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cheat summon Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Tusoteuthis/Tusoteuthis_Character_BP.Tusoteuthis_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Tusoteuthis (Caverns)
cheat summon Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_Caves_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Tusoteuthis/Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_Caves.Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_Caves'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Tusoteuthis (Retrieve)
cheat summon Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_Retrieve_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Retrieve/Ocean/Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_Retrieve.Tusoteuthis_Character_BP_Retrieve'" 500 0 0 35
The Tusoteuthis (too-so-too thiss) or simply “Tuso” is an aquatic creature 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.
Tusoteuthis vampyrus
TimeCretaceous
DietCarnivore
TemperamentAggressive
Tusoteuthis vampyrus is a very aggressive water predator. Approximately 30 feet long, Tusoteuthis is a terror of the deep. Once it grabs its prey, it slowly crushes it into submission while using the talons on its tentacles to siphon and drink the victim's blood! Tusoteuthis is a terrifying opponent for several reasons. Firstly, its grab slowly renders its victim unconscious, so death isn't the only concern. Secondly, its vampiric blood drain instantly revitalizes it, even during combat. Finally, if Tusoteuthis is losing the fight, it sprays a cloud of ink into the surrounding water, blinding its attackers to cover a sneaky escape.
One of the major benefits of taming Tusoteuthis is harvesting its ink. Unlike normal ink, Tusoteuthis' ink is very oily, and can even be refined into fuels such as gasoline. Between that and Tusoteuthis' distinctive capability to grab & carry large creatures underwater, it makes for an excellent aquatic tame, despite its slower speed.
Tusoteuthis is found only in very deep water, where it swims about at a slow pace. If it spots the player or a tamed creature, it will begin to move itself towards the player or said creature and attack it. Because of the unique body plan of cephalopods, a Tusoteuthis must turn itself around to strike with its tentacles.
A monstrous relative of the vampire squid, Tusoteuthis is the largest aquatic creature on the ARK, and bears a closer resemblance to giant squids, but is much more terrifying than its timid kin. Tusoteuthis has powerful tentacles with hooked suckers, capable of drawing blood and keeping even a Mosasaur from escaping a horrible fate. A parrot-like beak hides in the center of the writhing mass, ripping flesh, shell, and bone into easy-to-swallow bits. Tusoteuthis also possesses the ability to spray an oily ink if it is in danger. Tusoteuthis is a true terror of the deep.
This section displays the Tusoteuthis's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Tusoteuthis. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Tusoteuthis 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 Tusoteuthis's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Tusoteuthis's "body highlights" magenta.
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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2700 | +540 | +4.05% | 0.07 | |
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300 | +30 | +10% | ||
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215 | +21.5 | N/A | ||
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3200 | +320 | +10% | 15% | |
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800 | +16 | +4% | ||
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65 / 2 | +3.25 / +0.1 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
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100% | N/A | +1% | 100% | |
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1800 | +108 | 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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Oil Producer
The Tusoteuthis passively produces Oil (Tusoteuthis) inside its inventory.
Cnidaria Reduction Effect
The Tusoteuthis is not immune to electrical shock of the Cnidaria, however, it will not be completely
Stunned, instead it will be slowed and does less damage per hit for some seconds (Similar to the
Electrophorus shock effect).
The Tusoteuthis introduced two new mechanics to Passive Taming:
The Taming Affinity (progress) gained for food types other than Black Pearls is only 10% of the value derived by other tames (e.g. 15 from Prime Meat instead of 150), and so at least 10 should be fed at a time to have a comparable taming time to other creatures. Due to the exceptionally low Affinity from individual items, they have been omitted from the table below, which consequently omits Raw Prime Meat and
Raw Prime Fish Meat entirely.
Please ignore the Feeding Interval and Taming Time data (below). Due to ONLY being able to eat once it is at 90% of its maximum Food, the minimum Feeding Interval is 177.5 seconds[2] plus 14 seconds per Food Level.[3]
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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2 | 51:07 | 1:51:07 |
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6 | 17:46 | 1:28:54 |
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15 | 59:27 | 13:52:25 |
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32 | 15:17 | 7:54:05 |
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36 | 29:21 | 17:07:27 |
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43 | 28:26 | 19:54:27 |
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79 | 18:45 | 24:22:58 |
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158 | 13:58 | 36:34:26 |
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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2 | 51:07 | 1:51:07 |
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7 | 17:17 | 1:43:43 |
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19 | 58:34 | 17:34:24 |
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41 | 15:11 | 10:07:25 |
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46 | 29:10 | 21:52:50 |
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55 | 28:17 | 25:27:47 |
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102 | 18:42 | 31:28:53 |
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204 | 13:57 | 47:13:19 |
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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2 | 51:07 | 1:51:07 |
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9 | 16:40 | 2:13:20 |
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23 | 58:01 | 21:16:22 |
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50 | 15:07 | 12:20:45 |
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56 | 29:03 | 26:38:14 |
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67 | 28:11 | 31:01:06 |
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125 | 18:40 | 38:34:49 |
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250 | 13:56 | 57:52:13 |
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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3 | 23:20 | 2:46:40 |
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10 | 16:27 | 2:28:09 |
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27 | 57:37 | 24:58:21 |
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60 | 15:03 | 14:48:53 |
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66 | 28:58 | 31:23:38 |
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80 | 28:07 | 37:02:13 |
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149 | 18:38 | 45:59:15 |
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297 | 13:56 | 68:44:59 |
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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3 | 23:20 | 2:46:40 |
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12 | 16:09 | 2:57:47 |
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31 | 57:20 | 28:40:20 |
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69 | 15:01 | 17:02:13 |
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77 | 28:54 | 36:37:34 |
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92 | 28:04 | 42:35:33 |
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172 | 18:37 | 53:05:10 |
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344 | 13:55 | 79:37:45 |
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Feeding Interval | Time | |
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4 | 14:04 | 3:42:14 |
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14 | 15:57 | 3:27:25 |
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35 | 57:07 | 32:22:18 |
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79 | 15:00 | 19:30:22 |
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87 | 28:52 | 41:22:58 |
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105 | 28:02 | 48:36:39 |
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196 | 18:36 | 60:29:37 |
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391 | 13:55 | 90:30:32 |
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.
Note that 50 Black Pearls will still restore up to 1500 Food regardless of the creature's current Food when fed, and so Starve Taming will actually take longer as the full 1500 food will need to deplete per required consumption (compared to allowing 10% to deplete each time).
While riderless, the Tusoteuthis will not wait long to let go of your creature - making a team of two the safest option, as the distraction's rider can remain mounted until the creature is fed and then dismount themselves and swim up. If you do attempt to solo tame, flippers are recommended for speedy getaways. Make sure your tame is on passive and set to follow, and if it survives the feeding it will swim up to safety the moment the squid lets go.
An alternative strategy to solo tame the Tusoteuthis by one's self is to be mounted on a Basilosaurus and have multiple other tame/s set to follow the rider and brought to the Tusoteuthis as bait.
Basilosaurus is immune to being grappled by the Tusoteuthis's tentacles,and will provide a safe,quick means of escape and/or putting distance between you and the squid between its feeding intervals while the other tame/s serve as the target/s of the squid's aggression,and grapple; allowing the player to begin taming it. Keep in mind that the Tusoteuthis will most often spawn at depths that will cause the Basilosaurus to slowly take damage ,however,a high level Basilosaurus that has had its Health increased sufficiently should be able to tank this damage with no issues what-so-ever.
You may also use your own tamed Tusoteuthis as it cannot be grappled similarly to the Basilosaurus making the process much easier after you have tamed one.
After taming, its diet remains the same (Black Pearls, Meat and Fish).
However, Tusoteuthis will now eat regular meat and raw fish meat. It does not require black pearls for food when domesticated.
This section describes how to fight against the Tusoteuthis. Generally the squid is a very strong enemy, a confrontation should be avoided if you're not sure you can win.
A low-level Tuso is no match for a mid-to-strong tamed Plesio or Mosa. A high level one will need a very strong mount with a good saddle or a group of powerful sea dinos to be defeated. Remember that a ridden tame cannot retaliate when within Tuso's tentacles. If you're going for a pack attack, let the squid grab the dino you're riding, as you will be able to watch out for the health and the torpor of your mount and you'll have one more source of damage. When it sprays ink and tries to flee get out of the ink cloud, wait for the blinding effect to end and then easily chase your prey.
You can also use another Tusoteuthis to fight it. Focus mainly on melee damage, with a little health. Swim up to the Tusoteuthis and start attacking it. It will try to grab you, but it is not able to. Keep attacking it until it tries to flee. Because the Tusoteuthis has a wide turning radius, you can keep hitting it as it tries to turn. If it is a lower level, you should be able to kill it before it gets away. If it gets away, follow it. Tamed Tusoteuthis have double the movement speed of wild ones, so you should be able to catch it. As long as the wild squid is near the ground, it will probably run into rocks, where you can kill it.
Another method to kill a Tuso is luring it into an underwater canyon and shooting it from above using a Crossbow, it will try to attack you but its large hitbox doesn't allow it to turn effectively and it will start to turn around randomly, unable to hit you.
Ranged weapons can work if used while riding a high-level dino. Due to the fast rising of Tuso's health pool, it's advised to use this tactic only on low-level ones.
Its high health, good dps, life-draining attacks and grab mechanics make the Tuso a deadly enemy. Living only in the deepest seas, other animals can join the fight and turn the battle into carnage. Try to stay away from the bottom of the sea as the Tuso may drop its prey under the ground, thus killing it.
Although they cannot grab a Basilosaurus with their tentacles, their ink is still effective. Basilo riders should take caution at the end of the battle with them.
Aquatic Carrier
Aquatic Taming Mount
Passive Oil Creation
Generalised aquatic mount
Combat Specialist
Harvester
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For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Tusoteuthis, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
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253.0 | Tusoteuthis and Alpha Tusoteuthis are added to the game. |
253.1 | Reduced Tusoteuthis taming time by 60%. |
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253.6 | Unridden Tusotheuthis no longer move on their own when it has grabbed something. |
258.45 | Alpha Tusoteuthis drop ![]() |
259.0 |
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260.0 |
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261.0 | Increased the amount of ![]() |
264.5 |
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276.5 | The Tusoteuthus shoud no longer do damage through world geometry in any circumstance. |
278.0 | |
294.101 | Fixed exploit related to Tusoteuthis. |
306.41 | Brute Tusoteuthis is added to the game. |
312.65 | Reduced Tusoteuthis maturation time. Now matches ![]() |
343.7 | Fixed an issue where adjusting DinoCountMultiplier on an unofficial server prevents Tusoteuthis spawning.
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32.12 | Fixed Tusoteuthis being able to instantly delete players & dinos through the world barrier. |
33.49 | Fixed Tusoteuthis not wanting to eat during taming when the server is under stress. |
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