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Disambig.png See also:  Chalicotherium

This article is about Megatherium, not to be confused with  Megalania,  Megalosaurus,  Megaloceros,  Megalodon, or  Meganeura

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Spawn Command
cheat summon Megatherium_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Megatherium/Megatherium_Character_BP.Megatherium_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35

Variant Megatherium (Gauntlet)

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

Variant R-Megatherium

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

Variant R-Megatherium (Summoned)

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

Variant Megatherium (Gauntlet2)

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

Variant VR Megatherium (Mashup)

cheat summon Megatherium_Character_BP_ExpG_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Mashup/ExperimentG/DinosAndStructures/Megatherium_Character_BP_ExpG.Megatherium_Character_BP_ExpG'" 500 0 0 35

Variant R-Megatherium (Mashup)

cheat summon Megatherium_Character_BP_ExpG_Pod_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Mashup/ExperimentG/DinosAndStructures/Megatherium_Character_BP_ExpG_Pod.Megatherium_Character_BP_ExpG_Pod'" 500 0 0 35
Taming Method
Preferred Kibble
Preferred Food
Equipment
 Megatherium Saddle (Level 52)
Gestation Time
7h 56m 11.428s
Baby Time
9h 15m 33.331s
Juvenile Time
1d 13h 2m 13.325s
Adolescent Time
1d 22h 17m 46.656s
Total Maturation Time
3d 20h 35m 33.313s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d
Habitat
The Island Topographic Map.jpg
Spawning Megatherium The Island.svg
The Center Topographic Map.jpg
Spawning Megatherium The Center.svg
Scorched Earth Topographic Map.jpg
Spawning Megatherium Scorched Earth.svg
Ragnarok Ocean Topographic Map.jpg
Spawning Megatherium Ragnarok.svg
Extinction Topographic Map.jpg
Spawning Megatherium Extinction.svg
Valguero Topographic Map.jpg
Spawning Megatherium Valguero.svg
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Spawning Megatherium Genesis Part 1.svg
Crystal Isles Topographic Map.jpg
Spawning Megatherium Crystal Isles.svg
Genesis Part 2 Map.jpg
Spawning Megatherium Genesis Part 2.svg
Lost Island map.jpg
Spawning Megatherium Lost Island.svg
Fjordur Map.jpg
Spawning Megatherium Fjordur Midgard.svg
Fjordur Jotunheim Topographic Map.jpg
Spawning Megatherium Fjordur Jotunheim.svg
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Spawning R-Megatherium Genesis Part 2.svg
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Common        Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Megatherium (meg-ah-theer-ee-um), or Giant Sloth, is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.

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.

NoteHelena.png
Species

Megatherium formipavor

Time

Late Pliocene - Early Holocene

Diet

Omnivore (primarily Herbivore)

Temperament

Passive, but aggressive to insects

Wild

Megatherium formipavor is one of the larger mammals on the Island. This is most shocking because it is essentially a giant sloth...if you crossbred it with an elephant and a bear! Because of its size and girth, the Megatherium is uncommonly resistant to being knocked unconscious. Despite primarily being an herbivore, a typical Megatherium is very intent on consuming the Island's many insects. It is particularly adept at removing their insides without damaging much of the shell, maximizing extraction of chitin. The otherwise slow and peaceful Megatherium becomes faster and aggressive in the presence of these creatures.

Domesticated

Megatherium is an incredibly useful creature to tame, so long as you don't intend to fight other tribes. It's enormity, high resistance to torpor, and voracious attitude toward insects (and arachnids) makes it ideal for farming large quantities of chitin from the bugs of the Island, or simply defending against them.

Behavior

Megatherium is a slow, gentle creature that will not attack a player unprovoked. However their temperament changes to apex aggression when they are around invertebrates. They will receive an attack boost upon encountering any insect and will attack any tame, human, or wild herbivore for a few minutes. Wild Megatheriums are capable of dealing and taking damage from herbivores and medium sized carnivores, but go ignored by all of them including apex predators unless attacked first.

Appearance

Among the largest mammals yet found on the island, the Megatherium is a slow-moving and formidable omnivore, roughly similar to a bear in appearance, but with a small head and heavy limbs that betray its sloth ancestry. While normally content to browse from tall trees or dig for roots and tubers, giant sloths are avid insectivores and will prey upon the island's giant arthropods when they can, cracking open exoskeletons with their hooked claws and extracting the meat with a long, muscular tongue. Smaller insects like the Titanomyrma are eaten whole.

Color Scheme and Regions

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

Megatherium PaintRegion0.png
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This section displays the Megatherium's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Megatherium. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Megatherium 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 Megatherium's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Megatherium's "main" magenta.

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Variants

R-Megatherium

 R-Megatherium is a tameable R variant of Megatherium found in certain biomes of Genesis: Part 2. It is identical to the normal specie except for its colorful robe. Like X variant, it has 5% ×  Melee Damage increase at the exchange of 3% ×  Health reduction. On official servers its level cap is 500.

VR Megatherium

 VR Megatherium is the VR variant of Megatherium found during some Missions in Genesis: Part 2. It is identical to the normal specie except for its digitized robe. It is not tameable.

Drops

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
 Health 740 +148 +5.4% 0.07
 Stamina 400 +40 +10%
 Oxygen 270 +27 +10%
 Food 3000 +300 +10%
 Weight 725 +14.5 +4.5%
 Melee Damage 32 +1.6 +1.7% 7% 17.6%
 Movement Speed 100% N/A +1%
 Torpidity 1000 +60 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s]
Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 320 ? ? 1280 960 960 14
Swimming 300 ? ? ? ? ? ?
  • 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]

Megatherium

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
LeftRTR2ZR
  • The Megatherium bites or hit with its claws the target for 32 damage.
  • Can be used every 0.67s by both a rider and the AI.

Slam
RightLTL2ZL
  • The Megatherium slams the target for 49 damage.
  • This attacks cannot be used when it is moving.
  • Can be used every 0.67s by both a rider and the AI.

Passive

Insect Killer

The Megatherium does 50% extra damage to insects and when it kills one it will have the  Insect Killer buff for 120 seconds, that increases its  Melee Damage by 250% and its damage resistance by 75%, those increases stacks with the extra damage to insects, dealing an insect a total damage of 375% after the Megatherium gets the buff.

Sit

The Megatherium has a Sit option on the radial menu where the Megatherium sits 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%.

Taming

For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.

KO Strategy

Build a small pen with stone pillars and metal fence foundations or a stone taming pen to safely knock it out, be careful of fighting Megatheriums near cliffs as they can knock you off the edge.

Taming Food

Megatherium.png Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble.png Superior Kibble 4 0 0 0 0:07:31
Raw Mutton.png Raw Mutton 7 0 0 0 0:12:20
Giant Bee Honey.png Giant Bee Honey 5 0 0 0 0:14:05
Cooked Lamb Chop.png Cooked Lamb Chop 13 24 5 3 0:22:52
Raw Prime Meat.png Raw Prime Meat 9 0 0 0 0:15:51
Cooked Prime Meat.png Cooked Prime Meat 18 70 16 8 0:31:40
Raw Prime Fish Meat.png Raw Prime Fish Meat 22 5 1 1 0:19:22
Raw Meat.png Raw Meat 26 145 32 16 0:45:47
Cooked Prime Fish Meat.png Cooked Prime Fish Meat 43 108 24 12 0:38:54
Mejoberry.png Mejoberry 43 143 31 16 0:45:25
Cooked Meat.png Cooked Meat 52 145 32 16 0:45:47
Berries.png Berries 65 145 32 16 0:45:47
Raw Fish Meat.png Raw Fish Meat 65 205 45 23 0:57:13
Cooked Fish Meat.png Cooked Fish Meat 129 203 44 22 0:56:47
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 100; Slingshot Hits × 41; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 12; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 7; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 0.9 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:18:31
Megatherium.png Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble.png Superior Kibble 6 0 0 0 0:11:16
Raw Mutton.png Raw Mutton 12 0 0 0 0:21:08
Giant Bee Honey.png Giant Bee Honey 8 0 0 0 0:22:32
Cooked Lamb Chop.png Cooked Lamb Chop 22 62 15 8 0:38:42
Raw Prime Meat.png Raw Prime Meat 15 0 0 0 0:26:25
Cooked Prime Meat.png Cooked Prime Meat 30 167 39 20 0:52:46
Raw Prime Fish Meat.png Raw Prime Fish Meat 38 22 6 3 0:33:27
Raw Meat.png Raw Meat 45 365 85 43 1:19:13
Cooked Prime Fish Meat.png Cooked Prime Fish Meat 75 280 65 33 1:07:50
Mejoberry.png Mejoberry 75 365 85 43 1:19:13
Cooked Meat.png Cooked Meat 89 358 83 42 1:18:21
Berries.png Berries 112 362 84 42 1:18:52
Raw Fish Meat.png Raw Fish Meat 112 510 118 59 1:38:35
Cooked Fish Meat.png Cooked Fish Meat 223 507 117 59 1:38:09
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 274; Slingshot Hits × 112; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 31; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 18; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 13; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 7
Torpidity-depletion: 1.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:30:32
Megatherium.png Level 60 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble.png Superior Kibble 8 0 0 0 0:15:01
Raw Mutton.png Raw Mutton 18 0 0 0 0:31:42
Giant Bee Honey.png Giant Bee Honey 11 0 0 0 0:30:59
Cooked Lamb Chop.png Cooked Lamb Chop 32 154 37 19 0:56:17
Raw Prime Meat.png Raw Prime Meat 22 0 0 0 0:38:44
Cooked Prime Meat.png Cooked Prime Meat 43 323 78 39 1:15:37
Raw Prime Fish Meat.png Raw Prime Fish Meat 54 77 19 10 0:47:32
Raw Meat.png Raw Meat 64 648 156 78 1:52:40
Cooked Prime Fish Meat.png Cooked Prime Fish Meat 107 509 123 62 1:36:46
Mejoberry.png Mejoberry 107 651 157 79 1:53:01
Cooked Meat.png Cooked Meat 128 648 156 78 1:52:40
Berries.png Berries 160 648 156 78 1:52:40
Raw Fish Meat.png Raw Fish Meat 160 895 215 108 2:20:50
Cooked Fish Meat.png Cooked Fish Meat 320 895 215 108 2:20:50
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 454; Slingshot Hits × 186; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 51; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 29; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 21; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 11
Torpidity-depletion: 1.96 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:38:47
Megatherium.png Level 90 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble.png Superior Kibble 11 0 0 0 0:20:39
Raw Mutton.png Raw Mutton 23 0 0 0 0:40:30
Giant Bee Honey.png Giant Bee Honey 14 0 0 0 0:39:26
Cooked Lamb Chop.png Cooked Lamb Chop 42 283 70 35 1:13:52
Raw Prime Meat.png Raw Prime Meat 28 44 11 6 0:49:18
Cooked Prime Meat.png Cooked Prime Meat 56 522 130 65 1:38:29
Raw Prime Fish Meat.png Raw Prime Fish Meat 70 164 41 21 1:01:37
Raw Meat.png Raw Meat 84 1002 248 124 2:27:52
Cooked Prime Fish Meat.png Cooked Prime Fish Meat 140 795 197 99 2:06:37
Mejoberry.png Mejoberry 140 1002 248 124 2:27:52
Cooked Meat.png Cooked Meat 167 993 246 123 2:27:00
Berries.png Berries 209 995 247 124 2:27:10
Raw Fish Meat.png Raw Fish Meat 209 1352 335 168 3:03:58
Cooked Fish Meat.png Cooked Fish Meat 418 1352 335 168 3:03:58
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 634; Slingshot Hits × 259; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 71; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 41; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 29; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 15
Torpidity-depletion: 2.37 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:44:46
Megatherium.png Level 120 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble.png Superior Kibble 13 0 0 0 0:24:24
Raw Mutton.png Raw Mutton 28 0 0 0 0:49:18
Giant Bee Honey.png Giant Bee Honey 18 13 4 2 0:50:42
Cooked Lamb Chop.png Cooked Lamb Chop 51 421 107 54 1:29:41
Raw Prime Meat.png Raw Prime Meat 35 128 33 17 1:01:37
Cooked Prime Meat.png Cooked Prime Meat 69 752 191 96 2:01:20
Raw Prime Fish Meat.png Raw Prime Fish Meat 86 275 70 35 1:15:42
Raw Meat.png Raw Meat 103 1380 351 176 3:01:19
Cooked Prime Fish Meat.png Cooked Prime Fish Meat 172 1110 282 141 2:35:33
Mejoberry.png Mejoberry 172 1384 352 176 3:01:40
Cooked Meat.png Cooked Meat 206 1380 351 176 3:01:19
Berries.png Berries 258 1384 352 176 3:01:40
Raw Fish Meat.png Raw Fish Meat 258 1859 472 236 3:47:05
Cooked Fish Meat.png Cooked Fish Meat 515 1854 471 236 3:46:39
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 814; Slingshot Hits × 333; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 91; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 52; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 37; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 19
Torpidity-depletion: 2.75 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:49:28
Megatherium.png Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Superior Kibble.png Superior Kibble 16 0 0 0 0:30:01
Raw Mutton.png Raw Mutton 33 53 14 7 0:58:06
Giant Bee Honey.png Giant Bee Honey 21 65 17 9 0:59:09
Cooked Lamb Chop.png Cooked Lamb Chop 61 598 155 78 1:47:16
Raw Prime Meat.png Raw Prime Meat 41 209 55 28 1:12:11
Cooked Prime Meat.png Cooked Prime Meat 82 1007 262 131 2:24:12
Raw Prime Fish Meat.png Raw Prime Fish Meat 103 414 108 54 1:30:40
Raw Meat.png Raw Meat 123 1809 469 235 3:36:32
Cooked Prime Fish Meat.png Cooked Prime Fish Meat 205 1464 380 190 3:05:24
Mejoberry.png Mejoberry 205 1809 469 235 3:36:32
Cooked Meat.png Cooked Meat 245 1799 467 234 3:35:39
Berries.png Berries 307 1805 468 234 3:36:11
Raw Fish Meat.png Raw Fish Meat 307 2403 624 312 4:30:13
Cooked Fish Meat.png Cooked Fish Meat 613 2399 622 311 4:29:47
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 994; Slingshot Hits × 406; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 111; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 64; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 45; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 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

Combat

This section describes how to fight against the Megatherium.

General

The Megatherium is a large omnivore, eating both plants and animals. It is slightly larger than the Woolly Rhino, but smaller than the Mammoth. They are similar to a Chalicotherium, walking on their knuckles and they can even sit.

Strategy

The Megatherium can easily get stuck on rocks and trees. By then taming or killing is very simple.

Weaponry

Any gun or a crossbow can make short work of a Megatherium, but it is advised to have a mount nearby, as Megatherium can be quite fast.

Dangers

Becomes more powerful when it kills insects. It will get a glowing aura around it which means, like it says below, the Insect Killer buff is active. Because of this, they should be avoided at all costs when riding an insect mount. Especially if they are high level, even a melee damage oriented mantis with a good quality sword is in extreme danger in the vicinity of these creatures. If chased while riding a Mantis, use their leap attack to get away!

It is worth noting that when the Insect Killer buff is active, Megatherium appears to enter an enraged state. During this period, any creature (or player) close enough to them are at risk of being attacked.

Weakness

The Megatherium loses a lot of power when not buffed. If it is buffed then attack it with ranged weapons or wyverns. Don't come too close if it's buffed! For example, a level 12 buffed wild Megatherium is capable of doing around 150 damage per hit.

Utility

Roles

Tank: The Megatherium's moderately high base HP can make it a great tank. (Level Health)

Chitin Farmer: Once a tamed Megatherium kills an insect ( Meganeura,  Giant Bee,  Titanomyrma, or  Mantis) or arthropod ( Araneo,  Arthropleura,  Pulmonoscorpius, or  Trilobite), it will get a buff called Insect Killer. Insect Killer causes the Megatherium's damage to multiply by 250% to any target for 120 seconds (which is multiplicative with the passive 150% multiplier against bugs.). When Insect Killer is active while fighting bugs, the Megatherium's damage will be multiplied by 375%. In addition, this buff reduces all damage by about 75% (35 damage from a tranq arrow fired from a primitive crossbow is reduced to 8 damage on a wild Megatherium.) This makes the Megatherium incredibly potent against bugs. Harvesting the bug's corpses will yield a massive amount of Chitin. At 200% Melee Damage, you can easily get 200+ chitin from a single scorpion. They are, however, too large to fit into many caves unless you take them in  Cryopod.

DeathWorm Killer: A Megatherium under its Insect Killer buff can make killing Deathworms a much easier process.

Gatherer: The Megatherium is able to collect berries and fiber from bushes, thatch and wood from trees and meat, chitin and hide from corpses. (Level Melee Damage, Stamina, Weight, and Speed (optional))

Broodmother Killer: A Megatherium makes killing the Broodmother Lysrix much easier due to its Insect Killer buff and is also able to easily fend off the many Araneo spawned by the boss. (Level Health and Melee Damage)

Damage: The Megatherium can be used for dealing large amounts of damage in short amounts of time due to their unique ability to gain a huge stat boost that can be activated by killing bugs. (Level Health and Melee Damage)

Collectibles

Resource Efficiency
Chitin.png Chitin ★★★★★
Thatch.png Thatch ★★★★★
Cactus Sap.png Cactus Sap ★★★★★
Fiber.png Fiber ★★★★☆
Berries.png Berries ★★★★☆
Hide.png Hide ★★★☆☆
Wood.png Wood ★★☆☆☆

Spotlight

Notes/Trivia

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

  • The dossier was revealed on July 29, 2015[2]
  • The full-name of the Megatherium Formipavor means "Ant Feared Great beast ", a reference to its size and its increased damage against insects.
  • Although described as omnivorous, the real animal, sometimes called the giant ground sloth, was likely just a herbivore. This change in diet is based on the dietary habits of anteaters (which are related to sloths) and a controversial theory that Megatherium may have supplemented its diet with meat.
  • The Megatherium in-game is one of the most accurate models of any genera present. The only noticeable inaccuracy is that the ARK creature walks on its whole foot like most animals. It is known from trackways of other ground sloths, the design of the animal's feet, and modern relatives such as the giant anteater; that ground sloths actually walked on the sides of their feet.
  • The Megatherium will get the Insect Killer buff, if used to kill an  Ammonite.
  • Despite its docile nature, wild Megatherium is treated as Large Carnivore, as wild  Yutyrannus and  Rex will leave it alone, and it will attack almost anything in sight once it gains Insect Killer buff.

Changelog

Patch  ASE Changes
258.0  Megatherium is added to the game
287.100 Fixed harvest component so that Megtherium can harvest  Thatch and  Berries from bushes on Extinction
313.10 Fixed a level-up animation glitch with the Megatherium

Gallery

References