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This article is about Megaloceros, not to be confused with Megalosaurus,
Meganeura,
Megalania,
Megatherium, or
Megalodon
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Variant Megaloceros (Life's Labyrinth)
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Variant Megaloceros (Gauntlet2)
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The Megaloceros (meg-ah-loe-seh-ross) is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.
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.
Megaloceros latuscoronam
TimePliocene
DietHerbivore
TemperamentSkittish
Megaloceros latuscoronam is a very skittish herbivore, found mostly in the forests and mountains of the Island. Because of its large size, its fraught demeanor would be strange in any other place. But Megaloceros knows how fierce the predators of the island are, and that it is safer to flee from them than to risk its life in a fight. The antlers of Megaloceros are very large, and make for an excellent source of keratin. This, of course, makes it a valuable resource. Unfortunately, hunting Megaloceros is not easy because of their quick speed and ability to bound over most obstacles.
Megaloceros is jack-of-all-trades creature, and many who ride it value its versatility. It is decently powerful, and its resilience, speed, and ability to jump often come in handy. Finally, the male Megaloceros' charging horn attack tends to cause targets to “bleed,” decreasing their Health, Stamina, and Speed until healed!
The Megaloceros is a passive creature. When attacked, it runs away with high speed. Females are 25% faster than males and both can jump over obstacles that are one wall tall. However, once tamed and mounted, only males can attack.
Also known as the Irish Elk or the Giant Deer, the Megaloceros simply resembles a standard deer, except as big as a horse. Megaloceros stags are recognizable by their impressive antlers, used for tussling with each other for the antlerless does. It is only found in the ARK's coldest regions where it is the most common herbivore and thus, regular prey for dire wolves and sabertooth cats, and the redwoods, where it sees the same fate as the tundra dwellers.
This section displays the Megaloceros's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Megaloceros. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Megaloceros 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 Megaloceros's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Megaloceros's "body" magenta.
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
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300 | +60 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
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280 | +28 | +10% | ||
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150 | +15 | +10% | ||
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1200 | +120 | +10% | ||
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220 | +4.4 | +4% | ||
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30 | +1.5 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
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100% | N/A | +1% | 20% | |
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175 | +10.5 | 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.
Antler's Hit | Males only
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Gender Difference
The Megaloceros has differences between genders:
For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.
They can be picked up by an Argentavis (needs PvP or option "Allow Flyer Carry (PvE)"), making it easy to put it in a small box with windows to shoot arrows through, so they can't escape. They are also susceptible to bolas, so you can bola a lower level one and club it into unconsciousness.
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Time | |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:01:20 |
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:01 |
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:01 |
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:01 |
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8 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0:16:01 |
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11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:16 |
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16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:01 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:10:00 |
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Time | |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:40 |
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19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0:19:01 |
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19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0:19:01 |
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19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0:19:01 |
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19 | 70 | 15 | 8 | 0:38:01 |
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25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0:18:46 |
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38 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0:19:01 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.49 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:16:30 |
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Time | |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:04:00 |
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30 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0:30:01 |
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30 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0:30:01 |
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30 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0:30:01 |
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30 | 158 | 33 | 17 | 1:00:01 |
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40 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0:30:01 |
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60 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 0:30:01 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.64 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:20:57 |
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Time | |
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:06:40 |
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42 | 84 | 18 | 9 | 0:42:01 |
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42 | 84 | 18 | 9 | 0:42:01 |
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42 | 84 | 18 | 9 | 0:42:01 |
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42 | 281 | 60 | 30 | 1:24:01 |
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55 | 81 | 18 | 9 | 0:41:16 |
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83 | 82 | 18 | 9 | 0:41:31 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.77 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:24:11 |
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Time | |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:00 |
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53 | 138 | 30 | 15 | 0:53:01 |
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53 | 138 | 30 | 15 | 0:53:01 |
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53 | 138 | 30 | 15 | 0:53:01 |
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53 | 416 | 90 | 45 | 1:46:01 |
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70 | 136 | 30 | 15 | 0:52:31 |
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105 | 136 | 30 | 15 | 0:52:31 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.89 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:26:43 |
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Time | |
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7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:09:20 |
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64 | 202 | 45 | 23 | 1:04:01 |
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64 | 202 | 45 | 23 | 1:04:01 |
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64 | 202 | 45 | 23 | 1:04:01 |
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64 | 570 | 125 | 63 | 2:08:01 |
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85 | 201 | 44 | 22 | 1:03:46 |
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128 | 202 | 45 | 23 | 1:04:01 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 1.01 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:28:49 |
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 Simple Kibble:
1 ×
Cooked Fish Meat, 1 ×
Small Egg, 5 ×
Fiber, 5 ×
Mejoberry, 2 ×
Rockarrot, 1 ×
Water
This section describes how to fight against the Megaloceros.
The Megaloceros will flee from a fight when attacked, rather than fighting. This trait makes them difficult to kill, as it may be hard to shoot them while they are running. If you have one tamed then they have good damage and is stronger than the Parasaur.
Try to chase the Megaloceros against a steep cliff. If you walk up directly behind it, it will try to run up the cliff instead of fleeing to either side leaving it open to your attacks. Try to angle yourself in relation to the cliff so that you drive the Megaloceros up the steepest area which should limit its movement options. This is most easily accomplished near the beach. Megaloceros are also relatively slow swimmers so chasing them into the water is viable. Bolas are also extremely effective.
They don’t exactly have the highest health on the island so using guns is a viable option. You could also attempt to chase it down with a high speed Raptor or simply use a bola and use whatever you want.
In the wild the Megaloceros is not a danger on its own. However they are fast and can grab the attention of more aggressive carnivores such as Terror Birds and Dire Wolves.
The bleed attack mentioned in the dossier is not of any risk, since it can be only induced by tamed Megaloceros, as wild ones run when attacked.
Both male and female Megaloceros are skittish and will run when provoked.
Once you tame a Megaloceros, if it is a female and has a saddle, it can not attack.
Resource | Efficiency |
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★★★★☆ |
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★☆☆☆☆ |
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Megaloceros, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
Patch | ![]() |
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216.0 | Megaloceros is added to the game. |
216.1 | Improved Male Megaloceros jumping animation. |
217.0 | Removed the antlers and thus the ability to attack on the Female Megaloceros, but gave the female 25% increased ![]() |
217.2 | Female Megaloceros no longer grows antlers any more in singleplayer. |
220.4 | Fixed Megaloceros gestation times. |
223.0 | Added the creature "fur" pass to make hair and feathers look better. |
261.0 | Female Megaloceros not retain their color properly in singleplayer. |
262.0 | Improved LODs for Stag. |
293.100 | Megaloceros now prefers ![]() |
306.41 | Brute Megaloceros is added to the game. |
343.7 | The egg incubator HUD will now show when trying to check Megaloceros stats. |