Rockwell Prime

Rockwell Prime is the final Boss of Genesis: Part 2, and ARK: Survival Evolved as a whole. It is the final form of Edmund Rockwell, superseded by his previous two forms, and, respectively.

Appearance
Comparative to his first iteration, Rockwell, Rockwell prime is much smaller and fleshier. Listed below are all his features in detail:


 * His chest cavity from his original form has sealed but his lower abdomen remains open, he lacks any guts.
 * the once horrid face has reverted back to a scarily human face, complete with stubbly hair near his chin, but he somehow sports a second jaw on the left side of his face.
 * One eye is luminous green in colour and the other is blue.
 * His once tubular tentacles have been traded in for fleshy, rippling tendrils that are more conjoined to form limbs.
 * He has a second, or detached, spine outside his body that has a set of human hands at the top
 * He has eyes and faces scattered around the arena.
 * He has a lot of large tumors across his left side of the body.
 * He is "sitting" on a fleshy throne which is actually a part of his body.
 * He is attached to the walls from the arena with the help of overgrown "limbs" from both sides of his body.

Location
Rockwell Prime can only be found in Terminus mission, started via the Mission Terminal underneath his heart inside Rockwell's Innards.

Drops
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Unlocks
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Tribute
All participants in the fight must have the required number of missions completed to participate.
 * Gamma Rockwell Prime requires all missions to be completed at the least, gamma difficulty & have 6 mutagen
 * Beta Rockwell Prime requires all missions to be completed at the least, beta difficulty & have 12 mutagen
 * Alpha Rockwell Prime requires all missions to be completed at the least, alpha difficulty & have 24 mutagen

Combat
Rockwell Prime is a tough boss to deal with and you will need to have powerful tames and items to take it down.

Example strategy:

Bring a Stegosaurus, a Reaper King, A Yutyrannus and an army of Shadowmane, Therizinosaur or Rex. Put the Stego on passive at the entrance, it will be used later. Put the reaper on passive and on follow, and use it as a main mount to clear tentacles. Put everything else on aggressive/auto courage on. In the first half of the fight you will be vulnerable whenever you dismount to get to the mech, and whenever the mech breaks. Make sure the reaper is always nearby and bring good armor to avoid dying early. After destroying the 4 nodes, get onto the Stego and shoot Rockwell from far away. Before finishing him off, put all of your stuff in the Reaper as the game wipes your inventory when you win.

Recommended Tames

 * Shadowmanes are very good tames to bring into this boss battle due to their male pack buff and their natural armor, as well as their fast attack speed gives them edge during boss fight.
 * Yutyrannus to debuff the corrupted survivors and buff allies, as well as for the courage roar.

Dangers

 * The high amount of Rockwell Tentacles in the boss area can do some serious damage to both you and your tames. When the mech breaks you will be very vulnerable until you get back onto a mount.
 * The arena requires a very strong GPU to run well. You may have to play with a significantly lower frame rate than what you are used to, making aiming harder.

Notes/Trivia

 * This is the final form of Rockwell, the previous being Rockwell, and the Corrupted Master Controller.
 * This is the last and final step for the storyline of ARK: Survival Evolved, before it moves into ARK 2.
 * None of Rockwell’s forms ever actually move, and have all been ones locked in place:
 * was trapped in a pit of Element and used his tentacles to attack you.
 * was also stationary, with the exception of cutscenes using laser attacks to hit enemies.
 * As Rockwell Prime, he uses his various tentacles to attack you while he, in typical fashion, remains stationary.
 * The way Rockwell prime attaches to the wall in the final phase of the battle is reminiscent of a fan art image published after the release of Aberration.

Prime Rockwell