Dinosaur
Deinonychus
Deinonychus magna pede
- Rideable
- Breedable
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Era
- Cretaceous
- Drag weight
- 85
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 | 200 | +40 | +5.4% |
| Stamina | 150 | +15 | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +15 | +10.0% |
| Food | 1,200 | +120 | +10.0% |
| Weight | 140 | +2.8 | +4.0% |
| Melee | 3,030 | +1.51 | +1.7% |
| Move Speed | 100% | — | +1.5% |
| Torpidity | 180 | +10.8 | — |
Dossier
In the wild
By the time you hear the scurrying claws of the Deinonychus, it's often too late. Superior hunters, they leap from a hiding place and pounce on their prey. The Deinonychus is an agile climber as well, jumping from wall ledge to wall ledge as it seeks high vantage points to lie in wait. A hungry Deinonychus tends to be fearless and will hunt prey much larger than itself, latching onto a dinosaur's back with its sickle-shaped claws, then starting to feed before its victim is even dead. While it likes its meat fresh, a Deinonychus isn't above scavenging a carcass if no other food is available.
Once tamed
Raising a Deinonychus in captivity requires an ample food supply, as they have a fast metabolism to match their high activity level. The Deinonychus is also fiercely territorial near nests with eggs, even if the eggs aren't its own. This makes breeding successive generations a hazardous process. Unless raised from eggs, they cannot be tamed; the hunter instinct of a wild Deinonychus is so strong that it reflexively pounces on a would-be master.
Breeding
1 Incubation
4h 59m 58s
2 Baby
3h 42m 13s
3 Juvenile
14h 48m 53s
4 Adolescent
18h 31m 6s
- Fully grown after
- 1d 13h 2m 13s
- Mate again after
- 18h - 2d
- Incubation temperature
- 80 - 90 °C / 176 - 194 °F
- Egg incubator setting
- 85 °C / 185 °F
- Egg
- Raptor Egg Deinonychus Egg
Saddle
Deinonychus Saddle
Unlocks at level 32, 25 armor
Technical
- Entity ID
Deinonychus_Character_BP_C- Cloneable
- No