Dinosaur
Archaeopteryx
Archaeopteryx magnamilvum
- Tameable
- Breedable
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Fearful
- Era
- Late Jurassic
- Drag weight
- 50
Where it spawns
- Very common
- Common
- Uncommon
- Very uncommon
- Rare
- Very rare
Spawn areas mined from the game files by the ARK Wiki; Ascended data where the wiki has it. Creatures roam a little outside their areas.
Base stats and growth
| Stat | Base | Per wild level | Per tamed level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 125 | +25 | +5.4% |
| Stamina | 150 | +15 | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +15 | +10.0% |
| Food | 900 | +90 | +10.0% |
| Weight | 30 | +0.6 | +4.0% |
| Melee | 5 | +0.25 | +1.7% |
| Move Speed | 100% | — | +1.0% |
| Torpidity | 100 | +6 | — |
Dossier
In the wild
Approximately one meter long, the Archaeopteryx magnamilvum is a primarily tree-dwelling proto-bird. It avoids the ground as much as possible, preferring to stay in the safety of the tree-line, where few predators can reach it. I've not seen an Archaeopteryx outright fly yet, so it's possible that they cannot generate enough lift to do more than glide long distances between perches. I'm not sure how a creature so fearful of the ground can be such a picky eater, but Archaeopteryx only seems to consume certain rare insect matter. The most likely explanation is that it tends to nest in infested trees, stripping them bare of such food sources.
Once tamed
While not large enough to bear the full weight of an adult human, Archaeopteryx still has great utility. Despite the creature's inability to fly, its wings have sufficient strength to dramatically slow the rate of a person's descent, if that person holds onto Archaeopteryx while airborne. Taming Archaeopteryx can be somewhat troublesome, though, as it refuses to eat most common food sources, and glides to prospective safety at the first sign of any interloper.
Breeding
1 Incubation
2h 37m 52s
2 Baby
1h 32m 35s
3 Juvenile
6h 10m 22s
4 Adolescent
7h 42m 57s
- Fully grown after
- 15h 25m 55s
- Mate again after
- 18h - 2d
- Incubation temperature
- 16 - 20 °C / 61 - 68 °F
- Egg incubator setting
- 18 °C / 64 °F
- Egg
- Archaeopteryx Egg
Taming
- Method
- Knockout
Technical
- Entity ID
Archa_Character_BP_C- Cloneable
- No