Sinomacrops

The Sinomacrops is a creature in ARK: Survival Evolved's Lost Island DLC.

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.

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Species

Sinomacrops bondei

Time

Mid-Late Jurassic

Diet

Insectivore

Temperament

Docile... usually

Wild

Sinomacrops bondei is a friendly and curious little pterosaur. It may approach and investigate unfamiliar creatures, but Sinomacrops does spook easily. When threatened, it will unfurl its wings to reveal deimatic eyespots in an attempt to confuse or scare predators away. Still, Sinomacrops seems to be a highly intelligent creature that craves social interaction. While it's normally curious and friendly, Sinomacrops' adorably oversized mouth turns into a deadly weapon at the slightest sight and smell of insects. Even alone, this cute little critter can take down insects far larger than itself. Unfortunately, this means that armor made from chitinous plates is going to trigger an attack response from the otherwise sweet-hearted pterosaur.

Domesticated

Taming a Sinomacrops is fairly straightforward (in theory) -- just feed them without scaring them. Once tamed, they absolutely love travelling with their humans, and prefer to cling to them whenever possible. Not only are they sociable, but they're fiercely protective once bonded. Any small creature approaching someone with a tame Sinomacrops will be met with its flashing eyespots and piercing shriek. That’s usually enough to stun an undersized interloper. For such a small flier, Sinomacrops can carry surprisingly heavy loads. It can even support the weight of a fully-grown human adult, though it will struggle to gain altitude. Still, any creature companion that can double as a glider and parachute is invaluable for anyone traversing an ARK... as long as they bring plenty of snacks for their new friend.

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~ Helena

Color Scheme and Regions.

Region 0 - Face, Body and Tail Stripe.

Region 1 - Underwing.

Region 2 - Not Used.

Region 3 - Belly and Wings.

Region 4 - Underwing Higlights.

Region 5 - Head, Back and Tail.

The Sinomacrops's information is currently unknown, because it was recently released.

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Drops

• Raw Meat
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Base Stats and Growth

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Tamed	Additive	Multiplicative
Health	110	+22	+5.4%	0.07
Stamina	150	+15	+10%
Oxygen	150	+15	+10%
Food	900	+90	+10%
Weight	80	+1.6	+4%
Melee Damage	10	+0.5	+1.7%	7%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+1%
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	48	48	48	192	192	192	5
Swimming	450	450	450	N/A	N/A	N/A	3
Flying	450	450	450	1125	1125	1125	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.

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.

Sinomacrops

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.

Combat

This section describes how to fight against the Sinomacrops.

Dangers

Do not wear chitin armor when in the proximity of Sinomacrops. a normally passive creature immediately becomes aggressive in the presence of chitin.

Taming

Sinomacrops is tamed non-violently using  Chitin.

With  Chitin in your hotbar slot 0, approach the creature (or simply go close enough to let it sense your presence and it approach you) and feed it. When you feed the creature, it will fly off for the moment which requires you to follow it (and track it with the Taming Tracker HUD.) When there are hearts floating around the creature, it will fly back to you (or hop at you, if its landed) and you can feed it. Repeat the process, and eventually and it will be tamed.

Considerations when attempting to tame the creature:

• Sinomacrops must be outside when attempting to tame it. They are not tamable when considered indoors. This includes  Tent , and any buildings within any buildable platform saddle/ Unassembled TEK Hover Skiff.
• Although Sinomacrops will not attack unless provoked, they are highly aggressive to anyone who are wearing even a part of  Chitin Armor.

Utility

Roles

• Glider/Hover/Parachute: Sinomacrops can act as a living  Parachute and more importantly,  Glider Suit Skin. It will open its wings up if allowed to much like the Glider, allowing gliding across the map, or temporarily hovering above (and struggling to fly up if needed) much like  Bloodstalker. However, how far or long it can hold depends greatly on its  Stamina to withstand the gliding left. (Level up on Stamina and Weight). As a side note when they do run out of stamina it will unfurl it's wings like a parachute and Prevent you from taking Fall Damage. (Glide with C on pc, RS on console)
• Scare Sign: Sinomacrops are great for scaring smaller creatures while its on a survivor's back, like  Ichthyornis and  Pegomastax. The circle menu must be added to let it auto-scream as needed, but much like the Light Pets from Aberration, can be toggled to scream with "Light!" emotion(The emote "Clap" does the same thing for those that dont have "light"[to unlock light tame a light pet]). There are no stat focus needed for this role.
• Bug Zapper: Though its scare ability doesn't really deal any damage, it is lethal on activation when used against Meganeura and Titanomyrma; making the Sinomacrops an excellent means of pest control, and helping to reduce your overall annoyance when trudging through jungles and swamps.
• Dismounter: Dismounting some larger tames, such as the Giganotosaurus, leaves you stuck up on a very high saddle, where if you do not walk off onto higher ground or an elevated platform to provide a break in your fall, will consistently see you taking fall damage. The Sinomacrops provides a means of safely jumping off of these high saddles without taking fall damage, provided you remember to use its wings in the process.

The following creatures are affected by its scream:

• Bulbdog
• Dilo
• Dodo
• Glowtail
• Hyaenodon
• Ichthyornis
• Jerboa
• Featherlight
• Pegomastax
• Shinehorn
• Meganeura
• Titanomyrma
• Noglin
• Troodon
• Dimorphodon
• Jug Bug
• Enforcer
• Leech
• Onyc

Notes/Trivia

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

• This is the second creature added as a result of the Lost Island Creature Poll.
• This is the first creature to act like a glider suit + tek chestpiece.
• As a flier, while using official settings, the Sinomacrops may not be used on Gen 1 (though it may be released and bred for use on other maps).
• Controls: Holding jump will allow slow vertical flight. Double tapping jump performs a brief vertical thrust and can allow the player to exit water (both actions consume stamina). Hitting the alternate attack, "C" (on pc) "RS" (on console) while in the air will activate glider mode (does not cosume stamina). Holding alternate attack, "X" (on pc) "LS" (on console) will activate parachute mode. Holding shift (on pc) or pressing LS (the default sprint button on console) while in glider mode or diving downwards, increases speed and allows control over altitude.

Changelog

Patch	Changes
341.19 Lost Island Expansion Release	Sinomacrops is added to the game
341.33	Sinomacrops can now be transferred to Aberration

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