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Direwolf
Dire Bear
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cheat summon Direbear_Character_BP_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Direbear/Direbear_Character_BP.Direbear_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35Variant Polar Bear
cheat summon Direbear_Character_Polar_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Direbear/Direbear_Character_Polar.Direbear_Character_Polar'" 500 0 0 35Variant Dire Polar Bear
cheat summon Polar_Bear_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/Ragnarok/Custom_Assets/Dinos/Polar_Bear/Polar_Bear.Polar_Bear'" 500 0 0 35Variant Spirit Dire Bear
cheat summon Direbear_LL_Character_BP_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/Ragnarok/Custom_Assets/Bosses/LifeLabyrinth/Bear/Direbear_LL_Character_BP.Direbear_LL_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35Variant Aberrant Dire Bear
cheat summon Direbear_Character_BP_Aberrant_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Direbear/Direbear_Character_BP_Aberrant.Direbear_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35Variant Polar Bear (Escort)
cheat summon Direbear_Character_Polar_Escort_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Escort/Arctic/Direbear_Character_Polar_Escort.Direbear_Character_Polar_Escort'" 500 0 0 35Variant Polar Bear (Gauntlet)
cheat summon Direbear_Character_Polar_Gauntlet_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Arctic/Direbear_Character_Polar_Gauntlet.Direbear_Character_Polar_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35Variant Polar Bear (Retrieve)
cheat summon Direbear_Character_Polar_Retrieve_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Retrieve/Arctic/Direbear_Character_Polar_Retrieve.Direbear_Character_Polar_Retrieve'" 500 0 0 35Variant R-Dire Bear
cheat summon Direbear_Character_BP_Rockwell_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/BiomeVariants/Direbear_Character_BP_Rockwell.Direbear_Character_BP_Rockwell'" 500 0 0 35Variant R-Dire Bear (Summoned)
cheat summon Direbear_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/Summoner/SummonedDinos/Direbear_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned.Direbear_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned'" 500 0 0 35Variant Polar Bear (Hunt2)
cheat summon Direbear_Character_Hunt_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/Hunt/Dinos/Direbear_Character_Hunt.Direbear_Character_Hunt'" 500 0 0 35Variant Dire Bear (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Direbear_Character_BP_STA_Cor
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Direbear_Character_BP_STA.Direbear_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35 Gestation Time
3h 58m 5.714s
Baby Time
4h 37m 46.666s
Juvenile Time
18h 31m 6.662s
Adolescent Time
23h 8m 53.328s
Total Maturation Time
1d 22h 17m 46.656s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d
Habitat
Common Rare
Untameable Cave
Untameable Cave
The Dire Bear is a medium sized, omnivore mammal, known for its ability to efficiently harvest 
Giant Bee Honey from 
Bee Hives and keep the Survivor safe while doing it. It was first added in 
ARK: Survival Evolved on the 20th of April, 2016.
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.
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Species
Arctodus dirus
TimeMid Pleistocene - Early Holocene
DietOmnivore
TemperamentTerritorial
- Wild
Found primarily among the Island's redwood regions, Arctodus dirus is an imposing creature. Many on the island have started calling it a Direbear, a name which is appropriate, both due to its enormity and its territorial nature. The Direbear ignores most non-hostile creatures while going about its daily routine of scavenging for meat and edible plant life... ...that is, until intruders enter the territory it considers its own, at which point the creature ferociously attacks. Most often, it is smartest to just run from an angry Direbear.
- Domesticated
Once tamed, the Direbear is a strong and reliable mount. It can carry vast quantities of goods, and can sprint for extremely long, nearly infinite periods. It is not the fastest creature from a hard stop, but after building up momentum, its sustained overland speed builds to among the best of the island. Of course, being able to feed a direbear both meat and plant life makes keeping one fairly convenient regardless of the environment. Arctodus has a fondness for honey and can harvest it without getting stung or destroying the hive. Perhaps more rewarding while you are riding it, those pesky bees will completely ignore you.
„
~ Helena
Behavior
The Dire Bear is an omnivore, meaning it can eat both berries and meat. It is very territorial and will attack if not given enough space. It possesses a charging mechanic similar to that of the Pachy or Woolly Rhino. It can maneuver at high speeds, and takes a while to actually lose stamina by a significant amount. It possesses a secondary swipe attack that can be used to gather berries and pluck out meat from its target. This swipe additionally does more damage than normal, but stops movement. The Dire Bear can also stand on its hind legs (crouching, default C).
Appearance
The Dire Bear is never a welcome sight for survivors in the frozen regions of the ARK. Resembling a grizzly bear in appearance, the Dire Bear is distinguishable by its shorter snout, earning it the nickname "Short-Faced Bear". Like other bears, they are capable of standing on their hind legs, but only to intimidate those that enter its territory. The beast is also surprisingly swift for its hulking build.
Color Scheme and Regions
Region 0:Back and Head
Natural colors:
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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:Unused
This region does not show on the body.
Region 5:Belly and Legs
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This section displays the Dire Bear's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Dire Bear. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Dire Bear 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 Dire Bear's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Dire Bear's "back and head" magenta.
Back and Head
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Region 2 is not used
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Region 3 is not used
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Region 4 is not used
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Belly and Legs
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Natural colors:
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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:Unused
This region does not show on the body.
Region 5:Belly and Legs
Natural colors:
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This section displays the Dire Bear's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Dire Bear. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Dire Bear 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 Dire Bear's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Dire Bear's "unknown" magenta.
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This section displays the Dire Bear's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Dire Bear. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Dire Bear 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 Dire Bear's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Dire Bear's "main" magenta.
Main
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Accent
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Variants
Aberrant Dire Bear
Aberrant Dire Bear is the aberrant variant of Dire Bear found in Aberration. It is identical to the normal variant except for its bioluminescence. It is tameable and is not 
Radiation immune.
Polar Bear
Polar Bear is a variant of the Dire Bear that exists in the Snow Cave on The Island and the Ice Cave on Extinction. In the cave it cannot be tamed and has a higher base health of 800.
Dire Polar Bear
The 
Dire Polar Bear is a variant of the Dire Bear that first came out with the release of Ragnarok, and can be found on the Ragnarok and more commonly on the Valguero map. It is identical to the normal specie in all aspects except for its white color.
R-Dire Bear
R-Dire Bear is a tameable, but not found naturally in the wild R variant of the Dire Bear. It sports a different colour pattern, and has a 5% × 
Melee Damage increase at the exchange of 3% × 
Health reduction. On official servers its level cap is 500.
Drops
Base Stats and Growth
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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| Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
 Health |
400 | +80 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
 Stamina |
500 | +50 | +10% | ||
 Oxygen |
270 | +27 | +10% | ||
 Food |
3000 | +300 | +10% | ||
 Weight |
650 | +13 | +4% | ||
 Melee Damage |
50 / 65 | +2.5 / +3.25 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
 Movement Speed |
100% | N/A | +1% | 122.6% | |
 Torpidity |
1000 | +60 | N/A | 0.5 | |
- 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]
Dire Bear
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.
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase |
|---|---|---|
| Wild | ||
| Health |
800 | +160 |
| Stamina |
500 | +50 |
| Oxygen |
270 | +27 |
| Food |
3000 | +300 |
| Weight |
650 | +13 |
| Melee Damage |
50 / 65 | +2.5 / +3.25 |
| Movement Speed |
100% | N/A |
| Torpidity |
1000 | +60 |
- 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
Active
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Passive
Acceleration
When the bear is running, it gains more speed the longer it runs. If it stops, the accumulated speed is lost and it has to start again.
Bee Protection
Dire Bear's rider gains 
Bee Protection, being immune to bee attacks (Except for 
Giant Worker Bee).
Insulation
Riding or standing next to a Dire Bear provides 35 
Hypothermic and 
Hyperthermic insulation, which decreases based on your distance from it.
Taming
For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.
KO Strategy
- Headshots do not give extra torpor for this tame, they are treated as body shots.
- Any taming strategy will work. Taming pens, picking up, standing on rocks will do. Just make sure not to be on the low ground, as its high base damage will make short work of your character.
- Building a wall or platform to shoot from without being hit from the Dire Bear is one way to ensure you're able to time your narcotic shots properly, which is very important since the Dire Bear has very little health compared to torpor.
- Be aware that the Dire Bear has very high torpor compared to their health. Monitoring the number and timing of
Tranq Arrow you use is very important in order to prevent accidentally killing the Dire Bear. This is because it takes 4 seconds for all the torpidity from a Tranq Arrow to apply but only 2.61 seconds to reload a 
Crossbow. 
Tranquilizer Dart or 
Shocking Tranquilizer Dart are advised, as they have a much higher torpidity to damage ratio and the reload time on the 
Longneck Rifle is within half a second of the time it takes the darts to apply all their torpidity. - One good strategy is to build a 2x2 foundation with 2-high door frames and a ramp leading to the top. lure the bear in by running up the ramp, jumping in, and running out the opposite end through the door frames. While tranqing , if using a crossbow/bow, place a box and a few beds nearby. Every 10-ish arrows, shove your gear into the box, run up to the cage, let the bear kill you (or drop/lure another creature to the cage), and make sure the corpse is eaten. You may have to drag the corpse to the bear afterwards to ensure it eats it. This ensures the bear heals from the damage done from the arrows. Make sure to feed it corpses every 10-ish arrows because once it gets visibly bloody, it will most likely have enough torpor that it will try to flee and it will never attack after that point. once this happens, all you can do is keep shooting and hope it doesn't die.
Taming Food
 Level 1
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 Superior Kibble
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:05:38 |
 Giant Bee Honey
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:08:27 |
 Raw Mutton
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6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:10:34 |
 Cooked Lamb Chop
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11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0:19:21 |
 Raw Prime Meat
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7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:12:20 |
 Cooked Prime Meat
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14 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 0:24:38 |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat
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18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:15:51 |
 Raw Meat
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21 | 98 | 22 | 11 | 0:36:58 |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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35 | 70 | 16 | 8 | 0:31:40 |
 Mejoberry
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35 | 98 | 22 | 11 | 0:36:58 |
 Cooked Meat
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42 | 98 | 22 | 11 | 0:36:58 |
 Berries
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52 | 96 | 21 | 11 | 0:36:37 |
 Raw Fish Meat
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52 | 145 | 32 | 16 | 0:45:47 |
 Cooked Fish Meat
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104 | 145 | 32 | 16 | 0:45:47 |
KO:  × 100;  × 41;  × 12;  × 7; × 5; × 3
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| Torpidity-depletion: 0.9 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:18:31 | |||||
| Level 30
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| Superior Kibble
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:09:23 |
| Giant Bee Honey
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5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:14:05 |
| Raw Mutton
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11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:19:22 |
| Cooked Lamb Chop
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20 | 35 | 9 | 5 | 0:35:11 |
| Raw Prime Meat
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13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:22:54 |
| Cooked Prime Meat
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26 | 114 | 27 | 14 | 0:45:44 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:29:03 |
| Raw Meat
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39 | 286 | 66 | 33 | 1:08:40 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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65 | 212 | 49 | 25 | 0:58:47 |
| Mejoberry
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65 | 286 | 66 | 33 | 1:08:40 |
| Cooked Meat
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78 | 286 | 66 | 33 | 1:08:40 |
| Berries
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97 | 283 | 66 | 33 | 1:08:19 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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97 | 411 | 95 | 48 | 1:25:23 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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194 | 411 | 95 | 48 | 1:25:23 |
| KO: × 274; × 112; × 31; × 18; × 13; × 7
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| Torpidity-depletion: 1.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:30:32 | |||||
| Level 60
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| Superior Kibble
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:15:01 |
| Giant Bee Honey
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8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:22:32 |
| Raw Mutton
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16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:28:10 |
| Cooked Lamb Chop
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29 | 108 | 26 | 13 | 0:51:00 |
| Raw Prime Meat
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20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:35:13 |
| Cooked Prime Meat
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39 | 262 | 63 | 32 | 1:08:35 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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48 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 0:42:15 |
| Raw Meat
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58 | 555 | 134 | 67 | 1:42:06 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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96 | 421 | 102 | 51 | 1:26:49 |
| Mejoberry
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96 | 549 | 132 | 66 | 1:41:24 |
| Cooked Meat
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115 | 548 | 132 | 66 | 1:41:14 |
| Berries
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144 | 549 | 132 | 66 | 1:41:24 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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144 | 772 | 186 | 93 | 2:06:45 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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288 | 772 | 186 | 93 | 2:06:45 |
| KO: × 454; × 186; × 51; × 29; × 21; × 11
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| Torpidity-depletion: 1.96 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:38:47 | |||||
| Level 90
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| Superior Kibble
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10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:18:46 |
| Giant Bee Honey
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10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:28:10 |
| Raw Mutton
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21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:36:58 |
| Cooked Lamb Chop
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38 | 215 | 54 | 27 | 1:06:50 |
| Raw Prime Meat
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26 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0:45:47 |
| Cooked Prime Meat
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51 | 437 | 109 | 55 | 1:29:41 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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64 | 113 | 28 | 14 | 0:56:20 |
| Raw Meat
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77 | 882 | 219 | 110 | 2:15:33 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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128 | 690 | 171 | 86 | 1:55:46 |
| Mejoberry
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128 | 879 | 218 | 109 | 2:15:12 |
| Cooked Meat
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153 | 874 | 217 | 109 | 2:14:40 |
| Berries
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191 | 872 | 216 | 108 | 2:14:30 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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191 | 1198 | 297 | 149 | 2:48:07 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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382 | 1198 | 297 | 149 | 2:48:07 |
| KO: × 634; × 259; × 71; × 41; × 29; × 15
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| Torpidity-depletion: 2.37 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:44:46 | |||||
| Level 120
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| Superior Kibble
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12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:22:31 |
| Giant Bee Honey
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12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:33:48 |
| Raw Mutton
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26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:45:47 |
| Cooked Lamb Chop
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47 | 348 | 89 | 45 | 1:22:39 |
| Raw Prime Meat
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32 | 72 | 19 | 10 | 0:56:20 |
| Cooked Prime Meat
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64 | 660 | 168 | 84 | 1:52:33 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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80 | 220 | 56 | 28 | 1:10:25 |
| Raw Meat
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95 | 1233 | 313 | 157 | 2:47:14 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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159 | 987 | 251 | 126 | 2:23:48 |
| Mejoberry
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159 | 1240 | 315 | 158 | 2:47:57 |
| Cooked Meat
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190 | 1233 | 313 | 157 | 2:47:14 |
| Berries
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238 | 1236 | 314 | 157 | 2:47:35 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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238 | 1675 | 426 | 213 | 3:29:29 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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475 | 1670 | 424 | 212 | 3:29:03 |
| KO: × 814; × 333; × 91; × 52; × 37; × 19
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| Torpidity-depletion: 2.75 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:49:28 | |||||
| Level 150
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| Superior Kibble
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15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:28:09 |
| Giant Bee Honey
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15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:42:15 |
| Raw Mutton
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31 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0:54:35 |
| Cooked Lamb Chop
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57 | 520 | 135 | 68 | 1:40:14 |
| Raw Prime Meat
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38 | 151 | 39 | 20 | 1:06:54 |
| Cooked Prime Meat
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76 | 890 | 231 | 116 | 2:13:39 |
| Raw Prime Fish Meat
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95 | 336 | 87 | 44 | 1:23:37 |
| Raw Meat
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114 | 1633 | 424 | 212 | 3:20:41 |
| Cooked Prime Fish Meat
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190 | 1313 | 341 | 171 | 2:51:50 |
| Mejoberry
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190 | 1633 | 424 | 212 | 3:20:41 |
| Cooked Meat
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228 | 1633 | 424 | 212 | 3:20:41 |
| Berries
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285 | 1633 | 424 | 212 | 3:20:41 |
| Raw Fish Meat
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285 | 2189 | 568 | 284 | 4:10:51 |
| Cooked Fish Meat
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569 | 2184 | 567 | 284 | 4:10:25 |
| KO: × 994; × 406; × 111; × 64; × 45; × 23
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| Torpidity-depletion: 3.11 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:53:20 | |||||
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 
Superior Kibble:
2 × 
Citronal, 1 × 
Prime Meat Jerky, 1 × 
Large Egg, 5 × 
Fiber, 2 × 
Rare Mushroom, 1 × 
Sap, 1 × 
Water
Preferred Food
The Dire Bear is an omnivore.
Combat
Can be stuck between trees or rocks, keep a distance and move in circles, don't run straight.
General
The Dire Bear is a strong, giant creature that is territorial. It won't attack you, unless you get really close to it. Dire Bears gain speed the longer it runs, similar to a 
Woolly Rhino but without the 8x damage increase per meter. Dire Bears don't seem to use this ability in the wild.
Strategy
The Dire Bear is slower than the player, so fleeing is a wise choice if you do not wish to kill/tame it. You could run and shoot at it until it gets close to you, run away again and repeat this process until it is dead. Bear traps and melee weapons are also effective, but be careful when using them, as the Bear has a large AoE. The best and cheapest way is to bring a tapejara and attack to get it to follow you. While it is roaring fly and land on the nearest redwood tree then simply shoot it with a crossbow.
Weaponry
Ranged weapons are recommended. Stay on high ground and shoot it from afar. Using melee weapons can be dangerous, but can be less dangerous when using high-tier armor and shields.
Dangers
They are decently fast and have a strong melee attack. Be careful engaging in a fight with one of these by yourself. When attempting to drop them in a pen with a 
Quetzal, be wary-like the 
Sabertooth and the Direwolf, the Dire Bear can sometimes attack while being carried and will quickly deplete your Quetzal's health.
Weakness
Their bulky body allows them to be easily shot from a distance. They are slower than the player, so it can usually not catch you if you run. They lose interest quickly, so fleeing is wise.
Utility
Roles
- War Mount: Excellent damage and speed. The Dire Bears area of attack is huge, reaching all the way back to its hind legs and a good meter in front of it. It can use its primary attack at all running speeds, meaning chasing down prey is easy (Level Health and Melee Damage).
- Gatherer: Very good at gathering Fiber and collecting meat. Not the best, but still gathers
Berries, 
Hide, and 
Chitin (Level Health, Melee Damage, and Weight).
- Honey Harvester: Harvests Giant Bee Honey on Alternate Fire (Rmb, , , ) from wild Bee Hives with 3x rate (15 honey) without harming the hives and without aggro from bees. Also acts as a targeting dummy towards Giant Bees to protect survivors riding on it.
- Organic Polymer Harvester: Although its not very good at collecting
Organic Polymer from creature bodies, it is extremely good at gathering it from the organic polymer plants located on Aberration, Valguero and Fjordur.
- Honey Harvester: Harvests
- Bee Taming Assistant: Thanks to its immunity to the effect of bee stings, the Direbear is a good
Giant Bee taming assistant. - All-Purpose Mount: The Dire Bear is a very versatile mount. It can sprint very fast and has a high carry weight, while also having low stamina drain. Its secondary attack is quite powerful, at 65 base damage. All this makes the Dire Bear a valuable mid-game mount (Level Health, Weight, and Melee Damage).
- Travel: Though the Dire Bear's sprint ignores its speed stat, a fully accelerated Dire Bear is faster than even an unleveled
Procoptodon and 
Gallimimus. Low stamina drain and decently high weight also enable it in this role, however its inability to jump makes getting around cliffs and ledges troublesome (Level Stam and Weight). - Transport: The dire bear can easily transport goods from one place to another as it has a higher base weight than a
Giganotosaurus and is very fast, but does have some problems in getting across rocky or mountainous areas. - Damage: The dire bears damage is high and similar to a Rex's so it can tear through most creatures' health.
- Combatant: The dire bear has damage, decent health, and great speed. it is perfect for raiding lower tier bases.
Collectibles
| Resource | Efficiency |
|---|---|
 Organic Polymer
|
★★★★★ |
 Fiber
|
★★★★★ |
 Raw Prime Meat
|
★★★★☆ |
 Raw Meat
|
★★★★☆ |
 Berries
|
★★★☆☆ |
 Hide
|
★★★☆☆ |
 Chitin
|
★★☆☆☆ |
Notes/Trivia
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Dire Bear, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- The dossier was revealed on November 2, 2015[2]
- The Dire Bear is from the genus Arctodus, which are a group of Short-Faced Bears. Arctodus contained species of Short-Faced Bears that are considered to be one of the largest known terrestrial mammalian carnivorans, alongside the fellow short-face bear Arctotherium angustidens.
- Arctodus stood about six feet tall on four legs, and eight feet on its hind legs, which were long and thin, making it the fastest genus of bear.
- Arctodus was once nicknamed the Running Bear, as its long legs enabled it to run vast distances. This is probably the motivating logic behind the startling, in-game swiftness of these massive bears.
- Although that the dossier originally said it is primarily found in mountains and tundras, the Dire Bear is so far known to only populate the Redwoods since they were introduced into the game.
- On the map The Center they also live in dens located in other biomes.
- The Dire Bear may now get in AND out of the Central Cave.
- The "crouch" key will make the Dire Bear stand up on its hind legs temporarily and bellow, but this "attack" does no damage.
- Dire Bear received a major update for TLC Phase 1 at 10 February 2018 for the PC (consoles on the 20th) with appearance overhaul, protection from giant bee knocking survivors off, and harvesting Giant Bee Honey at 3x rate without damaging wild Giant Bee Hives. They are also brought into Aberration at the same patch.
- Oddly enough, Giant Worker Bees can still harm the survivor even if they are at the bear.
- Oddly enough,
- On Aberration they are the best way to gather Organic Polymer by harvesting the plants on the way down to the
Rock Drake nests - The Polar Bear individuals that inhabit the Snow Cave and Ice Cave still use the pre TLC Dire Bear model but use the new Dire Bear animations.
- They do not have protection against Giant Bees, nor do they give this protection to mounted players.
- They do not have protection against
- Baby Dire Bears react differently when they are imprinted after requesting for one as compared to leveling adult Dire Bear up. This shares the same trait as
Thylacoleo. - There's currently a bug with Dire Polar Bears on Valguero that when uncryopodded or pulled out of transfer that it will disappear from the game, making the map less useful for taming Dire Polar Bears, despite them being far more common on Valguero than elsewhere.
- While the Dire Bear is based off of an extinct bear known as the giant short-faced bear, related to the extant spectacled bear, the variant of the creature known as
Spirit Dire Bear has a similar name to a living animal called the spirit bear, also known as the Kermode bear, which is native to western Canada and the Cascades. Many of these bears are a leucistic color morph of the American black bear which resemble small polar bears. - In-game, Dire Bear can run fast and also have sharp turn, however this is inaccurate, Short Faced Bear's legs were not used for sharp turns while sprinting, it would potentially break its leg if it attempted to do so.
Carnotaurus likely experienced a similar issue. - Although an R-Dire Bear variant exists in the game files, they don't spawn on Genesis: Part 2.
- The Dire Bears that spawn in Crystal Isles' Honey Cave are called 'PoohBears' in the game's data, a reference to the fictional bear Winnie the Pooh, the titular protagonist of a children's book series and associated Disney-animated adaptation.
Changelog
| Patch | ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
|
|---|---|
| 239.0 | Dire Bear is added to the game. |
| 239.2 | Fixed Dire Bear auto-eating  Narcoberries and passing out.
|
| 245.0 | Bear spawns added to Redwood Forest. |
| 247.0 | Added 13 mini DireBear Dens around The Center. |
| 257.0 | New creature sounds for the Direbear. |
| 258.8 | Dire Polar Bear is added to the game. |
| 258.81 | Fixed high-level cave Dire Polar Bears from being tameable. |
| 261.0 | Added Polar Bear to The Island's Snow Cave. |
| 262.0 | Polar Bear aggro range in the ice cave should be increased to something similar to the other hostile creatures in there. |
| 264.0 | Made polar bears showing their names. |
| 264.5 | Can now harvest the white/purple flower patches found on Scorched Earth and Ragnarok. |
| 276.0 | Spirit Dire Bear added to Life's Labyrinth (Ragnarok). |
| 276.13 | 50% chance for spawning white-colored Dire Bears for Holiday Event. |
| 278.0 |
|
| 278.2 | Fixed an issue where the Aberrant Dire Bear couldn't be transferred off of Aberration. |
| 293.100 | Direbear now prefers Superior Kibble.
|
| 313.10 | Fixed a level-up animation glitch with the Dire Bear. |
| 329.3 | R-Dire Bear added to the game files but not to the game spawns. |
| 348.2 | Fixed polar bear crash. |
Spotlight
Gallery
A Dire Polar Bear in Valguero's snow.
Wild Bears.
Polar Bears.
TLC Patch 1 model update.
The Dire Polar Bear after TLC Patch 1.
References
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