Mod:ARK Additions/Xiphactinus

The Xiphactinus is a fish in ARK Additions.

Behavior
The Xiphactinus speeds around the ocean in packs, viciously devouring anything in sight.

Appearance
The Xiphactinus is a large, colorful fish with a long body and many rows of long razor sharp teeth. The Xiphactinus resembles a large barracuda but with a much shorter piranha-like head. The abyssal variant of the Xiphactinus has two lures that emit light, and a bioluminescent patterning.

Combat
This section describes how to fight against the Xiphactinus.

Dangers
With their agility and ability to thrash around and effectively dismount they can exploit the turning radius and even submerge flyers such as the

Controls

 * - This key triggers a simple bite. When the Xiphactinus grabs a creature, this key triggers a thrash.
 * - This key triggers a lunge that allows the Xiphactinus to grab creatures under a drag weight of 210. If the Xiphactinus hits a target larger than this, it will proceed to rip pieces of flesh from the victim. This causes the victim to acquire the Gashed debuff.
 * - This key causes the Xiphactinus to leap forward while flopping on land.

Roles
Alpha Killer - Due to its bleed affect when attacking bigger creatures, amazing speed, and its reasonable regen (amazing regen with feeding frenzy), its amazing for killing water alphas. As long as the player dodges frequently.

Thrasher - The Xiphactinus can grab creatures, proceeding to thrash their prey before swallowing it whole. This creates a large cloud of blood, which the Xiphactinus can enter to trigger a Blood Frenzy buff. The following is a list of all creatures that can be grabbed by the Xiphactinus.

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