Snow Owl

Creature

Groups

Fantasy Creatures, Birds

Diet

Carnivore

Temperament

Aggressive

Release Versions

285.104
Nov 6, 2018

779.29
Nov 13, 2018

528.23
Nov 13, 2018

608.0
Mar 17, 2023

311.74
Jun 11, 2020

DLCs

Extinction, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Lost Island, Fjordur

Variants

Spawn Command

cheat summon Owl_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/Dinos/Owl/Owl_Character_BP.Owl_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Snow Owl (Gauntlet)

cheat summon Owl_Character_BP_Gauntlet_C
or

cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Arctic/Owl_Character_BP_Gauntlet.Owl_Character_BP_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35

Variant R-Snow Owl

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

Variant R-Snow Owl (Summoned)

cheat summon Owl_Character_BP_Eden_Summoned_C
or

cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/Summoner/SummonedDinos/Owl_Character_BP_Eden_Summoned.Owl_Character_BP_Eden_Summoned'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Snow Owl (Gauntlet2)

cheat summon Owl_Character_BP_STA_C
or

cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Owl_Character_BP_STA.Owl_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

Yes

Torpor Immune

No

Taming Method

Knockout

Preferred Kibble

Superior Kibble

Preferred Food

Raw Mutton

Equipment

Snow Owl Saddle (Level 61)

Unique Skins

Snow Owl Ghost Costume

Rider Weaponry

No

Data

XP for kill

8 XP

Feces

Snow Owl Pellet

Drag Weight

35

Radiation Immune

No

Immobilized By

Can Damage

Thatch

Greenhouse

Wood

Reproduction

Egg

Snow Owl Egg

Incubation Range

12 - 13.5 °C / 54 - 56 °F

Egg Incubator: 13 °C / 55 °F

Incubation Time

2h 56m 27.389s

Baby Time

5h 26m 47.842s

Juvenile Time

21h 47m 11.369s

Adolescent Time

1d 3h 13m 59.211s

Total Maturation Time

2d 6h 27m 58.422s

Breeding Interval

18h - 2d

Habitat

This variant spawns only during an Event

Common Rare
Untameable Cave

The Snow Owl (Sno-Aoul) is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved, being introduced in the Extinction expansion pack. It is a large, carnivorous bird known for its ability to spot creatures and Element veins with its thermal vision as well as its ability to freeze itself and surrounding foes in ice. Additionally, the Snow Owl excretes pellets instead of normal feces, which are far more effective than normal feces as fertilizer.

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

Bubo chinookus

Time

Post-Holocene

Diet

Carnivore

Temperament

Aggressive

Wild

Discovering Bubo chinookus was a pleasant surprise. Owls are remarkable creatures, but they're not the type that could survive an extinction level event on their own. Since it never strays from the patch of frozen tundra we encountered, I believe the Obelisk was the key to its survival.

Clearly a descendant of modern Strigdae, Bubo shares many traits with its smaller ancestors. For example, it excretes waste in the form of pellets, which make excellent fertilizer, and their large wings let them save energy during long, silent flights. They even hunt in the same way: by diving towards the ground to attack their prey with powerful talons.

However, these talons also secrete a chemical with a high freezing point to slow down their prey, and they can even unleash this chemical in a wide cloud, temporarily freezing their foes.

Domesticated

With its swift flying and frigid attacks, Bubo makes an excellent single-rider support mount or scout. The latter is helped by its tremendous vision, which it can share with its rider via its antenna. Not only does this make enemies easier to see, but Bubo can also spot Element veins with ease, even when they're underground.

„

~ Helena

Behavior

The majestic and giant Snow Owl flies around the Snow Dome, occasionally landing to kill an animal or rest. It's an aggressive creature towards nearly everything in sight, and can easily spot any animal in hiding due to its heat vision. Perfectly accustomed to its habitat, it is for sure one of the most powerful predators in the Snow Dome aside from the massive Dire Wolf packs roaming the snowy forests. R-Snow Owls can be found in the Eden zone on Genesis: Part 2.

Appearance

The Snow Owl is a massive owl that prefers to live in very chilly regions. It looks and handles similarly to an Argentavis, though it usually has whiter colors for camouflage, has a thicker body, and a larger tail. Its face is wrapped tightly by tendrils of corrupted element, and its eyes look almost robotic in nature. Its wings are incredibly long, and the ends are usually tipped with a darker color than the body, typically being gray or black, with the legs and head usually matching that color. Crowning the top of its head are four large antennae that give it heat vision capabilities, which through these antennae it can share with its rider.

R-Snow Owls usually come in darker colors and hunt high in the mountains north and south of the Eden zone. These owls have a different pattern, with a smoother texture. They also have a darker blue bio luminescence on their face and feet.

Color Scheme and Regions

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

Region 0:
Body Main

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Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 2:
Wing Highlights

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for this Creature.

Region 4:
Body Lower

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Region 5:
Body Highlights

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

Region 0:
Main

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Accents

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Region 2:
Stripes

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Accent

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Region 4:
Belly

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Region 5:
Back

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Variants

Snow Owl Ghost

Snow Owl Ghost is a phantom creature that appear during Fear Evolved events. When you kill it you obtain the Snow Owl Ghost Costume to give your own tamed Snow Owl the look of a ghost.

R-Snow Owl

R-Snow Owl is a tameable R variant found in Genesis: Part 2's Garden. 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
Attribute	Base Value	Wild	Tamed	Additive	Multiplicative
Health	325	+65	+5.4%	0.07
Stamina	350	+35	+10%
Oxygen	150	+15	+10%
Food	2000	+200	+10%
Weight	375	+7.5	+4%
Melee Damage	25	+1.25	+1.7%	7%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+0%
Torpidity	600	+36	N/A	0.5

Movement [u/s]	Base Speed			Sprinting Speed			Stamina
Movement [u/s]	Wild	Tamed¹	Tamed²	Wild	Tamed¹	Tamed²	Stamina
Walking	260	?	?	N/A	N/A	N/A	4
Swimming	300	?	?	?	?	?	?
Flying	600	?	?	1680	1680	1680	0.325

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]

Snow Owl

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.

Abilities

Active

Melee 5	The Snow Owl hits the target with its beak or claws for 25 damage. Can be used every 1.08s by both a rider and the AI.

Ice Crash Hold 5 + 200/s per creature	In mid-air, the Snow Owl performs Encapsulate and crashes to ground. Encapsulation costs 150 × Stamina per target.

Encapsulate Hold 5 + 200/s	The Snow Owl covers nearby creatures (including enemies) in ice within 8 meters, granting the Encapsulated buff, for as long as the keybind is held and Stamina is available. Encapsulated keeps the creatures frozen, pauses Food consumption, and restores 65 × Health every second. Incoming damage is reduced by 87.5%. Creatures cannot be frozen for more than 120 seconds. The effects are not affected by any stat. Higher Stamina results in longer possible uptime. Not affected: Magmasaur

Predator Vision `C` ???	The Snow Owl reveals nearby thermal sources to the player's eyes.

Fly `Space`	The Snow Owls starts flying. To land press the same button near the ground.

Passive

Pellet Production

The Snow Owl produces Snow Owl Pellet instead of defecate as the rest of the creatures.

Glide

If the Snow Owl flies downwards, it will start to glide and gain acceleration, this acceleration keeps for some seconds after the Snow Owl changes its fly direction.

Combat

General

They have very high speeds and utilize a dive bomb attack similar to the Griffin. It can also curl up and freeze itself in place, during which time it will heal itself and others around it. However it will not use any special abilities in the wild.

Strategy

A Crossbow or Rifle can be used to kill the snow owl without taking much damage. The owl will attack anything near it relentlessly until it dies, so melee weapons and mounts can also be used.

It should be noted that the Snow Owl takes reduced damage from headshots, so aim for the body.

Weaponry

Use a ranged weapon - a Crossbow, rifle, or compound bow will work perfectly here.

Dangers

Snow Owls are very fast and commonly come in a group of 2 or 3. They take less damage from headshots with ranged weapons as well. If fighting a player with a Snow Owl, they can dive, freeze and heal all at once. Snow Owls have a higher base damage than a Argentavis, and they are also faster. They also are commonly killed by managarmrs and dire wolves, and R-owls tend to wander into larger enemies.

Weakness

It has wide turning radius, much like Griffin, so circling around it can kill or knock it out easier.

Taming

Taming Food

Level 1					Time
Superior Kibble	2	0	0	0	0:01:12
Raw Mutton	4	0	0	0	0:02:14
Raw Prime Meat	4	0	0	0	0:02:14
Cooked Lamb Chop	6	0	0	0	0:03:20
Cooked Prime Meat	8	0	0	0	0:04:27
Raw Prime Fish Meat	10	0	0	0	0:02:47
Raw Meat	12	0	0	0	0:06:40
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	19	0	0	0	0:05:26
Cooked Meat	23	0	0	0	0:06:24
Raw Fish Meat	29	0	0	0	0:08:04
Cooked Fish Meat	57	0	0	0	0:07:55
KO: × 60; × 25; × 7; × 4; × 3; × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:33:20

Level 30					Time
Superior Kibble	3	0	0	0	0:01:47
Raw Mutton	6	0	0	0	0:03:20
Raw Prime Meat	8	0	0	0	0:04:27
Cooked Lamb Chop	11	0	0	0	0:06:07
Cooked Prime Meat	15	0	0	0	0:08:20
Raw Prime Fish Meat	18	0	0	0	0:05:00
Raw Meat	22	0	0	0	0:12:14
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	36	0	0	0	0:10:17
Cooked Meat	43	0	0	0	0:11:57
Raw Fish Meat	54	0	0	0	0:15:00
Cooked Fish Meat	108	0	0	0	0:15:00
KO: × 165; × 68; × 19; × 11; × 8; × 4
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:54:58

Level 60					Time
Superior Kibble	4	0	0	0	0:02:23
Raw Mutton	9	0	0	0	0:05:00
Raw Prime Meat	11	0	0	0	0:06:07
Cooked Lamb Chop	16	0	0	0	0:08:53
Cooked Prime Meat	22	0	0	0	0:12:13
Raw Prime Fish Meat	27	0	0	0	0:07:30
Raw Meat	32	0	0	0	0:17:47
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	54	0	0	0	0:15:25
Cooked Meat	64	0	0	0	0:17:47
Raw Fish Meat	80	0	0	0	0:22:14
Cooked Fish Meat	160	0	0	0	0:22:14
KO: × 273; × 112; × 31; × 18; × 13; × 7
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:09:49

Level 90					Time
Superior Kibble	6	0	0	0	0:03:34
Raw Mutton	12	0	0	0	0:06:40
Raw Prime Meat	15	0	0	0	0:08:20
Cooked Lamb Chop	21	0	0	0	0:11:40
Cooked Prime Meat	29	0	0	0	0:16:06
Raw Prime Fish Meat	36	0	0	0	0:10:00
Raw Meat	43	0	0	0	0:23:54
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	71	0	0	0	0:20:16
Cooked Meat	85	0	0	0	0:23:37
Raw Fish Meat	107	0	0	0	0:29:44
Cooked Fish Meat	213	0	0	0	0:29:35
KO: × 381; × 156; × 43; × 25; × 18; × 9
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:20:35

Level 120					Time
Superior Kibble	7	0	0	0	0:04:09
Raw Mutton	15	0	0	0	0:08:20
Raw Prime Meat	18	0	0	0	0:10:00
Cooked Lamb Chop	27	0	0	0	0:15:00
Cooked Prime Meat	36	0	0	0	0:19:59
Raw Prime Fish Meat	45	0	0	0	0:12:30
Raw Meat	53	0	0	0	0:29:27
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	89	0	0	0	0:25:25
Cooked Meat	106	0	0	0	0:29:27
Raw Fish Meat	133	0	0	0	0:36:57
Cooked Fish Meat	265	0	0	0	0:36:49
KO: × 489; × 200; × 55; × 32; × 23; × 12
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:29:03

Level 150					Time
Superior Kibble	8	0	0	0	0:04:45
Raw Mutton	17	0	0	0	0:09:27
Raw Prime Meat	22	0	0	0	0:12:14
Cooked Lamb Chop	32	0	0	0	0:17:46
Cooked Prime Meat	43	0	0	0	0:23:52
Raw Prime Fish Meat	53	0	0	0	0:14:44
Raw Meat	64	0	0	0	0:35:34
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	106	0	0	0	0:30:16
Cooked Meat	127	0	0	0	0:35:17
Raw Fish Meat	159	0	0	0	0:44:10
Cooked Fish Meat	318	0	0	0	0:44:10
KO: × 597; × 244; × 67; × 38; × 27; × 14
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:36:01

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

KO Strategy

The Snow Owl can be knocked out through the standard Knockout method using Tranq Arrows. However, the Snow Owl may die if arrows are used as the owl has fairly low base health, especially if it has been in a fight. Using a Longneck Rifle with Tranq Darts is advised.

Similar to Argentavis, you can trap it in a taming pen to prevent it from flying away.

The Snow Owl can be fairly hard to tranq (taking 27 tranq darts for a 150), but once unconscious you probably won't need any narcotics. If you don't have enough resources for a trap, you could kite it with a creature such as a Managarmr, or with an Argentavis to carry another player which can shoot the Snow Owl with tranqs.

The Net Projectile can also be used to immobilize the owl for a full minute, which should be long enough to fully tranq it if you have a decent quality crossbow or longneck rifle.

Utility

Roles

Transport: Much like other flyers, this creature is excellent for getting around the map, due to the Snow Owl's fairly high speed and decent stamina. The speed is enhanced, as it can glide much like a Griffin. Also, imprinted Snow Owls have increased movement speed which gives them an even better edge over their flying competitors. If you are used to the flying mechanics of a Griffin you will be right at home with the Snow Owl. It is even more useful in dangerous areas such as Sulfur Fields or Ragnarok's Murdersnow, due to the ability to heal the rider while frozen, making the hypo/hyperthermia less of a problem. (Level Weight and Stamina)
Carrier: While not as capable of carrying items as the Argentavis or Quetzal, the Snow Owl can carry more than a Pteranodon, and is faster than an Argentavis and even a Pteranodon while gliding, Additionally it's speed can be increased from Imprinting. Its enhanced stamina allows it to travel long distances. (Level Stamina and Weight. Health is optional depending on PvP circumstances.)
Battle Mount: The Snow Owl has similar combat abilities to the Argentavis, able to be used both as a damage dealer and a Hit and Run while gliding. If the Snow Owl is injured, it can fly away to heal by freezing itself. (Level Health, Damage, and Stamina.)
Scout: The Snow Owl has the ability to sense any target with its infrared vision, using default button C (Predator Sense). This is useful for PvP if you're chasing enemy survivors through thick foliage and need to retain vision, Additionally while gliding the Snow Owl makes absolutely no noise.
Dive-bomber: Like the Griffin, the Snow Owl can dive straight down and swipe targets. Unlike the Griffin though, when diving straight to the ground, all enemies around the point of impact will not be killed, yet slowed for 5 seconds, and giving them damage resistance. The Snow Owl dives completely silently.
Support: Using Alt Fire (Default Rmb) the Snow Owl is capable of freezing nearby creatures by holding Alt Fire. This process also heals nearby creatures, which means enemies as well. This lasts 3 seconds after the owl thaws out. When used in mid-air, the Snow Owl will perform an Ice Crash, dropping like a rock and freezing any creature where the owl lands for ~5 seconds. This will consume stamina per creature frozen, potentially exhausting your Snow Owl. Be mindful of when you use this ability. This ability can be paired with tames to deal damage while not taking any.
Tame support: The Snow Owl can be a tamer's best friend since it has so many qualities to help with taming. First off, it is the only creature that can heal wild creatures. This is very useful for taming high torpor/low health tames (Gallimimus, Dire Bear) since you can tranquilize them and heal them up if they look like they're about to die, then proceed to knock them out. Secondly, their ice crash ability (freezing in the air) can be useful to even knock Quetzals out of the sky if you land on their backs. This can allow you to conventionally trap it after it hits the ground. (Do note that you have to initiate flight after hitting the back of the Quetzal or you will take heavy fall damage, potentially killing your Snow Owl in one fall if you're not careful.) They can also freeze Gasbags and deflate them, allowing for more damage to be dealt in knocking them out. Lastly, by holding down the ability to freeze you can lock a creature in place to be trapped. You can still place structures while riding on the back of a frozen Snow Owl, allowing you to trap creatures while they're frozen.
- As for Healing It is the only one that can heal wild herbivores or Passive Carnivores like Kairuku, by feeding a Carnivore a corpse it can be healed much quicker compared to using a Snow Owl.
Healer: The Snow Owl can freeze itself and other Creatures to regenerate health and get a heavy damage resistance (88%), however they cannot do anything while frozen. This costs about 250 stamina per second and heals units for about 40 health per second and can not be improved. This is better for healing smaller creatures.
- Some damage types completely ignore the Snow Owl's damage reduction, including the lightning wyvern's breath - do not attempt to freeze and heal while looking for wyvern eggs, you will get melted.
Fertilizer: The Snow Owl spews out ('defecates') Snow Owl Pellet which provide 50,000 units of Nitrogen, slightly lower than Fertilizer.
Loot Producer: The Snow Owl Pellets are also used as food for the Gacha to obtain valuable loot from Gacha Crystal
Travel: The Snow owl is similar to the Argentavis in terms of speed, but its dive ability gives it an edge over the Argentavis. In addition to this, it is the only flyer who gains speed if imprinted, which gives it an edge over its flying competitors. With great speed and exceptional stamina, it makes for a great traveling companion.
Base Infirmary: While not as effective as a Daeodon, the Snow Owl's healing ability is much cheaper to maintain, as the Daeodon eats food by the troughful when healing. This allows the Snow Owl to function as an early alternative to the Daeodon, healing damaged creatures in the safety of your own base. Make sure you spam the 'Defecate' button while the Snow Owl's Stamina is regenerating, and you can quickly generate many Snow Owl Pellets for use in farming or for Gachas. (Level Health to increase the speed of the healing effect, and Stamina to increase the duration of each heal.)

Collectibles

Resource	Efficiency
Raw Meat	?

Video

Notes/Trivia

For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Snow Owl, see the relevant Wikipedia article.

Its scientific name, Bubo chinookus, possibly means "Owl with the Föhn wind" in Latin. The Chinook winds are föhn winds (a type of dry, warm wind that occurs in the downwind side of a mountain range) in the interior West of North America.
Wild Snow Owls can't harm wild herbivores, but will still proceed to attack them relentlessly. This is a trait shared by the Griffin and Megalania which some of its abilities is shared from.
Bolas could be used at the release of Extinction, but this was unintended and fixed in v286.103.
There is a bug when freezing a player immobilized by a Bola: when unfrozen they can move while the Bola effect is still present on them.
Prior to v287.100, attacking corpses caused it to receive Rapid Regeneration much like Argentavis.
When performing the glide mechanic, if the Snow Owl lifts up right before it's supposed to hit the floor, the Snow Owl will land but still walk at the speed it was flying. If the Snow Owl takes off while walking, its speed will double. This can be used over and over, causing the Snow Owl to be the best flyer to traverse the map and escape threats, and is a trait shared with Griffin.
By doing the freeze ability whilst on the ground is a viable method for producing Snow Owl Pellets. Be mindful of its Food however, as constant consumption of Stamina will cause the food to drop.
The icon that appears for Feces when it defecates is colored pink, similar to how Gasoline (Gas-Crafted) is colored pink in a Chemistry Bench.
You can use the Snow Owl's healing ability to keep baby Dinos alive if you run out of food. Healing the baby above the maximum hp it can have at its current maturation percentage is pointless, as the hp will go back down to the maximum it can be.
The Snow Owl gives 88% Damage Reduction to a Frozen Ally (Rounded) (Tested without Saddles or outside Damage Reduction sources)
The Snow Owl is somewhat similar in basic appearance to the modern Snowy Owl. This may suggest that the Snow Owl is a direct descendant of the Snowy Owl.
- However, considering that most, if not all of the other Extinction creatures have no obvious ancestors existing in the world today, in addition to the fact that multiple Explorer Notes mention the ARKs and Proto-ARKs directly generating their inhabitants, this may be just a coincidence.
- With Genesis: Part 1 mentioning how inhabitants inside and outside the Proto-ARKs were mixing with each other, it is uncertain what species of avian birds and owls hybridized with the original snow owl to make the Snow Owl of Extinction.

Changelog

Patch	ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
285.104 Extinction Expansion Release	Snow Owl is added to the game
286.103	Fixed a bug that caused players to go into a weird state after being affected by Encapsulate Encapsulate healing amount is now based on the Snow Owl's base Health instead of the healed creature's base health Decreased the frequency of pooping to lower the number of Snow Owl Pellets dropped Adjusted the Food value of Snow Owl Pellets
287.100	Disabled freezing players with Encapsulation in PVE. The healing part of the buff will still be present against players If an enemy player runs a certain distance from where they got Encapsulated, the buff will deactivate Fixed being able to attack when Encapsulated No longer receives the Rapid Regeneration buff when consuming corpses Reduced the time an enemy can be frozen from Encapsulation
287.110	The Snow Owl now has an easier time at actually hitting targets with melee attacks
288.113	Slowed down the Food consumption rate of baby Snow Owls Improved flyer following when in water Added Whistle Flyer Land command
298.41	Encapsulate no longer dismounts riders Players and creatures now gain a 10 second immunity to being frozen after being froze by Encapsulate Snow Owl Encapsulate attack charge time increased from 1.3 seconds to 2.6 seconds, doubling the wind up time
304.44	Fixed an exploit with the Snow Owl that allowed infinite freezing with Encapsulate against enemies Fixed a bug that caused the Snow Owl's heat vision to drop the FPS of other clients when nearby bases and large amounts of creatures
309.53	Players now recover 50% faster from being frozen by Encapsulate Removed the ability of Encapsulate to heal enemy players and enemy tamed creatures. Wild creatures can still be healed Time it takes for the Snow Owl to do a ground-pound dive reduced to 2.5 seconds
312.65	Flying creatures will now prioritize picking up friendly creatures rather than dismounting friendly riders Mounting a flyer will no longer instantly cause it to take off
329.5 Genesis: Part 2 Expansion Release	R-Snow Owl is added to Genesis: Part 2
332.11	Fixed a case where wild Snow Owls wouldn't be able to attack

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Torn dossier of the Snow Owl.
The Snow Owl as seen in a teaser image for Extinction.
The Snow Owl as seen in the launch trailer for Extinction.

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