Is Pyromane a cat that controls fire, or living fire that can make itself look like a cat? It does seem to have more in common with the Phoenix from that desert ARK than any lion. An author named Clarke said sufficiently advanced technology would be indistiguishable from magic...I'd say that whatever engineered this creature was plenty advanced. An unruffled Pyromane will stay at a low burn and shrink its profile. But when rovoked, that small cat can suddenly flare itself up into a lion-sized inferno. It seems to drink in any nearby fire, using that power to cauterize its own wounds and power up its arsenal of incendiary attacks.
Domesticated
I've only seen one tame Pyromane so far. Its rider seemed unbothered by the beast's flames, and beyond that immune to heat in general while mounted. She claimed it could even carry her safely across a lava field. That survivor said she spent ages trying to win her cat over, before noticing it seemed more sluggish in the rain. In its smaller form, her pet doubled as a shoulder-mounted feline flamethrower. And back at their campsite, she showed me how her pet could fuel a forge and dry meat into jerky. I can definitely see why such an improbable but versatile creature might have been engineered, even if I don't understand how.
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]
Pyromane
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.
The Pyromane leaps through the air, damaging anything it hits.
Can be used every 12s by both a rider and the AI.
Flame Trail
Hold
The Pyromane leaves a trail of fire in its wake by consuming absorbed flames. Does not work in the rain. Lasts until button is released or stored fire is depleted.
The Pyromane can provide fuel to objects that burn wood like Campfires, Standing Torches and Refining Forges. The radius can be configured using the radial menu of the Pyromane, with settings to be Off, Low (about 4 foundations), Medium (about 10 foundations), or High (about 18 foundations).
Convert to Shoulder Pet
The Pyromane has the ability to transform from a kitten-sized shoulder pet to a full lion-sized mount. Using the radial menu while dismounted will cause the Pyromane to transform and remain on the ground. However, if transformed while mounted, the Pyromane will go immediately to your shoulders (assuming you have no other tame you're carrying). If you order it to transform while carrying it, you will be mounted on the Pyromane's back once the transformation is complete. When attacked in kitten form, the Pyromane will immediately transform into lion form to fight back.
Insulation
On your shoulders, the Pyromane will give you a Cuddled by Fire buff, which significantly raises your cold and heat resist values. While mounted on the Pyromane, you'll receive the buff Wreathed in Fire, imparting a significant buff to cold resist and a massive buff to heat resistance, high enough to enter lava without taking damage.
Doused
When the tamed Pyromane enters water, it will receive the Doused debuff. When doused, the Pyromane is unable to perform Flame Leap; melee attacks do not cause targets to catch fire; the buffs for Wreathed in Fire and Cuddled by Fire are no longer active; and the Pyromane loses the "mane" of fire that is its namesake. The debuff only lasts for 5 seconds once out of water. Notably, the passive cooking and area of effect powering up wood-based objects are unaffected by the debuff.
Sleep
The Pyromane has a Sleep option on the radial menu where the Pyro sleeps on its position and gains Chalico Sit Buff, reducing its Food consumption by 50% and recovering its Health by 2% per second up to 50%.
Nothing. On death, they explode, leaving no corpse.
Utility
Roles
Taming
To gain the ability to interact with the Pyromane, including taming it, you will first need to pay $4.99. This is in addition to what you paid for the game itself. There is no way around this.
Then you must kite it to a body of water so that it acquires the Doused debuff. Continue to attack it to bring its health down to below 50%. Once sufficiently weakened, you should be able to interact with it to mount it. Once mounted, attack nearby creatures to apply a burning effect, then use Flame Absorb (Ctrl + Rmb, , , ) to absorb the flame to progress the taming meter.
On Scorched Earth, Pyromane spawn in the wyvern trench, around which are no bodies of water. However, a wyvern is capable of carrying a Pyromane, so you'll need to pick up your target and drop it in the nearest body of water (for example, around the Red or Blue Obelisk) to tame them.
Mating
Female Pyromane can only mate while in large form. Turning them into small form with mating enabled will display a message above their nameplate stating "Cannot Mate in Small Form". However, male Pyromane are able to mate while in small form. Pyromane gestate their fetuses and are prevented from transforming while gestating. During the gestation cooldown, female Pyromane can be transformed into their small form; while the gestation cooldown timer will not appear on the small form nameplate, it will continue to count down while transformed.
NOTE** A bug at release currently causes born babies to spawn as wild babies that cannot be imprinted.
The Pyromane bears a very strong resemblance to the Shadowmane:
It is possible that recycled assets from the Shadowmane were used for the Pyromane as it has a similar model, design, and abilities (ex: The Pyromane's Flame Leap).
Another possibility is that the Pyromane and Shadowmane might be related in genetics as "Leoforma" is mentioned in the dossier. (Note: we have seen this before with the "Draconis" genus for the Wyvern, Rock Drake, and Managarmr.)
Players have noted that the Pyromane's design and abilities have an uncanny resemblance to the Pyroar from the Pokemon franchise.
Male and female Pyromane can be visually distinguished by their neck. Males have much larger flames around their neck, obscuring their skin underneath. This additional "mane" is consistent with real world lions, whereby males have a much more prominent mane.
Yes 
Health
Stamina
Oxygen
Food
Weight
Melee Damage
Movement Speed
Torpidity
Natural Armor
Raw Meat at a similar rate to a 
Campfire. It will also automatically generate 
Cooked Meat Jerky and 
Prime Meat Jerky from the cooked meat in its inventory without the need for 
Oil at a similar rate to a 
Preserving Bin.
Standing Torches and 
Refining Forges. The radius can be configured using the radial menu of the Pyromane, with settings to be Off, Low (about 4 foundations), Medium (about 10 foundations), or High (about 18 foundations).
Insulation
Cuddled by Fire buff, which significantly raises your cold and heat resist values. While mounted on the Pyromane, you'll receive the buff 
Wreathed in Fire, imparting a significant buff to cold resist and a massive buff to heat resistance, high enough to enter lava without taking damage.
Doused
Doused debuff. When doused, the Pyromane is unable to perform Flame Leap; melee attacks do not cause targets to catch fire; the buffs for 
Chalico Sit Buff, reducing its 
Food consumption by 50% and recovering its 
Health by 2% per second up to 50%.
Flaming Poop
Flaming Medium Animal Feces instead of normal Feces. Both forms of feces can be mixed in a 
Compost Bin to create 
Fertilizer, but it doesn't work for 
Dung Beetles. If the Flaming Feces spoils it will convert into 1 
Charcoal.
Shadowmane:
Wyvern, 
Rock Drake, and 
Managarmr.)
ARK: Survival Ascended Changes
Megalosaurus on a server.
