Domestication

This article is about the uses of a tamed creature. For the process of taming a creature, see Taming.

“	That tame will have its uses.	„
	~ HLN-A

Domestication is the process of converting wild creatures into useful beasts of burden for the player's benefit. Domesticated creatures have many different advantages that make life easier on The Island. Some creatures allow the player to harvest resources more efficiently than the player can by hand, while others can transport huge amounts of goods or lead the charge in war. However, before a creature is domesticated, it must first be tamed. Additionally, some creatures require a saddle to reach their full potential.

Behavior

Domesticated creatures follow orders given to them. The player can set their Aggression Level, order them to stay on a place, follow a player or wander around. To change their behavior, stay close to a creature and hold use (default E) or use whistles. The player can mount on domesticated creatures to fight other creatures and players, and move, using the creature's stamina instead of the player's stamina.

Feeding

Creatures have their own hunger bar which drains for the same reasons that the player's does: to refill stamina, to provide healing, as well as steadily draining over time on its own. A creature will bias towards eating its least favorite valid food before those that it would prefer. For example, a carnivore will eat any  Raw Meat in its inventory before eating  Raw Prime Meat and a herbivore will save its preferred berry for last.

At rest (while not being ridden or recovering health or stamina) a creature will lose 0.1 hunger approximately every 35secs. This means it will only need to eat once every (35secs X 500 units of hunger =) 17500 seconds, or 291.67 minutes, just shy of 5 hours, while at rest if its inventory only contains raw meat. This is significantly longer than any type of meat will last in its inventory before it will spoil, and feeding large numbers of creatures purely on kibble is almost impossible for even the most established players. For this reason, unless you need Spoiled Meat for Narcotics, it is recommended you do not keep food in an idle creature’s inventory as it will spoil much faster than it will be eaten.

Herbivores use identical mechanics to carnivores, but due to the fact they are relatively easy to feed (one low level Trike is able to collect hundreds of berries in only a few minutes) it is less of a concern for these creatures.

Remote Use Item

"Remote Use Item" is a command that allows players to force feed an item to a creature. This can be done while an animal is unconscious or conscious. Usually Narcoberries are Force Fed, in order to keep the animal's Torpor in check. If possible, it is recommended to use Narcotics since they don't spoil and can be turned into Tranquilizer Arrows if you underestimated the creature you were trying to tame.

Feeding Trough

Using a  Feeding Trough is a much more efficient way to feed multiple animals — especially while players are logged out of the game. Once a players puts food in a Feeding Trough, all nearby animals will eat whenever they are hungry. This makes it easier to manage the hunger levels of many creatures while preventing extra spoiling of food items.

Comparison tables

Resource gathering

The attribute Melee Damage influences the gathering of resources. Note that not all creatures are listed. Refer to the resource page for a complete list of creatures and tools gathering that particular resource. Creatures are ordered from high to low efficiency, but the table also shows the gathering rate of the tools for comparison purposes. Note that whilst  Tek Stryder resource gathering capabilities are low unless it has Excavator Rig, it is not mentioned here due to its potential for not mining node without materials linked to a linked Dedicated Box.

Note that  Stegosaurus gathering efficiency is based on the backplate it is currently under.

AnglerGel
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Direwolf	★★★★★
Metal Hatchet	★★★★☆
Chainsaw	★★★☆☆
Megalodon	★★★☆☆
Stone Hatchet	★★★☆☆
Metal Pick	★★☆☆☆

Berries
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Brontosaurus	★★★★★
Chalicotherium	★★★★★
Maewing	★★★★★
Triceratops	★★★★★
Ankylosaurus	★★★★☆
Excavation Rig	★★★★☆
Gigantopithecus	★★★★☆
Mammoth	★★★★☆
Megatherium	★★★★☆
Morellatops	★★★★☆
Pachyrhinosaurus	★★★★☆
Therizinosaur	★★★★☆
Woolly Rhino	★★★★☆
Carbonemys	★★★☆☆
Castoroides	★★★☆☆

Black Pearl
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Chainsaw	★★★★☆
Therizinosaur	★★★☆☆
Excavation Rig	★★☆☆☆
Megalodon	★★☆☆☆
Metal Pick	★★☆☆☆

Chitin
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Megatherium	★★★★★
Sabertooth	★★★★★
Therizinosaur	★★★★★
Beelzebufo	★★★★☆
Direwolf	★★★★☆
Metal Hatchet	★★★★☆
Thylacoleo	★★★★☆
Argentavis	★★★☆☆
Carnotaurus	★★★☆☆
Karkinos	★★★☆☆
Magmasaur	★★★☆☆
Mantis	★★★☆☆
Megalodon	★★★☆☆
Phoenix	★★★☆☆
Pteranodon	★★★☆☆

Crystal
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Ankylosaurus	★★★★★
Dunkleosteus	★★★★★
Mantis	★★★★☆
Metal Pick	★★★★☆
Excavation Rig	★★★☆☆
Phoenix	★★★☆☆
Therizinosaur	★★★☆☆

Fiber
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Dire Bear	★★★★★
Gacha	★★★★★
Gigantopithecus	★★★★★ Gathers autonomously
Metal Sickle	★★★★★
Therizinosaur	★★★★★
Excavation Rig	★★★★☆
Maewing	★★★★☆
Megatherium	★★★★☆
Mantis	★★★☆☆
Moschops	★★★☆☆
Hands	★★☆☆☆

Flint
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Ankylosaurus	★★★★★
Gacha	★★★★★
Mantis	★★★★★
Metal Pick	★★★★☆
Phoenix	★★★★☆
Excavation Rig	★★★☆☆
Stone Pick	★★☆☆☆

Hide
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Chainsaw	★★★★★
Direwolf	★★★★★
Sabertooth	★★★★★
Therizinosaur	★★★★★
Thylacoleo	★★★★★
Allosaurus	★★★★☆
Karkinos	★★★★☆
Mantis	★★★★☆
Metal Hatchet	★★★★☆
Mosasaurus	★★★★☆
Rock Drake	★★★★☆
Argentavis	★★★☆☆
Carnotaurus	★★★☆☆
Dire Bear	★★★☆☆
Ferox	★★★☆☆

Keratin
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Sabertooth	★★★★★
Therizinosaur	★★★★★
Direwolf	★★★★☆
Metal Hatchet	★★★★☆
Thylacoleo	★★★★☆
Argentavis	★★★☆☆
Carnotaurus	★★★☆☆
Karkinos	★★★☆☆
Phoenix	★★★☆☆
Quetzal	★★★☆☆
Raptor	★★★☆☆
Ravager	★★★☆☆
Rex	★★★☆☆
Dilophosaur	★★☆☆☆
Mantis	★★☆☆☆

Metal
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Ankylosaurus	★★★★★
Excavation Rig	★★★★★
Gacha	★★★★★
Magmasaur	★★★★★
Dunkleosteus	★★★★☆
Phoenix	★★★★☆
Mantis	★★★☆☆
Metal Pick	★★★☆☆
Stone Pick	★☆☆☆☆

Obsidian
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Ankylosaurus	★★★★☆
Magmasaur	★★★★☆
Phoenix	★★★★☆
Excavation Rig	★★★☆☆
Mantis	★★★☆☆
Metal Pick	★★★☆☆

Oil
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Dunkleosteus	★★★★★
Ankylosaurus	★★★★☆
Chainsaw	★★★★☆
Excavation Rig	★★★★☆
Metal Pick	★★★☆☆
Sabertooth	★☆☆☆☆
Stone Pick	★☆☆☆☆

Organic Polymer
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Chainsaw	★★★★★
Dire Bear	★★★★★
Pelagornis	★★★★★
Sabertooth	★★★★★
Sword	★★★★★
Thylacoleo	★★★★★
Wooden Club	★★★★★
Direwolf	★★★★☆
Therizinosaur	★★★★☆
Mantis	★★☆☆☆
Pteranodon	★★☆☆☆
Pulmonoscorpius	★★☆☆☆
Quetzal	★★☆☆☆
Argentavis	★☆☆☆☆

Pelt
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Direwolf	★★★★★
Metal Hatchet	★★★★☆
Phoenix	★★★★☆
Sabertooth	★★★★☆
Argentavis	★★★☆☆
Carnotaurus	★★★☆☆
Ferox	★★★☆☆
Karkinos	★★★☆☆
Raptor	★★★☆☆
Rex	★★★☆☆
Spino	★★★☆☆
Pulmonoscorpius	★★☆☆☆
Quetzal	★★☆☆☆

Rare Flower
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Ankylosaurus	★★★★★
Therizinosaur	★★★★★
Mammoth	★★★★☆
Paraceratherium	★★☆☆☆
Triceratops	★★☆☆☆

Rare Mushroom
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Ankylosaurus	★★★★★
Mammoth	★★★★★
Therizinosaur	★★★★★
Excavation Rig	★★★☆☆
Paraceratherium	★★★☆☆
Triceratops	★☆☆☆☆

Raw Fish Meat
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Pelagornis	★★★★★
Spino	★★★★★
Ichthyornis	★★★★☆
Karkinos	★★★★☆
Metal Pick	★★★★☆
Otter	★★★★☆
Kaprosuchus	★★★☆☆
Pulmonoscorpius	★★★☆☆
Quetzal	★★★☆☆
Terror Bird	★★★☆☆
Therizinosaur	★★★☆☆
Dilophosaur	★★☆☆☆

Raw Meat
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Allosaurus	★★★★★
Carnotaurus	★★★★★
Gacha	★★★★★
Mosasaurus	★★★★★
Rex	★★★★★
Spino	★★★★★
Tusoteuthis	★★★★★
Argentavis	★★★★☆
Chainsaw	★★★★☆
Deinonychus	★★★★☆
Dire Bear	★★★★☆
Direwolf	★★★★☆
Ichthyornis	★★★★☆
Mantis	★★★★☆
Megalodon	★★★★☆

Raw Prime Fish Meat
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Ichthyornis	★★★★★
Spino	★★★★★
Metal Sickle	★★★★☆
Dilophosaur	★★★☆☆
Karkinos	★★★☆☆
Metal Pick	★★★☆☆
Otter	★★★☆☆
Pulmonoscorpius	★★★☆☆
Quetzal	★★★☆☆
Terror Bird	★★★☆☆
Therizinosaur	★★★☆☆

Raw Prime Meat
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Allosaurus	★★★★★
Carnotaurus	★★★★★
Gacha	★★★★★
Ichthyornis	★★★★★
Mosasaurus	★★★★★
Rex	★★★★★
Spino	★★★★★
Argentavis	★★★★☆
Chainsaw	★★★★☆
Dire Bear	★★★★☆
Direwolf	★★★★☆
Magmasaur	★★★★☆
Phoenix	★★★★☆
Raptor	★★★★☆
Karkinos	★★★☆☆

Silica Pearls
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Anglerfish	★★★★★
Direwolf	★★★★☆
Otter	★★★★☆
Excavation Rig	★★★☆☆
Hands	★☆☆☆☆
Stone Pick	★☆☆☆☆

On Valguero you can easily get an  Anglerfish in the The Emerald Forest.

Stone
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Doedicurus	★★★★★ Gathers autonomously
Gacha	★★★★★
Magmasaur	★★★★★
Dunkleosteus	★★★★☆
Excavation Rig	★★★★☆
Mantis	★★★★☆
Ankylosaurus	★★★☆☆
Metal Hatchet	★★★☆☆
Phoenix	★★★☆☆
Metal Pick	★★☆☆☆
Stone Hatchet	★★☆☆☆
Stone Pick	★☆☆☆☆

The  Doedicurus and the  Basilisk have massive weight reduction for  Stone, always have a  Doed for Harvesting and a  Basilisk for transportation.

Thatch
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Brontosaurus	★★★★★
Excavation Rig	★★★★★
Gacha	★★★★★
Mantis	★★★★★
Megatherium	★★★★★
Triceratops	★★★★★
Crystal Wyvern	★★★★☆
Doedicurus	★★★★☆
Mammoth	★★★★☆
Megaloceros	★★★★☆
Metal Pick	★★★★☆
Moschops	★★★★☆
Phoenix	★★★★☆
Voidwyrm	★★★★☆
Woolly Rhino	★★★★☆

Wood
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Castoroides	★★★★★ Gathers autonomously
Chainsaw	★★★★★
Dunkleosteus	★★★★★
Gacha	★★★★★
Roll Rat	★★★★★
Therizinosaur	★★★★★
Thorny Dragon	★★★★★
Magmasaur	★★★★☆
Mantis	★★★★☆
Metal Hatchet	★★★★☆
Mammoth	★★★☆☆
Pachyrhinosaurus	★★★☆☆
Phoenix	★★★☆☆
Stone Hatchet	★★★☆☆
Ankylosaurus	★★☆☆☆

The  Castoroides and the  Roll Rat have massive weight reduction for  Wood, very recommended.

Transportation

Given is the base Weight for level 1 creatures. Note that not all tameable creatures are listed. Refer to each creature page for more information.

Land
Creature / Tool	Weight
Titanosaur	50000
Gasbags	3000
Megachelon	2500
Basilisk	2200
Astrocetus	2000
Brontosaurus	1600
Paracer	850
Woolly Rhino	750
Giganotosaurus	700
Dire Bear	650
Mammoth*	500
Rex	500
Procoptodon	450
Morellatops	440
Stegosaurus	440
Triceratops	365
Spino	350
Carnotaurus	300
Castoroides*	300
Sarco	300
Parasaur	255
Ankylosaurus*	250
Carbonemys	250
Dimetrodon	250
Doedicurus*	250
Gigantopithecus	220
Megaloceros	220
Gallimimus	200
Phiomia	200
Pulmonoscorpius	200
Sabertooth	200
Direwolf	170
Beelzebufo	160
Pachycephalosaurus	150
Raptor	140
Terror Bird	120
Araneo	100
Arthropluera	100
Oviraptor	100
Lystrosaurus	90
Kairuku	70
Mesopithecus	70
Araneo	50
Dodo	50
Dilophosaur	45
Compy	25
Dung Beetle	5

Air
Creature / Tool	Weight
Gasbags	3000
Quetzal	780
Snow Owl	375
Argentavis*	350
Pteranodon	150
Dimorphodon	50
Onyc	50

Water
Creature / Tool	Weight
Mosasaurus	1300
Dunkleosteus	910
Plesiosaur	800
Angler	350
Megalodon	250
Ichthyosaurus	250
Manta	200

* Some creatures are capable of decreasing the weight of a specific resource

Fight

Given are the numbers of Melee Damage and the Health at level 1. Note that not all tameable creatures are listed. Refer to each creature page for more information.

Both Aberrant dinosaur have reduced health with increased damage and X dinosaur possess stats more than the original, and are not listed here for clarity sake.

Land
Creature	Melee Damage	Health
Giganotosaurus	1200	25000
Titanosaur	1000	230000
Brontosaurus	60	2300
Velonasaur	32	440
Rex	62	1000
Dire Bear	50 / 65	400
Ankylosaurus	50	700
Spino	50	700
Paracer	45	1140
Gigantopithecus	40 / 60	640
Mammoth	42	850
Carnotaurus	42	420

Air
Creature	Melee Damage	Health
Pteranodon	18 / 50 (roll)	210
Quetzal	32	1200
Wyvern	80	1725
Onyc	35	250
Argentavis	20	290
Dimorphodon	23	125
Tapejara	18	325

Water
Creature	Melee Damage	Health
Mosasaurus	100	3600
Plesiosaur	75	2400
Basilosaurus	47	2400
Dunkleosteus	60	710
Megalodon	40	600
Manta	40	320
Angler	30	450

Scouting

For scouting and exploring the attribute Movement Speed is most important. As the numbers are not given absolutely, this table is qualitatively based on experience. Air creatures can no longer have their movement speed upgraded so animals like the raptor, Thylacoleo, and sabertooth can be better for exploration

Creature	Speed
Bloodstalker	★★★★★
Female Megaloceros	★★★★★
Managarmr	★★★★★
Deinonychus	★★★★★
Gallimimus	★★★★★
Shadowmane	★★★★☆
Raptor	★★★★☆
Male Megaloceros	★★★★☆
Sabertooth	★★★★☆
Drake	★★★★☆
Enforcer	★★★★☆
Equus	★★★★☆
Direwolf	★★★☆☆
Thylacoleo	★★★☆☆
Ravager	★★★☆☆
Karkinos	★★☆☆☆

Charge Light

Some creatures have the ability to emit or store Charged Light, making them valuable in certain locations within Aberration and caves if exported to other maps.

Creature	Charge Capacity	Charge Regeneration	Charge Emission
Bulbdog	★★★★★	★★☆☆☆	★★★☆☆
Shinehorn	★★★☆☆	★★★☆☆	★★★☆☆
Glowtail	★★★☆☆	★★★★★	★★☆☆☆
Featherlight	★★☆☆☆	★★★☆☆	★★★★★
Tek Stryder*	★★☆☆☆	★★★★☆	☆☆☆☆☆

* = Does not emit charge light or has the ability to improve Charge Regeneration on additional level.

Traveling

Some creatures are useful for traveling because they are fast and have good weight stats to carry more resources for you.

• Argentavis
• Equus
• Gallimimus
• Gasbags
• Procoptodon

It is also helpful if the creature has weight reduction and has a fighting chance.

Special Abilities of Creatures

Yutyrannus is one the best supports in combat because it has two abilities (both are roars) that are very useful. The first roar will cause all dinos, (except for Giganotosaurus,  Rex,  Spino,  Wyvern,  Bronto,  Rock Elemental, Alpha Creatures, Bosses, water creatures, or any dinos near a Mammoth with a survivor drumming buffs at rear seat of the saddle) tamed or untamed, to run away from it, even if being ridden. Player movement speed needs to be at least 181% to outrun it. The second roar temporarily boosts the attack damage allied creatures inflict by 25%, and reduces incoming damage taken by 20% each. This can be very useful in massive battles or when fighting bosses.

Daeodon is another great support because it heals tamed dinos in a specific area. But be careful, they consume an amazing amount of food to activate the ability. The amount of healing gained per tick of the Daeodon's healing aura is directly linked to the maximum health of the dino being healed. Higher HP dinos will heal more HP per tick.

Structural Functions

When saddled, some creatures can function as portable alternatives to their structural variant.

Creature	Structure Alternatives	Notes
Argentavis	Smithy	Cannot be used to repair damaged/broken items.
Thorny Dragon
Phoenix	Refining Forge,  Campfire	Autonomously cooks anything inside.
Magmasaur		Requires activation to use. Will drain food fast.
Tropeognathus	Industrial Grinder	Does not require saddle despite the above mentioning.

Producing Resources

Apart from producing poop some creatures can produce valuable resources that can be harvested from them.

Creature	Product	Requirement
Achatina	Achatina Paste  Organic Polymer	while wandering
Amargasaurus	Amargasaurus Spike	harvested via Circle Hud. (regenerates over time)
Beelzebufo	Cementing Paste	licking dead  Meganeura or  Titanomyrma
Dung Beetle	Fertilizer  Oil	needs  Feces in its inventory and being on wandering
Gacha	Gacha Crystal  (contains various number of selected/random resources)	give it random item to eat.
Hesperornis	Oil	the  Hesperornis Egg can be boiled to get the oil
Phoenix or  Magmasaur	Metal Ingot  Cooked Meat (Any Raw Variant)	put  Metal or  Raw Meat (or any raw) inside. Magmasaur requires enable smelting to begin making the resource.
Tusoteuthis or  Basilosaurus	Oil (Tusoteuthis)	generated over time
Megachelon	Rare Flower  Rare Mushroom	generated over time
Ferox	Element Dust	picked up and thrown to the ground either at specific timeframe, or when traveled enough with it (will be shown if it acts an animation upon picking up)

Autonomous gathering

Some domesticated creatures collect resources by themselves when left on 'enabled wandering' (set by holding E near the creature). Just leave the creature wandering near the resource and take the collected resources from time to time of its inventory.

Creature	Collects
Castoroides	Wood
Doedicurus	Stone
Gigantopithecus	Fiber
Mesopithecus	Berries
Pegomastax	Berries
Therizinosaur	Wood,  Thatch,  Crystal*,  Sap*, Genesis:Part 1 Lunar Biome*
Moschops	Berries,  Fiber,  Seeds,  Thatch,  Wood

Special Actions

Some creatures can perform unique actions, making them valuable in certain situations

Creature	Action
Archaeopteryx	can glide from high grounds, acts like a  Parachute
Argentavis	can lift small creatures with its claws and with its beak, and recover health from harvesting from a corpse
Amargasaurus	can fire off its explosive spikes at mortar range that leave behind an area of effect, swapping between Armor-Piercing, Burning or Frozen effect, and cover riders with insulation boosts for both heat and ice.
Astrocetus	can hyperdrive to a certain distance with enough cosmic energy. When saddled, can drop down bomb with its own residue from the rocks
Astrodelphis	Saddled with its saddle, it can be used to jet into starwing mode, allowing evasive maneuver, and the turret can be used to fire out both tek and explosive projectile, or blast out a spherical explosion of EMP around itself.
Baryonyx	can spin in the water causing a stun effect to medium creatures but it has to be deep in the water
Basilisk	can bury under ground for certain periods to avoid detection, and can damage players while riding their mounts.
Bloodstalker	can web and pull victim to itself, or swing and jump between latchable areas, climb and walk in water.
Beelzebufo	tongue-attack can knock-out creatures, and can harvest  Cementing Paste from certain dead insects.
Daeodon	can heal allied/own dino with healing, in exchange for massive loss in hunger
Deinonychus	can pounce on smaller prey, latch and lacerate at specific larger prey, climb and latch to walls and yell to nearby deinonychus for pack boost
Dimorphodon and  Vulture	can be thrown to attack creatures,  Spoiled Meat spoils slower when in  Vulture inventory.
Dinopithecus	can climb across trees, walls and vines, and throws both  Feces and  Grenade with it in its inventory, even throwing both as one if needed to.
Direwolf	can howl to activate pack buff effect, and sniff for injured survivor/dino below 50%, undiscovered explorer notes and/or camouflaged/buried dino
Ferox (Large)	can throw giant rock, knockback with its slam, jumps very far with its dash and jump , and climb upwards
Gasbags	can puff up into a large size and either jet off into air and glide slowly, or push creatures and survivors far off with the stored air inside
Gigantopithecus	is able to throw the player who rides it at any direction, lift (and throw) shoulder-mounted dino, and climb onto natural and man-made zip lines
Griffin	can lift up to medium-sized creatures with its claws, and dive bomb down
Kaprosuchus	can lunge and grab at smaller prey
Karkinos	can lift up to two medium-sized creatures with its claws and jump very high on aimed direction, can also walk in the ground of the ocean with infinite  Oxygen.
Maewing	can glide far and wide and slide under the ground or water, increasing the jump height if jumped at the right timing. When activated, can feed baby like a  Feeding Trough until they reached juvenile. When saddled, can carry babies until past adolescent, or steal from enemy babies.
Magmasaur	can searing spit with Metal Ingot in its inventory and at a suitable temperature, or fire exploding obsidian shrapnel around itself while charging up for a spit
Mammoth	can grab and release/throw small creature and survivor, roar with its trunk to debuff nearby enemies, and slam forward with its frontal legs
Managarmr	can breath frost stream, jet up and dash front, sideways and back, and dive bomb down
Megachelon	can spit bubble breath while underwater, and generate oxygen above its stone shell
Megalania	can climb walls and ceilings and affect players with  Mega Rabies.
Megalosaurus	can lift up to medium-sized creatures with its jaws and deals a lot of damage during night.
Mesopithecus and  Chalicotherium	can throw poop at enemies, the  Mesopithecus can be thrown and unlock locked doors.
Microraptor	can dismount targets on whistle to attack/thrown
Noglin	can mind control non-allied creatures or survivors (albeit either draining their health to extreme low, or for the case of wild creature, outright killing them afterwards), either via whistle to attack, or manually by linking minds
Pachy	can ram and knock-out creatures
Parasaur	can scan the immediate surrounding area for enemies and mark them through walls for a short time, and honk to scare smaller predator and prey nearby
Pegomastax	can pickpocket the target
Procoptodon	can jump very high on aimed direction, and carry survivors, certain small and baby dinos, two mates can help you to imprint and raise your babies.
Pteranodon	can lift tiny creatures with its claws In addition, it can spin in the air and cause more damage than its normal attack although it uses energy
Purlovia	can hide underground, ambushing any non-tribe nearby
Pulmonoscorpius	stings can knock-out creatures and can easily climb difficult cliffs.
Quetzal	can lift up to medium-sized creatures with its claws, and has a  Quetz Platform Saddle to transport massive creatures like the  Rex.
Raptor	can pounce on smaller prey, and vocalize out to nearby raptor for temporary pack boost
Ravager	can climb onto natural and man-made zip lines
Reaper	can launch webbed projectiles and swing its tail sideways to knock creatures away.
Rex	can roar to force nearby survivor or dino with lower level than it to poop. It's roar can also force-land small dinos in its visible cone of effect.
Rock Drake	can climb walls and ceilings, glide down, seek for any nearby Reaper and camouflage to avoid detection
Sarco	can turn 180 degree at the target behind, and can death roll a target/prey after grabbing it
Scout	can scout via control from survivor's binoculars, and mark targets
Shadowmane	can camouflage stalk and warp hit its target with enough adrenaline and warp up far without risk of fall damage. Under mate boost, Males can howl to boost stat, whereas female's stalk can camouflage multiple allied dinos nearby.
Sinomacrops	can scream to scare small to medium size creatures away, and both hover and glide survivors on its back upwards with enough stamina.
Snow Owl	can dive bomb down, encapsulate nearby creature/survivor, and sense for living creature with its predatory sense
Spino	can switch between quadruped and biped state, former granting movement speed whereas biped granting extra damage
Stegosaurus	can alter its backplate mode to suit its situational issues and impale and immobilize small targets
Tapejara	can lift tiny creatures with its claws and land on vertical surfaces
Terror Bird	can glide to avoid huge obstacles
Tek Stryder	comes with various rigs that possess special abilities.
Thylacoleo	can climb up vertical walls and terrains
Triceratops	can charge and ram in front, stunning anything that gets hit by it, and gains buff for specific large predator nearby
Tropeognathus	can break down items into base components similar to an industrial grinder. Saddled, it can also be used to jet faster than all other aerial mounts, allowing evasive maneuvering. The turret mounted to its back can be used to fire out an explosive flak projectile, useful for dealing with enemy fliers.
Tusoteuthis	can carry up to medium creatures with its tentacles
Velonasaur	can shoot spines like a turret, and swing itself around to scare away weaker hostile creature with the tossed spines
Woolly Rhino	can charge impact speed for Momentum hit to attack creatures
Wyvern /  Crystal Wyvern /  Voidwyrm	can lift up to medium-sized creatures with its claws, and breathe elemental/crystal breath
Yutyrannus	can encourage allied/own dino with its courageous roar, and frighten enemy/wild dinos with its fear roar