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Mod ARK Additions Cryolophosaurus
Cryolophosaurus
Group
Species
Cryolophosaurus glacialis
Time
Early Jurassic
Diet
Carnivore
Temperament
Extremely Aggressive
Details
Variants
Spawn Command

admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/Additions_Pack/Cryolophosaurus/Dinos/Cryolophosaurus_Character_BP.Cryolophosaurus_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35


R Cryolophosaurus
admincheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Mods/Additions_Pack/Cryolophosaurus/Dinos/Cryolophosaurus_Character_BP_Rockwell.Cryolophosaurus_Character_BP_Rockwell'" 500 0 0 35
Rideable
Check mark Yes
Check mark Yes
Check mark Yes
Torpidity Immune
Check mark Yes
Taming Method
Level Requirement
Preferred Food
Rider Weaponry
X mark No
Humans Can Carry
X mark No
12 - 16°C / 54 - 61°F
Incubation Time
4h 59m 58.56s
Baby Time
18h 31m 6.667s
Juvenile Time
3d 2h 4m 26.667s
Adolescent Time
3d 20h 35m 33.333s
Maturation Time
7d 17h 11m 6.667s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d
Habitat

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

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This content is only available if the mod is installed on a server or on single player.

The Cryolophosaurus is a dinosaur in ARK Additions.

Overview[]

Dossier[]

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Species

Cryolophosaurus glacialis

Time

Early Jurassic

Diet

Carnivore

Temperament

Extremely Aggressive

Wild

For its small and seemingly innocent stature, Cryolophosaurus is one of the most dangerous creatures I've encountered on the ARK. Cryo seems to possess a sort of freezing agent in a sac in its throat. By intaking water or snow in its native habitat, Cryo can create this liquid and use it to devastating effectiveness. Cryo can either spit this substance as a torpor-inducing glob, or exhale it as a freezing blast of cold air. If the latter is achieved on a target, Cryo's seem to enter an excited, frenzied state with a tremendous boost to speed, damage, and resistance. Due to the torpor-inducing nature of this "cryo liquid", Cryolophosaurus appear to be immune to the traditional methods of taming. However, Cryo seems to be incredibly vulnerable when in its freezing exhale state. Shooting them in the mouth while they're doing this causes themselves to become frozen solid and susceptible to feeding!

Domesticated

Tamed, Cryolophosaurus are one of the most successful utility mounts that you could find on the ARK. With torpor attacks that can cause even some of the strongest creatures to succumb to sleep, Cryo makes for an excellent taming mount. Its freezing blast when tamed, appears to have a secondary ability as well. While the breath still works as you'd expect on enemies, Cryo seems to be able to apply this freezing agent to allies to their benefit. With a careful coating of this icy substance, allies will gain an incredible resistance to damage, at the cost of speed. This has the potential to make Cryo one of the most sought after support creatures on the ARK, as long as you're not afraid to get a little cold...

Behavior[]

The Cryolophosaurus resides in the snowy regions of The Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, and Crystal Isles. The Cryolophosaurus possesses a Cryo Liquid that it creates by intaking water or snow (the amount of Cryo Liquid that a Cryolophosaurus can store is determined by its Oxygen Oxygen stat). It spits this liquid in order to induce Torpidity Torpidity or breathes it in order to freeze a target. Upon detecting a frozen or unconscious creature, the Cryolophosaurus will enter its Icebreaker state, receiving a boost to Melee Damage Melee Damage, Movement Speed Movement Speed, and resistance.

Appearance[]

The Cryolophosaurus is a small dinosaur similar to dilos or a raptors, it has a crest on its head, white small feathers on its body, and a glowing cyan sac containing the liquid. When it fills its Cryo Liquid meter, its sac becomes visibly larger. Its eyes are yellow and have rectangular shaped pupils.

Color Scheme and Regions[]

This section displays the Cryolophosaurus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Cryolophosaurus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Cryolophosaurus 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 Cryolophosaurus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Cryolophosaurus's "main body" magenta.

Mod ARK Additions Cryolophosaurus PaintRegion0
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Mod ARK Additions Cryolophosaurus PaintRegion1
Region 1:
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Region 2:
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X mark

Region 4 is not used
for this Creature.

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Drops[]

Base Stats and Growth[]

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 600 +120 +6.75% 0.07
Stamina Stamina 350 +35 +10%
Oxygen Oxygen 450 +78.75 +5% 0.1
Food Food 1200 +120 +10% 15%
Weight Weight 500 +10 +4%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 25 +1 +1.7% 4.2% 13.2%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +2.5%
Torpidity Torpidity 1250 +75 N/A 0.5

Combat[]

This section describes how to fight against the Cryolophosaurus.

General[]

Strategy[]

Utilizing structures or even Bear Trap Bear Traps to slow a Cryolophosaurus down, one can then use ranged weapons to damage it.

Weaponry[]

Keeping your distance from a cryolophosaurus is a good way to stay safe while killing one, so using ranged weaponry to stay out of ice breath range is a good strategy, however you must still stay aware for its torpor inducing spit attack, which has a higher range.

Dangers[]

When a survivor is frozen by a Cryolophosaurus, they are left vulnerable to Daeodon Daeodon, Direwolf Direwolves, and other arctic threats. Additionally, the spit of the Cryolophosaurus can easily render one unconscious. The icebreaker buff that the cryolophosaurus gains after freezing you/knocking you unconscious also makes it hit considerably harder against fully frozen or unconcious targets, making a vulnerable situation even more vulnerable.

Weakness[]

The Cryolophosaurus has a lower drag weight compared to other creatures, making it susceptible to the Mod ARK Additions Domination Rex Domination Rex pin. Also, it is relatively "squishy" in that it only has an average amount of health, meaning a high damage tame like a well levelled rex can make short work of wild individuals.

Taming[]

Preferred Food[]

Taming Method[]

To tame a Cryolophosaurus, one must shoot directly at its head when it is breathing its frost breath. When this happens, the Cryolophosaurus's breath will backfire and freeze the Cryolophosaurus instead, allowing a survivor who is at least level 80 to feed it.

Transporting the Cryolophosaurus to a taming pen will aid in the process, as the snow biome has many dangerous creatures that could interrupt your tame. However, if damaged, a Cryolophosaurus will not lose taming effectiveness or progress.

A pen can sometimes cause it to remain fleeing, in which case fly it to a safe area and have a Magmasaur and Snow Owl nearby. Obtain the antifreeze buff from your Magmasaur and shoot and feed the Cryo. Use your Owl to heal the Cryo if it's too injured.

Utility[]

Controls[]

  • Left - This key triggers a simple bite. When the Cryolophosaurus's targeting stance is active, this key triggers a freezing breath.
  • Right - This key allows the Cryolophosaurus to refill its Cryo Liquid when in water or snow biomes.
  • C - This key triggers a Torpidity Torpidity-inducing liquid projectile that also slows the victim.
  • Ctrl - This key triggers a stance change.

Roles[]

Armorsmith - When tamed, the Cryolophosaurus's frost breath doubles as a protective layer for allied creatures. When frozen, the creature receives the Ice Armor buff, giving it a tremendous resistance to damage at the cost of Movement Speed Movement Speed.

Taming Mount - When tamed a group of Cryolophosaurus's can easily knock out many high torpidity creatures ( keep distance while on cooldown)

Ice Cave Mount - Cryolophosaurus excel in clearing the infamously dangerous ice cave on The Island. Not only do they have near infinite ammo thanks to easy access to snow wherever you may be, but they also don't draw aggression from buried purlovia. However, it is important to note that while buried purlovia will not attack, if you attack unburied purlovia when they are near buried ones, they may spring out from the ground and knock you off the saddle. Furthermore, Cryolophosaurus are unable to use their signature freezing breath when being knocked back, so it is by no means a solo mount, bring some friends!

Spotlight[]

Notes[]

For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Cryolophosaurus, see the relevant Wikipedia article.

  • Cryolophosaurus glacialis roughly translates to "frosty cold crested lizard."
  • Despite being a Carnivore, it has eyes that are very similar to that of a Herbivore.
  • The texture used on the Mod ARK Additions R-Cryolophosaurus R-Cryolophosaurus (Mod:ARK Additions) was provided by Discord user 'GameVideosForLife'.

Gallery[]

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