
cheat summon Pela_Character_BP_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Pelagornis/Pela_Character_BP.Pela_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Pelagornis (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Pela_Character_BP_STA_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Pela_Character_BP_STA.Pela_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
The Pelagornis is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved. It is a small, piscivorous bird known for its ability to float on the surface of water as well as its ability to harvest large amounts of Organic Polymer.
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.
Pelagornis miocaenus
TimeEarly Miocene
DietPiscivore
TemperamentSkittish
The much-larger ancestor of water birds like the stork or pelican, Pelagornis miocaenus shares many traits with its modern-day brethren. However, it seems to spend far more time hunting for fish over the open deep-sea. In fact, I have rarely spotted a wild Pelagornis anywhere near the coasts of the main Island, as it prefers to rest its wings by paddling on the ocean's surface rather than waddling along the Island's beaches. Perhaps this behavior is a result of its survival instincts. The Early Miocene was a post-dinosaur epoch, after all, and Pelagornis would not be accustomed to such predators. Considering how quickly it flees from humans, one can hardly blame its caution.
Because of its ability to fly, walk and surface-swim, a tamed Pelagornis is one of the Island's most versatile mounts, but this comes at a cost. The same webbed feet that allow Pelagornis to serenely maneuver along the ocean's surface prevent it from carrying prey off the ground, which may limit its appeal to some survivors.
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“ | It swims on the surface, like a raft. | „ |
~ Jeremy[1] |
Flying a tamed Pelagornis into the water will cause it to "land", and swim around until you take off again. Wild Pelagornis are naturally shy creatures that will fly away at the first sign of conflict.
A relative of modern seagulls, Pelagornis is instantly recognizable from the more common Ichthyornis by its size. With a wingspan rivaling
Argentavis, it also possesses a beak filled with tooth-like projections for snagging fish, as well as webbed feet for paddling upon the ocean surface when it must rest its wings.
This section displays the Pelagornis's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Pelagornis. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Pelagornis 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 Pelagornis's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Pelagornis's "feathers" magenta.
In Primitive+:
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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240 | +48 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
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180 | +9 | +4% | ||
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150 | +15 | +10% | ||
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1200 | +120 | +10% | 15% | |
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150 | +3 | +3% | ||
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16 | +0.8 | +1.275% | 9.1% | 17.6% |
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100% | N/A | +0% | 36.5% | |
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120 | +7.2 | 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.[2]
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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Fish Killer
The Pelagornis deals x10 its Melee Damage to small fishes.
Auto-Harvest Corpses
The Pelagornis automatically collects the corpses of its victims when they die from one of its attacks.
Fishing
The Pelagornis rider can use the Fishing Rod on its back.
Weight Reduction
The Pelagornis reduces the weight of the following resources by the listed amount while they are in its inventory:
Resource | Reduction |
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80% |
Pelagornis will not eat normal raw or cooked meats
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Time | |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:02:40 |
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6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0:07:31 |
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11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0:14:08 |
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16 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0:20:01 |
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32 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0:20:01 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:06:40 |
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Time | |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:05:20 |
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13 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0:16:16 |
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25 | 71 | 15 | 8 | 0:32:07 |
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38 | 122 | 25 | 13 | 0:47:31 |
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75 | 120 | 25 | 13 | 0:46:53 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:10:59 |
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Time | |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:00 |
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20 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 0:25:01 |
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40 | 155 | 33 | 17 | 0:51:23 |
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60 | 253 | 53 | 27 | 1:15:01 |
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120 | 253 | 53 | 27 | 1:15:01 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:13:57 |
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Time | |
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:13:20 |
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28 | 91 | 20 | 10 | 0:35:01 |
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55 | 262 | 56 | 28 | 1:10:39 |
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83 | 420 | 90 | 45 | 1:43:46 |
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165 | 417 | 89 | 45 | 1:43:08 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:16:07 |
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Time | |
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:16:00 |
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35 | 140 | 31 | 16 | 0:43:46 |
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70 | 387 | 84 | 42 | 1:29:55 |
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105 | 608 | 132 | 66 | 2:11:16 |
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210 | 608 | 132 | 66 | 2:11:16 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:17:48 |
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Time | |
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7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:18:39 |
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43 | 203 | 45 | 23 | 0:53:46 |
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85 | 527 | 116 | 58 | 1:49:10 |
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128 | 825 | 182 | 91 | 2:40:01 |
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255 | 821 | 181 | 91 | 2:39:23 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:19:12 |
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 Regular Kibble:
1 ×
Cooked Meat Jerky, 1 ×
Medium Egg, 5 ×
Fiber, 2 ×
Longrass, 2 ×
Savoroot, 1 ×
Water
The most reliable strategy for downing Pelagornis is to use a regular bow with tranquilizer arrows. Crossbows and Compound Bows may kill them before actually downing them depending on your server settings, the quality of your weapon, and the health of the bird. It is possible to use a bola on them, so if it's walking on the beach, this can be very easy.
If you have a low melee level Pteranodon, you can attack the Pelagornis and get it to flee inland, where a tribe mate can use a bola and then you both attack it with Tranq darts.
Alternatively you can follow them till they reach land and bola or shoot them so they can knock out over land.
Another strategy is to get a Raft directly under the flying Pelagornis, so there is a chance that they land on your raft and you can easily bola them and knock them out. Or you can try to bola them while flying over your raft.
One additional strategy is to use a grappling hook when over land, thus not allowing the Pelagornis to fly away and making the KO very easy.
This section describes how to fight against the Pelagornis. Due to their skittish temperament, they'll flee when attacked.
When a wild Pelagornis is attacked it will fly away. Use a Bola to hold it in place to knock it out or kill it easier.
Because of their ability to fly, ranged weaponry is recommended.
While the Pelagornis itself does not usually pose a threat, they will fly away when attacked, so a player more concentrated with killing or taming one than watching their surroundings may find themselves ambushed by a pack of Raptors or other hungry carnivores nearby, so it is best to quickly scout around the area before going in for the kill/tame.
Because of their low base Health, critical hits will make quick work of them.
Resource | Efficiency |
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★★★★★ |
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★★★★★ |
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★★★☆☆ |
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★☆☆☆☆ |
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Pelagornis, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
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245.0 | Pelagornis is added to the game. |
245.2 | Fixed issue with Tamed Pelagornis' disappearing. |
253.9 | Fixed Pelagornis rotating poorly when on the water's surface. |
256.0 | Changed Pelagornis' favorite kibble from ![]() ![]() |
260.0 | Players can now fish using the ![]() |
278.0 |
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293.100 | Pelagornis now prefers ![]() |
306.75 | Fixed a bug where Pelagornis would fly to the XYZ coordinates of 0 0 0. |
307.56 |
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32.12 | Fixed Pelagornis missing its 80% weight reduction to ![]() |