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cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Aberration/Dinos/Pteroteuthis/Pteroteuthis_Char_BP.Pteroteuthis_Char_BP'" 500 0 0 35
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Common
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Untameable
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The Seeker is one of the Creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved's Aberration expansion.
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
A highly hostile predator with a pack mentality, Chimaeram Odiosus has a voracious appetite, and will quickly swarm anything that possesses its favorite delicacy: Charge. Fact, Charge light seems to be crucial to its survival. When in its presence, they are strong and aggressive, but without it, they are weaker and quicker to flee. Though distinct from any known species, Chimaeram's appearance is a hideous pastiche of bats and cephalopods, and as an unbiased professional, I have to say: I really hate these bloody things. Honestly.
- Domesticated
For better or worse, there is no known method of taming Chimaeram Odiosus. If one must confront these creatures, remember to do so away from any charged light sources, as an empowered Chimaeram swarm can punch well above its weight class.
Behavior
The Seeker is actively aggressive, seeking out charge light victims, both humans and creatures. In the absence of charge light however, they are weaker, and instead will flee on presence of them.
found on the surface of Aberration, on the edge of the Wilderness, and in The Spine.
Taming
According to the game files data the Seeker is not tamable.
Appearance
The Seeker is a small winged creature that has small, bird-like legs that hang off the ground underneath the creature's body. It also had a squid-like face with tentacles hanging from its mouth and six, small, beady, blue eyes. (Three on either side.)
This section displays the Seeker's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Seeker. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Seeker 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 Seeker's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Seeker's "body main" magenta.
Body Main
Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.
Wings
Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.
Under Belly and Highlights
Stripes
Drops
Base Stats and Growth
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase |
|---|---|---|
| Wild | ||
 Health |
250 | +50 |
 Stamina |
100 | +10 |
 Oxygen |
150 | +15 |
 Food |
1500 | +150 |
 Weight |
50 | +1 |
 Melee Damage |
10 | +0.5 |
 Movement Speed |
100% | N/A |
 Torpidity |
200 | +12 |
- 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 | 350
|
N/A |
| Swimming | 240
|
? |
| Flying | 525
|
866.25 |
- 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 | |||||||||||
| 0 | 140 | 120 | 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 | ||||||||||||
| Claw | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | |||||||||||
| 0 | 500 | 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 | ||||||||||||
| Charge Breath | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | |||||||||||
| 0 | 250 | 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 | ||||||||||||
Combat
This section describes how to fight against this creature.
General
The Seeker can be a formidable foe by itself or in a group. The Seeker is not a tamable creature, so it is recommended to kill Seekers upon sight. Seekers spawn on The Surface of Aberration and beyond The Spine, they are capable of surviving the harsh environment, heat, and radiation.
Strategy
Turn off all or any light sources near the Seeker, because charge from animals such as the Bulbdog cause the creature to gain a buff and it is able to pack quite the punch when there are multiple Seekers in a group.
Weaponry
Dangers
The Seekers are given a buff when they are near a charge source. If one is nearby, such as a Bulbdog, then the Seeker will gain a buff, and this is especially dangerous if there is a large swarm of them attacking the player or a tamed creature.
Weakness
The Seeker becomes very weak when there are no charge sources nearby. If you are fighting one and you turn off any charge sources, such as a tamed Bulbdog or a little glowstick, then the Seeker will become weaker and may flee combat entirely.
Notes/Trivia
- The creature was first announced in Community Crunch 104 on September 23, 2017.[1]
- Phrased by Helena in the Dossiers FSBMM, quite accurately describing the Seeker, stands for Flying-Squid-Bat-Murder-Monster.
- The tentacles around the creature's mouth bare a resemblance to the feelers of a star-nosed mole, which may be intentional due to the subterranean nature of the map.
- This creature resembles the winged beast from the movie 9.
- The species name, Chimaeram odiosus, roughly translates to "chimera are annoying".
- The species file name, Pteroteuthis, is a portmanteau of Pteranodon and Tusoteuthis.
- The Dossier for the Seeker says in the text that there is no known way to tame them, however there is a check for taming and a survivor with what looks like a group of tamed Seekers as shown. The method of taming might be part of an unimplemented/hidden mechanic.
- This shares with
Titanoboa, whose dossier states its is not tameable as well, but its taming method proves otherwise, if not difficult to both tame and maintain its hunger. Unlike Seeker however, it shows as a cross on the collar. - If tamed using admin commands, the game asks you to equip it with a saddle, even though one does not exist for the creature. It can still be ridden, however, doing so will result in the player disappearing altogether and putting the seeker under control of the player, making it so that if Seekers were meant to be tamed, they were not meant to be rideable.
- This shares with
Gallery
Torn dossier
1 While the dossier shows the collar as tameable, it is currently not.