Dinosaur
Diplodocus
Diplodocus insulaprincep
- Tameable
- Rideable
- Breedable
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Temperament
- Naive
- Era
- Late Jurassic
- Drag weight
- 575
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 | 1,700 | +340 | +5.4% |
| Stamina | 550 | +55 | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 300 | +30 | +10.0% |
| Food | 10,000 | +1,000 | +10.0% |
| Weight | 800 | +16 | +4.0% |
| Melee | 0 | +0 | +0.0% |
| Move Speed | 100% | — | +1.0% |
| Torpidity | 3,000 | +180 | — |
Dossier
In the wild
Despite being one of the Island's largest creatures, Diplodocus insulaprincep is among the Island's smaller sauropods. Instead of size and intelligence, Diplodocus developed faster maximum speed and greater endurance. When fully matured, it generally only reaches about half the size of the rather enormous Brontosaurus. Diplodocus is another creature whose continued survival on the Island confuses me. It's a very thick-headed and trusting animal, often to its fatal detriment. It never flees from predators until after they've attacked it repeatedly, preferring instead to make numerous fruitless attempts at friendship. For some strange reason, Diplodocus trusts humans so much that it doesn't seem to fight back against them…ever!
Once tamed
Due to Diplodocus' smaller frame, it cannot support the type of "platform" saddle that other large creatures can. To make up for this, many tribes instead use an eleven-seater passenger saddle which enables Diplodocus to safely transport ten additional riders. These passengers often use ranged weapons to protect the creature, or to attack nearby enemies while on the move!
Breeding
1 Incubation
4h 59m 58s
2 Baby
9h 15m 33s
3 Juvenile
1d 13h 2m 13s
4 Adolescent
1d 22h 17m 46s
- Fully grown after
- 3d 20h 35m 33s
- Mate again after
- 18h - 2d
- Incubation temperature
- 26 - 29 °C / 79 - 84 °F
- Egg incubator setting
- 28 °C / 82 °F
- Egg
- Diplo Egg
Taming
- Method
- Knockout or Passive
Saddle
Diplodocus Saddle
Unlocks at level 32, 20 armor
Crafting cost
- Hide
- 850
- Fiber
- 600
- Wood or Fungal Wood
- 250
- Metal Ingot or Scrap Metal Ingot
- 200
Crafted in Smithy, Argentavis Saddle, Castoroides Saddle, Thorny Dragon Saddle, Tek Replicator, Exo-Mek
On the ARK Wiki
Technical
- Entity ID
Diplodocus_Character_BP_C- Cloneable
- No