Diplocaulus

Creature

Group

Amphibians

Diet

Piscivore

Temperament

Skittish

Release Versions

248.0
Oct 21, 2016

744.0
Oct 28, 2016

501.0
Dec 6, 2016

521.0
Nov 30, 2018

311.74
Jun 11, 2020

1.0
May 24, 2018

Variants

Spawn Command

cheat summon Diplocaulus_Character_BP_C
or

cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Diplocaulus/Diplocaulus_Character_BP.Diplocaulus_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Aberrant Diplocaulus

cheat summon Diplocaulus_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
or

cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Diplocaulus/Diplocaulus_Character_BP_Aberrant.Diplocaulus_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Diplocaulus (Gauntlet2)

cheat summon Diplocaulus_Character_BP_STA_C
or

cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Diplocaulus_Character_BP_STA.Diplocaulus_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

Yes

Yes²

Yes

² Can only be ridden underwater.

Torpor Immune

No

Taming Method

Knockout

Preferred Kibble

Simple Kibble

Preferred Kibble

Kibble (Archaeopteryx Egg)

Preferred Food

Raw Mutton

Preferred Food

Raw Prime Meat

Equipment

No Saddle Needed

Rider Weaponry

No

Reproduction

Egg

Diplocaulus Egg

Incubation Range

0 - 50 °C / 32 - 122 °F

Egg Incubator: 25 °C / 77 °F

Incubation Time

4h 59m 58.561s

Baby Time

3h 42m 13.333s

Juvenile Time

14h 48m 53.331s

Adolescent Time

18h 31m 6.664s

Total Maturation Time

1d 13h 2m 13.328s

Breeding Interval

18h - 2d

Habitat

Common Rare
Untameable Cave

The Diplocaulus (dip-low-cawl-us) or simply Newt, is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved. It lives in swamps getting hunted by any carnivore.

Basic Info

Dossier

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.

“

Species

Diplocaulus natatorinutrix

Time

Permian

Diet

Piscivore

Temperament

Skittish

Wild

Presiding almost solely within the Island's swamps, Diplocaulus natatorinutrix is a small amphibian that primarily eats minor fish. It rounds out what I consider to be the middle-bottom of the ecosystem, feeding on the tinier non-insect creatures of the Island while itself being a common snack for the larger carnivores. Because so many creatures prey on it, Diplocaulus has become very skittish and often flees at the first sign of trouble. It uses its amphibious nature to escape into whichever environment its predator isn't native to. Diplocaulus' unique capability to retain vast quantities of oxygen allows it to effectively remain submerged for hours at a time, usually outlasting even other amphibious creatures that might otherwise prey upon it.

Domesticated

There are only a few uses for tamed Diplocaulus. It is primarily kept for the (rather disgusting) practice of employing a Diplocaulus as an oxygen bag. Diplocaulus stores air in the bladders of its head, and divers can suck from these bladders to take deep breaths while submerged, supporting long-term underwater exploration without the use of external gear. Surprisingly, Diplocaulus is also extremely efficient when it comes to hunting Trilobites.

„

~ Helena

Behavior

Being a common prey item, the Diplocaulus will run at the first sign of danger.

Appearance

The Diplocaulus resembles a large newt with a low-slung and flabby body, slimy skin, and a paddle-like tail for moving through stagnant swamp water. However, the creature's head makes it impossible to mistake for any other creature. Shaped like a boomerang, the amphibian's head has two primary purposes. First, like a hydrofoil, its vanes improve its swimming speed to escape any predator. Second, it has evolved to store air bladders, a trait unseen in its fossil kin. These bladders act as buoyancy manipulators, allowing it to dive deeper by expelling air or move to the surface by filling them up.

Color Scheme and Regions

Region 0:Body

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Region 1:Fins

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Region 2:Unused

This region does not show on the body.

Region 3:Unused

This region does not show on the body.

Region 4:Body Highlights

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Region 5:Underbelly

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This section displays the Diplocaulus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Diplocaulus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Diplocaulus 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 Diplocaulus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Diplocaulus's "body" magenta.

Region 0:
Body

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Region 1:
Fins

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Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 4:
Body Highlights

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Region 5:
Underbelly

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Variants

Aberrant Diplocaulus

Aberrant Diplocaulus is the Aberrant variant of Diplocaulus found in Aberration. It is identical to the normal specie except for its glowing robe. It is tameable and is not Radiation immune.

Drops

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
Attribute	Base Value	Wild	Tamed	Additive	Multiplicative
Health	250	+50	+5.4%	0.07
Stamina	165	+16.5	+10%
Oxygen	1050	+105	+10%
Food	1500	+150	+10%
Weight	150	+3	+4%
Melee Damage	10	+0.5	+1.7%	7%	11%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+1%
Torpidity	220	+13.2	N/A	0.5

Movement [u/s]	Base Speed					Sprinting Speed					Stamina
Movement [u/s]	Wild	Tamed¹	Tamed²	Ridden¹	Ridden²	Wild	Tamed¹	Tamed²	Ridden¹	Ridden²	Stamina
Walking	70	122.5	122.5	306.2	306.2	357	357	357	892.5	892.5	4
Swimming	267	467.2	467.2	1168	1168	980.4	980.4	980.4	2451	2451	3

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.

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]

Diplocaulus

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.

Abilities

Active

Bite 5	The Diplocaulus bites the target for 10 damage. This attacks does x10 its Melee Damage to Trilobites. Can be used every 0.67s by both a rider and the AI.

Passive

Shared Oxygen

The Diplocaulus can share its Oxygen with its rider or any ally player that press E on it.

Taming

Taming Food

Level 1					Time
Simple Kibble	2	0	0	0	0:05:07
Raw Mutton	3	0	0	0	0:07:13
Cooked Lamb Chop	6	5	1	1	0:14:24
Raw Prime Meat	4	0	0	0	0:09:37
Cooked Prime Meat	7	10	2	1	0:16:48
Raw Prime Fish Meat	9	0	0	0	0:10:49
Raw Meat	11	31	7	4	0:26:25
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	18	22	5	3	0:22:12
Cooked Meat	21	28	6	3	0:25:13
Raw Fish Meat	26	41	9	5	0:31:13
Cooked Fish Meat	52	41	9	5	0:31:13
KO: × 22; × 9; × 3; × 2; × 1; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:12:13

Level 30					Time
Simple Kibble	3	0	0	0	0:07:41
Raw Mutton	6	0	0	0	0:14:25
Cooked Lamb Chop	11	21	5	3	0:26:23
Raw Prime Meat	8	0	0	0	0:19:13
Cooked Prime Meat	15	53	11	6	0:35:58
Raw Prime Fish Meat	18	5	2	1	0:21:37
Raw Meat	22	109	23	12	0:52:49
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	36	81	17	9	0:44:24
Cooked Meat	43	105	22	11	0:51:37
Raw Fish Meat	54	149	31	16	1:04:49
Cooked Fish Meat	107	147	30	15	1:04:13
KO: × 61; × 25; × 7; × 4; × 3; × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:20:09

Level 60					Time
Simple Kibble	5	0	0	0	0:12:48
Raw Mutton	9	0	0	0	0:21:37
Cooked Lamb Chop	17	63	14	7	0:40:46
Raw Prime Meat	11	4	1	1	0:26:25
Cooked Prime Meat	22	113	24	12	0:52:45
Raw Prime Fish Meat	28	34	7	4	0:33:37
Raw Meat	33	222	47	24	1:19:13
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	55	175	37	19	1:07:50
Cooked Meat	65	217	46	23	1:18:01
Raw Fish Meat	82	301	63	32	1:38:25
Cooked Fish Meat	163	299	63	32	1:37:49
KO: × 100; × 41; × 12; × 7; × 5; × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:25:36

Level 90					Time
Simple Kibble	6	0	0	0	0:15:21
Raw Mutton	12	0	0	0	0:28:49
Cooked Lamb Chop	22	112	24	12	0:52:45
Raw Prime Meat	15	32	7	4	0:36:01
Cooked Prime Meat	30	203	44	22	1:11:56
Raw Prime Fish Meat	37	72	16	8	0:44:25
Raw Meat	44	365	78	39	1:45:37
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	73	290	62	31	1:30:01
Cooked Meat	88	365	78	39	1:45:37
Raw Fish Meat	110	491	105	53	2:12:02
Cooked Fish Meat	219	488	104	52	2:11:26
KO: × 140; × 57; × 16; × 9; × 7; × 4
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:29:33

Level 120					Time
Simple Kibble	7	0	0	0	0:17:55
Raw Mutton	15	19	4	2	0:36:01
Cooked Lamb Chop	28	185	40	20	1:07:09
Raw Prime Meat	19	70	16	8	0:45:37
Cooked Prime Meat	37	301	65	33	1:28:43
Raw Prime Fish Meat	46	121	27	14	0:55:13
Raw Meat	55	533	116	58	2:12:02
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	92	433	94	47	1:53:27
Cooked Meat	110	533	116	58	2:12:02
Raw Fish Meat	138	713	155	78	2:45:38
Cooked Fish Meat	275	709	154	77	2:45:02
KO: × 180; × 74; × 20; × 12; × 9; × 5
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:32:39

Level 150					Time
Simple Kibble	9	0	0	0	0:23:02
Raw Mutton	18	47	11	6	0:43:13
Cooked Lamb Chop	33	258	57	29	1:19:08
Raw Prime Meat	23	118	26	13	0:55:13
Cooked Prime Meat	45	426	94	47	1:47:54
Raw Prime Fish Meat	56	188	42	21	1:07:13
Raw Meat	67	736	162	81	2:40:50
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	111	596	131	66	2:16:53
Cooked Meat	133	729	161	81	2:39:38
Raw Fish Meat	166	961	212	106	3:19:14
Cooked Fish Meat	332	961	212	106	3:19:14
KO: × 219; × 90; × 25; × 14; × 10; × 5
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:35:12

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

KO Strategy

Sneak up on a Diplocaulus and throw a bola on it to keep it from fleeing, then proceed to violently tame it. NOTE: Make sure to kill all enemies around them while taming. Otherwise when it wakes up its going to flee, get swarmed, and die.

Another method, likely preferred given the dangers of the swamps it is found in, is to pick it up out of the water with a flying mount and tame it in a pen or otherwise less hostile area. Care must be taken when trying this as it will start to flee from the player, likely into hostile mobs, so it must also be picked up quickly when spotted while also avoiding hitting the water and getting knocked off the flying mount.

Encountering

This section describes how to react in an encounter with the Diplocaulus.

General

Diplocaulus is extremely skittish and will flee on sight of you. Though not as fast on land than in water, its speed in water is immense.

Strategy

Bola it to stop it in its tracks, or chase it till it gets stuck under a rock. This should keep it stuck, and let you tranquilize it quickly for taming, or quickly shoot it to death if there is an enemy rider.

Weaponry

Anything, from fists to rocket launcher. A pike or Longneck Rifle works best.

Dangers

The Diplocaulus itself does not pose any threats. The only thing to look out for are nearby Piranha, Sarcosuchus, or Kaprosuchus in the surrounding waters, or an enemy rider mounted on top of it.

Weakness

Diplocaulus is extremely weak. It is threatened by almost everything.

Utility

Roles

Organic Oxygen Tank/Diving Partner: The Diplocaulus can be used as a portable Oxygen supply, at the cost of the creature's own Oxygen. It can only be ridden underwater, but is a fast swimmer that's able to out-speed many oceanic threats. While riding a Diplocaulus your Oxygen will be slowly filled, and its own Oxygen will deplete. They do not seem to use Oxygen otherwise, making it a great diving partner. Be careful while exploring with the Diplocaulus, as you may leave your frail mount deep down in an ocean filled with a platoon dangerous predators. (Level up Oxygen and Weight)
- Primitive Plus Diver: On Primitive Plus the SCUBA Tank is not obtainable, so the Diplocaulus is one of the few options that the players has on this mod to explore the ocean.
- Beginner Server Diver: On Official Beginner Servers the players can only reach level 44, so they cannot unlock the SCUBA Tank or loot it from yellow or superior Supply Crate, making the Diplocaulus one of the few ways to keep breathing underwater.

Trilobite hunter: Diplocaulus have an extremely high damage multiplier against the Trilobite. With this multiplier, Diplocaulus can usually kill Trilobites instantly and harvest the Raw Meat, Chitin, Oil, and Silica Pearls they drop with relative ease (Level Melee Damage and Weight).

Swimmer: Diplocaulus are rather quick creatures underwater, and their Oxygen tank qualities also make them unique swimming mounts and partners for deep dives. However, the deep seas are rife with danger, and it is ill advised to confront them with such a creature.

Pet: The Diplocaulus is extraordinarily cute. They make adorable noises and have a squat and short stature. This makes them a favorite creature of some paleontologists and a very fun pet to have for aquatic life enthusiasts. Some survivors like to have Diplocaulus in their aquatic bases as companion pets and simply friends. (Level up and happiness!)

Aquatic Transport: Although in most ways inferior to the fleeting Sarco , a Diplocaulus can transport light goods from water to land safely and quickly. (Level Weight)

Aquatic Scout: Due to the Diplocaulus' small size and decent speed, it can make for a great scout similar to the Ichthyosaurus, with the only disadvantage being that it is easier to spot due to the ocean not being their normal habitat.

Collectibles

Notes/Trivia

For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Diplocaulus, see the relevant Wikipedia article.

Although the Dossier states they are piscivores, they are in fact carnivores and eat Raw Meat too.
Dino Dossier was revealed on 10/02/15 on Steam.^[2]
Despite being labelled as a "Small amphibian" in the dossier, it is roughly 5.9 meters in game.
While Diplocaulus does not require a saddle, it can only be mounted in the water.
While mounted, the player will breathe from the Diplocaulus' much greater Oxygen supply, allowing long diving trips for lower level players, to reach those precious Oil rocks and Silica Pearls at the bottom of the sea.
Diplocaulus is narrow enough to pass through small openings like Stone Windowframe and Stone Doorframe at ground level. Keep this in mind when building taming boxes to hold them.
Diplocaulus regenerate way more Health when being forcefed Meat, but only while swimming.

Changelog

Patch	ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
248.0	Diplocaulus is added to the game
248.2	Fixed Diplocaulus unboarding movement in local play
275.0 Aberration Expansion Release	Added Aberrant Diplocaulus
316.18	Increased Diplocaulus base health by 33% (from 190 to 250.3) Increased Diplocaulus movement speed when ridden by 25%

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References

[1] ARK Smart Breeding

[2] Introducing the Diplocaulus & Survival of the Fittest: Warpaint and Appearance Saving!

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Diplocaulus

Basic Info

Dossier

Behavior

Appearance

Color Scheme and Regions

Variants

Aberrant Diplocaulus

Drops

Base Stats and Growth

Wild Stats Level-up

Abilities

Active

Passive

Taming

Taming Food

KO Strategy

Encountering

General

Strategy

Weaponry

Dangers

Weakness

Utility

Roles

Collectibles

Notes/Trivia

Changelog

Spotlight

Gallery

References