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* The dossier was revealed on November 16, 2015.<ref>[http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/490125737479152488/ Introducing the Leedsichthys!]</ref> |
* The dossier was revealed on November 16, 2015.<ref>[http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/490125737479152488/ Introducing the Leedsichthys!]</ref> |
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* The "Great Albino Leedsichthys" mentioned in the dossier refers to the Alpha Leedsichthys, which is a reference to the whale [[wikipedia:Moby-Dick|''Moby Dick'']] from the eponymous novel by Herman Melville. |
* The "Great Albino Leedsichthys" mentioned in the dossier refers to the Alpha Leedsichthys, which is a reference to the whale [[wikipedia:Moby-Dick|''Moby Dick'']] from the eponymous novel by Herman Melville. |
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| − | * Leedsichthys believed by some scientists to be the largest bony fish that ever lived. |
+ | * Leedsichthys is believed by some scientists to be the largest bony fish that ever lived. |
* The process of harvesting meat from it without killing it is a possible reference to the engineered food creatures in Dougal Dixon's [[wikipedia:Man After Man|''Man After Man'']], or a scene in the BBC documentary series ''[[wikipedia:Sea_Monsters_(TV_series)|Sea Monsters]]'' where protagonist Nigel Marvin witnesses a still-living, albeit deathly ill, ''Leedsichthys'' having its flesh ripped off by small marine reptiles and sharks. |
* The process of harvesting meat from it without killing it is a possible reference to the engineered food creatures in Dougal Dixon's [[wikipedia:Man After Man|''Man After Man'']], or a scene in the BBC documentary series ''[[wikipedia:Sea_Monsters_(TV_series)|Sea Monsters]]'' where protagonist Nigel Marvin witnesses a still-living, albeit deathly ill, ''Leedsichthys'' having its flesh ripped off by small marine reptiles and sharks. |
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* The genus name of ''Leedsichthys'' means "Leed's Fish." It is named after the amateur paleontologist Alfred Nicholson Leeds, for his important finds on ''Leedsichthys.'' |
* The genus name of ''Leedsichthys'' means "Leed's Fish." It is named after the amateur paleontologist Alfred Nicholson Leeds, for his important finds on ''Leedsichthys.'' |
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cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Leedsichthys/Leedsichthys_Character_BP.Leedsichthys_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Common
Rare
Untameable
Cave
The Leedsichthys (Leeds-ick-thees) is an aquatic Creature 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.
- Wild
Leedsichthys conviviumbrosia is probably the largest fish in the waters around the island. Its meat is also extremely succulent, a surprise given its size. It is often traded with the same value as Prime Meat, and colloquially called 'Prime Fish'. Of course, not all of Leedsichthys' meat is this high quality, but most of it is! While the demand for Leedsichthys meat is high, the fish is notoriously difficult to track and hunt. Between its large size, powerful attacks, incredible speed (when it turns to flee), and humankind's general ineptitude on open water, actually killing a Leedsichthys is one of the Island's more difficult tasks. The hunt for an extremely elusive breed of the fish, the fabled 'Great Albino' Leedsichthys has been known to drive otherwise-sensible men and women mad with obsession, as if all evil were visibly personified and made practically assailable in this one creature.
- Domesticated
Despite its large size, and the fact that it may well be strong enough to carry heavy loads, Leedsichthys does not appear to be intelligent enough to tame. Nevertheless, some large tribes keep an enormous pen with a few Leedsichthys trapped inside for cultivating purposes, as bits of Prime Fish can be repeatedly scraped off the gargantuan beast without killing it!
Behavior
The Leedsichthys is passive toward most things with the exception of rafts. They will stop at nothing to take down any raft in open water. Their sheer mass gives them the power to wreak havoc on even the best protected raft. When a raft is encountered the Leedsichthys will charge at full speed smashing the raft to bits by dealing direct damage to the raft itself even when the raft is fully encased in stone or even metal. Boaters beware; the Leedsichthys are everywhere, and aggressively out for your watercraft (but not on mobile).
Appearance
The Leedsichthys is a spectacular sight for any deep-diving survivor. Nothing less than an enormous fish, the beast's cavernous maw is capable of swallowing humans whole (thankfully, the creature only feeds on minuscule fish and plankton). Its head bears light armoring to protect itself from Mosasaurus and a powerful tail, capable of turning rafts into splinters, propels it through the open ocean. The beast is so vast that bits of its flesh can be scraped off its body without seriously injuring it - a tactic that survivors use along with small water predators.
This section displays the Leedsichthys's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Leedsichthys. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Leedsichthys 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 Leedsichthys's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Leedsichthys's "body" magenta.
Body
Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.
Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.
Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.
Body Highlights
Belly
Drops
Base Stats and Growth
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase |
|---|---|---|
| Wild | ||
 Health |
4400 | +528 |
 Stamina |
500 | +50 |
 Oxygen |
N/A | N/A |
 Food |
8000 | +800 |
 Weight |
1800 | +36 |
 Melee Damage |
115 | +0 |
 Movement Speed |
100% | N/A |
 Torpidity |
4500 | +270 |
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wild | Wild | |
| Walking | 900
|
? |
| Swimming | 900
|
1485 |
- 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.
| Bite | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | The Leedsichthys bites the target. | ||||||||||
| 0 | 2000 | 0 | 2300 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 115 | ||||||||||||
Utility
- Fish Collection: The Leedsichthys cannot be tamed, but Survivors can harvest about ~50
Raw Prime Fish Meat or Raw Fish Meat from a Leedsichthys without killing it by going up to it and pressing the use key (E, , ). This can make it useful to capture for a consistent supply of Fish Meat. This ability has a cooldown of 10 minutes.
Combat
This section describes how to fight against the Leedsichthys.
General
A normally passive creature to players and other sea creatures that you can harvest Raw Fish Meat and Raw Prime Fish Meat off without damaging it.
Strategy
Use a high melee damage 
Megalodon mount to attack its sides, you can easily out maneuver it and avoid its melee attack and get around the heavily armored front.
Another strategy would be to lure it onto the beach or shallow water, potentially trapping it and leaving it exposed to attack.
Weaponry
Dangers
Powerful jaws that have the ability to kill most survivors in one hit. Leedsichthys are very aggressive towards rafts and their occupants, and can destroy even metal ones with a single hit. (Swimmers -mounted or not- are normally not attacked). This is not the case on mobile.
Megalodon are commonly seen surrounding it. They also have an armoured front similar to that of a 
Pachy.
Weakness
Very Slow with a Large turn Radius and no armor on its sides.
Spotlight
Notes/Trivia
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Leedsichthys, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- The dossier was revealed on November 16, 2015.[1]
- The "Great Albino Leedsichthys" mentioned in the dossier refers to the Alpha Leedsichthys, which is a reference to the whale Moby Dick from the eponymous novel by Herman Melville.
- Leedsichthys is believed by some scientists to be the largest bony fish that ever lived.
- The process of harvesting meat from it without killing it is a possible reference to the engineered food creatures in Dougal Dixon's Man After Man, or a scene in the BBC documentary series Sea Monsters where protagonist Nigel Marvin witnesses a still-living, albeit deathly ill, Leedsichthys having its flesh ripped off by small marine reptiles and sharks.
- The genus name of Leedsichthys means "Leed's Fish." It is named after the amateur paleontologist Alfred Nicholson Leeds, for his important finds on Leedsichthys.
- One may create a large pen to scrape fishmeat off of the Leedsichtys to not worry about risking their lives getting some from the sea.
- Since the Leedsichtys were added to the game, players with rafts are more pushed out of the ocean back towards land.
- On ARK Mobile Leedsichtys does not attack rafts.
Gallery
Leedsichthys destroying a raft
Leedsichthys attacking a raft
