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Spawn Command
cheat summon Dimetro_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Dimetrodon/Dimetro_Character_BP.Dimetro_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Dimetrodon
cheat summon Dimetro_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Dimetrodon/Dimetro_Character_BP_Aberrant.Dimetro_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Dimetrodon (Hunt)
cheat summon Dimetro_Character_BP_Hunt_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Hunt/Bog/Dimetro_Character_BP_Hunt.Dimetro_Character_BP_Hunt'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Dimetrodon (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Dimetro_Character_BP_STA_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Dimetro_Character_BP_STA.Dimetro_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
Taming Method
Preferred Kibble
Preferred Food
Preferred Food ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile
30 - 34 °C / 86 - 93 °F
Egg Incubator (Genesis Part 2) Egg Incubator: 32 °C / 90 °F
Incubation Time
2h 29m 59.28s
Baby Time
4h 37m 46.666s
Juvenile Time
18h 31m 6.662s
Adolescent Time
23h 8m 53.328s
Total Maturation Time
1d 22h 17m 46.656s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d
Disambig This article is about Dimetrodon, not to be confused with Dimorphodon Dimorphodon

The Dimetrodon (di-met-ro-don) is one of the creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.

Basic Info[]

Dossier[]

This section is intended to be an exact copy of what the survivor Helena Walker, the author of the dossiers, has written. There may be some discrepancies between this text and the in-game creature.

NoteHelena
Species

Dimetrodon calorector

Time

Early Permian

Diet

Carnivore

Temperament

Reactive

Wild

Dimetrodon calorector is a much calmer predator than most on the Island. Because it lives off smaller prey than humans, it generally ignores anything much larger than a Coelacanth. Dimetrodon is one of the few carnivores on the Island that could be classified as reasonably friendly in the wild. The sail on Dimetrodon's back is an especially fascinating thing. It can be angled to provide shade from the sun and allows Dimetrodon to disperse heat more quickly. The inner workings of the sail can also restrict blood flow in the creature to hold in excessive heat. Together, these two traits allow Dimetrodon to comfortably survive in any climate, though they are most commonly found in the swamplands which are rich in prey.

Domesticated

If Dimetrodon was a bit larger, or didn't have that massive sail, it would make a decent mount. However, its main use to survivors is to utilize the sail's insulating capabilities. Just being near Dimetrodon gives excellent protection from both heat and cold, which has saved my life through more than one ice blizzard in the frozen northlands.

Behavior[]

Usually attacking Coelacanth Coelacanth or Megapiranha Megapiranha, the Dimetrodon is not much of a threat for most creatures, unless it is provoked. However, the Dimetrodon is extremely slow and provoking it does not pose much of a threat, as it is easy to outrun or kill.

Appearance[]

A sail-backed quadruped found exclusively in the island's swamps, Dimetrodon is reptilian in appearance but in truth is more closely related to mammals. The large sail on its back serves a thermoregulatory function, as it cools the animal on hot days and helps keep it warm on cold ones. They are fairly timid and sluggish, specializing in hunting prey that is smaller than themselves.

Color Scheme and Regions[]

This section displays the Dimetrodon's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Dimetrodon. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Dimetrodon will randomly spawn with to provide an overall range of its natural color scheme. Hover your cursor over a color to display its name and ID.

This information can be used to alter the Dimetrodon's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Dimetrodon's "body" magenta.

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Region 0:
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Side Fin
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Region 2:
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Sail Spines
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Region 5 is not used
for this Creature.

Drops[]

Base Stats and Growth[]

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 350 +70 +5.4% 0.091
Stamina Stamina 300 +30 +10%
Oxygen Oxygen 500 +50 N/A
Food Food 1500 +150 +10%
Weight Weight 250 +5 +4%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 20 +0.4 +0.68% 11.2% 22%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +1%
Torpidity Torpidity 750 +45 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s]
Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 110 110 110 253 253 253 20
Swimming 250 250 250 N/A N/A N/A 3
  • 1These are the base speeds of the creature at 100% Movement Speed.
  • 2These are the speeds of the creature tamed and non-imprinted.
  • For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, see Base Creature Speeds.
Attack Values
Melee Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation The Dimetrodon bites the target.
0 265 0 0
Attack Type Damage Projectile Values Torpor Values Status Effect: Stamina Status Effect: Torpidity
Life Impulse Radius Base Mult Duration Damage Mult Amount Duration Damage Mult Amount
Melee 20

Wild Stats Level-up

Type in values of a wild creature to see on which stats it's emphasized. Green values on a high-level creature are very good for breeding. If you have already tamed your creature you can try to recover the breeding stats with an external tool.[1]

Dimetrodon

The stat-calculator does not work in the mobile-view, see here for alternatives: Apps

Note that after the creature is tamed it gets bonuses on some stats depending on the taming effectiveness. This makes it hard to retrieve the levels on a tamed creature, so this tool is only for wild ones, but gives a first impression, how well the stats are distributed.

Taming[]

For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.

KO Strategy[]

  • Slow movement speed on land makes it easy to knock out while walking backward.
  • Hold the Dimetrodon with a Flier while somebody else knocks it out.
  • Carry the Dimetrodon to safe locations as the swamp is very dangerous.
  • Be careful, due to its low base health it is easy to kill a Dimetrodon before you can knock it out, so be sure to use low damage knock out methods to try and tame this creature.
    • However unlike the Kairuku Kairuku the Dimetrodon is capable of fighting back with this it can be healed with Corpse-Feeding allowing it to be knocked out with a Crossbow Crossbow.

Taming Food[]

Dimetrodon Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 1 50 17 9 0:03:12
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 3 155 54 27 0:09:01
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 4 210 72 36 0:12:00
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 3 155 54 27 0:09:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 6 318 110 55 0:17:59
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 7 183 63 32 0:10:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 8 428 147 74 0:24:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 14 384 132 66 0:21:35
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 16 428 147 74 0:24:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 20 537 185 93 0:30:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 40 537 185 93 0:30:01
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 75; Slingshot Hits × 31; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 9; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 5; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 4; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 25 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:00:30
Dimetrodon Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 3 166 59 30 0:09:36
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 6 325 116 58 0:18:01
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 11 607 216 108 0:32:58
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 7 381 136 68 0:21:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 14 777 276 138 0:41:58
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 18 495 176 88 0:27:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 21 1174 417 209 1:03:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 35 1003 356 178 0:53:57
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 42 1174 417 209 1:03:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 53 1485 527 264 1:19:31
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 105 1471 522 261 1:18:46
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 206; Slingshot Hits × 84; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 23; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 14; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 10; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5
Torpidity-depletion: 41.53 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:00:49
Dimetrodon Level 60 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 5 286 103 52 0:16:00
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 10 554 199 100 0:30:01
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 18 1012 364 182 0:53:57
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 12 669 241 121 0:36:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 23 1298 467 234 1:08:56
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 29 812 292 146 0:43:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 35 1988 714 357 1:45:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 58 1690 607 304 1:29:24
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 69 1960 704 352 1:43:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 87 2476 889 445 2:10:31
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 173 2461 884 442 2:09:46
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 341; Slingshot Hits × 139; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 38; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 22; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 16; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 8
Torpidity-depletion: 54.19 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:02
Dimetrodon Level 90 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 6 347 126 63 0:19:11
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 13 729 264 132 0:39:01
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 24 1363 493 247 1:11:56
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 16 902 327 164 0:48:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 32 1825 660 330 1:35:54
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 40 1133 410 205 1:00:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 48 2752 996 498 2:24:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 80 2353 851 426 2:03:18
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 96 2752 996 498 2:24:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 120 3445 1247 624 3:00:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 240 3445 1247 624 3:00:01
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 476; Slingshot Hits × 195; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 53; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 31; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 22; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 11
Torpidity-depletion: 65.56 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:12
Dimetrodon Level 120 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 8 470 171 86 0:25:35
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 17 963 350 175 0:51:01
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 31 1774 645 323 1:32:54
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 21 1195 435 218 1:03:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 41 2354 856 428 2:02:52
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 52 1485 540 270 1:18:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 62 3577 1300 650 3:06:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 103 3049 1108 554 2:38:45
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 123 3548 1290 645 3:04:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 154 4448 1617 809 3:51:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 308 4448 1617 809 3:51:01
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 611; Slingshot Hits × 250; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 68; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 39; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 28; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 14
Torpidity-depletion: 76.18 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:20
Dimetrodon Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 10 594 217 109 0:31:59
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 20 1139 416 208 1:00:01
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 38 2186 798 399 1:53:53
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 25 1431 522 261 1:15:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 50 2885 1053 527 2:29:51
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 63 1810 660 330 1:34:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 75 4346 1585 793 3:45:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 125 3717 1356 678 3:12:39
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 150 4346 1585 793 3:45:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 188 5454 1990 995 4:42:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 375 5439 1984 992 4:41:16
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 746; Slingshot Hits × 305; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 83; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 48; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 34; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 17
Torpidity-depletion: 86.27 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:26

Soothing Balm Dimetrodon Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 2 108 37 19 0:06:24
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 4 210 72 36 0:12:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 7 373 129 65 0:20:59
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 8 210 72 36 0:12:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 10 537 185 93 0:30:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 16 440 152 76 0:24:40
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 19 510 176 88 0:28:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 23 619 213 107 0:34:31
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 46 619 213 107 0:34:31
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 50 17 9 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 2 101 35 18 0:06:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 3 155 54 27 0:09:00
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 3 74 26 13 0:04:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 4 210 72 36 0:12:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 6 160 55 28 0:09:15
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 7 183 63 32 0:10:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 8 210 72 36 0:12:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 16 210 72 36 0:12:01
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 50 17 9 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 46 16 8 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 46 16 8 0:03:00
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 19 7 4 0:01:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 46 16 8 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 20 7 4 0:01:33
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 19 7 4 0:01:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 19 7 4 0:01:31
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 2 19 7 4 0:01:31
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 50 17 9 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 46 16 8 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 46 16 8 0:03:00
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 19 7 4 0:01:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 46 16 8 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 20 7 4 0:01:33
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 19 7 4 0:01:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 19 7 4 0:01:31
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1 5 2 1 0:00:46
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 75; Slingshot Hits × 31; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 9; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 5; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 5; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 4; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 4; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 25 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:00:30
Soothing Balm Dimetrodon Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 3 166 59 30 0:09:36
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 8 438 156 78 0:24:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 16 889 316 158 0:47:57
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 20 551 196 98 0:30:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 24 1343 477 239 1:12:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 40 1148 408 204 1:01:39
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 48 1343 477 239 1:12:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 60 1683 598 299 1:30:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 120 1683 598 299 1:30:01
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 45 16 8 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 3 155 55 28 0:09:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 6 324 115 58 0:17:59
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 7 183 65 33 0:10:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 8 438 156 78 0:24:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 14 392 139 70 0:21:35
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 16 438 156 78 0:24:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 20 551 196 98 0:30:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 40 551 196 98 0:30:01
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 45 16 8 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 42 15 8 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 42 15 8 0:03:00
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 14 5 3 0:01:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 42 15 8 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 2 43 16 8 0:03:05
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 2 42 15 8 0:03:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 2 42 15 8 0:03:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 4 42 15 8 0:03:01
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 45 16 8 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 42 15 8 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 42 15 8 0:03:00
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 14 5 3 0:01:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 42 15 8 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 14 5 3 0:01:33
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 14 5 3 0:01:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 14 5 3 0:01:31
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:46
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 206; Slingshot Hits × 84; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 23; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 14; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 12; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 9; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 10; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5
Torpidity-depletion: 41.53 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:00:49
Soothing Balm Dimetrodon Level 75 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 6 347 125 63 0:19:11
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 16 901 325 163 0:48:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 32 1820 657 329 1:35:54
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 40 1131 408 204 1:00:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 48 2744 990 495 2:24:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 79 2317 836 418 2:01:46
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 95 2715 979 490 2:22:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 118 3377 1218 609 2:57:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 236 3377 1218 609 2:57:01
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 2 102 37 19 0:06:24
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 6 325 117 59 0:18:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 11 612 221 111 0:32:58
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 14 382 138 69 0:21:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 16 901 325 163 0:48:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 27 778 281 141 0:41:37
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 32 901 325 163 0:48:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 40 1131 408 204 1:00:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 79 1117 403 202 0:59:16
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 40 15 8 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 37 14 7 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 2 94 34 17 0:06:00
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 2 37 14 7 0:03:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 2 94 34 17 0:06:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 3 68 25 13 0:04:38
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 4 94 34 17 0:06:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 4 94 34 17 0:06:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 8 94 34 17 0:06:01
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 40 15 8 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 37 14 7 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 36 13 7 0:03:00
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 8 3 2 0:01:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 37 14 7 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 8 3 2 0:01:33
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 8 3 2 0:01:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 8 3 2 0:01:31
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:46
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 408; Slingshot Hits × 167; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 46; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 26; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 23; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 17; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 19; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 10
Torpidity-depletion: 59.99 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:08
Soothing Balm Dimetrodon Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 11 656 240 120 0:35:10
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 29 1664 607 304 1:27:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 58 3351 1222 611 2:53:49
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 72 2072 756 378 1:48:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 86 4987 1819 910 4:18:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 143 4256 1553 777 3:40:24
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 172 4987 1819 910 4:18:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 215 6241 2277 1139 5:22:31
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 429 6227 2271 1136 5:21:46
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 4 221 81 41 0:12:48
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 10 556 203 102 0:30:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 20 1138 415 208 0:59:57
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 24 673 246 123 0:36:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 29 1664 607 304 1:27:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 48 1410 515 258 1:13:59
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 58 1664 607 304 1:27:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 72 2072 756 378 1:48:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 143 2057 751 376 1:47:16
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 35 13 7 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 31 12 6 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 2 89 33 17 0:06:00
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 3 60 22 11 0:04:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 3 148 54 27 0:09:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 5 122 45 23 0:07:43
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 6 148 54 27 0:09:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 8 206 75 38 0:12:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 15 191 70 35 0:11:16
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 35 13 7 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 31 12 6 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 31 12 6 0:03:00
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 2 1 1 0:01:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 31 12 6 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 3 1 1 0:01:33
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 2 1 1 0:01:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 2 1 1 0:01:31
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:00:46
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 746; Slingshot Hits × 305; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 83; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 48; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 42; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 32; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 34; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 17
Torpidity-depletion: 86.27 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:26
Soothing Balm Dimetrodon Level 300 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 21 1283 473 237 1:07:08
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 55 3204 1180 590 2:45:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 109 6377 2348 1174 5:26:39
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 136 3970 1462 731 3:24:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 163 9564 3521 1761 8:09:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 272 8193 3017 1509 6:59:12
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 326 9564 3521 1761 8:09:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 408 11978 4410 2205 10:12:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 815 11963 4405 2203 10:11:16
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 7 405 149 75 0:22:23
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 19 1084 400 200 0:57:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 37 2142 789 395 1:50:53
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 46 1320 486 243 1:09:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 55 3204 1180 590 2:45:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 91 2718 1001 501 2:20:15
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 109 3175 1169 585 2:43:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 136 3970 1462 731 3:24:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 272 3970 1462 731 3:24:01
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 28 11 6 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 2 83 31 16 0:06:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 4 201 74 37 0:12:00
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 5 113 42 21 0:07:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 6 319 118 59 0:18:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 10 268 99 50 0:15:25
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 11 289 107 54 0:16:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 14 378 139 70 0:21:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 28 378 139 70 0:21:01
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 28 11 6 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 25 9 5 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 24 9 5 0:03:00
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 25 9 5 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:33
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:31
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:31
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 2 0 0 0 0:01:31
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 1421; Slingshot Hits × 580; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 158; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 91; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 79; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 60; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 65; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 33
Torpidity-depletion: 131.98 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:47
Soothing Balm Dimetrodon Level 450 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 30 1852 685 343 1:35:55
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 80 4693 1735 868 4:00:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 160 9414 3481 1741 7:59:29
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 200 5876 2173 1087 5:00:01
Raw Meat Raw Meat 240 14156 5234 2617 12:00:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 400 12115 4480 2240 10:16:28
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 480 14156 5234 2617 12:00:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 600 17705 6546 3273 15:00:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 1200 17705 6546 3273 15:00:01
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 10 591 219 110 0:31:59
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 27 1558 576 288 1:21:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 54 3151 1165 583 2:41:50
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 67 1942 719 360 1:40:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 80 4693 1735 868 4:00:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 134 4032 1491 746 3:26:31
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 160 4693 1735 868 4:00:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 200 5876 2173 1087 5:00:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 400 5876 2173 1087 5:00:01
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 24 9 5 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 3 138 52 26 0:09:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 6 315 117 59 0:17:59
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 7 168 62 31 0:10:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 8 434 161 81 0:24:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 14 386 143 72 0:21:35
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 16 434 161 81 0:24:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 20 553 205 103 0:30:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 40 553 205 103 0:30:01
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Kibble (Mobile) Kibble (Quetzal Egg) 1 24 9 5 0:03:12
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 1 20 8 4 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 1 20 8 4 0:03:00
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:31
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1 20 8 4 0:03:01
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 1 0 0 0 0:01:33
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 2 20 8 4 0:03:01
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 2 20 8 4 0:03:01
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 3 5 2 1 0:02:16
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 2096; Slingshot Hits × 856; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 233; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 134; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 117; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 88; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 95; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 48
Torpidity-depletion: 173.13 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:02:01


Note that the values are for optimal cases, always bring extra supplies!
For a level-dependent count of resources needed, try an external taming calculator.


  • Dimetrodons are violently tamed, requiring it to be knocked out and fed.
  • It's torpor drops extremely fast (approximately 25 per second for a level 1) so a large quantity of narcotics or biotoxin is required.

Preferred Food[]

Encountering[]

This section describes how to react in an encounter with the Dimetrodon.

General[]

The Dimetrodon is very slow and can be easily killed. It takes time to knock one out due to their torpor drain, but their slow speed makes this process easy. Keeping a volley of tranq arrows or tranq darts flying its way can knock it out. Using low damage melee weapons is not recommended. The Dimetrodon's habitat is very dangerous, so be careful of other creatures in the vicinity.

Strategy[]

The Dimetrodon doesn't require much strategy to kill or take down in order to tame. A KO or kill is easily achieved by slowly backing away and either stabbing it with a Pike or Spear or by shooting it whilst either backing up or, due to its wide turning radius, circling the creature. There is no benefit to killing a Dimetrodon other than prime meat for taming other creatures, so try to avoid them if they are not of use to you.

Weaponry[]

Ranged weapons excel in killing and knocking out a Dimetrodon on land because of their slow movement speed.

Dangers[]

The Dimetrodon is not dangerous when left alone and can be easily avoided or killed if necessary. However, if one is hit during a frenzied battle with other animals in the swamp, the player could potentially rile them up, causing unnecessary damage and possibly loss of life. Keep an eye out for their sails, as they often lay below the surface with just their sails sticking out.

One of the dangers when fighting a Dimetrodon are the other creatures of the swamp. The swamp is filled with hostile animals and riling up a Dimetrodon can take the focus of a player away from other animals like the Kaprosuchus, which can end the battle quickly with unprepared explorers.

One thing to keep in mind is that, while most water is shallow where Dimetrodon can be found, the creatures are more dangerous during a confrontation underwater. Without SCUBA Flippers to boost the player's swim speed, a Dimetrodon finds it much easier to close the distance and pursue, whereas it would be easily left in the dust on dry land. They also lack an Oxygen stat, meaning they can stay underwater indefinitely, so trying to escape them via the water is ill-advised.

Weakness[]

The Dimetrodon's slow speed proves to be its one major weakness, and combined with a wide turn radius makes it almost harmless. Just make sure they don't get the jump on the player, especially in deeper water, or the player could be in for a surprise!

Utility[]

Roles[]

  • Pet: The Dimetrodon is a wonderful creature and very adorable. Simply having one hanging around will help keep incubating eggs safe and literally make your base as cozy as can be.
  • Transport: A Dimetrodon can easily be carried by an Argentavis. When traveling by air in a group, one member can keep a Dimetrodon with high melee damage in the claws of their Argentavis, providing insulation enough to keep immediately adjacent riders nice and insulated regardless of climate. This can also permit use of sturdy but low-insulation armor when trekking towards bases stationed in extreme climates.
  • Temperature Regulation/Egg Incubator: It has been long and widely assumed that a single Dimetrodon can only grant roughly 90 Hypothermal and Hyperthermal Insulation, which decays over distance from the animal with a comparable range to that of an Air Conditioner. However, it was discovered that higher leveled Dimetrodons provided better and better insulation. Following this, it did not take long to find out that Dimetrodons share the very same mechanic as the Otter does for increasing the given insulation: higher damage stats. The higher the damage percentage a Dimetrodon has, the more insulation it gives. While many players have long overlooked the Dimetrodon in favor of air conditioners, in truth, a single Dimetrodon, who has leveled in damage exclusively, can give insulation far beyond the limit of any single air conditioner. While taming a Dimetrodon can be difficult due to their fast loss of torpor, they can be taken anywhere and only require meat to sustain them, unlike air conditioners which are stationary and require electricity to run. With all these things considered, a Dimetrodon can be the best egg incubator a survivor could wish for. At roughly 1,100 damage, one Dimetrodon can even begin incubating Wyvern Eggs, which require unnaturally high temperatures to hatch. To incubate eggs with Dimetrodons, simply drop an egg closely near a Dimetrodon, and it will take care of the rest, just be sure the egg stays close enough to the Dimetrodon, as the insulation it gives lessens with distance. Usually just one Dimetrodon is all that is needed for incubating, provided that damage is the only thing which has been leveled, but if for some reason you find a lack in the first, a second one is often enough to get the job done, as their insulation stacks with other Dimetrodons.
    • A useful way to utilize the Dimetrodon as an incubator is to build a small 2x2 platform, which can optionally be rimmed with railing on three sides and a ramp going down the fourth. Before the railing is placed, the Dimetrodon can be walked up onto the back two foundations, leaving a visual guide of two other foundations on its side to help you judge where to place an egg for incubating, given that the insulation the animal gives decays with distance. Once the Dimetrodon is placed where you want it, it can be set to passive and weighed down with materials like stone, to ensure it will never leave its position. Afterwards, if your Dimetrodon is still lower-leveled and not providing quite the amount of heat needed for some eggs to hatch, torches can be placed along the railing on this platform to help warm the eggs. If an egg must be cooled, then more Dimetrodons or air conditioners are required.
    • Wild Dimetrodon provide insulation as well, making them a viable option if you do not have the resources to tame them, so long as you keep them in an enclosed space where they cannot wander off. There are a few things to consider while doing this though. Wild Dimetrodon cannot be leveled or bred, meaning you cannot increase their damage stats, and thus you will have to acquire many more than the number of tamed ones required for incubation purposes. Placing an egg within a group of wild Dimetrodon comes with other difficulties, as the wild ones will wander around, and if you have built a pen to contain them; removing the newly hatched offspring can sometimes be a challenge. There is also the danger that if the wild Dimetrodon are somehow provoked by accident, your newly hatched baby could quickly be killed. There is also the matter of having to transport wild Dimetrodon to your holding pen; requiring either a Quetzal, Wyvern, Argentavis, or Karkinos to transport them, or a lengthy time kiting them on foot.
    • Equations for insulation 1x+0. This means that 1% melee is 1 hypo/hyper insulation. Aberrant Dimetrodon equation 1.08x-.691. Equation for insulation drop as measured by foundations is -.34.1x+100. Meaning 3 foundation radius.

Collectibles[]

Spotlight[]

Notes[]

  • Dossier revealed on 07/03/2015.[2]
  • In ARK Mobile, dimetrodons can not be picked up by Argentavis.
  • Even though this creature is often mistaken for a dinosaur, it's actually a Synapsid, which includes mammals and other relatives of Dimetrodon.
  • The Dimetrodon is one of the few creatures that cannot be targeted by wild predators, with the other being the Phoenix Phoenix.
  • In many dinosaur-related media, this creature is seen living alongside the dinosaurs. This is not true, as Dimetrodon was extinct long before the dinosaurs first appeared. In fact, the timeline between Dimetrodon and many of the more popular dinosaurs, like Triceratops and T. Rex, is much bigger than the gap between humans and the aforementioned dinosaurs.
  • The dossier mentioning that the massive sail prevents the Dimetrodon from being a decent mount could be a humorous reference to the fact that for Spinos the saddle rests on the creature's neck.
  • When checking for eggs, try to move it around; as the body covers it up and hides it. In mobile version, the eggs simply pop out at the middle of the female body since the eggs are even higher than their sails when let standing. The egg size is quite weird for such a small creature.
  • Dimetrodons have been shown to lay eggs more frequently while submerged. Their lack of an oxygen stat makes this very simple to do.
  • When Dimetrodon was first introduced, it was very difficult to tame due to the insane torpor drop rate. Later patches have modified the torpor drop to about 10 instead of 25 per second.
  • In ARK Mobile, Dimetrodon has a slot for a saddle, even though a Dimetrodon saddle does not exist.

Changelog[]

Patch Changes
232.0 Dimetrodon Dimetrodon added to the game
232.2 Fixed Dimetrodons drowning in shallow water and removed its Oxygen Oxygen stat
232.3 Fixed Dimetrodon Egg Dimetrodon Eggs creating Sarcosuchus Sarcosuchus'
232.4 Dimetrodons now can insulate eggs
Unversioned Hotfix Reduced the rate that Torpor Torpor dropped
243.3 Fixed Dimetrodons and other swamp creatures not spawning
259.0 Increased insulation ability
275.0 Aberration Expansion Release Added Aberrant Dimetrodon Aberrant Dimetrodon

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