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Raptor Saddle
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 Raw Meat in its inventory before eating Raw Prime Meat 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 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 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 Stegosaurus gathering efficiency is based on the backplate it is currently under.

AnglerGel AnglerGel
Creature / ToolGain per action
Direwolf Direwolf★★★★★
Metal Hatchet Metal Hatchet★★★★☆
Chainsaw (Scorched Earth) Chainsaw (Scorched Earth)★★★☆☆
Megalodon Megalodon★★★☆☆
Stone Hatchet Stone Hatchet★★★☆☆
Metal Pick Metal Pick★★☆☆☆
Berries Berries
Creature / ToolGain per action
Brontosaurus Brontosaurus★★★★★
Chalicotherium Chalicotherium★★★★★
Maewing Maewing★★★★★
Triceratops Triceratops★★★★★
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus★★★★☆
Excavation Rig (Genesis Part 2) Excavation Rig (Genesis: Part 2)★★★★☆
Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus★★★★☆
Mammoth Mammoth★★★★☆
Megatherium Megatherium★★★★☆
Morellatops Morellatops★★★★☆
Pachyrhinosaurus Pachyrhinosaurus★★★★☆
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★★☆
Woolly Rhino Woolly Rhino★★★★☆
Carbonemys Carbonemys★★★☆☆
Castoroides Castoroides★★★☆☆
Black Pearl Black Pearl
Creature / ToolGain per action
Chainsaw (Scorched Earth) Chainsaw (Scorched Earth)★★★★☆
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★☆☆
Excavation Rig (Genesis Part 2) Excavation Rig (Genesis: Part 2)★★☆☆☆
Megalodon Megalodon★★☆☆☆
Metal Pick Metal Pick★★☆☆☆
Chitin Chitin
Creature / ToolGain per action
Megatherium Megatherium★★★★★
Sabertooth Sabertooth★★★★★
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★★★
Beelzebufo Beelzebufo★★★★☆
Direwolf Direwolf★★★★☆
Metal Hatchet Metal Hatchet★★★★☆
Thylacoleo Thylacoleo★★★★☆
Argentavis Argentavis★★★☆☆
Carnotaurus Carnotaurus★★★☆☆
Karkinos Karkinos★★★☆☆
Magmasaur Magmasaur★★★☆☆
Mantis Mantis★★★☆☆
Megalodon Megalodon★★★☆☆
Phoenix Phoenix★★★☆☆
Pteranodon Pteranodon★★★☆☆
Crystal Crystal
Creature / ToolGain per action
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus★★★★★
Dunkleosteus Dunkleosteus★★★★★
Mantis Mantis★★★★☆
Metal Pick Metal Pick★★★★☆
Excavation Rig (Genesis Part 2) Excavation Rig (Genesis: Part 2)★★★☆☆
Phoenix Phoenix★★★☆☆
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★☆☆
Fiber Fiber
Creature / ToolGain per action
Dire Bear Dire Bear★★★★★
Gacha Gacha★★★★★
Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus★★★★★
Gathers autonomously
Metal Sickle Metal Sickle★★★★★
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★★★
Excavation Rig (Genesis Part 2) Excavation Rig (Genesis: Part 2)★★★★☆
Maewing Maewing★★★★☆
Megatherium Megatherium★★★★☆
Mantis Mantis★★★☆☆
Moschops Moschops★★★☆☆
Hands Hands★★☆☆☆
Flint Flint
Creature / ToolGain per action
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus★★★★★
Gacha Gacha★★★★★
Mantis Mantis★★★★★
Metal Pick Metal Pick★★★★☆
Phoenix Phoenix★★★★☆
Excavation Rig (Genesis Part 2) Excavation Rig (Genesis: Part 2)★★★☆☆
Stone Pick Stone Pick★★☆☆☆
Hide Hide
Creature / ToolGain per action
Chainsaw (Scorched Earth) Chainsaw (Scorched Earth)★★★★★
Direwolf Direwolf★★★★★
Sabertooth Sabertooth★★★★★
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★★★
Thylacoleo Thylacoleo★★★★★
Allosaurus Allosaurus★★★★☆
Karkinos Karkinos★★★★☆
Mantis Mantis★★★★☆
Metal Hatchet Metal Hatchet★★★★☆
Mosasaurus Mosasaurus★★★★☆
Rock Drake Rock Drake★★★★☆
Argentavis Argentavis★★★☆☆
Carnotaurus Carnotaurus★★★☆☆
Dire Bear Dire Bear★★★☆☆
Ferox Ferox★★★☆☆
Keratin Keratin
Creature / ToolGain per action
Sabertooth Sabertooth★★★★★
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★★★
Direwolf Direwolf★★★★☆
Metal Hatchet Metal Hatchet★★★★☆
Thylacoleo Thylacoleo★★★★☆
Argentavis Argentavis★★★☆☆
Carnotaurus Carnotaurus★★★☆☆
Karkinos Karkinos★★★☆☆
Phoenix Phoenix★★★☆☆
Quetzal Quetzal★★★☆☆
Raptor Raptor★★★☆☆
Ravager Ravager★★★☆☆
Rex Rex★★★☆☆
Dilophosaur Dilophosaur★★☆☆☆
Mantis Mantis★★☆☆☆
Metal Metal
Creature / ToolGain per action
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus★★★★★
Excavation Rig (Genesis Part 2) Excavation Rig (Genesis: Part 2)★★★★★
Gacha Gacha★★★★★
Magmasaur Magmasaur★★★★★
Dunkleosteus Dunkleosteus★★★★☆
Phoenix Phoenix★★★★☆
Mantis Mantis★★★☆☆
Metal Pick Metal Pick★★★☆☆
Stone Pick Stone Pick★☆☆☆☆
Obsidian Obsidian
Creature / ToolGain per action
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus★★★★☆
Magmasaur Magmasaur★★★★☆
Phoenix Phoenix★★★★☆
Excavation Rig (Genesis Part 2) Excavation Rig (Genesis: Part 2)★★★☆☆
Mantis Mantis★★★☆☆
Metal Pick Metal Pick★★★☆☆
Oil Oil
Creature / ToolGain per action
Dunkleosteus Dunkleosteus★★★★★
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus★★★★☆
Chainsaw (Scorched Earth) Chainsaw (Scorched Earth)★★★★☆
Excavation Rig (Genesis Part 2) Excavation Rig (Genesis: Part 2)★★★★☆
Metal Pick Metal Pick★★★☆☆
Sabertooth Sabertooth★☆☆☆☆
Stone Pick Stone Pick★☆☆☆☆
Organic Polymer Organic Polymer
Creature / ToolGain per action
Chainsaw (Scorched Earth) Chainsaw (Scorched Earth)★★★★★
Dire Bear Dire Bear★★★★★
Pelagornis Pelagornis★★★★★
Sabertooth Sabertooth★★★★★
Sword Sword★★★★★
Thylacoleo Thylacoleo★★★★★
Wooden Club Wooden Club★★★★★
Direwolf Direwolf★★★★☆
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★★☆
Mantis Mantis★★☆☆☆
Pteranodon Pteranodon★★☆☆☆
Pulmonoscorpius Pulmonoscorpius★★☆☆☆
Quetzal Quetzal★★☆☆☆
Argentavis Argentavis★☆☆☆☆
Pelt Pelt
Creature / ToolGain per action
Direwolf Direwolf★★★★★
Metal Hatchet Metal Hatchet★★★★☆
Phoenix Phoenix★★★★☆
Sabertooth Sabertooth★★★★☆
Argentavis Argentavis★★★☆☆
Carnotaurus Carnotaurus★★★☆☆
Ferox Ferox★★★☆☆
Karkinos Karkinos★★★☆☆
Raptor Raptor★★★☆☆
Rex Rex★★★☆☆
Spino Spino★★★☆☆
Pulmonoscorpius Pulmonoscorpius★★☆☆☆
Quetzal Quetzal★★☆☆☆
Rare Flower Rare Flower
Creature / ToolGain per action
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus★★★★★
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★★★
Mammoth Mammoth★★★★☆
Paraceratherium Paraceratherium★★☆☆☆
Triceratops Triceratops★★☆☆☆
Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom
Creature / ToolGain per action
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus★★★★★
Mammoth Mammoth★★★★★
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★★★
Excavation Rig (Genesis Part 2) Excavation Rig (Genesis: Part 2)★★★☆☆
Paraceratherium Paraceratherium★★★☆☆
Triceratops Triceratops★☆☆☆☆
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat
Creature / ToolGain per action
Pelagornis Pelagornis★★★★★
Spino Spino★★★★★
Ichthyornis Ichthyornis★★★★☆
Karkinos Karkinos★★★★☆
Metal Pick Metal Pick★★★★☆
Otter Otter★★★★☆
Kaprosuchus Kaprosuchus★★★☆☆
Pulmonoscorpius Pulmonoscorpius★★★☆☆
Quetzal Quetzal★★★☆☆
Terror Bird Terror Bird★★★☆☆
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★☆☆
Dilophosaur Dilophosaur★★☆☆☆
Raw Meat Raw Meat
Creature / ToolGain per action
Allosaurus Allosaurus★★★★★
Carnotaurus Carnotaurus★★★★★
Gacha Gacha★★★★★
Mosasaurus Mosasaurus★★★★★
Rex Rex★★★★★
Spino Spino★★★★★
Tusoteuthis Tusoteuthis★★★★★
Argentavis Argentavis★★★★☆
Chainsaw (Scorched Earth) Chainsaw (Scorched Earth)★★★★☆
Deinonychus Deinonychus★★★★☆
Dire Bear Dire Bear★★★★☆
Direwolf Direwolf★★★★☆
Ichthyornis Ichthyornis★★★★☆
Mantis Mantis★★★★☆
Megalodon Megalodon★★★★☆
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat
Creature / ToolGain per action
Ichthyornis Ichthyornis★★★★★
Spino Spino★★★★★
Metal Sickle Metal Sickle★★★★☆
Dilophosaur Dilophosaur★★★☆☆
Karkinos Karkinos★★★☆☆
Metal Pick Metal Pick★★★☆☆
Otter Otter★★★☆☆
Pulmonoscorpius Pulmonoscorpius★★★☆☆
Quetzal Quetzal★★★☆☆
Terror Bird Terror Bird★★★☆☆
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★☆☆
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat
Creature / ToolGain per action
Allosaurus Allosaurus★★★★★
Carnotaurus Carnotaurus★★★★★
Gacha Gacha★★★★★
Ichthyornis Ichthyornis★★★★★
Mosasaurus Mosasaurus★★★★★
Rex Rex★★★★★
Spino Spino★★★★★
Argentavis Argentavis★★★★☆
Chainsaw (Scorched Earth) Chainsaw (Scorched Earth)★★★★☆
Dire Bear Dire Bear★★★★☆
Direwolf Direwolf★★★★☆
Magmasaur Magmasaur★★★★☆
Phoenix Phoenix★★★★☆
Raptor Raptor★★★★☆
Karkinos Karkinos★★★☆☆
Silica Pearls Silica Pearls
Creature / ToolGain per action
Anglerfish Anglerfish★★★★★
Direwolf Direwolf★★★★☆
Otter Otter★★★★☆
Excavation Rig (Genesis Part 2) Excavation Rig (Genesis: Part 2)★★★☆☆
Hands Hands★☆☆☆☆
Stone Pick Stone Pick★☆☆☆☆

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

Stone Stone
Creature / ToolGain per action
Doedicurus Doedicurus★★★★★
Gathers autonomously
Gacha Gacha★★★★★
Magmasaur Magmasaur★★★★★
Dunkleosteus Dunkleosteus★★★★☆
Excavation Rig (Genesis Part 2) Excavation Rig (Genesis: Part 2)★★★★☆
Mantis Mantis★★★★☆
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus★★★☆☆
Metal Hatchet Metal Hatchet★★★☆☆
Phoenix Phoenix★★★☆☆
Metal Pick Metal Pick★★☆☆☆
Stone Hatchet Stone Hatchet★★☆☆☆
Stone Pick Stone Pick★☆☆☆☆

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

Thatch Thatch
Creature / ToolGain per action
Brontosaurus Brontosaurus★★★★★
Excavation Rig (Genesis Part 2) Excavation Rig (Genesis: Part 2)★★★★★
Gacha Gacha★★★★★
Mantis Mantis★★★★★
Megatherium Megatherium★★★★★
Triceratops Triceratops★★★★★
Crystal Wyvern Crystal Wyvern★★★★☆
Doedicurus Doedicurus★★★★☆
Mammoth Mammoth★★★★☆
Megaloceros Megaloceros★★★★☆
Metal Pick Metal Pick★★★★☆
Moschops Moschops★★★★☆
Phoenix Phoenix★★★★☆
Voidwyrm Voidwyrm★★★★☆
Woolly Rhino Woolly Rhino★★★★☆
Wood Wood
Creature / ToolGain per action
Castoroides Castoroides★★★★★
Gathers autonomously
Chainsaw (Scorched Earth) Chainsaw (Scorched Earth)★★★★★
Dunkleosteus Dunkleosteus★★★★★
Gacha Gacha★★★★★
Roll Rat Roll Rat★★★★★
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur★★★★★
Thorny Dragon Thorny Dragon★★★★★
Magmasaur Magmasaur★★★★☆
Mantis Mantis★★★★☆
Metal Hatchet Metal Hatchet★★★★☆
Mammoth Mammoth★★★☆☆
Pachyrhinosaurus Pachyrhinosaurus★★★☆☆
Phoenix Phoenix★★★☆☆
Stone Hatchet Stone Hatchet★★★☆☆
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus★★☆☆☆

The Castoroides Castoroides and the Roll Rat Roll Rat have massive weight reduction for Wood 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 Titanosaur 50000
Gasbags Gasbags 3000
Megachelon Megachelon 2500
Basilisk Basilisk 2200
Astrocetus Astrocetus 2000
Brontosaurus Brontosaurus 1600
Paracer Paracer 850
Woolly Rhino Woolly Rhino 750
Giganotosaurus Giganotosaurus 700
Dire Bear Dire Bear 650
Mammoth Mammoth* 500
Rex Rex 500
Procoptodon Procoptodon 450
Morellatops Morellatops 440
Stegosaurus Stegosaurus 440
Triceratops Triceratops 365
Spino Spino 350
Carnotaurus Carnotaurus 300
Castoroides Castoroides* 300
Sarco Sarco 300
Parasaur Parasaur 255
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus* 250
Carbonemys Carbonemys 250
Dimetrodon Dimetrodon 250
Doedicurus Doedicurus* 250
Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus 220
Megaloceros Megaloceros 220
Gallimimus Gallimimus 200
Phiomia Phiomia 200
Pulmonoscorpius Pulmonoscorpius 200
Sabertooth Sabertooth 200
Direwolf Direwolf 170
Beelzebufo Beelzebufo 160
Pachycephalosaurus Pachycephalosaurus 150
Raptor Raptor 140
Terror Bird Terror Bird 120
Araneo Araneo 100
Arthropluera Arthropluera 100
Oviraptor Oviraptor 100
Lystrosaurus Lystrosaurus 90
Kairuku Kairuku 70
Mesopithecus Mesopithecus 70
Araneo Araneo 50
Dodo Dodo 50
Dilophosaur Dilophosaur 45
Compy Compy 25
Dung Beetle Dung Beetle 5
Air
Creature / Tool Weight
Gasbags Gasbags 3000
Quetzal Quetzal 780
Snow Owl Snow Owl 375
Argentavis Argentavis* 350
Pteranodon Pteranodon 150
Dimorphodon Dimorphodon 50
Onyc Onyc 50
Water
Creature / Tool Weight
Mosasaurus Mosasaurus 1300
Dunkleosteus Dunkleosteus 910
Plesiosaur Plesiosaur 800
Angler Angler 350
Megalodon Megalodon 250
Ichthyosaurus Ichthyosaurus 250
Manta 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 Giganotosaurus 1200 25000
Titanosaur Titanosaur 1000 230000
Brontosaurus Brontosaurus 60 2300
Velonasaur Velonasaur 32 440
Rex Rex 62 1000
Dire Bear Dire Bear 50 / 65 400
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus 50 700
Spino Spino 50 700
Paracer Paracer 45 1140
Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus 40 / 60 640
Mammoth Mammoth 42 850
Carnotaurus Carnotaurus 42 420
Air
Creature Melee Damage Health
Pteranodon Pteranodon 18 / 50 (roll) 210
Quetzal Quetzal 32 1200
Wyvern Wyvern 80 1725
Onyc Onyc 35 250
Argentavis Argentavis 20 290
Dimorphodon Dimorphodon 23 125
Tapejara Tapejara 18 325
Water
Creature Melee Damage Health
Mosasaurus Mosasaurus 100 3600
Plesiosaur Plesiosaur 75 2400
Basilosaurus Basilosaurus 47 2400
Dunkleosteus Dunkleosteus 60 710
Megalodon Megalodon 40 600
Manta Manta 40 320
Angler 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 Bloodstalker ★★★★★
Megaloceros Female Megaloceros ★★★★★
Managarmr Managarmr ★★★★★
Deinonychus Deinonychus ★★★★★
Gallimimus Gallimimus ★★★★★
Shadowmane Shadowmane ★★★★☆
Raptor Raptor ★★★★☆
Megaloceros Male Megaloceros ★★★★☆
Sabertooth Sabertooth ★★★★☆
Rock Drake Drake ★★★★☆
Enforcer Enforcer ★★★★☆
Equus Equus ★★★★☆
Direwolf Direwolf ★★★☆☆
Thylacoleo Thylacoleo ★★★☆☆
Ravager Ravager ★★★☆☆
Karkinos 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 Bulbdog ★★★★★ ★★☆☆☆ ★★★☆☆
Shinehorn Shinehorn ★★★☆☆ ★★★☆☆ ★★★☆☆
Glowtail Glowtail ★★★☆☆ ★★★★★ ★★☆☆☆
Featherlight Featherlight ★★☆☆☆ ★★★☆☆ ★★★★★
Tek Stryder 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.

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

Hunting[]

Guarding[]

Defending[]

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 Argentavis Smithy Smithy Cannot be used to repair damaged/broken items.
Thorny Dragon Thorny Dragon
Phoenix Phoenix Refining Forge Refining Forge, Campfire Campfire Autonomously cooks anything inside.
Magmasaur Magmasaur Requires activation to use. Will drain food fast.
Tropeognathus Tropeognathus Industrial Grinder 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 Achatina Paste Achatina Paste
Organic Polymer Organic Polymer
while wandering
Amargasaurus Amargasaurus Amargasaurus Spike Amargasaurus Spike harvested via Circle Hud. (regenerates over time)
Beelzebufo Beelzebufo Cementing Paste Cementing Paste licking dead Meganeura Meganeura
or Titanomyrma Titanomyrma
Dung Beetle Dung Beetle Fertilizer Fertilizer
Oil Oil
needs Feces Feces in its inventory and being on wandering
Gacha Gacha Gacha Crystal (Extinction) Gacha Crystal (Extinction) (contains various number of selected/random resources) give it random item to eat.
Hesperornis Hesperornis Oil Oil the Hesperornis Egg Hesperornis Egg can be boiled to get the oil
Phoenix Phoenix or Magmasaur Magmasaur Metal Ingot Metal Ingot
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat (Any Raw Variant)
put Metal Metal or Raw Meat Raw Meat (or any raw) inside.
Magmasaur requires enable smelting to begin making the resource.
Tusoteuthis Tusoteuthis or Basilosaurus Basilosaurus Oil (Tusoteuthis) Oil (Tusoteuthis) generated over time
Megachelon Megachelon Rare Flower Rare Flower
Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom
generated over time
Ferox Ferox Element Dust 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 Castoroides Wood Wood
Doedicurus Doedicurus Stone Stone
Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus Fiber Fiber
Mesopithecus Mesopithecus Berries Berries
Pegomastax Pegomastax Berries Berries
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur Wood Wood, Thatch Thatch, Crystal Crystal*, Sap Sap*, Genesis:Part 1 Lunar Biome*
Moschops Moschops Berries Berries, Fiber Fiber, Seeds Seeds, Thatch Thatch, Wood Wood

Special Actions[]

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

Creature Action
Archaeopteryx Archaeopteryx can glide from high grounds, acts like a Parachute Parachute
Argentavis Argentavis can lift small creatures with its claws and with its beak, and recover health from harvesting from a corpse
Amargasaurus 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 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 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 Baryonyx can spin in the water causing a stun effect to medium creatures but it has to be deep in the water
Basilisk Basilisk can bury under ground for certain periods to avoid detection, and can damage players while riding their mounts.
Bloodstalker Bloodstalker can web and pull victim to itself, or swing and jump between latchable areas, climb and walk in water.
Beelzebufo Beelzebufo tongue-attack can knock-out creatures, and can harvest Cementing Paste Cementing Paste from certain dead insects.
Daeodon Daeodon can heal allied/own dino with healing, in exchange for massive loss in hunger
Deinonychus 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 Dimorphodon and Vulture Vulture can be thrown to attack creatures, Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat spoils slower when in Vulture Vulture inventory.
Dinopithecus Dinopithecus can climb across trees, walls and vines, and throws both Feces Feces and Grenade Grenade with it in its inventory, even throwing both as one if needed to.
Direwolf 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) Ferox (Large) can throw giant rock, knockback with its slam, jumps very far with its dash and jump , and climb upwards
Gasbags 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 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 Griffin can lift up to medium-sized creatures with its claws, and dive bomb down
Kaprosuchus Kaprosuchus can lunge and grab at smaller prey
Karkinos 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 Oxygen.
Maewing 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 Feeding Trough until they reached juvenile. When saddled, can carry babies until past adolescent, or steal from enemy babies.
Magmasaur 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 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 Managarmr can breath frost stream, jet up and dash front, sideways and back, and dive bomb down
Megachelon Megachelon can spit bubble breath while underwater, and generate oxygen above its stone shell
Megalania Megalania can climb walls and ceilings and affect players with Mega Rabies Mega Rabies.
Megalosaurus Megalosaurus can lift up to medium-sized creatures with its jaws and deals a lot of damage during night.
Mesopithecus Mesopithecus and Chalicotherium Chalicotherium can throw poop at enemies, the Mesopithecus Mesopithecus can be thrown and unlock locked doors.
Microraptor Microraptor can dismount targets on whistle to attack/thrown
Noglin 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 Pachy can ram and knock-out creatures
Parasaur 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 Pegomastax can pickpocket the target
Procoptodon 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 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 Purlovia can hide underground, ambushing any non-tribe nearby
Pulmonoscorpius Pulmonoscorpius stings can knock-out creatures and can easily climb difficult cliffs.
Quetzal Quetzal can lift up to medium-sized creatures with its claws, and has a Quetz Platform Saddle Quetz Platform Saddle to transport massive creatures like the Rex Rex.
Raptor Raptor can pounce on smaller prey, and vocalize out to nearby raptor for temporary pack boost
Ravager Ravager can climb onto natural and man-made zip lines
Reaper Reaper can launch webbed projectiles and swing its tail sideways to knock creatures away.
Rex 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 Rock Drake can climb walls and ceilings, glide down, seek for any nearby Reaper and camouflage to avoid detection
Sarco Sarco can turn 180 degree at the target behind, and can death roll a target/prey after grabbing it
Scout Scout can scout via control from survivor's binoculars, and mark targets
Shadowmane 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 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 Snow Owl can dive bomb down, encapsulate nearby creature/survivor, and sense for living creature with its predatory sense
Spino Spino can switch between quadruped and biped state, former granting movement speed whereas biped granting extra damage
Stegosaurus Stegosaurus can alter its backplate mode to suit its situational issues and impale and immobilize small targets
Tapejara Tapejara can lift tiny creatures with its claws and land on vertical surfaces
Terror Bird Terror Bird can glide to avoid huge obstacles
Tek Stryder Tek Stryder comes with various rigs that possess special abilities.
Thylacoleo Thylacoleo can climb up vertical walls and terrains
Triceratops Triceratops can charge and ram in front, stunning anything that gets hit by it, and gains buff for specific large predator nearby
Tropeognathus 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 Tusoteuthis can carry up to medium creatures with its tentacles
Velonasaur Velonasaur can shoot spines like a turret, and swing itself around to scare away weaker hostile creature with the tossed spines
Woolly Rhino Woolly Rhino can charge impact speed for Momentum hit to attack creatures
Wyvern Wyvern / Crystal Wyvern Crystal Wyvern / Voidwyrm Voidwyrm can lift up to medium-sized creatures with its claws, and breathe elemental/crystal breath
Yutyrannus Yutyrannus can encourage allied/own dino with its courageous roar, and frighten enemy/wild dinos with its fear roar
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