow flight speed. Its silk can be weaved into heat-dispersing cloth, and its spores gathered for fertilizer or poison. Its saving grace as a mount is its ability to release spores mid flight, allowing it to act as a primitive bomber during sieges.
Passive. Upon combat with a player or dino it will deploy a green mist of spores, that slows players and dinos by 90% and drains stamina. While its attacker is distracted, it will flee.
It seems to resemble a giant moth, with bright colored wings.
This section displays the Lymantria's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Lymantria. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Lymantria 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 Lymantria's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Lymantria's "body" magenta.
VR Lymantria is the VR variant of Lymantria found during some Missions in Genesis: Part 2. It is identical to the normal species except for its digitized coat. It is not tameable.
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260 | +52 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
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150 | +7.5 | +6% | ||
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150 | +15 | +10% | ||
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2000 | +200 | +10% | ||
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175 | +3.5 | +3% | ||
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18 | +0.9 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
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100% | N/A | +0% | ||
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550 | +33 | 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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Will fly away when attacked.
Avoid green mist/spores.
Ranged weapons are recommended in order to avoid the spores.
When you hit the Lymantria, it deploys a cloud of spores which will deplete stamina as well as slowing dinos and players by 90%. watch out for wild dinosaurs while fighting, if you get hit by the spores any medium sized carnivore will make short work of you.
Use a bola to stop it from flying away.
For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.
Use a Bola so it can't fly away, then knock it out. While it doesn't have very high torpor, it also has rather low health, so using a Boomerang is discouraged unless it's a higher level. Shoot its wing and abdomen with a standard Bow and Tranq Arrows; be quick or it will either die or fly away.
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Time | |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:48 |
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12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:21:37 |
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12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:21:37 |
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12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:21:37 |
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12 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0:43:13 |
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16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:21:37 |
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24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:21:37 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:30:33 |
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Time | |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:07:12 |
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30 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:54:01 |
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30 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:54:01 |
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30 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:54:01 |
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30 | 192 | 40 | 20 | 1:48:01 |
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40 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:54:01 |
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60 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:54:01 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:50:23 |
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:12:00 |
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49 | 100 | 21 | 11 | 1:28:13 |
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49 | 100 | 21 | 11 | 1:28:13 |
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49 | 100 | 21 | 11 | 1:28:13 |
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49 | 465 | 98 | 49 | 2:56:25 |
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65 | 99 | 21 | 11 | 1:27:46 |
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98 | 100 | 21 | 11 | 1:28:13 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:04:00 |
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7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:16:47 |
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68 | 233 | 50 | 25 | 2:02:25 |
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68 | 233 | 50 | 25 | 2:02:25 |
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68 | 233 | 50 | 25 | 2:02:25 |
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68 | 819 | 175 | 88 | 4:04:49 |
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90 | 229 | 49 | 25 | 2:01:31 |
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135 | 229 | 49 | 25 | 2:01:31 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:13:52 |
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9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:21:35 |
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87 | 402 | 87 | 44 | 2:36:37 |
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87 | 402 | 87 | 44 | 2:36:37 |
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87 | 402 | 87 | 44 | 2:36:37 |
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87 | 1241 | 269 | 135 | 5:13:13 |
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115 | 395 | 86 | 43 | 2:35:16 |
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173 | 397 | 86 | 43 | 2:35:43 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:21:37 |
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11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:26:23 |
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105 | 592 | 130 | 65 | 3:09:01 |
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105 | 592 | 130 | 65 | 3:09:01 |
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105 | 592 | 130 | 65 | 3:09:01 |
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105 | 1699 | 374 | 187 | 6:18:01 |
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140 | 592 | 130 | 65 | 3:09:01 |
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210 | 592 | 130 | 65 | 3:09:01 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:28:01 |
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 Regular Kibble:
1 ×
Cooked Meat Jerky, 1 ×
Medium Egg, 5 ×
Fiber, 2 ×
Longrass, 2 ×
Savoroot, 1 ×
Water
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Lymantria, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
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246.0 Scorched Earth Expansion Release | ![]() |
252.7 | Herbivores buffed to have a 55% explosion resistance and a 65% fire resistance |
252.8 | Herbivore explosion resistance reduced from 55% to 40% |
252.83 | Made all flyers, excluding the ![]() ![]() ![]() |
252.9 | Fixed C4 on groundable flyers taking effect when they're not over-water |
253.8 | Client fixed flyers falling through the world when grabbed by the ![]() ![]() |
253.98 | |
256.0 | Added the flyer nerf.
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259.0 | Fixed an issue where flyers out of stamina would not auto-land and become stuck mid-air |
263.0 | Increased the ride distance for flyers to help players in the water to remount |
279.275 |
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288.113 |
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312.65 | Mounting a flyer will no longer instantly cause it to take off |
316.18 | Insects are now breedable |