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Desmodus

🥩 Carnivore Live birth
Temperament
Aggressive
Diet
Carnivore
Group
Mammals
Period
Pleistocene
Species
Desmodus Draculae
Droppings
Small

Base stats

StatBase (lvl 1)Per wild levelPer tamed level
Health325+17.0%+5.4%
Stamina500+5.0%+6.0%
Food1,600+10.0%+10.0%
Weight350+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

"Mosquito"/Vampire Leech

As mentioned above, any attacks dealt by Desmodus will produce Blood Pack. With in its inventory, it makes for a great blood harvester for certain things, like taming other Desmodus, or raising baby Desmodus or . While nothing will boost Blood Pack produced, increasing Health will ensure survivability.

Echolocator Screeching Radar

Using "Screech" ability allows highlights of nearby living beings in front of where it screeched at, be it at land or at air. Increasing Stamina allows for more uses of it in between cooldowns.

Fly like a butterfly, sting like a bee... hang like a bat...?: While climbing onto a surface up or down, Desmodus can be commanded to go invisible so long as the stamina would allow (They do not retain invisibility while unmounted).

Fighting Specialist

The Desmodus is the most maneuverable of any flyer. It can move in all directions at the same speed while also diving straight down into a glide. This high maneuverability paired with a good bite range makes flying above any ground creature and attacking out of that creature's range or blind spot while not being hit yourself extremely easy. The Desmodus can easily kill the likes of Gigas by simply biting at its back and Wyverns by chasing them in their poor tuning circle.…

Cave Flyer

Caves do not permit mounted flyers inside by default. Desmodus is the only sole exception to this restriction.

Night-Time Egg-Thief

Desmodus' invisibility during the night allows players to fly up to eggs, even in caves, to check the levels without being noticed, and make a quick getaway after stealing the egg. Beware: Turning invisible after stealing an egg will not break aggro!

Giga-Tamer

As one of the few flyers that allow riders to use weaponry, and by far the most maneuverable, the Desmodus makes the perfect tame to ride on and pepper a Giganotosaurus with tranqs, allowing you to free-tame the giant theropod without having to build a trap or putting yourself in range of its deadly jaws. The additional luxury of the bat's Sanguine Elixir, to speed up the taming process, is just the icing on the cake. If you're a skilled enough rider; a Desmodus can save you a lot…

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