Jug Bug

Jug Bug

Creature

Group

Invertebrates

Diet

Herbivore

Temperament

Passive

Release Versions

246.0
Sep 1, 2016

739.3
Sep 1, 2016

501.0
Dec 6, 2016

601.0
Nov 1, 2022

311.74
Jun 11, 2020

DLCs

Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Genesis: Part 1, Crystal Isles, Lost Island

Variants

•  Oil Jug Bug
•  Water Jug Bug

Spawn Command

cheat summon Jugbug_Character_BaseBP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/ScorchedEarth/Dinos/JugBug/Jugbug_Character_BaseBP.Jugbug_Character_BaseBP'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Oil Jug Bug

cheat summon Jugbug_Oil_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/ScorchedEarth/Dinos/JugBug/Jugbug_Oil_Character_BP.Jugbug_Oil_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Water Jug Bug

cheat summon Jugbug_Water_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/ScorchedEarth/Dinos/JugBug/Jugbug_Water_Character_BP.Jugbug_Water_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Oil Jug Bug (Gauntlet2)

cheat summon Jugbug_Oil_Character_BP_STA_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Jugbug_Oil_Character_BP_STA.Jugbug_Oil_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Water Jug Bug (Gauntlet2)

cheat summon Jugbug_Water_Character_BP_STA_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Jugbug_Water_Character_BP_STA.Jugbug_Water_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

No

No

No

Torpor Immune

Yes

Data

XP for kill

4 XP

Feces

None

Drag Weight

30

Carryable By

•  Aberrant Megalosaurus
•  Kaprosuchus
•  Megalosaurus
•  Tusoteuthis

Immobilized By

•  Bola
•  Bear Trap
•  Plant Species Y Trap
•  Net Projectile

Can Damage

 Thatch
 Greenhouse
 Wood

Habitat

Common        Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Jug Bug is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved, being introduced in the Scorched Earth expansion pack. It is a small, herbivorous invertebrate known for being an easily-accessible source of Water (from green Jug Bugs) and Oil (from red Jug Bugs).

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

Scutinphora puteus

Time

Holocene

Diet

Herbivore

Temperament

Passive

Wild

Scutinphora puteus is a fast, flying insect that comes in two varieties, visually distinct only in the red or green markings on its exoskeleton. Biologically and behaviorally, they are practically the same. The only real difference between the two is the resource they gather in the expandable sacks on their backs. Scutinphora with green markings gather water, and Scutinphora with red markings gather oil. This unique ability makes Scutinphora a target for both the desert's natural predators and human survivors. Finding a green Scutinphora at the right time could prove to be life-saving, and survivors can use the oil produced by red Scutinphora for a wide variety of purposes.

Domesticated

Like many of the insects on the island, Scutinphora cannot be tamed. Beyond the resources obtained while hunting it, survivors will find no use for it.

„

~ Helena

Behavior

After collecting the resources from a Jug Bug, it, as well as any other Jug Bugs within proximity, will fly away. If it is attacked, it will also fly away. The container on its back will visibly shrink when resources are taken.

Appearance

Jug Bugs are colorful, grasshopper-like insects with fluid-storing pouches on their backs found throughout Scorched Earth, being one of the most common creatures on the desert ARK. There are two types of Jug Bugs: greenish ones that store Water, and reddish ones that store Oil. Their fluid pouches vary in size depending on how much fluid they have stored up, with larger pouches causing Jug Bugs to lose much of their mobility.

Color Scheme and Regions

Region 0:Body

Natural colors:

8

28

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96

Region 1:Unused

This region does not show on the body.

Region 2:Unused

This region does not show on the body.

Region 3:Unused

This region does not show on the body.

Region 4:Head and Wings

Natural colors:

8

28

29

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32

33

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48

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96

Region 5:Underside and Patterning

Natural colors:

8

28

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48

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96

Region 0:Body

Natural colors:

21

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32

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56

62

63

64

77

Region 1:Unused

This region does not show on the body.

Region 2:Unused

This region does not show on the body.

Region 3:Unused

This region does not show on the body.

Region 4:Head and Wings

Natural colors:

8

19

21

22

37

38

39

40

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56

63

64

71

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77

Region 5:Underside and Patterning

Natural colors:

8

19

21

22

37

38

39

40

42

43

44

56

63

64

71

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77

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

Region 0:
Body

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 4:
Head and Wings

14

19

21

23

25

26

28

30

Region 5:
Underside and Patterning

14

20

22

24

26

27

29

31

Drops

•  Chitin
•  Raw Meat

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase
		Wild
Health	75	+15
Stamina	100	+10
Oxygen	150	+15
Food	450	+45
Weight	50	+1
Melee Damage	18	+0.9
Movement Speed	100%	N/A
Torpidity	100	+6

Movement [u/s]	Base Speed	Sprinting Speed
	Wild	Wild
Walking	60	150
Swimming	200	?
Flying	120	300

• 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.

Abilities

Passive

Water/Oil Extraction

The player can drink up to 100  Water or extract up to 16  Oil from the abdomen of  Water Jug Bug and  Oil Jug Bug respectively.

The quantity of water/oil that the Jug Bug gives to the player depends of the size of its abdomen at the moment of the extraction, the abdomen grows again as time goes.

After the extraction the Jug Bug flies away from the player.

Combat

General

The Jug Bug poses no threat to players, tribes or even wild dinos. The only reason not to kill one is the "golden goose" metaphor; a jug bug is far more useful to the player alive, as it offers only an insignificant amount of meat and chitin when killed.

Strategy

If a survivor wants to kill a Jug Bug, it is best to leave their sack full, as when they try to flee their movement speed will be severely lowered, making them easy targets for spears and bolas.

Weaponry

Spears and bows will do the trick.

Dangers

While chasing a Jug Bug, you might accidentally fall off a cliff or run into an aggressive dino. To prevent this, a well charged bola will hold it down to prevent unnecessary chasing across the desert.

Weakness

Completely defenseless, low health, and slow when the sack is full.

Utility

Roles

Despite being un-tameable, the Jug Bug is a viable source of Water and Oil on the Scorched Earth. Players may want to trap them in cages or huts to be easily harvested for their resources if no natural Water and/or Oil is around. Use a Megalosaurus, Kaprosuchus, or grappling hook to place them in your holding area. Resources—water or oil—may be obtained without harming the bug.

• Resources: The Jug Bugs can not be tamed but they can be rounded up and contained to provide resources like Chitin (needs to be killed), Oil and Water (harvest without harming).
• Storing in Pens:

Collectibles

Cementing Paste (both). To farm it you will need a  Beelzebufo (a high damage one is need to make sure the bug doesn't fly away).

Oil (from red ones)

Water (from blue ones)

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Notes/Trivia

• This creatures design may have been inspired by the honey pot ant as it has striking similarities due to them storing food within a swollen abdomen.
• There's a bug which let's you harvest twice the amount of oil from a killed jug bug by taking the oil from its inventory first and after that using the collect oil option in the radial menu.
• While the Jug Bug is similar to a real insect the Honeypot Ant and Helena's notes say it is from the Holocene period. this is incorrect as the Jug Bug is a creature that never existed naturally and only came into existence in the post Holocene era under the infleunce of the arks.
• Although Jug Bugs store water and oil in their abdomens similar to how the Honey Pot Ants store their food. The name Scutinphora for the Jug Bug comes from an insect called the Metallic Jewel Bug also known as the Metallic Shield Bug.

Changelog

Patch	ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
246.0 Scorched Earth Expansion Release	Water Jug Bug and  Oil Jug Bug are added to the game

Gallery

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  Original teaser image