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Aberrant Megalosaurus

🥩 Carnivore Egg-layer
Temperament
Nocturnally Aggressive
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Dinosaurs
Period
Mid Jurassic
Species
Megalosaurus noctedominus
Egg
Megalosaurus Egg
Droppings
Medium

Base stats

StatBase (lvl 1)Per wild levelPer tamed level
Health1,025+20.0%+5.4%
Stamina300+10.0%+10.0%
Food2,000+10.0%+10.0%
Weight300+2.0%+4.0%
Oxygen150+10.0%+10.0%
Melee100.0%+5.0%+1.7%

Wild base values · use the to simulate a specific dino.

What it’s good at

Night battle mount

The Megalosaurus is weak and very slow during the day and tires out quickly, but at night its stamina and attack levels raise significantly and makes the Megalosaurus a very powerful mount for night raids. Its lock jaw attack will snatch and incapacitate individual enemies, allowing the rider to finish them off with ease.

Aberrant Apex Tame

The , unlike its non-aberrant counterpart, does not utilize sleep deprivation when on the Aberration map, and so can remain awake indefinitely (though it will be forced to sleep on other maps if transferred to them). Without this handicap, players can enjoy what is theoretically the highest damage theropod without time restrictions, barring monstrous dinos such as the Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus. Since the Megalosaurus can be bred, their combat effectiveness…

Taming Assistant

Because of its ability to clamp onto various animals, it is a great dino to use in cases where you don't have a bola or against creatures that bolas won't work. Warning, as grabbing and holding a wild dino will not prevent it from attacking your mount, and should you dismount to try and shoot tranquilizers at it, your Megalosaurus will begin to attack unless you put it in passive (Not tested). Having a tribe member shoot it while you continue to hold it will lead to a easy…

Drake Egg gatherer

The is one of the most effective mounts for gathering your first . However, you should NEVER, under ANY circumstances bring a Megalosaurus down into the actual trench without a cryopod available, as once it's down there, there's no route up. Instead, use it to kill the drakes within the trench before going down, getting the egg, and heading out.

Combatant

The Megalosaurus has very high damage, health, stamina, and decent weight making it a valuable warrior, plus just putting 15 or more points into speed will make it very quick. The only weakness is that its stamina regeneration speed is very slow.

Stats & breeding from ARK Smart Breeding · creature facts from ark.wiki.gg (CC BY-NC-SA).