Archelon

Jellyfish Killer

- As well as being immune to stings, the Archelon harvests additional from and when an Archelon has killed a , it receives a buff that allows it to deal more damage and harvest even more .

Level up: Damage

Taming Aid Production

Tamed Archelon will passively produce . Alongside being a desired food for herbivores, it can be crafted into for recovering lost taming effectiveness. The production cap scales with the stat and the production speed doubles if the Archelon is swimming.

Level up: Food

Aquatic Tank

Even at low levels, the Archelon has an impressive pool, and coupled with the damage reduction from both its Jellyfish Killer buff from killing and a full imprint, it can resist quite a large amount of damage. However, it has a slow recovery and it struggles to attack enemies behind it. As it does have passenger seats on its saddle, having other survivors using and can help in counteracting this weakness.

Level up: Health, Damage and Stamina

Taming Assistant

With its massive base stat and its natural immunity against Stuns, the Archelon is a good mount option if the intention is to tame or . It can also be used to distract the knockout sea tames such as or while the players shoot them tranqs.

Level up: Health

PvP Tank

The Archelon receives less damage from most of the more common weapons used for defense purposes, in addition to that the Archelon's shell reduces all kind of damage by 50%, which in combination with its good stat makes it a decent option to make this purpose. Also the players can add to the equation the damage resistance buff the the Archelon receives after killing a , but because Cnidarias are not tameable this last option its situational.

Level up: Health

Aquatic Cargo Hold

The Archelon has a large amount of , allowing it to act as an oceanic cargo hold (Level up a bit of Health and Stamina, then put the rest into Weight).

Aquatic Transport

The Archelon possesses a four person saddle, allowing it to ferry riders around the ocean. Coupled with its abilities to ascend and descend straight up and down and its immunity to stings, it makes for a helpful, if somewhat slow, transport unit.

Level up: a bit of Health and Stamina