Dire Bear

Dire Bear

Creature

Group

Mammals

Diet

Omnivore

Temperament

Territorial

Release Versions

239.0
Apr 20, 2016

734.0
May 17, 2016

501.0
Dec 6, 2016

521.0
Nov 30, 2018

311.74
Jun 11, 2020

1.0
May 24, 2018

Variants

•  Aberrant Dire Bear
•  Dire Polar Bear
•  Eerie Dire Bear
•  Polar Bear
•  Spirit Dire Bear

Spawn Command

cheat summon Direbear_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Direbear/Direbear_Character_BP.Direbear_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Polar Bear

cheat summon Direbear_Character_Polar_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Direbear/Direbear_Character_Polar.Direbear_Character_Polar'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Dire Polar Bear

cheat summon Polar_Bear_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/Ragnarok/Custom_Assets/Dinos/Polar_Bear/Polar_Bear.Polar_Bear'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Spirit Dire Bear

cheat summon Direbear_LL_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/Ragnarok/Custom_Assets/Bosses/LifeLabyrinth/Bear/Direbear_LL_Character_BP.Direbear_LL_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Aberrant Dire Bear

cheat summon Direbear_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Direbear/Direbear_Character_BP_Aberrant.Direbear_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Polar Bear (Escort)

cheat summon Direbear_Character_Polar_Escort_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Escort/Arctic/Direbear_Character_Polar_Escort.Direbear_Character_Polar_Escort'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Polar Bear (Gauntlet)

cheat summon Direbear_Character_Polar_Gauntlet_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Arctic/Direbear_Character_Polar_Gauntlet.Direbear_Character_Polar_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Polar Bear (Retrieve)

cheat summon Direbear_Character_Polar_Retrieve_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Retrieve/Arctic/Direbear_Character_Polar_Retrieve.Direbear_Character_Polar_Retrieve'" 500 0 0 35

Variant R-Dire Bear

cheat summon Direbear_Character_BP_Rockwell_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/BiomeVariants/Direbear_Character_BP_Rockwell.Direbear_Character_BP_Rockwell'" 500 0 0 35

Variant R-Dire Bear (Summoned)

cheat summon Direbear_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/Summoner/SummonedDinos/Direbear_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned.Direbear_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Polar Bear (Hunt2)

cheat summon Direbear_Character_Hunt_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/Hunt/Dinos/Direbear_Character_Hunt.Direbear_Character_Hunt'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Dire Bear (Gauntlet2)

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

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Torpor Immune

No

Taming Method

 Knockout

Preferred Kibble

 Superior Kibble

Preferred Kibble

 Kibble (Carno Egg)

Preferred Food

 Giant Bee Honey

Equipment

 Dire Bear Saddle (Level 45)

Rider Weaponry

Yes

Data

XP for kill

16 XP

Feces Size

 Medium

Drag Weight

295

Radiation Immune

No

Carryable By

•  Fire Wyvern
•  Forest Wyvern
•  Ice Wyvern
•  Lightning Wyvern
•  Poison Wyvern
•  Quetzal
•  Tek Quetzal
•  Tusoteuthis

Immobilized By

•  Chain Bola
•  Large Bear Trap
•  Net Projectile

Can Damage

 Thatch
 Greenhouse
 Wood

Reproduction

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

The Dire Bear is a medium sized, omnivore mammal, known for its ability to efficiently harvest  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.

“

Species

Arctodus dirus

Time

Mid Pleistocene - Early Holocene

Diet

Omnivore

Temperament

Territorial

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

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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: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.

Region 0:
Back and Head

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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 is not used
for this Creature.

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 "unknown" magenta.

Region 0:
Unknown

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Region 1:
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Region 2:
Unknown

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Region 3:
Unknown

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Region 4:
Unknown

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Region 5:
Unknown

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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.

Region 0:
Main

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Accents

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for this Creature.

Region 3:
Accent

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Region 4:
Belly

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Region 5:
Back

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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

•  Hide
•  Pelt
•  Raw Meat

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
		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

Movement [u/s]	Base Speed			Sprinting Speed			Stamina
	Wild	Tamed1	Tamed2	Wild	Tamed1	Tamed2
Walking	190	?	?	961.875	1149.5	2558.787	14
Swimming	360	?	?	?	?	?	?

• 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.

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

Movement [u/s]	Base Speed	Sprinting Speed
	Wild	Wild
Walking	190	961.875
Swimming	360	?

• 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

Bite 5	The Dire Bear bites the target for 50 damage. Can be used every 0.67s by both a rider and the AI.

Claw Strike 5	The Dire Bear uses its claws to attack for 65 damage. This attack cannot be used while moving. This attack collects 15  Giant Bee Honey from wild  Bee Hives. Can be used every 0.67s by both a rider and the AI.

Roar C 5	The Dire Bear roars without any effect.

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					Time
Superior Kibble	3	0	0	0	0:05:38
Giant Bee Honey	3	0	0	0	0:08:27
Raw Mutton	6	0	0	0	0:10:34
Cooked Lamb Chop	11	5	1	1	0:19:21
Raw Prime Meat	7	0	0	0	0:12:20
Cooked Prime Meat	14	33	8	4	0:24:38
Raw Prime Fish Meat	18	0	0	0	0:15:51
Raw Meat	21	98	22	11	0:36:58
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	35	70	16	8	0:31:40
Mejoberry	35	98	22	11	0:36:58
Cooked Meat	42	98	22	11	0:36:58
Berries	52	96	21	11	0:36:37
Raw Fish Meat	52	145	32	16	0:45:47
Cooked Fish Meat	104	145	32	16	0:45:47
KO: × 100; × 41; × 12; × 7; × 5; × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 0.9 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:18:31

Level 30					Time
Superior Kibble	5	0	0	0	0:09:23
Giant Bee Honey	5	0	0	0	0:14:05
Raw Mutton	11	0	0	0	0:19:22
Cooked Lamb Chop	20	35	9	5	0:35:11
Raw Prime Meat	13	0	0	0	0:22:54
Cooked Prime Meat	26	114	27	14	0:45:44
Raw Prime Fish Meat	33	0	0	0	0:29:03
Raw Meat	39	286	66	33	1:08:40
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	65	212	49	25	0:58:47
Mejoberry	65	286	66	33	1:08:40
Cooked Meat	78	286	66	33	1:08:40
Berries	97	283	66	33	1:08:19
Raw Fish Meat	97	411	95	48	1:25:23
Cooked Fish Meat	194	411	95	48	1:25:23
KO: × 274; × 112; × 31; × 18; × 13; × 7
Torpidity-depletion: 1.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:30:32

Level 60					Time
Superior Kibble	8	0	0	0	0:15:01
Giant Bee Honey	8	0	0	0	0:22:32
Raw Mutton	16	0	0	0	0:28:10
Cooked Lamb Chop	29	108	26	13	0:51:00
Raw Prime Meat	20	0	0	0	0:35:13
Cooked Prime Meat	39	262	63	32	1:08:35
Raw Prime Fish Meat	48	31	8	4	0:42:15
Raw Meat	58	555	134	67	1:42:06
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	96	421	102	51	1:26:49
Mejoberry	96	549	132	66	1:41:24
Cooked Meat	115	548	132	66	1:41:14
Berries	144	549	132	66	1:41:24
Raw Fish Meat	144	772	186	93	2:06:45
Cooked Fish Meat	288	772	186	93	2:06:45
KO: × 454; × 186; × 51; × 29; × 21; × 11
Torpidity-depletion: 1.96 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:38:47

Level 90					Time
Superior Kibble	10	0	0	0	0:18:46
Giant Bee Honey	10	0	0	0	0:28:10
Raw Mutton	21	0	0	0	0:36:58
Cooked Lamb Chop	38	215	54	27	1:06:50
Raw Prime Meat	26	10	3	2	0:45:47
Cooked Prime Meat	51	437	109	55	1:29:41
Raw Prime Fish Meat	64	113	28	14	0:56:20
Raw Meat	77	882	219	110	2:15:33
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	128	690	171	86	1:55:46
Mejoberry	128	879	218	109	2:15:12
Cooked Meat	153	874	217	109	2:14:40
Berries	191	872	216	108	2:14:30
Raw Fish Meat	191	1198	297	149	2:48:07
Cooked Fish Meat	382	1198	297	149	2:48:07
KO: × 634; × 259; × 71; × 41; × 29; × 15
Torpidity-depletion: 2.37 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:44:46

Level 120					Time
Superior Kibble	12	0	0	0	0:22:31
Giant Bee Honey	12	0	0	0	0:33:48
Raw Mutton	26	0	0	0	0:45:47
Cooked Lamb Chop	47	348	89	45	1:22:39
Raw Prime Meat	32	72	19	10	0:56:20
Cooked Prime Meat	64	660	168	84	1:52:33
Raw Prime Fish Meat	80	220	56	28	1:10:25
Raw Meat	95	1233	313	157	2:47:14
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	159	987	251	126	2:23:48
Mejoberry	159	1240	315	158	2:47:57
Cooked Meat	190	1233	313	157	2:47:14
Berries	238	1236	314	157	2:47:35
Raw Fish Meat	238	1675	426	213	3:29:29
Cooked Fish Meat	475	1670	424	212	3:29:03
KO: × 814; × 333; × 91; × 52; × 37; × 19
Torpidity-depletion: 2.75 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:49:28

Level 150					Time
Superior Kibble	15	0	0	0	0:28:09
Giant Bee Honey	15	0	0	0	0:42:15
Raw Mutton	31	14	4	2	0:54:35
Cooked Lamb Chop	57	520	135	68	1:40:14
Raw Prime Meat	38	151	39	20	1:06:54
Cooked Prime Meat	76	890	231	116	2:13:39
Raw Prime Fish Meat	95	336	87	44	1:23:37
Raw Meat	114	1633	424	212	3:20:41
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	190	1313	341	171	2:51:50
Mejoberry	190	1633	424	212	3:20:41
Cooked Meat	228	1633	424	212	3:20:41
Berries	285	1633	424	212	3:20:41
Raw Fish Meat	285	2189	568	284	4:10:51
Cooked Fish Meat	569	2184	567	284	4:10:25
KO: × 994; × 406; × 111; × 64; × 45; × 23
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.

•  Berries
•  Cooked Meat
•  Cooked Prime Meat
•  Crops
•  Giant Bee Honey
•  Raw Meat
•  Raw Prime Meat
•  Superior Kibble

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.
• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• Although that the dossier originally said it is primarily found in mountains and tundras, the Dire Bear is so far known to only populates the Redwoods since the Redwoods 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 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 honey at 3x rate without damaging the wild hives. They are also brought into Aberration at the same patch.
  • Oddly enough,  Giant Worker Bee can still harm the survivor even if they are at the bear.
• 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 Bears in 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 bees, nor giving this protection to mounted players.
• Baby Dire Bear reacts 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 the dire polar bear on Valguero that when un-cryoed or pulled out of transfer that it will disappear from the game, making the map less useful for taming the dire polar bear, dispite it being a lot more common on Valguero.
• The Dire Bear is based off of an extinct bear known as the Short-Faced Bear, the variant of the creature known as Spirit Dire Bear has a similar name to a real animal called the Spirit Bear.[1].
• The Polar Bear found in Valguero cannot be transfer to other map, and once it's cryo'd inside of cryopod, it can no longer be summoned.
• 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 also would have 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.

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	Receives a model update, animation update, new fur and some new abilities: The Dire Bear now has  Bee Protection, giving them immunity to  Giant Bee debuffs. When riding a Dire Bear, players will also be immune to these debuffs. Can now harvest  Giant Bee Honey from  Bee Hives without hurting the hive using its secondary attack. Plus, the amount of honey gathered will be 3x the standard amount. Increased swimming  Speed. Aberrant Dire Bear is added to the game.
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.

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  A Dire Polar Bear in Valguero's snow.

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  Wild Bears.

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  Polar Bears.

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  TLC Patch 1 model update.

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  The Dire Polar Bear after TLC Patch 1.