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cheat summon TerrorBird_Character_BP_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/TerrorBird/TerrorBird_Character_BP.TerrorBird_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Terror Bird (Escort)
cheat summon TerrorBird_Character_BP_Escort_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Escort/Bog/TerrorBird_Character_BP_Escort.TerrorBird_Character_BP_Escort'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Terror Bird (Gauntlet)
cheat summon TerrorBird_Character_BP_Gauntlet_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Bog/TerrorBird_Character_BP_Gauntlet.TerrorBird_Character_BP_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Terror Bird (Summoned)
cheat summon TerrorBird_Character_BP_Summoned_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/Summoner/SummonedDinos/TerrorBird_Character_BP_Summoned.TerrorBird_Character_BP_Summoned'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Terror Bird (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon TerrorBird_Character_BP_STA_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/TerrorBird_Character_BP_STA.TerrorBird_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
Variant VR Terror Bird (Mashup)
cheat summon TerrorBird_Character_BP_ExpG_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Mashup/ExperimentG/DinosAndStructures/TerrorBird_Character_BP_ExpG.TerrorBird_Character_BP_ExpG'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Terror Bird (Mashup)
cheat summon TerrorBird_Character_BP_ExpG_Pod_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Mashup/ExperimentG/DinosAndStructures/TerrorBird_Character_BP_ExpG_Pod.TerrorBird_Character_BP_ExpG_Pod'" 500 0 0 35
The Terror Bird 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.
Phorusrhacidae rapidesultor
TimeLate Paleocene
DietCarnivore
TemperamentAggressive
Ranging from eight to twelve feet tall, Phorusrhacidae rapidesultor is a highly aggressive avian that is just barely capable of very brief "flight." Instead, it uses its wings primarily for balance during its high-speed sprints. Phorusrhacidae flight is actually closer to an impressive sustained leap or glide that is assisted and lengthened by flapping its wings. Phorusrhacidae shows interesting traits related to theropods such as Utahraptor, Carnotaurus, and Tyrannosaurus. It has many similar traits, such as general shape and predator patterns, but its attacks tend towards lightning fast dashes and beak slashes.
Phorusrhacidae is an effective combat mount, particularly for harassing and scouting. Riders of Phorusrhacidae gain most of the benefits of a fast, mobile ground-based theropod, while also gaining some of the freedom of movement from a flyer...assuming the rider can coax Phorusrhacidae into staying in the air over a long leap.
The Terror Bird is an extremely aggressive avian species. Whilst they commonly travel in groups of 3 (occasionally 4), they can be seen (albeit rarely) on their own; caution is still strongly advised.
Whilst typically found all over the island, the Redwood forest offers the richest source of prey, which includes the player if they are caught within their large aggro range. Therefore, they are most likely to be seen in and around this region.
The Terror bird is a remarkably fast predator, making outrunning them on foot very difficult.
A Terror Bird stands as tall as a man and is a highly aggressive carnivore. Having evolved to sprint in pursuit of small prey, Terror Birds have long legs and powerful hooked beaks designed to tear flesh and crush bone. They have traded the power of flight for this, having only vestigial wings, generally used for balance in high-speed chases in the dense forest.
This section displays the Terror Bird's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Terror Bird. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Terror Bird 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 Terror Bird's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Terror Bird's "feathers" magenta.
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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270 | +54 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
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160 | +16 | +10% | ||
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150 | +15 | +10% | ||
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1500 | +150 | +10% | ||
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120 | +2.4 | +4% | ||
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18 | +0.9 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
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100% | N/A | +1% | 20% | |
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300 | +18 | 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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This section describes how to fight against the Terror Bird.
Terror Birds spawn in small clusters of three to four members, so be sure that you can handle multiple opponents. They are extremely fast and aggressive, patrolling the area while devouring anything they can get their beaks on. Be careful when exploring in their spawning areas, which includes the redwoods, the mountains and the rivers at the base of the mountains. Be sure to consider other animals while dealing with Terror Birds, as there are plenty where they spawn!
If the Terror Bird is unable to reach you, it cannot harm you. Fighting on the ground unprepared is usually risky as the Terror Bird is adapted to running and can easily overtake a player. Try to finish them off quickly before their damage adds up, as escape is not a viable option. Oddly enough, the birds sometimes get stuck on each other and cannot move. In this rare occasion, either run, kill or knock them out before they fix themselves. This is a bug, and it may be fixed in a future patch.
Due to their pack nature, ranged weapons are best used to avoid being overwhelmed. If a melee situation arises, a sword or pike should be used to cause decent damage. Shotguns work rather well to deal high damage to one or two birds.
The Terror Bird is a good sprinter, so make sure to stay away from it on open terrain if you are poorly equipped. Fast or durable mounts can evacuate you in a pinch, or they can simply aide in killing one. Be sure that other mountainous animals do not enter the battle, as a Rex or Giganotosaurus can easily turn a casual hunt into a nightmarish slaughter of beloved animals and helpful tribe members.
They are extremely slow in water, a person with no movement upgrades moves at a similar speed to a swimming Terror Bird. While this does not allow you to escape them entirely, it does make them far easier to fight. Similar to the Raptor, the Terror Bird can easily be trapped on rocks and attacked with either a ranged weapon or a pike. They do not have relatively high health, so they can be dispatched in a similar method to raptors. The Terror Bird, like some other creatures, has a special head hitbox, which make them take 3x more damages with headshots. If one Terror Bird charges you alone, the best weapons are bows or crossbows. Use iron arrows to make sure to one-shot it. If you're caught in the open with multiple Terror Birds charging at you, keep backing away and focus on one of them at a time. Getting headshots is critical for fighting a group of them. Alternatively, an effective trap with at least two members in your tribe is luring it to a premade trap consisting of two windowframes and a doorway with a door and a ladder opposite to the gap on a single foundation (preferably stone or higher). You aggro the Terror Bird, climb up the ladder and it will not be able to chase you. Your tribe member runs around the back and places a third windowframe and the bird is stuck inside a trap with no escape. Shoot it with Tranq Arrows, Tranq Darts or Shocking Tranq Darts until it is unconscious. Open the door and go inside to start taming it.
The Terror Bird loses torpor quickly so make sure that you are stocked up on Narcotics when you knock one out.
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Time | |
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2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0:03:12 |
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3 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0:04:31 |
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5 | 51 | 13 | 7 | 0:07:30 |
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3 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0:04:31 |
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6 | 65 | 16 | 8 | 0:09:00 |
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8 | 36 | 9 | 5 | 0:06:01 |
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9 | 108 | 27 | 14 | 0:13:31 |
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15 | 89 | 22 | 11 | 0:11:34 |
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17 | 100 | 25 | 13 | 0:12:46 |
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22 | 136 | 34 | 17 | 0:16:31 |
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43 | 132 | 33 | 17 | 0:16:08 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 2.25 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:02:13 |
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Time | |
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3 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0:04:48 |
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6 | 65 | 18 | 9 | 0:09:01 |
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11 | 154 | 42 | 21 | 0:16:29 |
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7 | 83 | 22 | 11 | 0:10:31 |
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14 | 208 | 56 | 28 | 0:20:59 |
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18 | 119 | 32 | 16 | 0:13:31 |
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21 | 334 | 90 | 45 | 0:31:31 |
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35 | 280 | 75 | 38 | 0:26:59 |
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42 | 334 | 90 | 45 | 0:31:31 |
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52 | 424 | 114 | 57 | 0:39:01 |
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104 | 424 | 114 | 57 | 0:39:01 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 3.74 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:03:39 |
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5 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 0:08:00 |
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9 | 118 | 33 | 17 | 0:13:31 |
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17 | 276 | 78 | 39 | 0:25:29 |
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12 | 177 | 50 | 25 | 0:18:01 |
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23 | 395 | 111 | 56 | 0:34:28 |
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28 | 217 | 61 | 31 | 0:21:01 |
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34 | 614 | 172 | 86 | 0:51:01 |
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56 | 510 | 143 | 72 | 0:43:10 |
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67 | 604 | 169 | 85 | 0:50:16 |
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84 | 772 | 217 | 109 | 1:03:01 |
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168 | 772 | 217 | 109 | 1:03:01 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 4.88 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:04:39 |
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6 | 60 | 18 | 9 | 0:09:36 |
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13 | 199 | 58 | 29 | 0:19:31 |
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23 | 409 | 119 | 60 | 0:34:28 |
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16 | 262 | 76 | 38 | 0:24:01 |
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31 | 578 | 167 | 84 | 0:46:27 |
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39 | 336 | 98 | 49 | 0:29:16 |
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47 | 916 | 265 | 133 | 1:10:31 |
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78 | 770 | 223 | 112 | 1:00:07 |
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93 | 905 | 262 | 131 | 1:09:46 |
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116 | 1147 | 332 | 166 | 1:27:01 |
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232 | 1147 | 332 | 166 | 1:27:01 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 5.91 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:05:22 |
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Time | |
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8 | 101 | 30 | 15 | 0:12:48 |
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16 | 265 | 79 | 40 | 0:24:01 |
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30 | 573 | 170 | 85 | 0:44:58 |
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20 | 353 | 105 | 53 | 0:30:01 |
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40 | 792 | 235 | 118 | 0:59:57 |
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50 | 463 | 137 | 69 | 0:37:31 |
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59 | 1211 | 359 | 180 | 1:28:31 |
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99 | 1032 | 306 | 153 | 1:16:18 |
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118 | 1211 | 359 | 180 | 1:28:31 |
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148 | 1541 | 456 | 228 | 1:51:01 |
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295 | 1535 | 455 | 228 | 1:50:38 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 6.86 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:05:56 |
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Time | |
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9 | 122 | 37 | 19 | 0:14:24 |
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20 | 358 | 108 | 54 | 0:30:01 |
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36 | 720 | 217 | 109 | 0:53:57 |
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24 | 449 | 136 | 68 | 0:36:01 |
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48 | 992 | 299 | 150 | 1:11:56 |
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60 | 585 | 177 | 89 | 0:45:01 |
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72 | 1538 | 464 | 232 | 1:48:01 |
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120 | 1303 | 393 | 197 | 1:32:29 |
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144 | 1538 | 464 | 232 | 1:48:01 |
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180 | 1946 | 587 | 294 | 2:15:01 |
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359 | 1940 | 585 | 293 | 2:14:38 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 7.77 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:06:24 |
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
The Terror Bird is very fast and will usually circle around you, which can make it difficult to properly hit. It is recommended to lock the Terror Bird in place to not waste ammunition by either grabbing it with an Argentavis or Quetzal, lure it into a prepared trap like a 1x1 stone house without ceiling, or use a Bola.
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★★★☆☆ |
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★★★☆☆ |
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★★★☆☆ |
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★★☆☆☆ |
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Terror Bird, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
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235.0 | ![]() |
243.6 | Improved Terror Bird spawns by reducing them |
259.0 | Reduced Terror Bird spawns in the Redwoods on The Island |
263.0 | Increased the spread of Terror Bird spawns in the Redwoods in order to prevent so many Terror Bird armies |