or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Dolphin/Dolphin_Character_BP.Dolphin_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Ichthyosaurus (Race)
cheat summon RaceDolphin_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Race/RaceDolphin_Character_BP.RaceDolphin_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant X-Ichthyosaurus
cheat summon Ocean_Dolphin_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/BiomeVariants/Ocean_Dolphin/Ocean_Dolphin_Character_BP.Ocean_Dolphin_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant X-Ichthyosaurus (Escort)
cheat summon Ocean_Dolphin_Character_BP_Escort_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Escort/Ocean/Ocean_Dolphin_Character_BP_Escort.Ocean_Dolphin_Character_BP_Escort'" 500 0 0 35
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The Ichthyosaurus (ick-thee-oh-sawr-us) or Ichthy 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.
Ichthyosaurus curiosa
TimeLate Triassic - Early Jurassic
DietCarnivore
TemperamentCurious
- Wild
Ichthyosaurus curiosa is a comparatively small carnivore found in the waters around the island. It is slightly larger than a human, but that’s still small compared to the leviathans roaming these waters. It seems to be very interested in any creature around its size, often approaching and following humans swimming through its waters. Despite its appearance, the Ichthyosaurus is neither a fish nor an ocean mammal. Like many creatures in the waters around the island, it is actually an aquatic reptile.
- Domesticated
I can’t think of a better mount for someone starting to explore the island’s seas and waterways. Ichthyosaurus is a comparatively fast swimmer, and even in the wild will cozy right up to you and try to figure out what you’re doing. Taming these is actually pretty easy, as they seem to love humans and will be fed and tamed without the use of violence.
Behavior[]
Ichthyosaurs are a very friendly species to most creatures, and will often swim towards you and around you out of curiosity. They will push you ashore if you run out of stamina and can't surface for oxygen in time.[1] They act a lot like modern dolphins. Ichthyosaurs in the northwestern waters can be found killing and eating wild Kairuku.
Appearance[]
An Ichthyosaur is a mid-sized marine reptile, taking the rough shape of a dolphin. It has large eyes for spying fish and squid in the dark depths, a long snout for catching said prey, and a large brain that gives the animal its inherently curious nature.
Color Scheme and Regions[]
This section displays the Ichthyosaurus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Ichthyosaurus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Ichthyosaurus 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 Ichthyosaurus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Ichthyosaurus's "body" magenta.
Main Body
Unknown
Spots
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Drops[]
Base Stats and Growth[]
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
Health | 275 | +13.75 | +1.35% | 0.042 | |
Stamina | 300 | +60 | +20% | ||
Oxygen | 150 | +15 | N/A | ||
Food | 1000 | +100 | +10% | 15% | |
Weight | 250 | +5 | +4% | ||
Melee Damage | 15 | +0.75 | +0.85% | 14% | 17.6% |
Movement Speed | 100% | N/A | +1.5% | ||
Torpidity | 300 | +18 | N/A | 0.5 |
- For a comparison of the stats of all creatures, see Base Creature Statistics.
- For an explanation of exactly how the levelup calculation works, see Creature Stats Calculation.
Movement [u/s] |
Base Speed | Sprinting Speed | Stamina | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wild | Tamed1 | Tamed2 | Wild | Tamed1 | Tamed2 | ||
Walking | 600 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 10 |
Swimming | 600 | ? | ? | 720 | 2376 | 2376 | 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.
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.[2]
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.
Combat[]
This section describes how to fight against the Ichthy.
General[]
The Ichthy will flee once you or your tame attacks it.
Strategy[]
There are two ways of doing this:
- It's recommend using a fast water mount and chasing it down, which is the most effective and fastest way.
- The more wasteful and time consuming way is to get a fast flying mount, pick up a friend or tribe mate, and have them get a gun or bow/crossbow and shoot it from above.
Weaponry[]
Any aquatic mount or even just spears can take out an Ichthyosaur. You may also need SCUBA Flippers if you don’t have a mount.
Dangers[]
While not a dangerous animal itself, the Ichthy can attract dangerous creatures such as Megalodon or Manta. Be prepared to fight more than just an Ichthyosaur if you do go hunting for one.
Weakness[]
These animals don't have that much health, so killing them isn't that difficult in general.
Taming[]
The Ichthy is unable to be tamed through the standard tranquilize-and-feed methods, and must be tamed non-violently.
To feed it, place meat or kibble on the last slot of your hotbar, then when approached press use (default E, , ) to feed it. You cannot feed them all the meat required for taming at one time, you must wait every couple of minutes until it is hungry again to feed it more until it's taming meter is filled.
- The Ichthyosaurus will nuzzle up to tamed creatures, so using them to help tame them is recommended.
- Using a raft, diving in to the water, feeding the Ichthy, and swimming back to the raft can be an effective way to tame one, keep up with it, and avoid aquatic predators such as Megalodon and Mantas. Not recommend in deep water were Leedsitchys could attack your raft.
- The Ichthyosaurus may try to swim away while you are taming it.
- If you find the Ichthyosaurus keeps running away you might be able to get between it and the open ocean forcing it to run to the shallows where it could get stuck for you to tame it. It's still likely it may get away though so blocking it in even further might help as well.It is advised not to try and tame them in open water.
- It will co-habitat with Megalodons and Mantas, which together with the water can make taming them a bit dangerous.
Level 1 | Feeding Interval | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
Simple Kibble | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 |
Raw Mutton | 2 | 05:09 | 0:05:09 |
Cooked Lamb Chop | 3 | 03:51 | 0:07:43 |
Raw Prime Meat | 2 | 05:09 | 0:05:09 |
Cooked Prime Meat | 4 | 03:25 | 0:10:17 |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 5 | 01:36 | 0:06:26 |
Raw Meat | 5 | 03:13 | 0:12:52 |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 9 | 01:29 | 0:11:54 |
Cooked Meat | 10 | 01:25 | 0:12:52 |
Raw Fish Meat | 13 | 01:23 | 0:16:43 |
Cooked Fish Meat | 25 | 00:40 | 0:16:05 |
Level 30 | Feeding Interval | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
Simple Kibble | 2 | 05:29 | 0:05:29 |
Raw Mutton | 4 | 03:26 | 0:10:18 |
Cooked Lamb Chop | 6 | 03:05 | 0:15:25 |
Raw Prime Meat | 4 | 03:26 | 0:10:18 |
Cooked Prime Meat | 8 | 02:56 | 0:20:33 |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 10 | 01:25 | 0:12:52 |
Raw Meat | 12 | 02:48 | 0:30:52 |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 20 | 01:23 | 0:26:26 |
Cooked Meat | 24 | 01:20 | 0:30:52 |
Raw Fish Meat | 30 | 01:19 | 0:38:35 |
Cooked Fish Meat | 59 | 00:39 | 0:37:56 |
Level 60 | Feeding Interval | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
Simple Kibble | 3 | 04:07 | 0:08:14 |
Raw Mutton | 5 | 03:13 | 0:12:52 |
Cooked Lamb Chop | 10 | 02:51 | 0:25:42 |
Raw Prime Meat | 7 | 03:00 | 0:18:01 |
Cooked Prime Meat | 13 | 02:47 | 0:33:24 |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 16 | 01:22 | 0:20:35 |
Raw Meat | 19 | 02:42 | 0:48:52 |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 32 | 01:21 | 0:42:17 |
Cooked Meat | 38 | 01:19 | 0:48:52 |
Raw Fish Meat | 47 | 01:18 | 1:00:26 |
Cooked Fish Meat | 94 | 00:38 | 1:00:26 |
Level 90 | Feeding Interval | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
Simple Kibble | 4 | 03:39 | 0:10:58 |
Raw Mutton | 7 | 03:00 | 0:18:01 |
Cooked Lamb Chop | 13 | 02:47 | 0:33:24 |
Raw Prime Meat | 9 | 02:53 | 0:23:09 |
Cooked Prime Meat | 18 | 02:43 | 0:46:15 |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 22 | 01:20 | 0:28:18 |
Raw Meat | 26 | 02:40 | 1:06:52 |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 43 | 01:21 | 0:56:49 |
Cooked Meat | 52 | 01:18 | 1:06:52 |
Raw Fish Meat | 65 | 01:18 | 1:23:35 |
Cooked Fish Meat | 129 | 00:38 | 1:22:56 |
Level 120 | Feeding Interval | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
Simple Kibble | 5 | 03:25 | 0:13:43 |
Raw Mutton | 9 | 02:53 | 0:23:09 |
Cooked Lamb Chop | 17 | 02:43 | 0:43:40 |
Raw Prime Meat | 11 | 02:49 | 0:28:18 |
Cooked Prime Meat | 22 | 02:41 | 0:56:31 |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 28 | 01:20 | 0:36:01 |
Raw Meat | 33 | 02:39 | 1:24:52 |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 55 | 01:20 | 1:12:40 |
Cooked Meat | 66 | 01:18 | 1:24:52 |
Raw Fish Meat | 83 | 01:18 | 1:46:43 |
Cooked Fish Meat | 165 | 00:38 | 1:46:05 |
Level 150 | Feeding Interval | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
Simple Kibble | 5 | 03:25 | 0:13:43 |
Raw Mutton | 11 | 02:49 | 0:28:18 |
Cooked Lamb Chop | 20 | 02:42 | 0:51:23 |
Raw Prime Meat | 14 | 02:46 | 0:36:01 |
Cooked Prime Meat | 27 | 02:40 | 1:09:22 |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 34 | 01:19 | 0:43:43 |
Raw Meat | 40 | 02:38 | 1:42:52 |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 67 | 01:20 | 1:28:31 |
Cooked Meat | 80 | 01:18 | 1:42:52 |
Raw Fish Meat | 100 | 01:17 | 2:08:35 |
Cooked Fish Meat | 200 | 00:38 | 2:08:35 |
Level 1 | Feeding Interval | Time | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 2 | 05:09 | 0:05:09 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 4 | 03:25 | 0:10:17 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 5 | 01:36 | 0:06:26 | |
Raw Meat | 6 | 03:05 | 0:15:26 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 10 | 01:28 | 0:13:13 | |
Cooked Meat | 12 | 01:24 | 0:15:26 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 15 | 01:22 | 0:19:18 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 29 | 00:39 | 0:18:39 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 2 | 05:09 | 0:05:09 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 2 | 02:35 | 0:02:35 | |
Raw Meat | 2 | 05:09 | 0:05:09 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 4 | 01:46 | 0:05:18 | |
Cooked Meat | 4 | 01:43 | 0:05:09 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 5 | 01:36 | 0:06:26 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 10 | 00:42 | 0:06:26 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:20 | |
Cooked Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:00:39 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:20 | |
Cooked Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:00:39 |
Level 30 | Feeding Interval | Time | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 2 | 05:29 | 0:05:29 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 5 | 03:13 | 0:12:52 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 9 | 02:53 | 0:23:08 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 12 | 01:24 | 0:15:26 | |
Raw Meat | 14 | 02:46 | 0:36:01 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 23 | 01:22 | 0:30:23 | |
Cooked Meat | 27 | 01:20 | 0:34:43 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 34 | 01:19 | 0:43:43 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 67 | 00:39 | 0:43:05 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 2 | 05:09 | 0:05:09 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 3 | 03:51 | 0:07:43 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 4 | 01:43 | 0:05:09 | |
Raw Meat | 5 | 03:13 | 0:12:52 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 8 | 01:30 | 0:10:35 | |
Cooked Meat | 9 | 01:26 | 0:11:35 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 12 | 01:24 | 0:15:26 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 23 | 00:40 | 0:14:48 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:20 | |
Cooked Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 2 | 02:35 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 3 | 00:58 | 0:01:56 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:20 | |
Cooked Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:00:39 |
Level 75 | Feeding Interval | Time | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 4 | 03:39 | 0:10:58 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 9 | 02:53 | 0:23:09 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 17 | 02:43 | 0:43:40 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 22 | 01:20 | 0:28:18 | |
Raw Meat | 26 | 02:40 | 1:06:52 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 43 | 01:21 | 0:56:49 | |
Cooked Meat | 51 | 01:18 | 1:05:35 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 64 | 01:18 | 1:22:18 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 128 | 00:38 | 1:22:18 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 2 | 05:29 | 0:05:29 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 3 | 03:51 | 0:07:43 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 6 | 03:05 | 0:15:25 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 8 | 01:28 | 0:10:18 | |
Raw Meat | 9 | 02:53 | 0:23:09 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 15 | 01:24 | 0:19:49 | |
Cooked Meat | 17 | 01:22 | 0:21:52 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 22 | 01:20 | 0:28:18 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 43 | 00:39 | 0:27:39 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 2 | 02:39 | 0:02:39 | |
Cooked Meat | 2 | 02:35 | 0:02:35 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 3 | 01:56 | 0:03:52 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 5 | 00:48 | 0:03:13 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:20 | |
Cooked Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:00:39 |
Level 150 | Feeding Interval | Time | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 6 | 03:17 | 0:16:27 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 16 | 02:44 | 0:41:09 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 31 | 02:39 | 1:19:38 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 38 | 01:19 | 0:48:52 | |
Raw Meat | 46 | 02:37 | 1:58:18 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 76 | 01:20 | 1:40:24 | |
Cooked Meat | 92 | 01:18 | 1:58:18 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 114 | 01:17 | 2:26:35 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 228 | 00:38 | 2:26:35 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 2 | 05:29 | 0:05:29 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 6 | 03:05 | 0:15:26 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 11 | 02:49 | 0:28:16 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 13 | 01:23 | 0:16:43 | |
Raw Meat | 16 | 02:44 | 0:41:09 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 26 | 01:22 | 0:34:21 | |
Cooked Meat | 31 | 01:19 | 0:39:52 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 38 | 01:19 | 0:48:52 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 76 | 00:39 | 0:48:52 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 2 | 05:09 | 0:05:09 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 2 | 02:35 | 0:02:35 | |
Raw Meat | 2 | 05:09 | 0:05:09 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 3 | 01:59 | 0:03:58 | |
Cooked Meat | 4 | 01:43 | 0:05:09 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 4 | 01:43 | 0:05:09 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 8 | 00:44 | 0:05:09 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:20 | |
Cooked Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:00:39 |
Level 300 | Feeding Interval | Time | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 11 | 03:00 | 0:30:09 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 29 | 02:39 | 1:14:35 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 58 | 02:36 | 2:28:59 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 72 | 01:18 | 1:32:35 | |
Raw Meat | 86 | 02:36 | 3:41:09 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 143 | 01:19 | 3:08:55 | |
Cooked Meat | 172 | 01:17 | 3:41:09 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 215 | 01:17 | 4:36:26 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 429 | 00:38 | 4:35:48 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 4 | 03:39 | 0:10:58 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 10 | 02:51 | 0:25:43 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 20 | 02:42 | 0:51:23 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 24 | 01:20 | 0:30:52 | |
Raw Meat | 29 | 02:39 | 1:14:35 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 48 | 01:20 | 1:03:25 | |
Cooked Meat | 58 | 01:18 | 1:14:35 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 72 | 01:18 | 1:32:35 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 143 | 00:38 | 1:31:56 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 2 | 05:09 | 0:05:09 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 3 | 01:56 | 0:03:52 | |
Raw Meat | 3 | 03:51 | 0:07:43 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 5 | 01:39 | 0:06:37 | |
Cooked Meat | 6 | 01:32 | 0:07:43 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 8 | 01:28 | 0:10:18 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 15 | 00:41 | 0:09:39 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:20 | |
Cooked Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:00:39 |
Level 450 | Feeding Interval | Time | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 16 | 02:55 | 0:43:51 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 42 | 02:38 | 1:48:01 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 84 | 02:35 | 3:35:46 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 105 | 01:17 | 2:15:01 | |
Raw Meat | 126 | 02:35 | 5:24:01 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 210 | 01:19 | 4:37:25 | |
Cooked Meat | 252 | 01:17 | 5:24:01 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 315 | 01:17 | 6:45:01 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 630 | 00:38 | 6:45:01 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 6 | 03:17 | 0:16:27 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 14 | 02:46 | 0:36:01 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 28 | 02:39 | 1:11:56 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 35 | 01:19 | 0:45:01 | |
Raw Meat | 42 | 02:38 | 1:48:01 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 70 | 01:20 | 1:32:29 | |
Cooked Meat | 84 | 01:18 | 1:48:01 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 105 | 01:17 | 2:15:01 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 210 | 00:38 | 2:15:01 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 2 | 05:09 | 0:05:09 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 3 | 03:51 | 0:07:43 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 4 | 01:43 | 0:05:09 | |
Raw Meat | 5 | 03:13 | 0:12:52 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 7 | 01:32 | 0:09:15 | |
Cooked Meat | 9 | 01:26 | 0:11:35 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 11 | 01:24 | 0:14:09 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 21 | 00:40 | 0:13:31 | |
Kibble (Dodo Egg) | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:45 | |
Raw Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Raw Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:02:35 | |
Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:20 | |
Cooked Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Raw Fish Meat | 1 | 00:00 | 0:01:18 | |
Cooked Fish Meat | 2 | 01:18 | 0:01:18 |
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.
Utility[]
- Scout: A tamed, mounted Ichthyosaurus will be ignored by every terrestrial predator in the game no matter where you are, as long as you don't attack them. However they will be attacked by a Megalodon. Even then, you can still dart away unharmed, making them the perfect aquatic scout for small rivers and deep oceans. If you level up its movement speed many times, this creature is perfect for scouting the oceans of Ark in no time.
- Black Pearl Farmer: It can be used to farm Eurypterids since it is the only mount besides the Angler that has no knockback, meaning they may be constantly attacked and killed effortlessly by the Ichthy. A big advantage compared to the Angler is that the Ichthy does not gain any torpor, which the Eurypterids can massively inflict (Level Health and Melee Damage).
- Travel: Ichthyosaurus is remarkably fast even with normal speed, and a mounted player can be more than capable of getting extremely close to predators undetected, and dashing off without being caught.
- River Access: Because Ichthyosaurus is smaller, it can easily maneuver through rivers and other areas that the larger sea creatures can not. Keep in mind it will get stuck in water that is too shallow for it to swim; if this happens, a fish basket can help get Ichthyosaurus unstuck.
- Security: Predators in shallow water will ignore a player mounted on Ichthyosaurus. They will retaliate if attacked, but it's easy to escape if your route isn't blocked.
- Transport: With its decent speed it could take you and your inventory to your destination in no time without being bothered by sea predators. However, like most sea mounts, it cannot carry much weight without leveling movement speed, weight, and stamina.
- Taming Mount: You can hold weapons while riding an Ichthyosaurus, making it useful early underwater taming mount for early levels without SCUBA gear. The Ichthy swims very fast and can outswim most sea predators. A common tactic is to mount your Ichthyosaurus, find your desired sea creature and shoot it, turning away and fleeing if it starts to get close. Once it retreats, turn around and repeat. This tactic is very useful to tame any sea creatures at early levels, and can be done by any survivor if they know the Ichthyosaurus' utilities and keep an eye on its low health and their own oxygen levels.
- Escape Vehicle: Because they are faster than most of the other sea creatures, Ichthyosaurus is a good creature to use to escape most of the dangers found in water. And since their small size allows them to enter rivers, and their speed can be used to escape any land creatures that may attack them when traveling through rivers.
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Notes/Trivia[]
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Ichthyosaurus, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- Before patch 183.2, Ichthyosaurs would die if even a fraction of them was above the water.
- Prior to being added, Ichthyosaurus was referred to in the "upcoming week patch notes" as Shastasaurus which is a much larger related species.
- Ichthyosaurus was the third creature to be added along with the Plesiosaurus
- When the Ichthyosaurus was added as the first creature to be tameable non-violently, there was plans to make all herbivores have this option as well. However, this was never implemented.
- They are one of the few species in Ark to retain their eating animation after they are tamed. However their eating animation is slightly glitched as their long snouts actually cross each other.
- Ichthyosaurus are attracted by other tamed Ichthy and Megalodons.
- Although being attracted to water pets may be a benefit for players looking to tame one, not moving for even a few moments could attract enough to stop your Plesiosaur or Mosasaurus from moving.
- Despite the common belief that Icthyosaurus is playful and curious in ARK, they can actually be quite aggressive to wild terrestrial creatures. So long as a player or tamed animal is nowhere in the vicinity, Icthyosaurus are very aggressive, similar to Megalodons, and will attack just about any land animal that gets into the same vicinity of them. Although they can be found in the north killing and eating Kairuku, they often tussle with Carbonemys in warmer waters; they will attack Ankylosaurus, Carnotaurus, Raptors, and even Rexes if there is no player in the immediate vicinity. This is most likely a bug.
- If you tranq a creature, like a Parasaur, and it slides into the ocean where Ichthies are present, they will attack and eat the drowned creature.
- The largest icthyosaur in real life, Shonisaurus sikanniensis, was more massive and nearly twice as long as a sperm whale, weighing in at an incredible 75 tons, and measuring in at an astounding 21 meters in length. Shonisaurus is the largest extinct marine animal ever discovered.
- On Ark Mobile, for some reason when a ridden/unridden tamed Ichthyosaurs attacking aggressive sea predators (including Mosasaurus and Tusoteuthis) they doesn't seem to fight back the Ichthy at any circumstances except they only fight back when you shoot something towards them while riding the Ichthyosaur in order to aggro them to you. Similar to the Arthropleura, this seems to be a bug.
- Oddly enough on maps such as Valguero, Ichthyosaurus tend to commit suicide by moving too close to the water's surface
- In Addition to this on Valguero the Ichthyosaurus can be found beached as a resource node providing a easy source of Spoiled Meat and Organic Polymer
- In shallow water or if they are to close to the shore Ichthyosaur will get beached sometimes instantly killing them or getting stuck but still alive making it easier to get meat from them.
- In Ark: Mobile the Ichthyosaurus is bugged and the scouting ability won't work if it is tamed by any type of normal raw meat, kibble, fish meat, and prime fish meat is fine however.
Changelog[]
Patch | Changes |
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181.0 | Ichthyosaurus is added to the game |
182.0 |
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183.0 |
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183.2 | Water creatures should no longer be able to breech the water and die instantly |
183.3 | Water creatures no longer die when surfacing in underwater caves |
193.0 | Water creatures swimming against the water's surface is now smoother and shouldn't result in as much hard-stopping |
201.4 | Ichthyosaurus can be tamed again |
213.0 | Water creatures will now correctly follow Rafts |
231.8 | Fixed a rare case where a water creature would appear on a client to fly off into the air when unboarding it |
256.0 | Ichthyosaurus Movement Speed reduced from 5% to 3% gain per level |
260.0 | Fixed Tamed Ichthyosaurus from swimming in circles during battles or in attempt to eat corpses |
262.0 |
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264.52 | Spyglass and GPS are now usable on all water creatures |
279.275 | Reduced Movement Speed of Ichthyosaurus by approximately 35% |
305.12 | Fixed a bug where the Fish Basket wasn't returning creatures properly |
306.41 Genesis: Part 1 Expansion Release | Added X-Ichthyosaurus |
312.65 | Reduced Ichthyosaurus maturation time. Now matches the Roll Rat |