or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Lystrosaurus/Lystro_Character_BP.Lystro_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Lystrosaurus
cheat summon Lystro_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
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cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Lystrosaurus/Lystro_Character_BP_Aberrant.Lystro_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Lystrosaurus (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Lystro_Character_BP_STA_C
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cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Lystro_Character_BP_STA.Lystro_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
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“ | They are like little puppies! | „ |
| ~ Jen[1] |
The Lystrosaurus (Liss-tro-sore-us) 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.
Lystrosaurus amicifidelis
TimeLate Permian - Early Triassic
DietHerbivore
TemperamentLoyal
- Wild
Lystrosaurus amicifidelis is a small herbivore, common to much of the Island. Only about two feet long, it is not high on the food chain, and eats small plant life. The Island's poisonous insects seem to have little effect on Lystrosaurus. Despite being among the Island's tinier herbivores, Lystrosaurus is an incredibly resilient survivor. It recovers its torpor and health much faster than most creatures, which makes rendering a Lystrosaurus unconscious a rather difficult affair.
- Domesticated
Not surprisingly, Lystrosaurus is an extremely loyal pet once tamed. It's a very fast learner, so it gains experience much more quickly than most other creatures. Additionally, its presence nearby appears to inspire allies, making them learn more rapidly as well. Thusly, Lystrosaurus is an excellent addition to any tribe's hunting party.
Behavior[]
The Lystrosaurus is passive. It will walk around aimlessly until attacked, at which point it will flee, albeit very slowly. A Lystrosaurus will attack if the player steals its egg.
Appearance[]
The Lystrosaurus is a stout mammal-like reptile often described as resembling a reptilian pig. Like wild pigs, they are usually seen snuffling the jungle floor for food using two small canine teeth and a small but strong beak. The Lystrosaurus's only true defense is their stealth, being small and quiet makes them incredibly difficult to find.
Color Scheme and Regions[]
This section displays the Lystrosaurus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Lystrosaurus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Lystrosaurus 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 Lystrosaurus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Lystrosaurus'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.
Underside
Spine and Feet
Drops[]
Base Stats and Growth[]
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
 Health |
90 | +18 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
 Stamina |
100 | +10 | +10% | ||
 Oxygen |
215 | +21.5 | +10% | ||
 Food |
500 | +50 | +10% | 15% | |
 Weight |
90 | +1.8 | +4% | ||
 Melee Damage |
6 | +0.3 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
 Movement Speed |
100% | N/A | +1% | 200% | |
 Torpidity |
100 | +6 | 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 | 60 | 42 | 126 | 126 | 88.2 | 264.6 | 4 |
| Swimming | 120 | 84 | 252 | 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.
| Melee | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | The Lystrosaurus bites the target. | ||||||||||
| 0 | 110 | 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 | 6 | ||||||||||||
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.
Taming[]
Note: Although the DevKit has data for taming with Vegetables, the Lystro doesn't accept these as food.
 Level 1
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rare Flower
|
2 | 00:31 | 0:00:31 |
 Fresh Barley 
|
8 | 00:20 | 0:02:21 |
 Fresh Wheat
|
8 | 00:20 | 0:02:21 |
 Soybean
|
8 | 00:20 | 0:02:21 |
| Dried Wheat
|
8 | 00:40 | 0:04:42 |
 Mejoberry
|
11 | 00:14 | 0:02:26 |
 Berries
|
16 | 00:09 | 0:02:21 |
| Level 30
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rare Flower
|
3 | 00:23 | 0:00:47 |
| Fresh Barley
|
11 | 00:19 | 0:03:14 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
11 | 00:19 | 0:03:14 |
| Soybean
|
11 | 00:19 | 0:03:14 |
| Dried Wheat
|
11 | 00:38 | 0:06:28 |
| Mejoberry
|
14 | 00:14 | 0:03:05 |
| Berries
|
21 | 00:09 | 0:03:05 |
| Level 60
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rare Flower
|
3 | 00:23 | 0:00:47 |
| Fresh Barley
|
14 | 00:19 | 0:04:07 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
14 | 00:19 | 0:04:07 |
| Soybean
|
14 | 00:19 | 0:04:07 |
| Dried Wheat
|
14 | 00:37 | 0:08:13 |
| Mejoberry
|
18 | 00:14 | 0:03:58 |
| Berries
|
27 | 00:09 | 0:03:58 |
| Level 90
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rare Flower
|
4 | 00:20 | 0:01:02 |
| Fresh Barley
|
16 | 00:18 | 0:04:42 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
16 | 00:18 | 0:04:42 |
| Soybean
|
16 | 00:18 | 0:04:42 |
| Dried Wheat
|
16 | 00:37 | 0:09:24 |
| Mejoberry
|
21 | 00:13 | 0:04:38 |
| Berries
|
32 | 00:09 | 0:04:42 |
| Level 120
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rare Flower
|
4 | 00:20 | 0:01:02 |
| Fresh Barley
|
19 | 00:18 | 0:05:35 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
19 | 00:18 | 0:05:35 |
| Soybean
|
19 | 00:18 | 0:05:35 |
| Dried Wheat
|
19 | 00:37 | 0:11:09 |
| Mejoberry
|
25 | 00:13 | 0:05:31 |
| Berries
|
37 | 00:09 | 0:05:26 |
| Level 150
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rare Flower
|
5 | 00:19 | 0:01:17 |
| Fresh Barley
|
21 | 00:18 | 0:06:10 |
| Fresh Wheat
|
21 | 00:18 | 0:06:10 |
| Soybean
|
21 | 00:18 | 0:06:10 |
| Dried Wheat
|
21 | 00:37 | 0:12:20 |
| Mejoberry
|
28 | 00:13 | 0:06:10 |
| Berries
|
42 | 00:09 | 0:06:10 |
|
Level 1
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Rare Flower
|
2 | 00:31 | 0:00:31 |
| Mejoberry
|
13 | 00:14 | 0:02:52 | |
| Berries
|
19 | 00:09 | 0:02:48 | |
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
5 | 00:16 | 0:01:07 | |
| Berries
|
7 | 00:10 | 0:01:02 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:14 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:09 | |
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:14 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:09 | |
|
|
Level 30
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Rare Flower
|
3 | 00:23 | 0:00:47 |
| Mejoberry
|
16 | 00:14 | 0:03:32 | |
| Berries
|
24 | 00:09 | 0:03:32 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
6 | 00:16 | 0:01:20 | |
| Berries
|
8 | 00:10 | 0:01:11 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:14 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:09 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:14 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:09 | |
|
|
Level 75
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Rare Flower
|
4 | 00:20 | 0:01:02 |
| Mejoberry
|
22 | 00:13 | 0:04:51 | |
| Berries
|
33 | 00:09 | 0:04:51 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
2 | 00:31 | 0:00:31 |
| Mejoberry
|
8 | 00:15 | 0:01:46 | |
| Berries
|
11 | 00:09 | 0:01:37 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:14 | |
| Berries
|
2 | 00:18 | 0:00:18 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:14 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:09 | |
|
|
Level 150
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Rare Flower
|
5 | 00:19 | 0:01:17 |
| Mejoberry
|
32 | 00:13 | 0:07:03 | |
| Berries
|
48 | 00:09 | 0:07:03 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
2 | 00:31 | 0:00:31 |
| Mejoberry
|
11 | 00:14 | 0:02:26 | |
| Berries
|
16 | 00:09 | 0:02:21 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
2 | 00:27 | 0:00:27 | |
| Berries
|
2 | 00:18 | 0:00:18 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:14 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:09 | |
|
|
Level 300
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Rare Flower
|
8 | 00:17 | 0:02:04 |
| Mejoberry
|
53 | 00:13 | 0:11:40 | |
| Berries
|
79 | 00:08 | 0:11:36 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
3 | 00:23 | 0:00:47 |
| Mejoberry
|
18 | 00:14 | 0:03:58 | |
| Berries
|
27 | 00:09 | 0:03:58 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
2 | 00:27 | 0:00:27 | |
| Berries
|
3 | 00:13 | 0:00:27 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:14 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:09 | |
|
|
Level 450
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Rare Flower
|
11 | 00:17 | 0:02:50 |
| Mejoberry
|
73 | 00:13 | 0:16:04 | |
| Berries
|
109 | 00:08 | 0:16:00 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
4 | 00:20 | 0:01:02 |
| Mejoberry
|
25 | 00:13 | 0:05:31 | |
| Berries
|
37 | 00:09 | 0:05:26 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
3 | 00:20 | 0:00:40 | |
| Berries
|
4 | 00:12 | 0:00:36 | |
|
|
Rare Flower
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:16 |
| Mejoberry
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:14 | |
| Berries
|
1 | 00:00 | 0:00:09 | |
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.
Taming Strategy[]
Lystrosaurus is tamed by hand-feeding rather than through the use of tranquilizers. To feed one you will need to place an appropriate food in the far-right slot of your hotbar and get close enough to the creature for the button prompt to appear. Lystrosaurus will take one piece of the food from your inventory and will play an eating animation. You must wait for the creature's hunger to go back down before it can be fed again, a process which takes some time, depending on the level and the food.
Preferred Food[]
Combat[]
This section describes how to fight against the Lystrosaurus.
General[]
Killing a Lystrosaurus should be relatively easy and straight forward, comparable to fighting a dodo. Even a level 1 survivor can kill one with ease. Although keep in mind, it will attack if you steal its egg
Strategy[]
Keep attacking it until it dies. The Lystrosaurus will attempt to run away, but it is relatively slow, and is easily caught up to.
Weaponry[]
Any kind of weaponry will do, even your bare hands will do the trick.
Weakness[]
The Lystrosaurus has low HP and is slow, even when running. It will also not attack you when harmed, it will flee instead.
Dangers[]
While not a threat themselves, Lystrosaurus will typically share its environment with other carnivores like Dilophosaurs. Lower level players should keep an eye out for potential threats in the area before attacking.
Utility[]
Nearby dinos receiving the Lystrosaurus' buff after being pet.
XP Boost[]
The Lystrosaurus' unique ability allows it to give tamed dinos an experience boost that lasts about 5 minutes. Simply walk up to and pet the Lystrosaurus to enable this buff. It will need to be pet again after the buff fades. For this reason, it's advised to have a Lystrosaurus follow you while you level up your pets. The buff multiplies all XP gains by 1.35.
If you want to use the experience boost with a larger dinosaur, it's recommended to use more than one Lystrosaurus because the buff range will increase with each one. To boost a Bronto put the Lystrosaurus as near as possible to the Bronto's front legs.
Another tactic is to use a Pteranodon to carry the Lystrosaurus.
Perhaps the best way to keep one with your party, however, would be to hit it with a Grappling Hook and reel it in real close.
Roles[]
- XP Booster: When pet, a Lystrosaurus will boost XP gains from all nearby allied dinos, including other Lystros.
- Egg Layer: Lystros lay eggs fairly quickly, which can be eaten, but the eggs can also be made into kibble for taming or for Imprinting.
- Companion: Lystrosaurus is also just an all around cute companion to have in your base. (Level up Health so it's harder to kill)
Collectibles[]
Spotlight[]
Notes/Trivia[]
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Lystrosaurus, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- The dossier was revealed on 08/19/15 [3]
- The Lystrosaurus' name translates to "Shovel Lizard".
- This creature is small enough to pass
Thatch Doorframe, Wooden Doorframe, Stone Doorframe, and Metal Doorframe (each including their doors). - A Lystrosaurus can be knocked out however it can not be tamed if they are knocked out.
- The Lystrosaurus family survived the most severe extinction event known, the Permian–Triassic extinction event,
Changelog[]
| Patch | Changes |
|---|---|
| 240.0 |  Lystrosaurus is added to the game
|
| 240.2 | You can no longer pet a dead, unconscious, or baby Lystrosaurus |
| 252.7 | Herbivores buffed to have a 55% explosion resistance and a 65% fire resistance |
| 252.8 | Herbivore explosion resistance reduced from 55% to 40% |
| 262.0 | Is now tameable with  Rare Flowers in Primitive Plus
|
| 275.0 Aberration Expansion Release | Added  Aberrant Lystrosaurus
|
Gallery[]
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The Aberrant variant has glowing stripes.
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