Megalania






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“ | The Megalania's climb-anywhere feature is amazing, among the most game-changing Dinos yet added to ARK. | „ |
~ Jeremy[1] |
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admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Megalania/Megalania_Character_BP.Megalania_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Megalania
admincheat summon Megalania_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
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admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Megalania/Megalania_Character_BP_Aberrant.Megalania_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Megalania (Gauntlet)
admincheat summon Megalania_Character_BP_Gauntlet_C
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admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Volcanic/Megalania_Character_BP_Gauntlet.Megalania_Character_BP_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35
Aberrant Megalosaurus
Argentavis
Blood Crystal Wyvern
Ember Crystal Wyvern
Fire Wyvern
Forest Wyvern
Griffin
Ice Wyvern
Karkinos
Kaprosuchus
Lightning Wyvern
Mammoth
Megalosaurus
Poison Wyvern
Pteranodon
Quetzal
Tapejara
Tek Quetzal
Tropeognathus
Tropical Crystal Wyvern
Tusoteuthis
X-Argentavis
X-Tapejara
The Megalania (may-ga-lay-nee-a) is one of the Creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved. They are giant monitor lizards that lived in Australia during the late Pleistocene epoch and are portrayed in the game as arboreal cave dwellers.
Contents
Basic Info[edit | edit source]
Dossier[edit | edit source]
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.
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Megalania muruspede is among the largest creatures found throughout the Island's complicated cave networks. Reaching up to three meters long, it can traverse vertically up cave walls with little difficulty thanks to its powerful claws. Fortunately, Megalania's size means it is unlikely to sneak up on anyone. Unfortunately for spelunkers, it is an aggressive and dangerous creature nonetheless. Like other Varanidae, Megalania is a venomous creature. Its poison is slow-acting, but will drain the victim's effective strength and health until death unless cured by a rare antidote. That said, the Megalania's prey are usually ripped apart well before they succumb to the poison's long-term effects.
The rare ability of Megalania to effortlessly climb sheer environmental walls makes it a highly sought-after mount. While it is by no means the fastest, strongest, or toughest mount, the manner in which it can effortlessly scale mountains, clamber up barricades, hide in trees or upside-down, ensures it will always have place in any tribe's stables! |
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~ Helena |
Behavior[edit | edit source]
The Megalania is found in many places including the highland sands on ragnarok also caves and The Trench in the Extinction DLC, where it waits on the ceilings and walls silently, ready to pounce on prey below. As is the case with other cavern dwellers, Megalania are neutrally disposed toward other native creatures, like Onyc,
Dung Beetle,
Mantis, and
Megalosaurus. They tend to hide in shadowy recesses of ceilings and walls, making them extremely difficult to spot without assistance of items like a Tek Helmet. Consuming Rare Flowers will cause them to drop from the ceiling and become aggressive. Similar to the
Megalosaurus, Megalania are usually only found in limited numbers in a given cave, so while it may be common to find them in the Upper South Cave, for instance, not many live there at any given time.
Appearance[edit | edit source]
The Megalania is a huge lizard resembling a Komodo Dragon. It has a stocky, low-lying build with a powerful tail and a toothy maw, drooling with venom. Despite its size, it is capable of climbing walls like a gecko to sneak up on prey and traverse difficult terrain - a useful adaptation for a massive cave-dweller like it.
Color Scheme and Regions[edit | edit source]
This section displays the Megalania's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Megalania. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Megalania 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 Megalania's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Megalania's "main body" magenta.
Drops[edit | edit source]
- Harvest
- Guaranteed Special Loot
Base Stats and Growth[edit | edit source]
Note that creatures will have different stats in Survival of the Fittest
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
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480 | +96 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
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400 | +40 | +10% | ||
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200 | +20 | +10% | ||
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1500 | +150 | +10% | 15% | |
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400 | +8 | +4% | ||
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10 / 16 | +0.5 / +0.8 | +1.7% | 5.6% | 15.4% |
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100% | N/A | +1% | 30% | |
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700 | +42 | 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 | Base Speed | Sprinting Speed | Stamina | ||
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Wild | Tamed | Wild | Tamed | ||
Walking | 250 | ? | 625 | 500 | 7 |
Swimming | 300 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
- These are the base speeds of the creature at 100% Movement Speed.
- For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, see Base Creature Speeds.
Bite | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
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Base | Minimum | Activation | |||||||||||
20 | 450 | 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 | 10 |
Detach | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
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Base | Minimum | Activation | |||||||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bite (Climbing) | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
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Base | Minimum | Activation | |||||||||||
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Claw | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
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Base | Minimum | Activation | |||||||||||
30 | 450 | 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 | 16 |
Bite (Swimming) | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
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Base | Minimum | Activation | |||||||||||
20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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[edit | edit source]
For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.
KO Strategy[edit | edit source]
Found on the ceilings of caves, one must look up in order to find this elusive lizard. The easiest method found so far is to fire from the back of a mount and let it take the beating. While downing the Megalania is relatively easy, keeping it down is a feat. The torpor loss is extremely quick and if one is not careful they'll find their potential tame awake and angry within seconds. It eats kibble every 120 food lost.
Taming Food[edit | edit source]
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Time | |
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3 | 259 | 87 | 44 | 0:15:21 |
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6 | 306 | 102 | 51 | 0:18:01 |
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11 | 568 | 190 | 95 | 0:32:58 |
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7 | 358 | 120 | 60 | 0:21:01 |
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14 | 726 | 243 | 122 | 0:41:58 |
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18 | 464 | 155 | 78 | 0:27:01 |
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21 | 1096 | 367 | 184 | 1:03:01 |
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35 | 937 | 313 | 157 | 0:53:57 |
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41 | 1069 | 358 | 179 | 1:01:31 |
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52 | 1359 | 455 | 228 | 1:18:01 |
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103 | 1346 | 450 | 225 | 1:17:16 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 18 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:00:38 |
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Time | |
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5 | 453 | 158 | 79 | 0:25:35 |
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9 | 479 | 167 | 84 | 0:27:01 |
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17 | 921 | 321 | 161 | 0:50:57 |
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11 | 590 | 206 | 103 | 0:33:01 |
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22 | 1198 | 417 | 209 | 1:05:56 |
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28 | 756 | 264 | 132 | 0:42:01 |
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33 | 1808 | 630 | 315 | 1:39:01 |
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55 | 1545 | 538 | 269 | 1:24:46 |
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66 | 1808 | 630 | 315 | 1:39:01 |
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82 | 2251 | 784 | 392 | 2:03:01 |
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164 | 2251 | 784 | 392 | 2:03:01 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 29.91 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:04 |
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Time | |
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6 | 552 | 196 | 98 | 0:30:42 |
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13 | 708 | 251 | 126 | 0:39:01 |
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23 | 1271 | 450 | 225 | 1:08:56 |
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16 | 877 | 311 | 156 | 0:48:01 |
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31 | 1721 | 609 | 305 | 1:32:54 |
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38 | 1047 | 371 | 186 | 0:57:01 |
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46 | 2569 | 909 | 455 | 2:18:01 |
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76 | 2177 | 770 | 385 | 1:57:08 |
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91 | 2541 | 899 | 450 | 2:16:31 |
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114 | 3189 | 1128 | 564 | 2:51:01 |
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228 | 3189 | 1128 | 564 | 2:51:01 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 39.02 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:21 |
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Time | |
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8 | 748 | 267 | 134 | 0:40:56 |
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16 | 883 | 316 | 158 | 0:48:01 |
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29 | 1622 | 579 | 290 | 1:26:55 |
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20 | 1111 | 397 | 199 | 1:00:01 |
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39 | 2191 | 783 | 392 | 1:56:53 |
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49 | 1367 | 488 | 244 | 1:13:31 |
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59 | 3333 | 1190 | 595 | 2:57:01 |
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98 | 2840 | 1014 | 507 | 2:31:03 |
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117 | 3304 | 1180 | 590 | 2:55:31 |
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146 | 4131 | 1475 | 738 | 3:39:01 |
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292 | 4131 | 1475 | 738 | 3:39:01 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 47.21 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:34 |
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Time | |
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9 | 848 | 305 | 153 | 0:46:03 |
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19 | 1058 | 380 | 190 | 0:57:01 |
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36 | 2031 | 730 | 365 | 1:47:53 |
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24 | 1345 | 484 | 242 | 1:12:01 |
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48 | 2719 | 977 | 489 | 2:23:51 |
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60 | 1689 | 607 | 304 | 1:30:01 |
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71 | 4042 | 1453 | 727 | 3:33:01 |
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119 | 3475 | 1249 | 625 | 3:03:24 |
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142 | 4042 | 1453 | 727 | 3:33:01 |
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178 | 5075 | 1824 | 912 | 4:27:01 |
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355 | 5061 | 1819 | 910 | 4:26:16 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 54.85 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:43 |
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Time | |
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11 | 1046 | 378 | 189 | 0:56:16 |
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23 | 1292 | 467 | 234 | 1:09:01 |
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42 | 2385 | 861 | 431 | 2:05:52 |
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28 | 1580 | 571 | 286 | 1:24:01 |
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56 | 3191 | 1152 | 576 | 2:47:49 |
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70 | 1984 | 716 | 358 | 1:45:01 |
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84 | 4810 | 1737 | 869 | 4:12:01 |
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140 | 4113 | 1485 | 743 | 3:35:46 |
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168 | 4810 | 1737 | 869 | 4:12:01 |
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210 | 6021 | 2174 | 1087 | 5:15:01 |
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419 | 6007 | 2169 | 1085 | 5:14:16 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 62.11 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:52 |
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.
Ingredients for Extraordinary Kibble:
1 ×
Special Egg, 5 ×
Fiber, 1 ×
Giant Bee Honey, 1 ×
Lazarus Chowder, 10 ×
Mejoberry, 1 ×
Water
Combat[edit | edit source]
This section describes how to fight against the Megalania.
General[edit | edit source]
If you can't see them in a cave, they are likely there but not visible. Terrain on walls and ceilings can completely obscure them. You can force them to come out by making them become aggressive by gaining the rage effect, either by having your survivor eat a rare flower or by using a Pachyrhinosaurus's alternate (default C) rage-evoking attack.
By so doing, you can prevent them from springing upon you when you don't expect it. You can force them down from a better distance and more likely engage the battle on your own terms.
Strategy[edit | edit source]
Use a grappling hook so the Megalania can't reach you and give you the rabies effect
Weaponry[edit | edit source]
Avoid close range weapons such as the Pike. Getting too close can make the Megalania give you rabies. Use weapons like the Crossbow, Longneck, or Shotgun.
Dangers[edit | edit source]
The rabies effect can cause health and stamina to drop very quickly.
Weakness[edit | edit source]
Like the Thylacoleo, shooting it knocks it down from the ceiling. It spawns on the ceilings of caves like a Thylacoleo spawns on a Redwood forest tree and, like the Thylacoleo, it can't climb back up onto the ceiling. Only tamed Megalania can climb on any surface. Use bear traps as well to slow it down.
Utility[edit | edit source]
Used to move around easier and make exploring easier
Roles[edit | edit source]
- Climbing walls and ceilings: Megalania has excellent mobility, as it is the one of the only creatures in Ark along with the
Rock Drake, and the only creature outside of Aberration that can climb on walls and ceilings, while
Thylacoleo can only climb walls vertically, Megalania has the ability to climb them horizontally.
- Mass Infector: The attack of a Megalania can infect a survivor with Rabies, a condition that constantly damages both health and stamina over time. In addition, someone with Rabies can spread it to others around them. An afflicted survivor cannot infect another who is riding the Megalania with that spread that strain of Rabies.
- Cave Crawler: Its ability to traverse many surfaces makes it an almost ideal option for cave exploration, as you can skip most enemies with ease. Although its sub-par melee damage and slow attack may lead to struggled fights, and its turning radius will be troublesome when dealing with
Onyc.
- Hunter:
- Damage:
- Transport:
- Travel:
- Ambushing Mount: Due to their ability to cling on walls, and the ability to allow you to use ranged weapons while mounted, they make for very good ambush mounts. The last thing most players will expect is to be sniped by a player clinging to a ceiling.
- Combatant:
- Guardian:
- Guard Dog:
- Defenders:
- Weight: Higher level megalania can easy have over two thousand pounds of weight for carrying resources around base.
Collectibles[edit | edit source]
Spotlight[edit | edit source]
Notes/Trivia[edit | edit source]
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Megalania, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- The Megalania’s climb ability Is possibly inspired by the Giant Komodo Dragons from “Avatar The Last Airbender” live action movie In the scene were the Fire nation uses the Komodo Dragons as mounts and use them to climb the walls of the Water Nation. Dino Dossier was revealed on 12/07/15 on Steam.[3]
- Megalanias do not take fall damage, see Fall Damage for more info.
- The original release of the dossier had diet and temperament switched, resulting in an aggressive diet and a carnivorous temperament. This has since been fixed.[4]
- Megalania is actually no longer a valid genus. The real-life animal is currently known as Varanus priscus after it was concluded Megalania is related to modern day monitor lizards, which belong to the genus Varanus. Despite this, the name "Megalania" is still used to describe the animal as a common name.
- using the jump-key (Space,
,
) you can switch between climbing and walking. If you are currently climbing, switching will make you fall off the wall or ceiling.
- It appears the Megalania is unable to access the boss arenas much like flyers to avoid the climbing breaking the fights.
- Cheat-summoned Megalania will be teleported to nearby cliffs and stop moving. If there is no nearby cliff, it will wander and try to attack preys.
- Wild Megalania can't harm wild creatures. This seems to be an error or glitch, because it approaches to potential prey and shows the attack animation. This quirk is also shared by the
Griffin
- Megalania was the only climbing mount, until the introduction of Aberration, in which
Rock Drake is introduced, another mount that can climb ceiling with additional benefits. However, because of the size and the location where you find it, this makes it the only large-sized climbing mount, while Megalania remains the only medium-sized climbing mount with the Thylacoleo.
- Although an Aberrant Megalania variant exists in the game files and Devkit, they don't spawn on Aberration due to a design choice.[5]
- Monitor Lizards like the Megalania, or Varanus priscus, were most likely solitary animals like other monitor species, given that living species only congregate to breed and hunt and feed in unorganized groups; living monitors tend to not stay near one another as this increases the likelihood of competition and even possible cannibalism. Ark's Megalania seems to be a tad different in this regard, as they often spawn in groups of 2 or greater.
- Megalania's ability to cause Mega Rabies isn't really accurate, as rabies is only found in mammals.
Changelog[edit | edit source]
Patch | Changes |
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258.0 | ![]() |
258.2 |
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259.35 | Fixed Megalania not being able to climb after server restart |
260.0 | Added new apex drop, ![]() |
275.0 Aberration Expansion Release | Added ![]() |
275.4 |
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291.100 | Decreased Megalania ![]() |
Gallery[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
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- Reptiles
- Carnivores
- Aggressive creatures
- Creatures released in v258
- Creatures released in 2017
- Creatures released in v755
- Creatures released in v509
- Creatures released in v599
- Tameable creatures
- Rideable creatures
- Breedable creatures
- Creatures that prefer extraordinary kibbles
- Creatures that can be ridden while wielding weapons
- Creatures that drop small feces
- Creatures that are immune to radiation
- Creatures that lay eggs
- Incubation
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