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Player Level | 45 | 65 | 85 |
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This article is about Megapithecus, not to be confused with Mesopithecus,
Gigantopithecus, or
Megapithecus Pestis
This page 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 page.
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Gorilla/Gorilla_Character_BP.Gorilla_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megapithecus (Gamma)
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_Easy_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Gorilla/Gorilla_Character_BP_Easy.Gorilla_Character_BP_Easy'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megapithecus (Beta)
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_Medium_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Gorilla/Gorilla_Character_BP_Medium.Gorilla_Character_BP_Medium'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megapithecus (Alpha)
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_Hard_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Gorilla/Gorilla_Character_BP_Hard.Gorilla_Character_BP_Hard'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megapithecus (Gamma) (The Center)
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_TheCenter_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Gorilla/Gorilla_Character_BP_TheCenter.Gorilla_Character_BP_TheCenter'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megapithecus (Beta) (The Center)
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_TheCenter_Medium_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Gorilla/Gorilla_Character_BP_TheCenter_Medium.Gorilla_Character_BP_TheCenter_Medium'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megapithecus (Alpha) (The Center)
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_TheCenter_Hard_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Gorilla/Gorilla_Character_BP_TheCenter_Hard.Gorilla_Character_BP_TheCenter_Hard'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megapithecus (Gamma) (Valguero)
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_Easy_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/Valguero/Assets/CoreBlueprints/Boss/Gorilla_Character_BP_Easy.Gorilla_Character_BP_Easy'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megapithecus (Beta) (Valguero)
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_Medium_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/Valguero/Assets/CoreBlueprints/Boss/Gorilla_Character_BP_Medium.Gorilla_Character_BP_Medium'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megapithecus (Alpha) (Valguero)
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_Hard_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/Valguero/Assets/CoreBlueprints/Boss/Gorilla_Character_BP_Hard.Gorilla_Character_BP_Hard'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megapithecus (Gauntlet)
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_Gauntlet_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Arctic/Gorilla_Character_BP_Gauntlet.Gorilla_Character_BP_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megapithecus (Gamma) (Fjordur)
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_Easy_FJ_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Fjordur/Dinos/IslandBosses/Gorilla_Character_BP_Easy_FJ.Gorilla_Character_BP_Easy_FJ'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megapithecus (Beta) (Fjordur)
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_Medium_FJ_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Fjordur/Dinos/IslandBosses/Gorilla_Character_BP_Medium_FJ.Gorilla_Character_BP_Medium_FJ'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megapithecus (Alpha) (Fjordur)
cheat summon Gorilla_Character_BP_Hard_FJ_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Fjordur/Dinos/IslandBosses/Gorilla_Character_BP_Hard_FJ.Gorilla_Character_BP_Hard_FJ'" 500 0 0 35
Megapithecus is a Boss in ARK: Survival Evolved with its lair in the freezing north. It can only be found in The Island's Megapithecus Arena, The Center's Arena, or Valguero's Forsaken Oasis. To reach these locations, players must go to either a Supply Crate or Obelisk and place the required tribute items inside, then click on the Generate Megapithecus Portal (or the Center Portal or Forsaken Oasis) items. A portal will be opened to teleport nearby players and dinos into the arena.
If playing in Single Player mode on The Island, the portal can only be generated from the blue obelisk.
A weaker variant of Megapithecus spawns at the last wave in the Gauntlet Mission Built Fjord Tough.
Finally the Megapithecus can be tamed and ridden for a short time from the Blue Mini Obelisk in the Survive the Ark mission in Genesis Part 2.
In Survival of the Fittest, it can be tamed and ridden, along with the Broodmother and the
Dragon. One of its attacks allows the Megapithecus to pick up large rocks and throw them, easily breaking structures and damaging large groups of dinosaurs.
The Megapithecus highly resembles an incredibly oversized modern-day gorilla with dark silver skin and very long and thick white fur. Scars that reveal flesh and straps of tissue appear on the upper-right portion of the chest-piece, the front-facing section of the right shoulder, and most of the right side of its face. The origin of those scars remain a mystery. Its left eye is red while its right eye is blind and white, it also seems to be based around the Abominable Snowman/Yeti as its arena and theme are Himalayan in nature
The Megapithecus always spawns with the same color scheme and has no color regions.
This means it is currently impossible to make alterations to the Megapithecus's colors.
The Megapithecus has different types of color due to its difficulty level:
Difficulty Level | Color |
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Gamma | Default Coloring |
Beta | Yellow |
Alpha | Red |
The following items are needed to summon the Megapithecus:
Item | Quantity | ||
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Gamma | Beta | Alpha | |
Player Level | 45 | 65 | 85 |
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1 | 1 | 1 |
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1 | 1 | 1 |
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1 | 1 | 1 |
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- | 5 | 10 |
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Item | Quantity | ||
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Gamma | Beta | Alpha | |
Player Level | 45 | 65 | 85 |
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1 | 1 | 1 |
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1 | 1 | 1 |
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1 | 1 | 1 |
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1 | 1 | 1 |
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- | 5 | 10 |
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Use these commands to give yourself all the items needed for tribute:
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cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_12.PrimalItemArtifact_12'" 1 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_07.PrimalItemArtifact_07'" 1 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_02.PrimalItemArtifact_02'" 1 0 0
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Beta |
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cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_12.PrimalItemArtifact_12'" 1 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_07.PrimalItemArtifact_07'" 1 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_02.PrimalItemArtifact_02'" 1 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalania.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalania'" 5 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalodon.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalodon'" 5 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Spino.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Spino'" 5 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_apexdrop_theriz.primalitemresource_apexdrop_theriz'" 5 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_apexdrop_thylaco.primalitemresource_apexdrop_thylaco'" 5 0 0
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Alpha |
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cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_12.PrimalItemArtifact_12'" 1 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_07.PrimalItemArtifact_07'" 1 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_02.PrimalItemArtifact_02'" 1 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalania.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalania'" 10 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalodon.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalodon'" 10 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Spino.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Spino'" 10 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_apexdrop_theriz.primalitemresource_apexdrop_theriz'" 10 0 0 | cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_apexdrop_thylaco.primalitemresource_apexdrop_thylaco'" 10 0 0
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Fjordur Relic |
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cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/FjordurOfficial/Assets/CoreBlueprints/Items/PrimalItemResource_MiniBossDrop_Stein.PrimalItemResource_MiniBossDrop_Stein'" 1 0 0
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Note that on Fjordur, Megapithecus can only be summoned from the appropriate terminal, which is located within the Beiygjaheimr (Fjordur) cave. The entrance to this cave is at 56.7/84.6, and the terminal within is located at 49.1/82.3
Item | Difficulty | ||
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Gamma | Beta | Alpha | |
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40 | 110 | 220 |
Expert Survivor You defeated ARK's second Ultimate Life Form! |
Survivor of the Center You defeated the guardians of The Center! |
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase |
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Wild | ||
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180000 | +0 |
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650 | +0 |
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N/A | N/A |
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2600 | +0 |
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4000 | +80 |
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400 | +0 |
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100% | N/A |
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350 | +21 |
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase |
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Wild | ||
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396000 | +0 |
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650 | +0 |
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N/A | N/A |
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2600 | +0 |
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4000 | +80 |
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800 | +0 |
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100% | N/A |
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350 | +21 |
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase |
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Wild | ||
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540000 | +0 |
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650 | +0 |
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N/A | N/A |
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2600 | +0 |
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4000 | +80 |
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1200 | +0 |
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100% | N/A |
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350 | +21 |
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase |
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Wild | ||
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352000 | +0 |
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650 | +0 |
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N/A | N/A |
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2600 | +0 |
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4000 | +80 |
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400 | +0 |
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100% | N/A |
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350 | +21 |
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase |
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Wild | ||
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400000 | +0 |
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650 | +0 |
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N/A | N/A |
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2600 | +0 |
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4000 | +80 |
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800 | +0 |
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100% | N/A |
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350 | +21 |
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase |
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Wild | ||
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464000 | +0 |
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650 | +0 |
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N/A | N/A |
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2600 | +0 |
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4000 | +80 |
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1200 | +0 |
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100% | N/A |
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350 | +21 |
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.
This section describes how to fight against the Megapithecus.
The Megapithecus is an ideal start to taking out the Guardians on The Island due to it being weaker than the Broodmother and
Dragon, It dealing no special effects to the player and their tames unlike the other 2 Guardians, and it rewards far more than the Broodmother despite being weaker.
Like the Broodmother Lysrix, defeating Megapithecus can be done quickly as long as the correct tames are brought to the battle. Megapithecus has the lowest health of the three main island Guardians, so killing it isn't very hard and can be done even quicker than killing a Broodmother. It can spawn minions in the form of
Mesopithecus and
Gigantopithecus. The arena the Megapithecus on The Island lives in is a snow covered mountain temple, so bringing equipment to prevent hypothermia is necessary.
Despite being the second Boss on the Island, the Megapithepicus is overall easiest one because unlike other Bosses he lacks an armor piercing attack with a large AOE. However, precautions must be made to ensure tames don't fall into the large insta-kill hole to the right of the starting area. To avoid this, most tribes do not leave the starting teleport pad and instead lure the Megapithecus over to it, which is much safer and prevents anything from being knocked into the hole. Another danger to be wary about is the uncommon Boulder attack which causes massive damage and is capable to one shot a mounted Survivor, it is easy to evade as long as the player stays at a good distance. It is recommended to bring Fur Armor, Fria Curry, or high amounts of Fortitude on your character to prevent freezing to death as the arena itself is quite cold. Finally, while it most likely won't be needed, firearms should be brought just in case as a last resort.
In The Center Arena and the Forsaken Oasis, players will have to watch out for the other bosses and their minions.
The large hole to the right side of the starting area in the arena can instantly kill ANYTHING. Leaving the starting area is always very risky and dangerous, on top of that if not properly prepared for, players will likely freeze to death due to the temperature.
If a tame is dismounted a Mesopithecus could blind the player, giving enough time for other stronger enemies to potentially kill the player.
and within both The Center and Valguero arenas players should heed caution of the other bosses within the arena that could catch them off guard while dealing with the Megapithecus.
It has the lowest health of The Island bosses on all difficulties; even only having 180,000 on Gamma! This leads to much quicker kill times than other bosses.
The Megapithecus also doesn't have one specific thing to be afraid of, unlike most bosses (the Dragon with its bite and fire breath, the Broodmother Lysrix with the spider summons and webbing attacks, the Overseer's transformations and dismount beams, the Manticore with its powerful minions and torpor raising arsenal, etc.)
forcetame
command, it cannot sprint, jump, or use its chest-pound animation.Patch | ![]() |
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240.0 | Megapithecus is added to the game alongside the Megapithecus Arena. |
240.2 | Reduced the ground shaking caused by the Megapithecus. |
254.5 | Improved attack hit detection. |
257.0 | New creature sounds for the Megapithecus. |
262.0 |
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263.0 |
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264.0 | Final boss balance for Megapithecus boss in singleplayer. |
278.2 | Adjusted the Megapithecus boss on The Center so that it now matches the one on The Island. |
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33.49 | Fixed Megapithecus boss reward crate sometimes not spawning after defeating it. |
Official promo image from the Survival of the Fittest: The Last Stand
Official promo image from the Survival of the Fittest: The Last Stand
The Megapithicus in ARK: Survival Ascended