Ankylosaurus

Ankylosaurus

Dossier Ankylosaurus.png

Creature

Group

Dinosaurs

Diet

Herbivore

Temperament

Docile

Release Versions

Jun 2, 2015

729.0
Dec 16, 2015

501.0
Dec 6, 2016

1.0
May 24, 2018

599.0
Nov 30, 2018

311.74
Jun 11, 2020

678.15
Sep 1, 2021

Variants

• Aberrant Ankylosaurus
• Eerie Ankylo
• X-Ankylosaurus

Spawn Command

cheat summon Ankylo_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Ankylo/Ankylo_Character_BP.Ankylo_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Ankylosaurus
cheat summon Ankylo_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Ankylo/Ankylo_Character_BP_Aberrant.Ankylo_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35
Variant X-Ankylosaurus
cheat summon Volcano_Ankylo_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/BiomeVariants/Volcano_Ankylosaurus/Volcano_Ankylo_Character_BP.Volcano_Ankylo_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant X-Ankylosaurus (Gauntlet)
cheat summon Volcano_Ankylo_Character_BP_Gauntlet_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Volcanic/Volcano_Ankylo_Character_BP_Gauntlet.Volcano_Ankylo_Character_BP_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Ankylosaurus (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Ankylo_Character_BP_STA_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Ankylo_Character_BP_STA.Ankylo_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Torpor Immune

No

Taming Method

 Knockout

Preferred Kibble

 Regular Kibble

Preferred Kibble

 Kibble (Dilo Egg)

Preferred Food

 Crops

Preferred Food

 Spinach Seed 

Equipment

 Ankylo Saddle (Level 36)

Rider Weaponry

Yes

Data

XP for kill

24 XP

Feces Size

 Medium

Drag Weight

160

Radiation Immune

No

Carryable By

• Argentavis
• Blood Crystal Wyvern
• Ember Crystal Wyvern
• Fire Wyvern
• Forest Wyvern
• Ice Wyvern
• Karkinos
• Lightning Wyvern
• Poison Wyvern
• Quetzal
• Tek Quetzal
• Tropical Crystal Wyvern
• Tusoteuthis
• X-Argentavis

Immobilized By

• Chain Bola
• Large Bear Trap
• Plant Species Y Trap
• Net Projectile

Can Damage

 Thatch
 Greenhouse
 Wood

Reproduction

Egg

 Ankylo Egg

Incubation Range

16 - 20 °C / 61 - 68 °F
 Egg Incubator: 18 °C / 64 °F

Incubation Time

2h 37m 52.927s

Baby Time

4h 52m 23.859s

Juvenile Time

19h 29m 35.438s

Adolescent Time

1d 21m 59.297s

Total Maturation Time

2d 43m 58.594s

Breeding Interval

18h - 2d

Habitat

• Ankylosaurus
• Aberrant Ankylosaurus
• X-Ankylosaurus

• The Island
• The Center
• Scorched Earth
• Ragnarok
• Extinction
• Valguero
• Genesis: Part 1
• Crystal Isles
• Genesis: Part 2
• Lost Island

• Aberration

• Genesis: Part 1

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Ankylosaurus (an-KYE-low-SAWR-us), also referred to as the Ankylo or Anky, is a species of Dinosaur in ARK: Survival Evolved.

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

Ankylosaurus crassacutis

Time

Late Cretaceous

Diet

Herbivore

Temperament

Docile

Wild

Unlike many of the herd animals on the Island, Ankylosaurus crassacutis tends to live in small family units. I believe they can afford to stick with smaller groups because of their incredibly thick skin, for which they're named. Despite not being among the largest of the Island's herbivores, Ankylosaurus is one of the more difficult creatures to take down. Its thick, armored skin seems to make it more than a match for several of the mid-sized predators that would otherwise hunt it. Reckless carnivores are just as likely to hurt themselves on Ankylosaurus' spikes, as they are to get hit by its tail.

Domesticated

Without a doubt, the best trait of a trained Ankylosaurus is its enormously dense tail. This tail is powerful enough to quickly shatter the resource-laden rocks of the Island. One of the wealthier human tribes on the island utilizes a squad of Ankylosaurs in its mines and quarries. The creature's affinity for metal enables it to carry raw ore at an effectively reduced weight.

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~ Helena

Behavior

Ankylosaurus can be found peacefully wandering around the Island. They will not attack unless provoked, and since they can deal a devastating blow with their tail club if angered, it is best for survivors to leave this beast alone. They have a very low movement speed on land but can move significantly faster in water.

Appearance

Ankylosaurus is a species of medium, quadrupedal herbivore that inhabits the ARKs. Its skin is adorned with a thick coating of spikes, bony plates, osteoderms, and fused bone. The head has plentiful spikes, as well as a beak at the tip of the mouth and enlarged nasals. They are relatively low to the ground with short legs and a low head; they protect themselves by wielding a wicked club on the end of their muscular tails. The only region not covered with body armour is the belly.

Color Scheme and Regions

This section displays the Ankylosaurus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Ankylosaurus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Ankylosaurus 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.

• Region 0 is never randomized when a normal Ankylosaurus spawns. However, breeding mutations and console commands still may affect it.

This information can be used to alter the Ankylosaurus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Ankylosaurus's "back" magenta.

• Ankylo
• X-Ankylosaurus

Region 0:
Back

Region 1:
Spikes

8

14

21

23

32

33

Region 2:
Leg Plates

13

14

20

22

24

33

34

35

Region 3:
Spike Tips

13

14

20

22

24

33

34

35

Region 4:
Head and Back

13

14

20

22

24

33

34

35

Region 5:
Underside

8

14

21

23

32

33

Region 0:
Patterning

8

13

14

20

21

22

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

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42

43

44

48

49

51

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54

56

Region 1:
Spikes

8

13

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20

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22

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

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43

44

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49

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56

Region 2:
Leg Plates

8

13

14

20

21

22

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

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42

43

44

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56

Region 3:
Spike Tips

8

13

14

20

21

22

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

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42

43

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56

Region 4:
Head and Back

8

13

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21

22

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

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42

43

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51

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56

Region 5:
Underside

8

13

14

20

21

22

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

39

42

43

44

48

49

51

53

54

56

Drops

• Hide
• Keratin
• Raw Meat

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Tamed	Additive	Multiplicative
Health	700	+140	+5.4%	0.07
Stamina	175	+17.5	+10%
Oxygen	150	+15	+10%
Food	3000	+300	+10%		15%
Weight	250	+5	+4%
Melee Damage	50 / 30	+2.5 / +1.5	+1.7%	14%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+2%	35%
Torpidity	420	+25.2	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	120	120	162	264	264	356.4	3
Swimming	300	300	405	N/A	N/A	N/A	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.

Attack Values

WalkingAndSwimmingTailAttack		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	330	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		50

Bite		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation	Using the (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Ankylosaurus swings its clubbed tail at the target.
		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		30

NotWalkingNotSwimmingTailAttack		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	330	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		50

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.

Ankylosaurus

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.

Taming

For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.

KO Strategy

Ankylosaurus is relatively easy to knock out due to its slow movement speed. Even when attacked, the Ankylosaurus is easy to outrun, making nearly any ranged attack effective. The best method to knock it out would be using Tranquilizer Darts or Tranquilizer Arrows, but if neither are available then a simple Slingshot will do the trick but may take longer than a tranquilizer dart or arrow. The Ankylosaurus does not receive increased damage on headshots due to the heavy armor that covers its body.

Taming Food

• Base
• Mobile

Level 1					Time
Regular Kibble	2	0	0	0	0:03:12
Fresh Barley	20	2	1	1	0:24:01
Fresh Wheat	20	2	1	1	0:24:01
Soybean	20	2	1	1	0:24:01
Dried Wheat	20	53	11	6	0:48:01
Mejoberry	27	3	1	1	0:24:19
Berries	40	2	1	1	0:24:01
KO: × 42; × 18; × 5; × 3; × 2; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:23:20

Level 30					Time
Regular Kibble	5	0	0	0	0:08:00
Fresh Barley	47	60	13	7	0:56:25
Fresh Wheat	47	60	13	7	0:56:25
Soybean	47	60	13	7	0:56:25
Dried Wheat	47	248	51	26	1:52:49
Mejoberry	63	61	13	7	0:56:43
Berries	94	60	13	7	0:56:25
KO: × 116; × 47; × 13; × 8; × 6; × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:38:29

Level 60					Time
Regular Kibble	8	0	0	0	0:12:48
Fresh Barley	75	170	36	18	1:30:01
Fresh Wheat	75	170	36	18	1:30:01
Soybean	75	170	36	18	1:30:01
Dried Wheat	75	542	114	57	3:00:01
Mejoberry	100	170	36	18	1:30:01
Berries	150	170	36	18	1:30:01
KO: × 191; × 78; × 22; × 13; × 9; × 5
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:48:52

Level 90					Time
Regular Kibble	11	0	0	0	0:17:35
Fresh Barley	104	328	70	35	2:04:49
Fresh Wheat	104	328	70	35	2:04:49
Soybean	104	328	70	35	2:04:49
Dried Wheat	104	925	198	99	4:09:37
Mejoberry	138	325	70	35	2:04:13
Berries	207	325	70	35	2:04:13
KO: × 267; × 109; × 30; × 17; × 13; × 7
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:56:24

Level 120					Time
Regular Kibble	14	0	0	0	0:22:23
Fresh Barley	132	515	112	56	2:38:25
Fresh Wheat	132	515	112	56	2:38:25
Soybean	132	515	112	56	2:38:25
Dried Wheat	132	1363	295	148	5:16:49
Mejoberry	175	510	111	56	2:37:31
Berries	263	512	111	56	2:37:49
KO: × 342; × 140; × 38; × 22; × 16; × 8
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:02:20

Level 150					Time
Regular Kibble	16	0	0	0	0:25:35
Fresh Barley	160	731	161	81	3:12:01
Fresh Wheat	160	731	161	81	3:12:01
Soybean	160	731	161	81	3:12:01
Dried Wheat	160	1856	408	204	6:24:01
Mejoberry	213	730	161	81	3:11:43
Berries	319	728	160	80	3:11:25
KO: × 418; × 171; × 47; × 27; × 19; × 10
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:07:13

	Level 1					Time
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	3	0	0	0	0:04:48
	Mejoberry	30	8	2	1	0:27:01
	Berries	45	8	2	1	0:27:01
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	10	0	0	0	0:09:01
	Berries	15	0	0	0	0:09:01
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:55
	Berries	2	0	0	0	0:01:13
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:55
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:37
KO: × 42; × 18; × 5; × 3; × 3; × 2; × 2; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:23:20

	Level 30					Time
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	6	0	0	0	0:09:36
	Mejoberry	72	88	18	9	1:04:49
	Berries	108	88	18	9	1:04:49
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	2	0	0	0	0:03:12
	Mejoberry	24	0	0	0	0:21:37
	Berries	36	0	0	0	0:21:37
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	3	0	0	0	0:02:43
	Berries	4	0	0	0	0:02:25
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:55
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:37
KO: × 116; × 47; × 13; × 8; × 7; × 5; × 6; × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:38:29

	Level 75					Time
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	11	0	0	0	0:17:35
	Mejoberry	136	311	66	33	2:02:25
	Berries	204	311	66	33	2:02:25
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	4	0	0	0	0:06:24
	Mejoberry	46	0	0	0	0:41:25
	Berries	68	0	0	0	0:40:49
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	5	0	0	0	0:04:31
	Berries	7	0	0	0	0:04:13
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:55
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:37
KO: × 229; × 94; × 26; × 15; × 13; × 10; × 11; × 6
Torpidity-depletion: 0.72 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:52:54

	Level 150					Time
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	19	0	0	0	0:30:23
	Mejoberry	243	888	195	98	3:38:43
	Berries	365	889	196	98	3:39:01
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	7	0	0	0	0:11:12
	Mejoberry	81	34	8	4	1:12:55
	Berries	122	36	8	4	1:13:13
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	9	0	0	0	0:08:07
	Berries	13	0	0	0	0:07:49
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:55
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:37
KO: × 418; × 171; × 47; × 27; × 24; × 18; × 19; × 10
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:07:13

	Level 300					Time
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	35	0	0	0	0:55:57
	Mejoberry	458	2549	593	297	6:52:13
	Berries	686	2544	592	296	6:51:37
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	12	0	0	0	0:19:11
	Mejoberry	153	419	98	49	2:17:43
	Berries	229	417	97	49	2:17:25
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	2	0	0	0	0:03:12
	Mejoberry	16	0	0	0	0:14:25
	Berries	23	0	0	0	0:13:49
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	2	0	0	0	0:01:49
	Berries	2	0	0	0	0:01:13
KO: × 796; × 325; × 89; × 51; × 45; × 34; × 36; × 18
Torpidity-depletion: 1.59 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:23:42

	Level 450					Time
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	51	0	0	0	1:21:32
	Mejoberry	672	4636	1125	563	10:04:49
	Berries	1008	4636	1125	563	10:04:49
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	17	0	0	0	0:27:11
	Mejoberry	224	976	237	119	3:21:37
	Berries	336	976	237	119	3:21:37
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	2	0	0	0	0:03:12
	Mejoberry	23	0	0	0	0:20:43
	Berries	34	0	0	0	0:20:25
	Kibble (Dilo Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	2	0	0	0	0:01:49
	Berries	3	0	0	0	0:01:49
KO: × 1174; × 479; × 131; × 75; × 66; × 49; × 54; × 27
Torpidity-depletion: 2.08 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:34:08

Note that the values are for optimal cases, always bring extra supplies!
For a level-dependent count of resources needed, try an external taming calculator. {{Ingredients|Regular Kibble}]

Combat

This section describes how to fight against the Ankylosaurus.

General

The Ankylosaurus uses its huge, literally 'bone-crushing' tail to attack its enemies. Its attack can be quite devastating if a survivor is wearing anything weaker than Chitin Armor. It is recommended then to either shoot it with a Ranged Weapon or use a Pike or Spear while circling it.

Strategy

The most successful strategy for killing an Ankylosaurus is to circle it while shooting it with a ranged weapon like a Bow, Crossbow, or any variety of gun. Be prepared for a moderately lengthy battle if you are using low-level weapons.

Weaponry

Ranged weapons are recommended when fighting an Ankylosaurus. These weapons include Bow, Crossbow, Longneck Rifle, and others, though with some persistence a Slingshot will also work. Melee weapons are generally discouraged, though more nimble survivors might have success using Pikes and Swords if they are able to quickly move in and out of its attack range, or even bringing a  Shield can work as well.

Dangers

The Ankylosaurus uses its huge tail club as a defensive weapon: this attack has a fairly large range and can deal a respectable amount of damage, so keeping your distance is a must.

Weakness

Much like Carbonemys, your avatar's backwards movement will outpace the dinosaur whilst the player stabs it to death. Be aware that Ankylosaurus does more damage than Carbonemys.

Utility

Roles

• Combatant/Guardian: The Ankylo is an excellent tank due to its high HP, low posture, and compact build. Along with high health for its size, the Ankylo is very powerful with its bite and tail swing attacks, the latter doing the most damage; both of these attacks have great AOE and knockback as well. These two factors can be quite useful when used to take damage from bullets and attack creatures in relatively small spaces where other heavy-built tames can not reach and its slow speed no longer becomes an issue, making them decent base defense dinos as well as decent cave raiding dinos. (Level up  Health and  Melee Damage)

• Transport: While slow, it has a very good base carrying capacity and is quite powerful. One notable thing to mention is that the Ankylo significantly increases its speed when swimming compared to running on land, making movement by or near water sources most optimal for this task. Good for local transport but not recommended for long distance travel unless being transported itself by a flyer or other carrying method. (Level up  Movement Speed,  Stamina, and  Weight)

• Gatherer: The Ankylo excels at gathering as it can harvest most materials(with few exceptions, such as  Fiber which can not be harvested by it) from trees, to rocks, to bushes. As it is one of the best viable ways of harvesting rocks and ores, the Ankylo is excellent for collecting essential materials such as  Metal,  Crystal,  Obsidian, and  Flint. As of patch 256.3 (PC) Ankylos have a 85% weight reduction to raw metal in their inventories, allowing them to carry much more before becoming encumbered. (Level up  Weight and  Melee Damage). It is important to note that the corpse of a  Rock Elemental can also be harvested by an Ankylo for huge amounts of valuable materials. They also have the added benefit of being able to be transported by creatures including  Quetzals or an  Argentavis for greatly increased capability and mobility. (Level up  Melee Damage) on the Ankylosaurus and (Level up  Weight) on the flyer/carrier. The Ankylo is competent at harvesting large quantities of  Berries as well with its Rmb bite attack, and if the Lmb tail swing attack is hit directly after the bite attack, it can also collect berries with a tail swing. It can even collect  Thatch and  Wood in moderate quantities. It can be set to “wander” to harvest resources automatically. This, however, does not seem to work on Mobile.

• Underwater Miner: Despite being such a heavily built creature, Ankylosaurus is a surprisingly good swimmer and also capable of easily fending off sea predators with its tail club attack, since it can move while swinging its tail, making it more dangerous in the water than on land. Therefore, it can be used to gather  Oil from the bottom of the sea while easily fending off most common sea creatures. Leveling up Oxygen also makes it swim much faster. (Level up  Oxygen and  Stamina, as well as  Weight and  Melee Damage if desired.)

• Clearing/ Landscaping: Thanks to its rather large AOE and a little trick that involves using the tail wing attack immediately after using the bite attack in order to clear plants in a large radius, the Ankylo is perhaps the best creature to use when a large area needs to be cleared to make way for buildings, siege-weapons, artillery, war-mounts, battle field, a race track, or any other purpose that would need to involve large swaths of trees and rocks to be chopped down or broken. Because the Ankylo can harvest almost any object in the game, they are perfectly fit for this role.

Weight Reduction

The Ankylosaurus reduces the weight of the following resources by the listed amount while they are in its inventory:

Resource	Reduction
Metal	85%

Collectibles

Resource	Efficiency
Metal	★★★★★
Rare Flower	★★★★★
Flint	★★★★★
Crystal	★★★★★
Rare Mushroom	★★★★★
Cactus Sap	★★★★☆
Berries	★★★★☆
Sulfur	★★★★☆
Element Shard	★★★★☆
Oil	★★★★☆
Obsidian	★★★★☆
Thatch	★★★☆☆
Mutagel	★★★☆☆
Stone	★★★☆☆
Silicate	★★★☆☆
Wood	★★☆☆☆
Element	?

• Note: Increasing Melee Damage on Ankylosaurus yields more resources per swing; however, it does not increase area of effect as rumored.

Notes

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

• Until v246.0 it was possible to harvest resources with the bite attack when looking straight to a resource, which was significantly faster than the tail whip attack.

• The Ankylosaurus can be picked up by a Argentavis, Quetzal, or Karkinos. It can harvest only rich metal nodes automatically while being carried by an Argentavis.

• If using Aberrant Ankylosaurus to harvest on the Aberration map, be mindful it is not immune to radiation and you will need to feed it Mushroom Brew every 120 seconds to keep it from suffering from radiation exposure when in irradiated areas of the map.

• The real world Ankylosaurus magniventris had much more smoothed armor than that of the Ankylosaurus depicted in the game, with the only prominent spikes being located around the head and was significantly larger. Fossil records are incomplete for Ankylosaurus, but it is estimated to be up to 8 meters long. The animal is known to be one of the last non-avian dinosaurs, living sparsely in the western United States and Canada. The Ankylosaurus shown in ARK seems to more closely resemble Euoplocephalus tutus, a closely related dinosaur with a much more spiky appearance and a smaller size. Even so, the extent and size of the spikes of Ark's Ankylosaurus is exaggerated and do not accurately represent members of the suborder Ankylosauria.

• The skull in Ankylo's dossier actually resembles Ankylosaurus' relative Tarchia rather than the actual animal.

• Despite its appearance of having body armor, it has no ability to reduce damage taken from projectiles like that of the  Carbonemys, which is odd since both in-game and in reality, the thick and strong armor of an Ankylosaurus would surely give it more resistance to a bullet or arrow than that of a  Dilophosaur, for example.

• Using the bite attack during the tail slam will make you gather bushes instead of trees/rocks in a bigger area.

• The Ankylosaurus needs to be extremely close to each other to mate.

• The specific epithet crassacutis, meaning "thick skin", is an incorrectly constructed Latin compound; it should be crassicutis instead.

• When using the tail whip attack, there are 2 different animations that can occur with varying hitboxes. The regular swing will occur if facing to the right of the anky and the slam will occur if facing to the left. Both basically preform identically to one another.

• Real Ankylosaurus may have been somewhat larger than what's depicted in the game, and the structure of their armor in fossils suggest that they may have been bullet proof. Few predators would succeed in taking this herbivore down, as the only way to kill one would be to attack their exposed belly.

• Ankylosaurus's bite attack is somehow more useful for attacking since it attack more than twice as fast as tail swing attack.
• In Extinction, the Anklyo can harvest Element Nodes, although it is unknown if this is a bug or not.
  

Changelog

Patch	Changes
190.0	Fixed Ankylosaurus getting stuck and rubber-banding on a server when swimming and attacking
246.0	Removed Ankylosaurus bite attack as it was inappropriate harvesting rocks in this manner
252.7	Herbivores buffed to have a 55% explosion resistance and a 65% fire resistance
252.8	Herbivore explosion resistance reduced from 55% to 40%
[[256.3]	Metal now takes 75% less  Weight in the Ankylosaurus' inventory
260.0	Re-added the bite attack. The tail swing attack should now only harvest rocks and trees, while the bite attack should harvest bushes and trees
261.0	Allowed Ankylosaurus to attack while in a floating state Fix for Ankylosaurus not being able to use its secondary bite attack reliably
269.0	Fixed an issue where the Ankylosaurus could get stuck in the air
275.0 Aberration Expansion Release	Added the  Aberrant Ankylosaurus
287.100	Ankylosaurus should no longer harvest  Berries with its tail swing attack Ankylosaurus should no longer harvest rocks with its bite attack
306.41 Genesis: Part 1 Expansion Release	Added the  X-Ankylosaurus
316.18 TLC 3	Increased metal weight reduction by 10% (From total reduction of 75% to 85%)
338.23	Enabled auto-harvest on Ankylosaurus

Gallery

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  Ankylo attack range

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  Ankylo with color mutation

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