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Procoptodon
Procoptodon
Steam 229.0
Dec 31, 2015
Xbox One 730.0
Jan 15, 2016
PS 501.0
Dec 6, 2016
Logo Mobile 1.0
May 24, 2018
Nintendo Switch 599.0
Nov 30, 2018
Epic Games 311.74
Jun 11, 2020
Stadia 678.15
Sep 1, 2021
Spawn Command
cheat summon Procoptodon_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Procoptodon/Procoptodon_Character_BP.Procoptodon_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Procoptodon (Escort)
cheat summon Procoptodon_Character_BP_Escort_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Escort/Arctic/Procoptodon_Character_BP_Escort.Procoptodon_Character_BP_Escort'" 500 0 0 35
Variant R-Procoptodon
cheat summon Procoptodon_Character_BP_Eden_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/BiomeVariants/Procoptodon_Character_BP_Eden.Procoptodon_Character_BP_Eden'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Procoptodon (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Procoptodon_Character_BP_STA_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Procoptodon_Character_BP_STA.Procoptodon_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
Gestation Time
3h 58m 5.714s
Baby Time
4h 37m 46.666s
Juvenile Time
18h 31m 6.662s
Adolescent Time
23h 8m 53.328s
Total Maturation Time
1d 22h 17m 46.656s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d

The Procoptodon 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.

NoteHelena
Species

Procoptodon vivencurrus

Time

Pleistocene

Diet

Herbivore

Temperament

Reactive

Wild

The first marsupial I've encountered on the Island is the Procoptodon vivencurrus. Standing nearly three meters tall, it is among the largest jumping creatures I've heard of. It is a fairly peaceful herbivore that will immediately flee when aggressed upon. One of Procoptodon's most unique features is its pouch. Unlike many pouched marsupials, Procoptodon's pouch is relatively dry and has little in the way of sticky or oily fluids. I assume this is good for the Joey, but I have not figured out exactly why yet. Its other unique feature, powerful hind legs, can knock back aggression much larger in stature. Procoptodons show great precision when leaping as if they can accurately target the landing without fail. I've seen them effortlessly hop and land from heights that would flatten other creatures.

Domesticated

It seems Procotopdon's knack for carrying things has increased its load-bearing capacity. Procoptodon's dry pouch makes it an excellent beast of burden that can carry far more than other creatures of its size. Additionally, it appears to provide an optimal environment for nourishing babies. So much that upon maturing, they have even more vigor.

Behavior[]

The Procoptodon is similar to the Parasaur in behavior, and can be seen peacefully roaming around young lads. If attacked, it will flee at a high speed, making the creature rather difficult to catch.

Procoptodon are fairly rare on the island, and the areas that they inhabit are sometimes too full to hold them. To fix this, slaughter everything you can to try and get one to spawn. Be sure you know where they spawn (see spawn map above.) They enjoy congregating around the bottom of mountains, as they will eventually hop down if they spawn at the top. You can also find them on the flat zones around swamps. They also occasionally spawn on the north-east border of the island, towards the beaches.

It is important to note that unlike other herbivores, Procoptodon will not consume Crops until tamed. Both adults and maturing animals will starve if left without berries. Rare Mushrooms are the best food for taming or feeding a Procoptodon.

Appearance[]

A giant relative of modern kangaroos, Procoptodon is not a common herbivore when compared to the herds of Parasaurolophus and Phiomia that wander about the ARK. It could easily be mistaken for a normal kangaroo as well if it wasn't for the fact that it is bigger than a man. Closer looks show that it also has a much shorter face, reminiscent of a rabbit. This is also why it has a second name, The Short Faced Kangaroo.

Like most Kangaroo species their feet are joined at the ankle, to improve locomotion via jumping, but this species appears to have only one toe whereas most have three and an elongated middle toe.

Color Scheme and Regions[]

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

Procoptodon PaintRegion0
Region 0:
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Region 5:
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Main
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Drops[]

Base Stats and Growth[]

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 400 +80 +5.4% 0.105
Stamina Stamina 350 +35 +10% 0.1
Oxygen Oxygen 150 +15 +10%
Food Food 1500 +150 +10%
Weight Weight 550 +11 +4%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 20 +1 +1.7% 2.8% 11%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +1%
Torpidity Torpidity 350 +21 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s]
Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 850 ? ? 1784.9999 1784.9999 1784.9999 15
Swimming 300 ? ? ? ? ? ?
  • 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.
Attack Values
Melee Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (Xbox One), the Procoptodon attacks the target.
0 400 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 20

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.[1]

Procoptodon

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[]

For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.

KO Strategy[]

Procoptodons can no longer be picked up by Quetzals, so make sure you have a good source of stamina and speed to catch up with the Procoptodon as it flees. Immobilizing with a chain bola (Not normal Bola) can also work. creatures like the Dilo Dilo and Araneo Araneo can apply a slow effect if needed albeit the former cannot be ridden and is more inaccurate not to mention requiring micromanagement between Passive and Attack my Target.

Taming Food[]

Procoptodon Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 9 2 1 1 0:09:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 18 14 3 2 0:12:00
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 35; Slingshot Hits × 15; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 4; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 3; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.67 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:08:45
Procoptodon Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 21 41 9 5 0:21:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 42 84 19 10 0:28:00
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 96; Slingshot Hits × 40; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 11; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 7; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 1.11 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:14:26
Procoptodon Level 60 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 34 115 27 14 0:34:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 67 193 45 23 0:44:40
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 159; Slingshot Hits × 65; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 18; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 11; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 8; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 4
Torpidity-depletion: 1.45 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:18:19
Procoptodon Level 90 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 46 205 49 25 0:46:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 92 331 79 40 1:01:20
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 222; Slingshot Hits × 91; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 25; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 15; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 11; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 6
Torpidity-depletion: 1.75 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:21:09
Procoptodon Level 120 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 59 320 78 39 0:59:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 117 490 119 60 1:18:00
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 285; Slingshot Hits × 117; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 32; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 19; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 13; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 7
Torpidity-depletion: 2.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:23:22
Procoptodon Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 71 439 109 55 1:11:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 142 666 165 83 1:34:40
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 348; Slingshot Hits × 142; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 39; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 23; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 16; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 8
Torpidity-depletion: 2.31 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:25:12

Soothing Balm Procoptodon Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 10 6 2 1 0:10:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 20 20 5 3 0:13:20
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 4 0 0 0 0:04:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 7 0 0 0 0:04:40
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 1 0 0 0 0:00:40
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 1 0 0 0 0:00:40
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 35; Slingshot Hits × 15; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 4; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 3; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 2; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 2; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.67 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:08:45
Soothing Balm Procoptodon Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 24 59 14 7 0:24:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 48 108 24 12 0:32:00
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 8 0 0 0 0:08:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 16 0 0 0 0:10:40
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 2 0 0 0 0:01:20
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 1 0 0 0 0:00:40
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 96; Slingshot Hits × 40; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 11; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 7; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 6; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 4; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 1.11 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:14:26
Soothing Balm Procoptodon Level 75 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 46 205 48 24 0:46:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 91 319 75 38 1:00:40
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 16 0 0 0 0:16:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 31 7 2 1 0:20:40
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 2 0 0 0 0:02:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 4 0 0 0 0:02:40
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 1 0 0 0 0:00:40
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 191; Slingshot Hits × 78; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 22; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 13; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 11; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 8; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 9; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5
Torpidity-depletion: 1.6 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:19:50
Soothing Balm Procoptodon Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 81 535 132 66 1:21:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 162 794 196 98 1:48:00
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 27 18 5 3 0:27:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 54 104 26 13 0:36:00
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 3 0 0 0 0:03:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 6 0 0 0 0:04:00
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 1 0 0 0 0:00:40
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 348; Slingshot Hits × 142; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 39; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 23; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 20; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 15; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 16; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 8
Torpidity-depletion: 2.31 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:25:12
Soothing Balm Procoptodon Level 300 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 153 1422 377 189 2:33:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 305 2011 533 267 3:23:20
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 51 230 61 31 0:51:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 102 429 114 57 1:08:00
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 6 0 0 0 0:06:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 11 0 0 0 0:07:20
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 1 0 0 0 0:00:40
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 663; Slingshot Hits × 271; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 74; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 43; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 37; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 28; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 30; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 15
Torpidity-depletion: 3.52 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:31:23
Soothing Balm Procoptodon Level 450 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Values without Soothing Balm Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 224 2449 680 340 3:44:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 448 3417 949 475 4:58:40
Minor Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 75 515 143 72 1:15:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 150 840 233 117 1:40:00
Regular Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 8 0 0 0 0:08:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 15 0 0 0 0:10:00
Major Soothing Balm (Mobile) Rare Mushroom Rare Mushroom 1 0 0 0 0:01:00
Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seed 1 0 0 0 0:00:40
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 978; Slingshot Hits × 400; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 109; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 63; Toxicant Arrows with a Bow × 55; Toxicant Arrows with a Compound Bow × 41; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 45; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 23
Torpidity-depletion: 4.62 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:35:18


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.

Preferred Food[]

The Procoptodon only eats Rare Mushroom Rare Mushrooms and Plant Species X Seed Plant Species X Seeds. Once tamed, it can also be fed with Berries Berries.

A Rare Mushroom is equal to 75 food points and a Plant Species X Seed is equal to 50. It eats every 100 points of hunger.

Combat[]

This section describes how to fight against the Procoptodon.

General[]

While not the strongest, the Procoptodon can cause significant damage if it chooses to attack. However, they typically run away at high speeds rather than stand and fight. Make sure you can keep a fast pace if you hope to kill/tame one! Since the TLC update its dropkick ability makes it a lot more versatile in combat as it does not do lots of damage but has a large knock back making it hard to be hit. Partner this with the new huge jump and significantly reduced fall damage to get out of most tussles.

Strategy[]

Large Bear trap, having someone carry you on a chase flyer, or just running it down on foot are the easiest. It can also be lured into a pen by making it aggro with Rare Flowers.

Weaponry[]

If you would like to tame them you should tranq them. Any method works.

Dangers[]

The Procoptodon would rather run than fight. Chasing one on foot can result in straying too far into dangerous territory.

Weakness[]

Unaggressive usually. Is very close-ranged.

Utility[]

Roles[]

  • War Mount: The Procoptodon's pouch allows another tribe member to ride along. This is extremely useful if a raid goes wrong, because you have a quick escape. Its high jumping skills allow the rider and its tribe member to easily infiltrate bases and escape without having the need to destroy any walls or gates. Especially useful against stone and metal bases. (Level stamina, speed, weight(optional), and health.)
  • Battle/Taming Mount: Between its acceptable health, high weight capacity, good speed in both forward and reverse, knocks back nearby target, and ability for both riders to use weapons, the Procoptodon makes a great mount for pursuing and kiting dinos for taming. Just be sure to watch your back when hopping in reverse. (Level stamina, speed, some health and weight.)
  • Transport: It has good weight for its size, and the Procoptodon can transport more than one tribe member to any new location. If you are moving other dinos as well, the player in the pouch can easily defend them, alongside with the other dino. In a pouch of a mate-boosted female, the player will lose less food. (Level weight and stamina.)
  • Experience Booster: Lystrosaurus can be carried and petted inside the Procoptodon's pouch, providing a mobile means of boosting the experience of a hunting party; something that a Lystrosaurus is most often far too slow to keep up with.
  • Baby/Shoulder pet Transport: It can carry baby dinos and shoulder pets in its pouch to transport safety from one place to another.
  • Resource Collector: The Procoptodon has the ability to harvest Thatch and Wood from trees, Cactus Sap and Thatch from big cacti on Scorched Earth, and Berries from bushes with the bite or kick attack. With another player in the pouch collecting resources, the rider can scout the area and check for any hostile dinos and can quickly make a get away without having to mount up at all, so this is very useful on PvP servers. (Level stamina, speed, and weight.)
  • Breeding Aid: Baby dinos have reduced food consumption rate when carried by mate-boosted female Procoptodons.
  • Imprint Aid: Performing an imprinting action (cuddling, comfort food, etc) on a baby dino held in a mate-boosted, female Procoptodon's pouch doubles the amount of affinity earned for imprinting. For creatures that can be held in Procoptodon pouches during infancy, this can provide a substantial head-start on filling the imprint bar, and make it less of a chore in the long run.
  • Travel: It is one of the speediest mounts. Combined with it fantastic jump, it is sometimes more useful than a Gallimimus due to its decreased fall damage.
  • Battle Mount: Its kick attack has very powerful knockback, which makes melee opponents and small predators incapable to get close if well-managed. Disable Resource Gathering in-order to avoid accidental Encumbrance.
  • Jumping: It jumps so high, capable at skipping a lot of obstacles on open terrain or "climbing" low cliffs. A full-charge jump will cause Procoptodon to take only minor fall damage.
  • Bosses: Its jump and ability to carry 2 tribe members at once allows it to reach the top of a mushroom in the Broodmother Arena on the Island, giving you a position to solo the Alpha Broodmother or take it down with very few tribe members and weaker weapons than usual.

Collectibles[]

Better at collecting berries than one would think. Use the kick attack and gather a ton of them and escape from predators quickly with one good jump! Be cautious about becoming over-encumbered.

Carry-able Baby/Small Creatures[]

Pouching Procoptodon

The Procoptodon is capable of carrying the following baby or small creatures. They can be pouched using the radial menu or the 3rd action key (default C, Right Stick, Right Stick). This is not available in mobile version yet.

Baby[]

Once the baby hits a certain percentage of growth, it will automatically eject itself from the Procoptodon's pouch, and can not be placed back in. [Editor's note; more research should be done, particularly on what percentage a dino will reach before it is ejected, and whether it varies between different species.]

The following creatures can be carried within a pouch;

Baby dinos sometimes disappear from the pouch without a trace - there is a chance you can find them in the center of the map (at 50-50)! To avoid this, you can simply remove the baby from the pouch when you are away doing something else, as this seems to occur mostly when the baby/Procoptodon is out of render range.

The following table shows how long each species stays in the pouch for:

Creature Maturation Percent
Argentavis Argentavis 11%
Daeodon Daeodon 38%
Doedicurus Doedicurus 45%
Gigantopithecus Gigantopithecus 79%
Paraceratherium Paraceratherium 1.2%
Procoptodon Procoptodon 17%
Sarco Sarco 4%
Thylacoleo Thylacoleo 21%
Velonasaur Velonasaur 16%
Ankylosaurus Ankylosaurus 37%
Araneo Araneo 75%
Arthropluera Arthropluera 18%
Baryonyx Baryonyx 17%
Carbonemys Carbonemys 37%
Carnotaurus Carnotaurus 8%
Castoroides Castoroides 59%
Chalicotherium Chalicotherium 29%
Deinonychus Deinonychus 27%
Dilophosaur Dilophosaur 70%
Dimetrodon Dimetrodon 43%
Dire Bear Dire Bear 50%
Direwolf Direwolf 49%
Equus Equus 31%
Gacha Gacha 12%
Gallimimus Gallimimus 16%
Gasbags Gasbags 8%
Hyaenodon Hyaenodon 100%1
Iguanodon Iguanodon 21%
Kaprosuchus Kaprosuchus 25%
Kentrosaurus Kentrosaurus 30%
Lymantria Lymantria 32%
Mammoth Mammoth 9%
Mantis Mantis 40%
Megalania Megalania 22%
Megaloceros Megaloceros 38%
Megalosaurus Megalosaurus 12%
Megatherium Megatherium 20%
Morellatops Morellatops 7%
Moschops Moschops 75%
Onyc Onyc 41%
Oviraptor Oviraptor 98%
Ovis Ovis 100%1
Pachy Pachy 67%
Pachyrhinosaurus Pachyrhinosaurus 20%
Parasaur Parasaur 20%
Phiomia Phiomia 38%
Pulmonoscorpius Pulmonoscorpius 53%
Purlovia Purlovia 52%
Raptor Raptor 47%
Sabertooth Sabertooth 59%
Terror Bird Terror Bird 62%
Therizinosaur Therizinosaur 10%
Triceratops Triceratops 16%
Woolly Rhino Woolly Rhino 13%

1 Creatures can be carried after maturation.

Shoulder-Mounted[]

Baby variants are also included in this list.

Note that the Ferox (Large) Ferox (Large) cannot be carried.

Spotlight[]

Notes/Trivia[]

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

  • The dossier was revealed on October 5, 2015.[2]
  • The first marsupial in the game. It was released before the Thylacoleo Thylacoleo.
  • Procoptodons take massively reduced fall damage, because of their high jump see Fall Damage for more info.
  • The passenger in the pouch has limited view, like when a player sits on a chair, which must be accounted for when raiding bases or attacking creatures.
  • The player in the pouch gains +169 hyperthermal and hypothermal insulation, very useful especially during the ARK: Winter Wonderland event.
  • Since boarding the pouch does not require a saddle a player can set the Procoptodon to follow another creature/tribe member and ride in the pouch as a mount.
  • Procoptodon vivencurrus translates best to "Forward hill-toothed living chariot"; this is reference to its large frontal teeth and its usage to ferry survivors into battle. However, the specific epithet is incorrectly constructed; it should be viventicurrus.
  • In game the Procoptodon can jump backwards, however kangaroos can't do this in real life due to their hips.
  • The Procoptodon was a genus of giant short-faced kangaroo living in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. P. goliah was the largest known kangaroo which grew to nearly 3 meters tall and up to 232 kilograms (511 pounds), which is heavier than 3 adult human males.
  • The real-life Procoptodons were in fact so heavy they could not hop, but rather walked like hominids.
  • In reality, only female kangaroos have a pouch. However, there are several species of marsupial where males also have pouches, such as the extinct Thylacine. The general purpose of pouches on male marsupials, in contrast to the infant-rearing purpose of female pouches, is to protect the genital area of the males from the dense underbrush they might have to cross through.
  • Procoptodon receives a major update for TLC Phase 1 at 10 February 2018 with appearance overhaul, reduced fall damage, increase in carry weight, knockback attack, carry smaller creatures and baby dinos in pouch, jumping like Karkinos Karkinos and Reaper King Reaper King, reduced food consumption for characters carried in mate-boosted procoptodon, and doubles affinity when imprinting baby dinos inside pouch (please note: the Procoptodon carrying the baby must be female, and be mate boosted by a nearby male when the baby is imprinted).
  • Real Kangaroos are grazing animals eating grass, shrubs, flowers, leaves, ferns and moss, depending on the species. However the Procoptodon have adapted to eating the mushrooms found in Ark.
  • Real Kangaroos are social animals and live together in groups or herds. Procoptodon mostly likely did the same thing as modern kangaroos. Ark's Procoptodon is found on it's own rather then found in groups.
  • As of Patch 303.1 Procoptodons cannot be restrained with Bola Bolas, or carried by any creatures except the Tusoteuthis Tusoteuthis
  • On ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile, Procoptodon can be picked up by Flyers (Argentavis & Quetzal )

Changelog[]

Patch Changes
229.0 Procoptodon Procoptodon is added to the game
229.1 Fixed application of Movement Speed Movement Speed stat
230.0 Fixed Procoptodon pouch dismounting players through walls
230.1
  • Fixed hat/accessory slot on Procoptodon
  • Fixed server executable that wasn't showing model of Procoptodon Saddle Procoptodon Saddle
230.3 Fixed Movement Speed stat for real
231.6 Fixed exploiting with boarding Procoptodon pouch through walls or being pushed through walls while sitting in pouch
231.7 Fixed issue with getting dismounted from the pouch due to terrain slopes
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%
256.4 Added the Procoptodon Bunny Costume Procoptodon Bunny Costume for the ARK: Eggcellent Adventure event
260.0 Added proper icon for the Procoptodon Saddle Procoptodon Saddle
278.0 TLC Phase 1 Receives a model update, animation update, sound pass, and some new abilities:
  • Procoptodon now takes reduced fall damage
  • Carry Weight Weight is noticeably increased
  • Can carry small creatures and babies in its pouch
  • A knockback kick which can affect significantly large creatures
  • Added an aimed jump which can be used by holding down the Jump key
  • Carried entities in the pouch of a mate-boosted female Procoptodon have a reduced consumption
  • Babies imprinted in the pouch receive more affinity
278.2
  • Increased Procoptodon Weight Weight properly, as intended
  • Fixed an issue where the Procoptodon couldn't pick up flyers in its pouch
303.1 Modified the drag weight of the Procoptodon so that it can no longer be picked up or grabbed by any creature except the Tusoteuthis Tusoteuthis, and can no longer be trapped by a Bola Bola

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