Traits

The Traits are a new mechanic that came out along with Aberration on ARK: Survival Ascended.

General

Traits are additional passives that affect on certain ways the creatures that posses them. Every time a creature appears or hatches from a WILD fertilized egg it will have a random trait and level of this one. This information can be known by looking at the creatures with the Gene Scanner and holding H key, this menu will bring more information about the traits that the creature has.

Usage

Traits can be extracted from tamed creatures by hitting them with the Gene Scanner, then the traits can be stored on a Gene Storage or on the same Gene Scanner that was used for the extraction, but it can only store up to 10 at the same time.

If the creature is an adult, it will be unable to receive any traits, including ones extracted from that creature. However, any creature that has not reached full maturity is able to freely transfer traits. Each creature can have up to 5 traits at the same time.

Traits

Here is a list of all the available traits:

Trait	Effect	Maximum Stackable¹	Level Bonus²
Aggresive	Whenever this Creature deals damage to a non-allied target, it gains a 2.5% Movement Speed buff for 5 seconds, refreshing on subsequent hits.	2	1.25%
Angry	Deal an additional +1.25% outgoing-damage as Health reaches 50-25%.	2	0.625%
Athletic	Gain 0.05 health-regen and 0.0005 stamina-regen for each point in Oxygen.	3	0.025 Health, 0.00025 Stamina.
Bearing	Reduces weight by 15% on certain items inside its inventory, those items depends on the variant of this trait: Carcass: Chitin, Hide, Keratin, Organic Polymer, Pelt and Wool. Cave: Red Gem, Green Gem, Blue Gem, Congealed Gas Ball and Element Ore. Desert: Silk, Raw Salt, Sand, Cactus Sap and Sulfur. Exotic: Angler Gel, Black Pearls, Element, Leech Blood, Oil and Silica Pearls. Meat: Raw Meat, Raw Fish Meat, Raw Mutton, Raw Prime Meat and Raw Prime Fish Meat. Mineral: Flint, Stone, Crystal, Obsidian and Metal. Plant: Thatch, Wood, Fiber, Berries, Crops and Seeds.	3	7.5%
Carefree	Gains 7.5% Movement Speed that is lost for 20 seconds after dealing/receiving damage or gaining a rider.	1
Cold	Creature and its rider gain 40 Hyperthermic Insulation. Reduces incoming damage from HEAT attacks (fire-breath type stuff) by 5%.	3	20 Hyperthermic Insulation, 2.5% damage resistance.
Cowardly	Whenever this Creature receives damage from a non-allied target, it gains a 2.5% Movement Speed buff for 5 seconds, refreshing on subsequent hits.	3	1.25%
Distracting	Non-allied targets that take damage from this Creature's melee attacks deal 5% less damage to all other targets for 20 seconds.	1
Diurnal	Reduces Stamina consumption during day time by 2.5%.	3	1.25%
Excitable	Hitting an enemy with this Creature's basic melee attack reduces the cooldown of its other abilities by 0.25 seconds.	1
Fast Learner	Increased XP by 15%. This trait can be replaced on adult creatures.	3	7.5%
Fatty	Gain 0.1 Armor for each point in Food.	3	0.05
Frenetic	Torpor regen increased by 7.5%.	3	3.75%
Giant Slayer	This Creature deals additional damage to larger targets, but less damage to smaller targets. Outgoing damage against Creatures with Drag Weight +500 is increased by 2.5%. Outgoing damage against Creatures with Drag Weight -200 is decreased by 7.5%.	2	1.25% Damage increase, 3.75% Damage decrease.
Heavy Hitting	Melee Damage increased by 2.5%, but attack speed reduced by 5%.	3	1.25% Damage increase, 2.5% Attack Speed.
Robust	Increases the chances of its offspring to inherit a specific stat by 1.5%. The stats can be Health, Stamina, Oxygen, Food, Weight or Melee Damage.	3	0.75%
Frail	Reduces the chances of its offspring to inherit a specific stat by 1.5%. The stats can be Health, Stamina, Oxygen, Food, Weight or Melee Damage.	3	0.75%
Mutable [Positive]	Increases the chances of its offspring to mutate on a specific stat by 1%. The stats can be Health, Stamina, Oxygen, Food, Weight or Melee Damage.	3	0.5%
Mutable [Negative]	Decreases the chances of its offspring to mutate on a specific stat by 5%. The stats can be Health, Stamina, Oxygen, Food, Weight or Melee Damage.	3	2.5%
King Slaying	Increase damage done to Alphas and Bosses by 5%, but reduce damage to everything else by 10%.	3	2.5% Damage increase.
Nocturnal	Reduces Stamina consumption during night time by 2.5%.	3	1.25%
Numb	Damage taken by this Creature is reduced by 25%, but it gains a DoT that deals that 25% over the next 5 seconds. This DoT cannot be reduced by any means.	1
Protective	Reduce rider damage taken by 15%. Persists for 10 seconds after dismounting.	2	7.5%
Quick Hitting	Attack speed increased by 2.5%, but Melee Damage reduced by 5%.	3	1.25% Attack speed, 2.5% Damage increase.
Slow Metabolism	Reduce Food consumption by 5%. This includes Food consumed to power abilities.	3	2.5%
Sprinter	Stamina-drain from sprinting is decreased by 4%.	3	2%
Aquatic	Swimming speed increased by 7.5%. Oxygen drain while submerged reduced by 12.5%. Stamina-drain from swim-sprinting reduced by 4%.	3	3.75% Swim speed, 6.25% Oxygen drain reduction, 2% Stamina drain reduction.
Thick Skin	This Creature gains incoming-damage reduction as Health falls. Damage taken is reduced by 12.5% as health reaches 50-25%.	3	6.25%
Vampiric	Gains 5% of damage dealt as Health, determined by size (smaller Creatures get more).	1	2.5%
Warm	Creature and its rider gain 40 Hypothermic Insulation. Reduces incoming damage from COLD attacks (ice-breath type stuff) by 5%.	3	20 Hyporthermic Insulation, 2.5% damage resistance.