Triceratops

Triceratops

Dossier Triceratops.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 Triceratops
• Alpha X-Triceratops
• Corrupted Triceratops
• Eerie Triceratops
• Enraged Triceratops
• Malfunctioned Tek Triceratops
• Skeletal Trike
• Tek Triceratops
• VR Triceratops
• X-Triceratops

Spawn Command

cheat summon Trike_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Trike/trike_Character_BP.Trike_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Triceratops
cheat summon Trike_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Trike/Trike_Character_BP_Aberrant.Trike_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Corrupted Triceratops
cheat summon Trike_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/Dinos/Corrupt/Trike/Trike_Character_BP_Corrupt.Trike_Character_BP_Corrupt'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Tek Triceratops
cheat summon BionicTrike_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Trike/BionicTrike_Character_BP.BionicTrike_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant X-Triceratops
cheat summon Volcano_Trike_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/BiomeVariants/Volcano_Trike/Volcano_Trike_Character_BP.Volcano_Trike_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant X-Triceratops (Gauntlet)
cheat summon Volcano_Trike_Character_BP_Gauntlet_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Volcanic/Volcano_Trike_Character_BP_Gauntlet.Volcano_Trike_Character_BP_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35
Variant X-Triceratops (Retrieve)
cheat summon Volcano_Trike_Character_BP_Retrieve_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Retrieve/Volcanic/Volcano_Trike_Character_BP_Retrieve.Volcano_Trike_Character_BP_Retrieve'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Malfunctioned Tek Triceratops
cheat summon BionicTrike_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Trike/BionicTrike_Character_BP_Malfunctioned.BionicTrike_Character_BP_Malfunctioned'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Malfunctioned Tek Triceratops (Gauntlet)
cheat summon BionicTrike_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Gauntlet_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Lunar/BionicTrike_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Gauntlet.BionicTrike_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Malfunctioned Tek Triceratops (Retrieve)
cheat summon BionicTrike_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Retrieve_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Retrieve/Lunar/BionicTrike_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Retrieve.BionicTrike_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Retrieve'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Corrupted Dinotar
cheat summon VRTrike_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/BiomeVariants/VR/VRTrike_Character_BP.VRTrike_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Triceratops (Summoned)
cheat summon Trike_Character_BP_Summoned_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/Summoner/SummonedDinos/Trike_Character_BP_Summoned.Trike_Character_BP_Summoned'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Triceratops (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Trike_Character_BP_STA_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Trike_Character_BP_STA.Trike_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Corrupted Triceratops (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Trike_Character_BP_STA_Corrupted_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Trike_Character_BP_STA_Corrupted.Trike_Character_BP_STA_Corrupted'" 500 0 0 35
Variant VR Triceratops (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Trike_Character_BP_TameSTA_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Endless/Tames/Trike_Character_BP_TameSTA.Trike_Character_BP_TameSTA'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Malfunctioned Tek Triceratops (LifeSupport)
cheat summon BionicTrike_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_LifeSupport_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/LifeSupport/Dinos/BionicTrike_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_LifeSupport.BionicTrike_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_LifeSupport'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Torpor Immune

No

Taming Method

 Knockout

Preferred Kibble

 Simple Kibble

Preferred Kibble

 Kibble (Carno Egg)

Preferred Food

 Mejoberry

Preferred Food

 Fresh Barley 

Equipment

 Trike Saddle (Level ?)

Unique Skins

• Styracosaurus Costume
• Triceratops Bionic Costume
• Trike Bone Costume

Rider Weaponry

Yes

Data

XP for kill

16 XP

Feces Size

 Medium

Drag Weight

300

Radiation Immune

No

Carryable By

• Fire Wyvern
• Forest Wyvern
• Ice Wyvern
• Lightning Wyvern
• Poison Wyvern
• Quetzal
• Tek Quetzal
• Tusoteuthis

Immobilized By

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

Can Damage

 Thatch
 Greenhouse
 Wood

Reproduction

Egg

 Trike Egg

Incubation Range

22 - 28 °C / 72 - 82 °F
 Egg Incubator: 25 °C / 77 °F

Incubation Time

2h 29m 59.28s

Baby Time

4h 37m 46.666s

Juvenile Time

18h 31m 6.662s

Adolescent Time

23h 8m 53.328s

Total Maturation Time

1d 22h 17m 46.656s

Breeding Interval

18h - 2d

Habitat

• Triceratops
• Aberrant Triceratops
• Corrupted Triceratops
• Tek Triceratops
• X-Triceratops
• Skeletal Trike

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

• Aberration
• Valguero

• Extinction

• Genesis: Part 1

• Genesis: Part 1

This variant spawns only during an Event

• The Island
• The Center
• Ragnarok
• Aberration
• Extinction
• Valguero
• Genesis: Part 1
• Crystal Isles
• Genesis: Part 2

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Triceratops (try-SAIR-uh-tops), or simply Trike, is one of the many dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved. They are a large, evolved ceratopsid herbivore and one of the last of their kind, and when they weren't peacefully browsing, used their deadly horns and shield frill against predators.

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

Triceratops styrax

Time

Late Cretaceous

Diet

Herbivore

Temperament

Short-Tempered

Wild

Apparently a crossbreed of a Triceratops and Styracosaurus, Triceratops styrax has both the characteristic three-horned face of Triceratops and the prominent horned-ridge of Styracosaurus. Normally a very docile grazing animal, Triceratops becomes aggressive once angered. Triceratops will chase down would-be predators (and egg-stealers) with incredible prejudice. Running away from triceratops is harder than it seems due to its ability to charge and ram its target. I've seen Triceratops have an especially hostile reaction to the Tyrannosaurus, with herds attacking en masse. While not very fast, they are deadly in a group.

Domesticated

A common mount for those that ride dinosaurs, Triceratops doubles as pack animal and combat dinosaur. Triceratops' bony ridge works excellently as cover from frontal attack, and the dinosaur's charge is incredibly dangerous. It is largely protective of its kinds if its sense danger. In the presence of larger carnivores that appears as a threat, Triceratops becomes stronger and rallies the effort of its nearby species. It is also capable of harvesting a sizable amount of resources with its horns by shredding fruit from the leaves, making it a very useful work companion for smaller tribes.

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~ Helena

Behavior

The Trike is not aggressive until attacked. When attacked, it charges at the enemy and bucks it with its head. Their bucking attack knocks the enemy back, which can make Trikes much more dangerous near cliffs or steep hills. The amount of knockback is significantly influenced by the enemy's weight. However, This attack can be easily dodged, but if it decides to ram and charge forwards, it is better to quickly dodge sideways as its speed when charging is much faster than simply running forwards. The Triceratops is also a herding animal, coming to the aid of others when attacked.

Appearance

The Trike is a relatively small (though still huge compared to a human) stout quadrupedal herbivore, which sports a large bony head equipped with an equally bony frill, which is adorned with multiple horns or spikes. Three larger horns also appear on the animal's head, one over each eye, and one on the nose.

Color Scheme and Regions

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

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

• Triceratops
• Corrupted Triceratops
• Tek Triceratops
• X-Triceratops

Region 0:
Body

13

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33

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35

Region 1:
Face and Feet

13

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35

Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 3:
Patterning

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Region 4:
Frill

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Region 5:
Body Accent

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Region 0:
Dark Muted

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Region 1:
Dark All

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Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 3:
Dark Muted

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Region 4:
Dark All

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Region 5:
Light Muted -b

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Region 0:
Internals

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Region 1:
Legs

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Region 2:
Body Main

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Region 3:
Head Main

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Region 4:
UnderBelly

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Region 5:
Emissive

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36

Region 0:
Body

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Region 1:
Face and Feet

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Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.

Region 3:
Frill

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Region 4:
Patterning

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Body Accents

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Tek Triceratops (Variant)

The Tek Triceratops is a creature that was permanently added to the game with the Genesis: Part 1 DLC. It is a unique alternate of the original Triceratops, and is purely made of Tek. Unlike the original, they spawn at a 5% rate at a 20% higher level than usual in the Genesis simulation. Since patch v315.2 they are part of the core game so they can be uploaded and transferred.

Drops

• Triceratops, Aberrant Triceratops
• Corrupted Triceratops

• Hide
• Keratin
• Raw Meat

• Corrupted Nodule
• Hide
• Keratin
• Raw Meat

Base Stats and Growth

• Triceratops
• Aberrant Triceratops
• Corrupted Triceratops

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Tamed	Additive	Multiplicative
Health	375	+75	+5.4%	0.07
Stamina	150	+15	+10%
Oxygen	150	+15	+10%
Food	3000	+300	+10%
Weight	365	+7.3	+4%
Melee Damage	32	+1.6	+1.7%	7%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+1.5%	120%
Torpidity	250	+15	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	150	?	?	607.5	283.5	623.7	14
Swimming	300	?	?	?	?	?	?

• 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

Melee		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation	Using the (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Trike headbutts the target.
		0	490	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		32

Ram		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation	Holding the (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Trike prepares a charge attack.
		0	4000	100	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		32

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Tamed	Additive	Multiplicative
Health	375	+75	+5.4%	0.07	-4%
Stamina	150	+15	+10%
Oxygen	150	+15	+10%
Food	3000	+300	+10%
Weight	365	+7.3	+4%
Melee Damage	32	+1.6	+1.7%	7%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+1.5%	120%
Torpidity	250	+15	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	150	?	?	607.5	283.5	623.7	14
Swimming	300	?	?	?	?	?	?

• 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

Melee		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation	Using the (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Trike headbutts the target.
		0	490	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		33.92

Ram		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation	Holding the (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Trike prepares a charge attack.
		0	4000	100	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		33.92

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase
		Wild
Health	375	+75
Stamina	150	+15
Oxygen	150	+15
Food	3000	+300
Weight	365	+7.3
Melee Damage	32	+1.6
Movement Speed	100%	N/A
Torpidity	250	+15

• 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
	Wild	Wild
Walking	150	607.5
Swimming	300	?

• 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

None		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	490	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		32

Ram		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	4000	1000	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		32

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.

Triceratops

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

Triceratops are rather slow, you can kite one easily. Keep firing  Tranquilizer Arrow with several seconds in between each arrow to allow the  Torpor level to increase over time while backing away very quickly. You can also look for a stuck Trike, which will be incredibly easy to knock out, as it can't attack you. Another strategy is to look for 2 or 3 small trees on a beach and then aggro the trike from a distance or from a safe place like ontop of a rock, directing him between the trees, it will likely get stuck. If none of these are available, simply have the triceratops chase you until its stamina runs out and it stops to rest; then circle behind it and knock it out with a club or slingshot.

A much easier method however, is to create a simple trap using a foundation, wall, and ceiling of any kind in a "Z" shape. The Triceratops will attempt to turn around when it hits the ceiling, allowing players to snipe its body and move through the ceiling after it.

Taming Food

• Base
• Mobile

Level 1					Time
Simple Kibble	2	0	0	0	0:01:36
Fresh Barley	20	0	0	0	0:12:01
Fresh Wheat	20	0	0	0	0:12:01
Soybean	20	0	0	0	0:12:01
Dried Wheat	20	22	5	3	0:24:01
Mejoberry	27	0	0	0	0:12:10
Berries	40	0	0	0	0:12:01
KO: × 25; × 11; × 3; × 2; × 2; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:13:53

Level 30					Time
Simple Kibble	5	0	0	0	0:04:00
Fresh Barley	47	18	4	2	0:28:13
Fresh Wheat	47	18	4	2	0:28:13
Soybean	47	18	4	2	0:28:13
Dried Wheat	47	112	23	12	0:56:25
Mejoberry	63	19	4	2	0:28:22
Berries	94	18	4	2	0:28:13
KO: × 69; × 28; × 8; × 5; × 4; × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:22:54

Level 60					Time
Simple Kibble	8	0	0	0	0:06:24
Fresh Barley	75	66	14	7	0:45:01
Fresh Wheat	75	66	14	7	0:45:01
Soybean	75	66	14	7	0:45:01
Dried Wheat	75	252	53	27	1:30:01
Mejoberry	100	66	14	7	0:45:01
Berries	150	66	14	7	0:45:01
KO: × 114; × 47; × 13; × 8; × 6; × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:29:05

Level 90					Time
Simple Kibble	11	0	0	0	0:08:48
Fresh Barley	104	139	30	15	1:02:25
Fresh Wheat	104	139	30	15	1:02:25
Soybean	104	139	30	15	1:02:25
Dried Wheat	104	437	94	47	2:04:49
Mejoberry	138	137	30	15	1:02:07
Berries	207	137	30	15	1:02:07
KO: × 159; × 65; × 18; × 11; × 8; × 4
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:33:34

Level 120					Time
Simple Kibble	14	0	0	0	0:11:12
Fresh Barley	132	226	49	25	1:19:13
Fresh Wheat	132	226	49	25	1:19:13
Soybean	132	226	49	25	1:19:13
Dried Wheat	132	650	141	71	2:38:25
Mejoberry	175	224	49	25	1:18:46
Berries	263	224	49	25	1:18:55
KO: × 204; × 84; × 23; × 13; × 10; × 5
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:37:06

Level 150					Time
Simple Kibble	16	0	0	0	0:12:48
Fresh Barley	160	329	73	37	1:36:01
Fresh Wheat	160	329	73	37	1:36:01
Soybean	160	329	73	37	1:36:01
Dried Wheat	160	891	196	98	3:12:01
Mejoberry	213	328	72	36	1:35:52
Berries	319	327	72	36	1:35:43
KO: × 249; × 102; × 28; × 16; × 12; × 6
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:40:00

	Level 1					Time
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	3	0	0	0	0:02:24
	Mejoberry	30	0	0	0	0:13:31
	Berries	45	0	0	0	0:13:31
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	10	0	0	0	0:04:31
	Berries	15	0	0	0	0:04:31
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:28
	Berries	2	0	0	0	0:00:37
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:28
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:19
KO: × 25; × 11; × 3; × 2; × 2; × 2; × 2; × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:13:53

	Level 30					Time
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	6	0	0	0	0:04:48
	Mejoberry	72	32	7	4	0:32:25
	Berries	108	32	7	4	0:32:25
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	2	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	24	0	0	0	0:10:49
	Berries	36	0	0	0	0:10:49
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	3	0	0	0	0:01:22
	Berries	4	0	0	0	0:01:13
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:28
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:19
KO: × 69; × 28; × 8; × 5; × 4; × 3; × 4; × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:22:54

	Level 75					Time
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	11	0	0	0	0:08:48
	Mejoberry	136	133	29	15	1:01:13
	Berries	204	133	29	15	1:01:13
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	4	0	0	0	0:03:12
	Mejoberry	46	0	0	0	0:20:43
	Berries	68	0	0	0	0:20:25
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	5	0	0	0	0:02:16
	Berries	7	0	0	0	0:02:07
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:28
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:19
KO: × 136; × 56; × 16; × 9; × 8; × 6; × 7; × 4
Torpidity-depletion: 0.72 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:31:29

	Level 150					Time
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	19	0	0	0	0:15:12
	Mejoberry	243	407	90	45	1:49:22
	Berries	365	408	90	45	1:49:31
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	7	0	0	0	0:05:36
	Mejoberry	81	0	0	0	0:36:28
	Berries	122	0	0	0	0:36:37
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	9	0	0	0	0:04:04
	Berries	13	0	0	0	0:03:55
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	1	0	0	0	0:00:28
	Berries	1	0	0	0	0:00:19
KO: × 249; × 102; × 28; × 16; × 14; × 11; × 12; × 6
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:40:00

	Level 300					Time
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	35	0	0	0	0:27:59
	Mejoberry	458	1213	282	141	3:26:07
	Berries	686	1210	282	141	3:25:49
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	12	0	0	0	0:09:36
	Mejoberry	153	148	35	18	1:08:52
	Berries	229	147	35	18	1:08:43
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	2	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	16	0	0	0	0:07:13
	Berries	23	0	0	0	0:06:55
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	2	0	0	0	0:00:55
	Berries	2	0	0	0	0:00:37
KO: × 474; × 194; × 53; × 31; × 27; × 20; × 22; × 11
Torpidity-depletion: 1.59 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:49:49

	Level 450					Time
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	51	0	0	0	0:40:46
	Mejoberry	672	2237	543	272	5:02:25
	Berries	1008	2237	543	272	5:02:25
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	17	0	0	0	0:13:36
	Mejoberry	224	407	99	50	1:40:49
	Berries	336	407	99	50	1:40:49
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	2	0	0	0	0:01:36
	Mejoberry	23	0	0	0	0:10:22
	Berries	34	0	0	0	0:10:13
	Kibble (Carno Egg)	1	0	0	0	0:00:48
	Mejoberry	2	0	0	0	0:00:55
	Berries	3	0	0	0	0:00:55
KO: × 699; × 286; × 78; × 45; × 39; × 30; × 32; × 16
Torpidity-depletion: 2.08 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:56:02

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.

Combat

This section describes how to fight against the Triceratops.

General

While it is not difficult to dodge the attack of a Trike, they deal significant damage, and the knock-back can deal additional fall damage if the player is knocked off of a hill. Oftentimes, beginning players attack out of familiarization with such an iconic dinosaur. This can lead to an early and embarrassing death.

Strategy

When attacked, a Trike will try to ram you with its horned head. Because it has the turning radius of an airplane, side stepping is your best friend here, especially if you are attacking with a spear. Quickly circle around the Trike, avoiding it’s head, while exposing its body. If you can circle fast enough it’s possible to avoid getting hit at all. (Doesn't work consistently enough to be listed. Highly impossible for a beginner.) The Trike has a chance of stunning you (whilst you are stunned you will move slower). Try to get on a high rock to stop it from hitting you.

Weaponry

It is entirely possible to bring down a Trike using only a melee weapon if the player is careful to avoid the head and stays near the Trike's side or behind. However, it is recommended to use a ranged weapon such as a bow. It is a good strategy to enrage the Trike from afar, using a ranged weapon. Finish it with powerful melee attacks. A powerful mount can also be used.

Dangers

Their headbash will knock you back, so try to avoid getting in front of them. Other Trikes nearby will also attack a player if a member of their species is hit nearby. If a player steals a wild Trike egg, the Trikes nearby will attack. Their attacks have a large AOE(Area Of Effect) and can send big groups of players or attacking dinosaurs flying back. This includes animals as big as, and possibly bigger than the parasaur, so always expect to be knocked back.

Running in a straight line either to escape or keeping a distance is a bad idea as well as it can charge and ram directly in front.

Weakness

Trikes have a large, slow turning radius, so outfoxing the Trike can be a viable strategy. They also have relatively low health and a tendency to get stuck in trees. Because a Trike will try to face its attacker it is easy to position some low level dinos behind it and make them attack it. When it tries to turn towards them, punch the trike and it will change targets again and again without ever actually attacking.

Utility

When near the presence of a threatening large carnivore, Triceratops receives a rivalry buff, affecting nearby tamed/wild Trikes and boosting their damage and health. Rivalry buff doesn't work on local host.

The following wild/enemy dinosaur triggers the buff

• Allosaurus
• Basilisk
• Giganotosaurus
• Karkinos
• Reaper
• Rex
• Rock Elemental
• Spino
• Wyvern
• Yutyrannus

Roles

• Transport: While slow, if one disregards it's charge attack, it has a very good base carrying capacity. Good for local transport, but may get stuck on trees or rocks when traveling through woods. Note that if you are riding the triceratops, you can simply attack the trees, knocking them down; also, a ridden trike's attack does no friendly fire damage, so you can also clear trees out of the way of other non-mounted pack dinos that are following you (Level up Speed, Stamina, and Weight).
• Travelling: Thanks to the 2nd TLC patch, the Trike can cover great distances in a short amount of time thanks to its charge attack, allowing it to serve a role where the Trike couldn't before. Holding the ability until it fully fills the charge meter will give the most speed and time, and ultimately the most distance. Travelling like this is most well used in open areas where one can anticipate potential dangers before getting hit and having the charge meter reset, and where there is little chance of getting snagged up in rough terrain or rocks. Leveling  Movement Speed will also make its charge faster. Usually very little  Stamina is needed for this mode of transportation as the Trike regains stamina while building up the next charge.
• Gatherer: Excellent for gathering berries, second only to a  Therizinosaur,  Bronto,  Stegosaurus or  Mammoth (Level up Melee Damage).
• Battle mount: A decent battle mount for starters, as it can do some damage and knocks smaller opponents back (Increase Damage and Health), as well as having a swift charge attack that can stun and/or knock back enemies greatly and can blast through thatch structures in a way similar to the  Pachy. Its head shield can also take reduced damage from bullets and arrows. Do not underestimate its knockback, because if you can master it you will be able to kill way stronger dinos and suffer little to no damage, but it requires perfect timing between your attack and if needed, to walk forwards or backwards(best to practice with raptors). You can kill powerful creatures like an  Alpha Raptor in this way. (Quick note: While you can kill Alpha Raptors like that, if the trike runs out of stamina, it can knock itself out which is a death sentance to the trike and possibly survivor.) Also note that your charge meter for charging will be reset if the Trike is damaged so escape can be limited in case things get hairy. Overall, the Trike's accessibility as an early-game tame, projectile damage reducing head shield, decent health and damage, large carnivore buff, and charge attack makes it a good early-game tame.
• Guardian: While most people think first and foremost of the swift, deadly carnivores in terms of protecting their property, the Triceratops is much easier to tame earlier in the game than even midsized carnivores. A pair or trio of Trikes can act as the core of a guard force that will keep your home and herds safe from common predators such as  Raptor,  Sarco and  Carnotaurus. Unlike most dinos, Trikes tend not to die when pursuing Sarcos and other semi-aquatic creatures into the water—their AoE lets them fend off multiple  Megapiranha (Level up Health and Melee Damage).
• Protector: When being chased by wild predators, players may stand next to one and lure the predator to the Trike. Trike may kill the predator and left the corpse for harvest.
• Tank:
• Damage:
• Boss Killer: Triceratops is a dinosaur that is well loved by survivors because of this survivors use them for many different things including boss fights. If well-bred a Triceratops can be very useful in a boss fight.
• PvP Turret Soaker: The head of the Trike reduces damage by a significant amount. This can allow you to charge against a group of opposing  Turrets and absorb their bullets with extreme efficiency. Since Trikes are relatively easy to tame, have more speed compared to the  Carbonemys, and are much smaller than larger turret soakers such as  Brontosaurus and  Diplodocus, they are effective substitutes for a growing tribe that is willing to raid. This turret soaking capability is almost exactly the same as the  Pachyrhinosaurus.
• Thatch Gatherer: Though it's normal attacks will gather decent amounts, one can use the Ram attack to break down trees and gather very large amounts of  Thatch in a short amount of time for a dino its size - without cluttering up its inventory with berries.

In Primitive Plus

• Fresh Prime Ribs: Once killed, the trike will drop  Fresh Spare Ribs, which have similar taming efficiency as prime meat and can also be cooked and consumed.

Collectibles

Resource	Efficiency
Berries	★★★★★
Thatch	★★★★★
Cactus Sap	★★★★☆
Rare Flower	★★☆☆☆
Rare Mushroom	★☆☆☆☆
Wood	★☆☆☆☆
Use Ram attack for Thatch.

Notes/Trivia

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

• Can collect berries, thatch, and smaller amounts of wood; collecting berries in this manner will yield extremely high amounts of berries compared to collecting them by hand. This makes it incredibly useful for feeding and taming other herbivores.
• Its full name means "Spiky three-horned Face".
• When dismounting, you will stand on the back of the trike. If you crouch, you can hide behind its large face plate for cover from attacks. It is also possible to shoot from the top of the trike while it fights. (Don't move or you may fall off.)
• The Trike has a charge attack, although it differs from the  Woolly Rhino's in that it requires charging by holding the Right Mouse Button, rather than just sprinting. This was introduced in the TLC Pass #2 in 21 March.
• It has a  Styracosaurus Costume which is based on the real life relative of the Triceratops, in which they share the same taxonomic family of Ceratopsidae. However the Styracosaurus was even more closely related to another Ceratopsian,  Pachyrhinosaurus.
  • This relates to the fact that in the dossier, Helena mentions that the creature has the 3 horns like a Triceratops but the horns around the edge of the frill like a Styracosaurus, hence its scientific name,Triceratops styrax.
• The Player can use weapons while mounted on the back of the Trike.
• When TLC 2 was first released, Aberrant Variant do not have a color region nor its mutated light region. This was fixed within two weeks after its release.
  • They do not appear to carry a "Rivalry" buff appearance either, even when in the presence of a large carnivore.
• Oddly enough, while  Rock Drake,  Managarmr,  Megalosaurus,  Titans and  Allosaurus appear larger than Trikes and are also carnivores, they do not appear as a threat to them, hence the absence of the buff. And for some reason, if the  Titanosaur is in its presence, it will gain the buff.
• Before Patch 296.101, Triceratops could sprint in ridiculous speed, this could be achieve by pressing W and ⇧ Shift while its charging attack is activated.
• Rivalry buff doesn't work on local host.
• Real Triceratops are generally agreed to have been a social species who lived in herds, though it could also be possible that some members would choose to live alone, like is seen in some herding species today. Ark's Triceratops also exhibit this behavior.
• Many People think Trikes are undersized, but this is actually because most other dinosaurs are shown as larger species. Although it looks small compared to a player in first person, they actually did get the size right, same thing goes for the  Megalodon.
• If Trike died while in charge mode, it can still damage other creatures once as a corpse.
• An aggressive version of the Triceratops exists, which is the  Enraged Triceratops.
• Triceratops is a very viable option if you choose to travel or scout with one tame. They can carry a good amount, repel just about every predator on land thanks to their good knockback and decent power, though large predators can be an issue, and can even scale mountain and hill sides with little trouble.
• Tek Triceratops are not one of the creature released for Extinction Chronicles but rather for Genesis.
• On ARK Survival Evolved Mobile, there is an unusual bug in which unconscious Triceratops will slide on the ground surface for a prolonged time before stopping which can be detrimental to taming (From what I have observed, it happens after you use a soothing balm on it, though that may not be true). This bug can be fixed by simply leaving and re-entering the server or Single-player world.
• In the real world, some studies have suggested that the Triceratops may be infant or adolescent versions of the adult Torosaurus; this thesis gained some traction for a while but is no longer considered accurate, in part because of finds of immature Torosaurus fossils.
• A bug exists where the Triceratops will no longer attack (neither player nor AI) with its default attack. This cannot be fixed by reloading into the game or restarting the server. However using a Cryopod will fix the problem.
• The Trike is very similar to  Styracosaurus, and has had a Styracosaurus‎ skin long before that creature was released.

Lore

• There is an ARK: The Animated Series reveal of the Triceratops with a Nerva army saddle variant.
  • It can be inferred that the triceratops is one of the New Legion's main mounts since they compliment Nerva's strategies that are related to Roman battle formations with their frills as living shields.
  • Their herd behavior is akin to the overall behavior of a single Roman unit or legion.

Changelog

Patch	Changes
172.5	Tweaked riding animation speeds for the Triceratops
174.2	Trike buffed to have 25% more  Health and 30% more  Melee Damage
228.2	Fixed Non-winter Trike spawns in the ARK: Winter Wonderland event
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%
256.0	New sound effects for the Trike
259.0	Added damage scalers to the Trike to be more resistant to damage
261.0	Fix for Trike walking sound
263.0	Slight increase to Wild Trike  Damage
264.52	Slight decrease to saddle armor value for the Trike
275.0 Aberration Expansion Release	Added  Aberrant Triceratops
279.22 TLC Phase 2	Receives a model update, animation update, texture update, and some new abilities: Now has a ram attack that can be charged up. The longer it is charged, the faster the Trike can go. Hitting a target will temporarily cripple targets and small targets will be knocked away. Added a  Rivalry buff that appears when near medium to large carnivores. The buff increases the Trike's  Health by 10%, slightly increases  Melee Damage, and slighlty decreases damage taken
285.104 Extinction Expansion Release	Added the  Corrupted Triceratops and  Enraged Triceratops
289.100	Mesh Memory Optimizations for the Trike
292.100	Fixed infinite ramming bug
294.101	Speculative fix for the infinite ramming bug
306.41 Genesis: Part 1 Expansion Release	Added the  X-Triceratops,  Alpha X-Triceratops, and  Tek Triceratops
312.35	Added TEK Trike to the array of creatures that can be recovered and released by a  Cryopod on the Genesis: Part 1 map
315.2	Added the TEK Trike to the core game so it can now be transferred

Gallery

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  Dead Trike.

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  Player throwing Spears at a Trike.

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  Players approaching a wild Trike.

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  A caravan of Trikes.

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  TLC Patch 2 model update.

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