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Velonasaur
Velonasaur
Dossier Velonasaur.pngDossier EmptyDossier Velonasaur
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Groups
Dinosaurs, Fantasy Creatures
Diet
Carnivore
Temperament
Territorial
Release Versions
Steam 285.104
Nov 6, 2018
Xbox One 779.29
Nov 6, 2018
PS 528.23
Nov 6, 2018


Epic Games 311.74
Jun 11, 2020
Stadia 678.15
Sep 1, 2021
DLCs
Extinction, Genesis: Part 2
Variants
Spawn Command
cheat summon Spindles_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/Dinos/Spindles/Spindles_Character_BP.Spindles_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant R-Velonasaur
cheat summon Spindles_Character_BP_Rockwell_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/BiomeVariants/Spindles_Character_BP_Rockwell.Spindles_Character_BP_Rockwell'" 500 0 0 35
Variant R-Velonasaur (Summoned)
cheat summon Spindles_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/Summoner/SummonedDinos/Spindles_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned.Spindles_Character_BP_Rockwell_Summoned'" 500 0 0 35
Variant R-Velonasaur (Hunt2)
cheat summon Spindles_Character_BP_Rockwell_Hunt_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/Hunt/Dinos/Spindles_Character_BP_Rockwell_Hunt.Spindles_Character_BP_Rockwell_Hunt'" 500 0 0 35
Variant R-Velonasaur (Hunt2 Alpha)
cheat summon Spindles_Character_BP_Rockwell_Hunt_Alpha_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/Hunt/Dinos/Spindles_Character_BP_Rockwell_Hunt_Alpha.Spindles_Character_BP_Rockwell_Hunt_Alpha'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Velonasaur (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Spindles_Character_BP_STA_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Spindles_Character_BP_STA.Spindles_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
Variant VR Velonasaur (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Spindles_Character_BP_TameSTA_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Endless/Tames/Spindles_Character_BP_TameSTA.Spindles_Character_BP_TameSTA'" 500 0 0 35
Domestication
Tameable
Rideable
Breedable
Check mark Yes
Check mark Yes
Check mark Yes
Torpor Immune
X mark No
Taming Method
Knockedout Knockout
Preferred Kibble
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble
Preferred Food
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton
Equipment
Velonasaur Saddle Velonasaur Saddle (Level ?)
Rider Weaponry
X mark No
Data
XP for kill
4 XP
Loot
Special Loot Chance
1%
Feces Size
Medium Animal Feces Medium
Drag Weight
200
Radiation Immune
X mark No
Carryable By
Immobilized By
Can Damage
Thatch Wall Thatch
Greenhouse Wall Greenhouse
Reproduction
Egg
Velonasaur Egg Velonasaur Egg
Incubation Range
28 - 32 °C / 82 - 90 °F
Egg Incubator (Genesis Part 2) Egg Incubator: 30 °C / 86 °F
Incubation Time
1h 8m 10.582s
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

Extinction Topographic Map
Spawning Velonasaur Extinction

Genesis Part 2 Map
Spawning R-Velonasaur Genesis Part 2

Common             Rare
  Untameable   Cave

The Velonasaur is one of the Creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved's Extinction expansion.

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.

NoteHelena
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Species

Velonasaurus spinavultus

Time

Post-Holocene

Diet

Carnivore

Temperament

Omnivore

Wild

Velonasaurus spinavultus dwells in the small desert found outside the abandoned city, which is particularly fitting, because it looks like it's growing several cacti right on its face.

As unfashionable as its facial fins might be, I recommend keeping a close eye on them. While said fins are folded inwards, Velonasaurus behaves like your average therapod, attacking with claws and teeth. However, when those fins are spread wide, Velonasaurus can rapidly fire a storm of spines at its prey. However, while in this state, its mobility is greatly hampered and it will eventually wear itself out.

Therefore it sometimes prefers to unleash its spines in a single, deadly burst. By spinning around and firing a salvo of spines at the same time, Velonasaurus can defend itself from every angle at once.

Domesticated

Given its versatility, Velonasaurus spinavultus makes an excellent single rider mount in most combat situations, but it's particularly effective when defending an entrenched position. It's like a living, breathing gatling gun. Just be careful when giving it a congratulatory hug or pat on the head. Getting spined by your own war steed would be a rather embarrassing way to go.

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Behavior[]

The Velonasaur will wander around the desert dome attacking any herbivores in sight. At mid range it will fold out its frills and shoot spines for an impressive DPS.

Appearance[]

A medium sized, bipedal carnivorous theropod that has a similar shape to a Raptor or Dilophosaur. The Velonasaur can be identified by its large cacti-like frills or fins that surround its head, similar frill-like growths on the sides of its body and tail, osteoderms scattered across it's back and limbs, long forearms, and it's quilled tail. The quilled areas are also covered in wrinkly dark skin with glowing blue spots. They most often appear in warm colors: such as red, orange, yellow, brown, black and grey; however they are sometimes seen in blues, greens, and turquoise. It somewhat resembles what looks like a cross between a poison wyvern and a reaper covered in thorns.

Color Scheme and Regions[]

This section displays the Velonasaur's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Velonasaur. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Velonasaur 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 Velonasaur's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Velonasaur's "body lower" magenta.

Velonasaur PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Body Lower
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Velonasaur PaintRegion1
Region 1:
Claws
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Velonasaur PaintRegion2
Region 2:
Armor Plating Highlights
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Velonasaur PaintRegion3
Region 3:
Spikes Base
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Velonasaur PaintRegion4
Region 4:
Belly
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Velonasaur PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Body Upper
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No image available
Region 0:
Main color
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Region 1:
Back color
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Region 2:
Spines
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Region 3:
Spine tips
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Region 4:
Stripes
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Region 5:
Belly
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Drops[]

Base Stats and Growth[]

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 440 +88 +5.4% 0.07
Stamina Stamina 325 +32.5 +10%
Oxygen Oxygen 225 +22.5 +10%
Food Food 2250 +225 +10%
Weight Weight 325 +6.5 +4%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 32 +1.6 +1.7% 7% 17.6%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +1% 20%
Torpidity Torpidity 400 +24 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s] 		Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 505 ? ? 909 799.92 959.904 6
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
0 300 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
MinigunDirected Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation
5 7000 250 0
MinigunAOE Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation
5 2000 400 0
MinigunModeAIActicate Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation
0 5000 400 0
MinigunModeAIDeactivate Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation
0 5000 0 0
Spin180Right Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation
0 0 0 0
Spin180Left Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation
0 0 0 0

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.[1]

Velonasaur

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.

Combat[]

This section describes how to fight against the Velonasaur.

General[]

The Velonasaur is a strong well rounded creature. If a player is a good distance away, it will shoot quills at the player. If in close range, the Velonasaur will do a swipe attack, dealing moderate damage. Sometimes it will swing its body around and throw quills similar to a Thorny Dragon Thorny Dragon.

Strategy[]

Use rocks, trees, and buildings nearby to duck behind if the Velonasaur starts firing quills.It should be noted that if you are too far away from the Velonosaur, it cannot fire quills at you. Try to fight these dinosaurs with other survivors so if you are targeted, your tribe member can cover you. A Wooden Shield Wooden Shield, Metal Shield Metal Shield, or Riot Shield Riot Shield can absorb a barrage if needed. If cover isn't an option, get up very close to them and kite them but don't leave close range; they will only fire their quills when a certain range threshold is reached. Another strategy is to find an low cliff or mountain next to the Velonasaur. Then you want to aggro it, if you are the right angle the Velonasaur will shoot at the cliff; It will force them to shoot at your mid torso, and you will be able to shoot the Velonasaur without it hitting you. Once it starts running simply follow it and keep tranqing it until it’s knocked out.

Weaponry[]

A Longneck Rifle Longneck Rifle or a Crossbow Crossbow is suggested to take one of these down. Decent Flak Armor Flak Armor or higher is almost a necessity to take a higher level down. If you feel confident, you can go in with an apprentice+ Sword Sword and metal or riot shield.

Dangers[]

The Velonasaur can be a menace if one is unwary of their behavior. Staying at range will allow them to fire a constant barrage at you, shredding basic flak armor in only a couple of seconds and bringing a swift death. They also have a close-range AoE attack that can cause serious damage but this seems to be rarely used or used just once or twice during an encounter.

Weakness[]

The Velonasaur is not incredibly fast, so you should be able to outrun them on most tamed dinosaurs. This also means you can quickly rush them while riding an equally tough or tougher creature like a Carno Carnotaurus and they will have no time to react with their ranged attacks. They also have low torpor so you can knock them out or get them to flee quickly. The Velonasaur typically travels alone or with a mate, so you usually won't have to worry about packs.

Taming[]

For general information about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.

Taming Food[]

Velonasaur Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 2 0 0 0 0:01:47
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 3 0 0 0 0:02:31
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 4 0 0 0 0:03:21
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 6 0 0 0 0:05:00
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 7 0 0 0 0:05:50
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 9 0 0 0 0:03:46
Raw Meat Raw Meat 11 0 0 0 0:09:11
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 18 0 0 0 0:07:43
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 21 0 0 0 0:08:46
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 26 0 0 0 0:10:51
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 52 0 0 0 0:10:51
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 40; Slingshot Hits × 17; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 5; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 3; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 1
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:22:13
Velonasaur Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 3 0 0 0 0:02:40
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 6 0 0 0 0:05:01
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 8 0 0 0 0:06:41
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 11 0 0 0 0:09:10
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 15 0 0 0 0:12:30
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 19 0 0 0 0:07:56
Raw Meat Raw Meat 22 0 0 0 0:18:21
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 37 0 0 0 0:15:51
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 44 0 0 0 0:18:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 55 0 0 0 0:22:56
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 110 0 0 0 0:22:56
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 110; Slingshot Hits × 45; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 13; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 7; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 3
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:36:39
Velonasaur Level 60 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 5 0 0 0 0:04:27
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 10 0 0 0 0:08:21
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 12 0 0 0 0:10:01
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 17 0 0 0 0:14:10
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 23 0 0 0 0:19:09
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 29 0 0 0 0:12:06
Raw Meat Raw Meat 34 0 0 0 0:28:21
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 57 0 0 0 0:24:25
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 68 0 0 0 0:28:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 85 0 0 0 0:35:26
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 170 0 0 0 0:35:26
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 182; Slingshot Hits × 75; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 21; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 12; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 9; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 5
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:46:32
Velonasaur Level 90 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 6 0 0 0 0:05:20
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 13 0 0 0 0:10:51
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 16 0 0 0 0:13:21
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 23 0 0 0 0:19:09
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 31 0 0 0 0:25:49
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 39 0 0 0 0:16:16
Raw Meat Raw Meat 46 0 0 0 0:38:21
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 77 0 0 0 0:32:58
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 92 0 0 0 0:38:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 115 0 0 0 0:47:56
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 230 0 0 0 0:47:56
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 254; Slingshot Hits × 104; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 29; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 17; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 12; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 6
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:53:43
Velonasaur Level 120 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 8 0 0 0 0:07:07
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 16 0 0 0 0:13:21
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 20 0 0 0 0:16:41
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 29 0 0 0 0:24:09
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 39 0 0 0 0:32:28
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 49 0 0 0 0:20:26
Raw Meat Raw Meat 58 0 0 0 0:48:21
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 97 0 0 0 0:41:32
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 116 0 0 0 0:48:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 145 6 2 1 1:00:26
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 290 6 2 1 1:00:26
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 326; Slingshot Hits × 133; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 37; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 21; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 15; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 8
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:59:22
Velonasaur Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 9 0 0 0 0:08:00
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 19 0 0 0 0:15:51
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 24 0 0 0 0:20:01
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 35 0 0 0 0:29:09
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 47 0 0 0 0:39:08
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 59 0 0 0 0:24:36
Raw Meat Raw Meat 70 0 0 0 0:58:21
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 117 0 0 0 0:50:06
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 140 0 0 0 0:58:21
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 175 53 12 6 1:12:56
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 350 53 12 6 1:12:56
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 398; Slingshot Hits × 163; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 45; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 26; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 18; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 9
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:04:01

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.


Preferred Food[]

KO Strategy[]

The Velonasaur tames through the knockout method. It has an attack where it shoots quills rapidly at a target. These can greatly damage both the player and the player's armor. Once you have a way to defend yourself against the quills, taming is easy. The Velonasaur has generally low torpor, and will tame fairly quickly.

It is best to use two or more survivors and have someone hold a shield out to grab aggro of the Dino. Have each survivor place a wooden or stone wall/windowed wall on opposite sides of the Velonasaur. Then, have one survivor bola the creature then duck behind the wall. The Velonasaur will target that survivor. The other survivor(s) will then have a clear shot either through the window of the wall or the side. If the Velonasaur targets you, duck behind the wall for cover.

A more basic strategy is to have one player use a Wooden Shield / Metal Shield to tank the turret attack while another player knocks out the Velonasaur from a distance

If another survivor is not available, a really simple method of taming the Velonasaur is to tank it with another dino. A Carno leveled in some health or using a quality saddle can be used to confront the Velonasaur before it can react. Typically it will just try to swipe at the dino at this point. Dismount with your mount on passive, stand back some, and fire away with your tranquilizing weapon of choice. Once they reach the torpor limit to run, they are easy to keep up with and then down.

Another tactic, if a health-boosting dino is not present, and there are no structures nearby, is to utilize the natural surroundings. Velonasaur quills cannot reach past objects, and so it will not hit survivors hiding behind it.

Easier than all of the above strategies is to simply run up to one in even primitive flak and to stay within melee distance while knocking it out. Its melee damage is comparable to a small flock of dodos, and taking into consideration how low its torpor limit is, one can easily knock out even a max level Velonasaur with no problems. The only downside to this strategy is that you have to find one that isn't near any other potential threats which could tamper with the knockout process, especially other Velonasaurs that cannot be rendered harmless by running into their melee distance.

If none of those suit your fancy, build one wood foundation three wood walls a wooden doorway, and a wood ramp. Place the wooden foundation down, place the wooden walls in a U then the door in the last spot and place the ramp going up away from the door. this will take advantage of the coding of it shooting at your torso allowing you to solo tranq it with taking little to no damage.

Utility[]

Roles[]

  • Scout: Its base speed is not all too impressive, being slower than a Raptor Raptor. On top of that, the Velonasaur cannot go straight into a sprint but rather has to build up speed gradually and though it does so quickly in less than 3 seconds, this can become an issue if it bumps into trees and rocks, slowing you down. However, due to its smaller size, combined with decent enough speed, good jumping, and its ability to keep enemies off at a distance with its quill-shooting facial fins, it makes for a good starter scout. Level Movement Speed Movement Speed, Stamina Stamina and other stats if desired.
  • War Mount: A good level Velonasaur with high melee damage can shred enemy survivors, tames, and wild creatures with ease; while its minigun attack discourage enemies from closing distance( though most ARK AI lack this self preservation). Coupled with an ability to temporarily ground flyers similarly to the Reaper Reaper; its good melee attack, decent longevity, and speed make this a cactus-lizard to be reckoned with. Level Melee Damage Melee Damage, Health Health, and Stamina Stamina.
  • Primitive Turret: The Velonasaur has a turret mode that can be enabled. When parked up on a higher elevation and on aggressive, the Velonasaur can defend your base from threats like an actual Auto Turret Turret, though its range of affect is not quite as far as a conventional turret. Leveling up melee damage only increases the damage of a ridden Velonasaurs' attacks but does not effect the damage of its spines in turret mode, as it is capped at a certain damage. (It's not for certain if this interaction is a bug or intended.)Those designated for base defense should be leveled in health instead to provide better survival rate. It should also be noted that because of patch 304.22, the Velonasaur now consumes Stamina Stamina when in turret mode, so leveling stamina will now be crucial to making it an effective turret, lest it will shoot at a limited rate, at a high cost of food.
    • Keep in mind that velonas quills on turret mode benefits from melee damage, though melee damage is eventually capped.
  • Guardian and Defender: Whether a single Velonasaur or a pack of them, they can be easily used to protect an area and any other allied players and tames in that area from incoming attackers. The spines that can be shot by the Velonasaur at a distance allows for a unique strategy of defense, as they can act like defensive, movable turrets without requiring bullet ammo. Thus they can be great for defending a survivor's base or a certain area. The Velonasaur's spines can also ground flyers for a short period of time. This can be useful for defending an Orbital Supply Drop to prevent Corrupted Pteranodon Corrupted Pteranodon and Corrupted Wyvern Corrupted Wyvern from causing too much damage to the shield and even stop them from attacking the drop as there walk speed is exceedingly slow. It also makes it good for countering any base attackers on any form of flying mount. Once the effect activates it can be maintained by continuing to shoot spines at said target. In addition to all of these factors, the Velonasaur also has great DPS, making them invaluable for any kind of defense. Level Stamina Stamina, Health Health, and Melee Damage Melee Damage
  • Tank Destroyer/Shredder: Since its spines deal damage that is considered as creature melee, the Velonasaur not only never deals damage to allies but also ignores all body parts multipliers. While this means no extra damage on creatures with high multipliers to specific body parts like head shots, it also means that this death lizard can easily shred any tanks that rely on low damage multipliers to soak damage, such as the Carbonemys Carbonemys, Triceratops Triceratops, Stegosaurus Stegosaurus, Pachyrhinosaurus Pachyrhinosaurus and Pachy Pachy. Its small size also means that it can fit in almost any place where one of those creatures would be employed in a raid, like in a cave. Note that it cannot ignore multipliers that are intended to work with (most) melee attacks, like the ones present on the Gasbags Gasbags. Odd as it sounds, they still do full damage against Rock Elemental Rock Elemental, making the Velonasaur an excellent counter to it. The only exception is the Reapers.
  • Raw Damage: Thanks to the naturally high DPS and ranged nature of the Velonasaur's quills, it can be reliably used in situations where damage output is needed in huge quantities in a short amount of time. Whatever the need, whether it be defending an Element Node or base, slaughtering enemy dinos, or even assisting in taming a Titan, the Velonasaur makes can do it all when damage is needed.
  • Anti-Air Tame: Because the Velonasaur's spines can ground flyers for a short time, Velonasaurs can be paired with Reapers since Reapers can also slow down any creature's movement with their acid on top of grounding flyers. In short, Velonsaurs stop the flyer's speed and the Reapers make sure they are unable to quickly get back in the air, giving enough time for ground tames such as Gigas to finish up the flyers.
  • Travel: Due to the Velonasaur's small size, it can go undetected when travelling through brush. If a foe is encountered, they can be dispatched from afar with its spines or if it comes quickly it can be taken out via the spin attack. (Level Speed and Stamina)
  • Transport: The Velonasaur can transport items easily without having to worry about flyers due to its ranged attack. On top of that the frills can serve to intimidate would-be attackers. (Level Weight, Stamina, and Speed)

Disclaimer: It should be noted that these ideal power/counter situations do not occur in official PvP past a particular plateau of development; and that most tames with a good tribe are kept in Cryogenic Stasis behind Vault walls, Heavy Turrets, chutzpah, and man-hours.

Collectibles[]

Resource Efficiency
Raw Meat Raw Meat ?

Spotlight[]

Notes/Trivia[]

  • The scientific name of the Velonasaur, Velonasaurus spinavultus, translates to "Thorny-Faced Needle Lizard".
  • Rather amusingly, the temperament of the Velonasaur as stated in the dossier is "Omnivore".
  • The Velonasaur is a fictional Creature, though it most resembles most other theropod dinosaurs.
  • The Velonasaur deals full damage to Rubble Golem Rubble Golems and Rock Elemental Rock Elementals with their spines, making them effective countermeasures to these threats. It is not known if this interaction is intended or whether the devs never bothered to account this.
  • Swimming with a Velonasaur's and using its Gatling gun ability will cause the creature to lose excessive amounts of Stamina Stamina, rather than shooting out quills. It also is unable to preform its head whip attack underwater at all. This makes a Velonasaur much more vulnerable when in water, as all of its high DPS quill attacks become useless, lest the survivor want to be killed or drown with his/her Velonasaur.
  • Stimberry Stimberries in the inventory of a tamed Velonasaur can supplement the stamina drain of them using their thorn attacks, though be cautious; they will ONLY eat the berries so long as they stay in the inventory. Once they run out of food, they will still consume the berries, risking their lives to continue to fire. Removing the berries will return them to eating their usual diet. They do not eat stimberries from a feeding trough, however.
  • The dossier image of the Velonasaur is notably different from the current animal in the game, with much fewer prickly pieces on the body and tail, smaller head, and a more uniform distribution of its facial fins that form a ring at the back of the head
  • The Velonasaur is one of the few creatures that have all 6 body regions available, so color mutations can show up more commonly from breeding.
  • It is uncertain as to whether the projectiles flown out of the Velonasaur's face should be classified as a spine or quill, or even terms like prickle and thorn.

Changelog[]

Patch Changes
285.104 Extinction Expansion Release Velonasaur is added to the game.
286.103
  • Fixed an issue where the Velonasaur could get in a state where it was stuck regenerating Stamina Stamina without doing any abilities.
  • Can no longer be able to ground flying Bosses Bosses.
  • Updated drag weight so it can no longer be picked up by smaller flyers such as the Pteranodon Pteranodon.
287.100
  • Fix for Stamina Stamina drain not working for tamed Velonasaurs.
  • Fix for breath SFX getting stuck.
  • Reduced activation radius of minigun ability in Auto Turret mode so it will activate when it should.
  • Riderless Velonasaurs in Auto Turret Mode can no longer use minigun ability while on a Platform Saddle Platform Saddle.
  • Attempted fix for constantly draining Stamina when minigun ability is interrupted at unintended times.
  • The speed at which flyers are grounded by minigun ability is now dependent on the amount of Health Health, so that the higher the health, the longer it takes for a flyer to be grounded.
  • Infinite stamina glitch no longer occurs when the Velonasaur is forced to poop while shooting in minigun mode.
287.110
  • Will no longer hit the area under large creatures.
  • Whip-Lash attack should no longer harvest creatures.
  • Fixed issue with spines not always appearing on non-authoritative clients.
  • Whip-Lash attack can no longer shoot through walls.
  • Fixed spines shooting through Wooden Shield Shields.
  • Now grounds flyers slighter faster.
288.113
  • Increased accuracy of all spine attacks.
  • Reduced all spine Melee Damage attack damage.
  • Wild Velonasaurs won't shoot for too long anymore.
  • Fix for wild Velonasaurs not doing damage in PVE.
  • Improvements to desyncs between spines and damage.
  • Reduced hovering of the Velonasaur when walking.
  • Spine attacks no longer loot bodies and victims.
289.100 Breath SFX now only appears when Velonasaur is low on Stamina Stamina.
304.22
  • Fixed a collision issue with Velonasaurs that allowed them to walk through each other.
  • Fixed a network desync related to having multiple Velonasaurs together.
  • Fixed a client crash related to having multiple Velonasaurs attack together.
  • Fixed a client FPS bug related to having multiple Velonasaurs attack together.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed shooting endlessly using the minigun ability without draining Stamina Stamina.
  • Fixed Melee Damage damage miscalculation bug with the Whip-Lash ability.
  • Riderless Velonasaurs in Turret Mode will now consume Stamina.
  • Reduced recovery time to start regenerating Stamina from 4 seconds to 1 second.
304.44 Velonasaur attacks will no longer incorrectly attack the wrong collision area and damage creatures where their hitboxes are not present. Applies to creatures such as the Paraceratherium Paraceratherium, Diplodocus Diplodocus, Brontosaurus Brontosaurus, and others.
321.14 Fixed an exploit that would allow the Velonasaur to have infinite Stamina Stamina while firing spikes.
329.5 Genesis: Part 2 Expansion Release
332.1 Normal Velonasaur spawns on Genesis: Part 2 have been replaced with R-Velonasaur R-Velonasaur

Gallery[]

  • The Velonasaur as seen in one of the Extinction teaser images.

    The Velonasaur as seen in one of the Extinction teaser images.

  • The Velonasaur as seen in one of the Extinction teasers.

    The Velonasaur as seen in one of the Extinction teasers.

  • The promo image for the Velonasaur.

    The promo image for the Velonasaur.

References[]

  1. ↑ ARK Smart Breeding
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  1. Achatina
  2. Allosaurus
  3. Alpha Basilisk
  4. Alpha Blood Crystal Wyvern
  5. Alpha Carnotaurus
  6. Alpha Deathworm
  7. Alpha Fire Wyvern
  8. Alpha Karkinos
  9. Alpha King Titan
  10. Alpha Leedsichthys
  11. Alpha Megalodon
  12. Alpha Mosasaur
  13. Alpha Raptor
  14. Alpha Surface Reaper King
  15. Alpha T-Rex
  16. Alpha Tusoteuthis
  17. Alpha X-Triceratops
  18. Ammonite
  19. Anglerfish
  20. Ankylosaurus
  21. Araneo
  22. Archaeopteryx
  23. Argentavis
  24. Arthropluera
  25. Astrocetus
  26. Astrodelphis
  27. Attack Drone
  28. Baryonyx
  29. Basilisk
  30. Basilisk Ghost
  31. Basilosaurus
  32. Beelzebufo
  33. Blood Crystal Wyvern
  34. Bloodstalker
  35. Bone Fire Wyvern
  36. Brontosaurus
  37. Broodmother Lysrix
  38. Bulbdog
  39. Bulbdog Ghost
  40. Bunny Dodo
  41. Bunny Oviraptor
  42. Carbonemys
  43. Carnotaurus
  44. Castoroides
  45. Chalicotherium
  46. Chalk Golem
  47. Cnidaria
  48. Coelacanth
  49. Compy
  50. Corrupted Master Controller
  51. Crystal Wyvern
  52. Crystal Wyvern Queen
  53. Daeodon
  54. Deathworm
  55. Defense Unit
  56. Deinonychus
  57. Desert Titan
  58. Desert Titan Flock
  59. Dilophosaur
  60. Dimetrodon
  61. Dimorphodon
  62. Diplocaulus
  63. Diplodocus
  64. Dire Bear
  65. Dire Polar Bear
  66. Direwolf
  67. Direwolf Ghost
  68. Diseased Leech
  69. Dodo
  70. Dodo Wyvern
  71. DodoRex
  72. Doedicurus
  73. Dragon
  74. Dung Beetle
  75. Dunkleosteus
  76. Electrophorus
  77. Elemental Reaper King
  78. Ember Crystal Wyvern
  79. Enforcer
  80. Enraged Corrupted Rex
  81. Enraged Triceratops
  82. Equus
  83. Eurypterid
  84. Featherlight
  85. Ferox
  86. Ferox (Large)
  87. Fire Wyvern
  88. Forest Titan
  89. Forest Wyvern
  90. Gacha
  91. GachaClaus
  92. Gallimimus
  93. Gasbags
  94. Giant Bee
  95. Giant Queen Bee
  96. Giant Worker Bee
  97. Giganotosaurus
  98. Gigantopithecus
  99. Glowbug
  100. Glowtail
  101. Golden Striped Megalodon
  102. Griffin
  103. Hesperornis
  104. Human
  105. Hyaenodon
  106. Ice Golem
  107. Ice Titan
  108. Ice Wyvern
  109. Iceworm Male
  110. Iceworm Queen
  111. Ichthyornis
  112. Ichthyosaurus
  113. Iguanodon
  114. Insect Swarm
  115. Jerboa
  116. Jug Bug
  117. Kairuku
  118. Kaprosuchus
  119. Karkinos
  120. Kentrosaurus
  121. King Titan
  122. Lamprey
  123. Lava Elemental
  124. Leech
  125. Leedsichthys
  126. Lightning Wyvern
  127. Liopleurodon
  128. Lymantria
  129. Lystrosaurus
  130. Maewing
  131. Magmasaur
  132. Mammoth
  133. Managarmr
  134. Manta
  135. Manticore
  136. Mantis
  137. Mantis Ghost
  138. Mega Mek
  139. Megachelon
  140. Megalania
  141. Megaloceros
  142. Megalodon
  143. Megalosaurus
  144. Meganeura
  145. Megapithecus
  146. Megatherium
  147. Mek
  148. Mesopithecus
  149. Microraptor
  150. Moeder, Master of the Ocean
  151. Morellatops
  152. Mosasaurus
  153. Moschops
  154. Nameless
  155. Noglin
  156. Oil Jug Bug
  157. Onyc
  158. Otter
  159. Overseer
  160. Oviraptor
  161. Ovis
  162. Pachy
  163. Pachyrhinosaurus
  164. Paraceratherium
  165. Parakeet Fish School
  166. Parasaur
  167. Party Dodo
  168. Pegomastax
  169. Pelagornis
  170. Phiomia
  171. Phoenix
  172. Piranha
  173. Plesiosaur
  174. Polar Bear
  175. Polar Purlovia
  176. Poison Wyvern
  177. Procoptodon
  178. Pteranodon
  179. Pulmonoscorpius
  180. Purlovia
  181. Quetzal
  182. Raptor
  183. Ravager
  184. Reaper
  185. Reaper King
  186. Reaper Prince
  187. Reaper Queen
  188. Rex
  189. Rex Ghost
  190. Rock Drake
  191. Rock Elemental
  192. Rockwell
  193. Roll Rat
  194. Rubble Golem
  195. Sabertooth
  196. Sabertooth Salmon
  197. Sarco
  198. Scout
  199. Seeker
  200. Shadowmane
  201. Shinehorn
  202. Skeletal Bronto
  203. Skeletal Carnotaurus
  204. Skeletal Giganotosaurus
  205. Skeletal Jerboa
  206. Skeletal Quetzal
  207. Skeletal Raptor
  208. Skeletal Rex
  209. Skeletal Stego
  210. Skeletal Trike
  211. Snow Owl
  212. Snow Owl Ghost
  213. Spino
  214. Spirit Dire Bear
  215. Spirit Direwolf
  216. Stegosaurus
  217. Subterranean Reaper King
  218. Summoner
  219. Super Turkey
  220. Surface Reaper King
  221. Surface Reaper King Ghost
  222. Tapejara
  223. Tek Parasaur
  224. Tek Quetzal
  225. Tek Raptor
  226. Tek Rex
  227. Tek Stegosaurus
  228. Tek Stryder
  229. Tek Triceratops
  230. Terror Bird
  231. Therizinosaur
  232. Thorny Dragon
  233. Thylacoleo
  234. Titanoboa
  235. Titanomyrma
  236. Titanomyrma Drone
  237. Titanomyrma Soldier
  238. Titanosaur
  239. Triceratops
  240. Trilobite
  241. Troodon
  242. Tropeognathus
  243. Tropical Crystal Wyvern
  244. Tusoteuthis
  245. Unicorn
  246. Velonasaur
  247. Voidwyrm
  248. Vulture
  249. Water Jug Bug
  250. Woolly Rhino
  251. Wyvern
  252. Yeti
  253. Yutyrannus
  254. Zombie Fire Wyvern
  255. Zombie Lightning Wyvern
  256. Zombie Poison Wyvern
  257. Zombie Wyvern
  258. Zomdodo

Italics denote creatures that have not yet been released! See also Gallery of Dossiers.
Dinosaurs
Allosaurus  •  Amargasaurus  •  Ankylosaurus  •  Baryonyx  •  Brontosaurus  •  Carnotaurus  •  Compy  •  Deinonychus  •  Dilophosaur  •  Diplodocus  •  Gallimimus  •  Giganotosaurus  •  Iguanodon  •  Kentrosaurus  •  Megalosaurus  •  Microraptor  •  Oviraptor  •  Pachycephalosaurus  •  Pachyrhinosaurus  •  Parasaur  •  Raptor  •  Rex  •  Spino  •  Stegosaurus  •  Therizinosaur  •  Titanosaur  •  Triceratops  •  Troodon  •  Yutyrannus
Mammals and Synapsids
Andrewsarchus  •  Basilosaurus  •  Castoroides  •  Chalicotherium  •  Daeodon  •  Dimetrodon  •  Dinopithecus  •  Dire Bear (Polar, Dire Polar, Spirit)  •  Direwolf (Spirit)  •  Doedicurus  •  Equus  •  Gigantopithecus  •  Hyaenodon  •  Human  •  Jerboa  •  Lystrosaurus  •  Mammoth  •  Megaloceros  •  Megatherium  •  Mesopithecus  •  Moschops  •  Onyc  •  Otter  •  Ovis  •  Paraceratherium  •  Phiomia  •  Procoptodon  •  Purlovia (Polar)  •  Roll Rat  •  Sabertooth  •  Thylacoleo  •  Woolly Rhino
Reptiles and Amphibians
Beelzebufo  •  Carbonemys  •  Dimorphodon  •  Diplocaulus  •  Ichthyosaurus  •  Kaprosuchus  •  Liopleurodon  •  Megalania  •  Mosasaurus  •  Plesiosaur  •  Pteranodon  •  Quetzal  •  Sarco  •  Sinomacrops  •  Tapejara  •  Thorny Dragon  •  Titanoboa  •  Tropeognathus
Birds
Archaeopteryx  •  Argentavis  •  Dodo  •  Hesperornis  •  Ichthyornis  •  Kairuku  •  Pelagornis  •  Snow Owl  •  Terror Bird  •  Vulture
Fish
Anglerfish  •  Coelacanth  •  Dunkleosteus  •  Electrophorus  •  Lamprey  •  Leedsichthys  •  Manta  •  Megalodon (Golden Striped)  •  Piranha  •  Sabertooth Salmon
Invertebrates
Achatina  •  Ammonite  •  Araneo  •  Arthropluera  •  Cnidaria  •  Dung Beetle  •  Eurypterid  •  Gasbags  •  Giant Bee (Queen, Worker)  •  Glowbug  •  Jug Bug (Oil, Water)  •  Leech (Diseased)  •  Lymantria  •  Mantis  •  Meganeura  •  Pulmonoscorpius  •  Titanomyrma (Drone, Soldier)  •  Trilobite  •  Tusoteuthis
Fantasy Creatures
Astrocetus  •  Astrodelphis  •  Basilisk  •  Bloodstalker  •  Bulbdog  •  Chalk Golem  •  Crystal Wyvern (Blood, Ember, Tropical)  •  Deathworm  •  Desert Titan Flock  •  Eel Minion  •  Featherlight  •  Ferox (Large)  •  Gacha  •  Glowtail  •  Griffin  •  Ice Golem  •  Iceworm Male  •  Insect Swarm  •  Karkinos  •  Lava Elemental  •  Macrophage  •  Maewing  •  Magmasaur  •  Managarmr  •  Megachelon  •  Morellatops  •  Nameless  •  Noglin  •  Parakeet Fish School  •  Phoenix  •  Ravager  •  Reaper (Elemental, King, Prince, Queen, Subterranean, Surface)  •  Rock Drake  •  Rock Elemental  •  Rubble Golem  •  Seeker  •  Shadowmane  •  Shinehorn  •  Summoner  •  Unicorn  •  Velonasaur  •  Voidwyrm  •  Wyvern (Fire, Forest, Ice, Lightning, Poison)
Mechanical Creatures
Attack Drone  •  Defense Unit  •  Enforcer  •  Exo-mek  •  Mek (Mega)  •  Scout  •  Tek Stryder
Aberrant Creatures
Abberant Coelacanth  •  Aberrant Achatina  •  Aberrant Anglerfish  •  Aberrant Ankylosaurus  •  Aberrant Araneo  •  Aberrant Arthropluera  •  Aberrant Baryonyx  •  Aberrant Beelzebufo  •  Aberrant Carbonemys  •  Aberrant Carnotaurus  •  Aberrant Cnidaria  •  Aberrant Dimetrodon  •  Aberrant Dimorphodon  •  Aberrant Diplocaulus  •  Aberrant Diplodocus  •  Aberrant Dire Bear  •  Aberrant Dodo  •  Aberrant Doedicurus  •  Aberrant Dung Beetle  •  Aberrant Electrophorus  •  Aberrant Equus  •  Aberrant Gigantopithecus  •  Aberrant Iguanodon  •  Aberrant Lystrosaurus  •  Aberrant Manta  •  Aberrant Megalania  •  Aberrant Megalosaurus  •  Aberrant Meganeura  •  Aberrant Moschops  •  Aberrant Otter  •  Aberrant Ovis  •  Aberrant Paraceratherium  •  Aberrant Parasaur  •  Aberrant Piranha  •  Aberrant Pulmonoscorpius  •  Aberrant Purlovia  •  Aberrant Raptor  •  Aberrant Salmon  •  Aberrant Sarco  •  Aberrant Spino  •  Aberrant Stegosaurus  •  Aberrant Titanoboa  •  Aberrant Triceratops  •  Aberrant Trilobite
Tek Creatures
Corrupted and Enraged Creatures
R-Creatures
R-Allosaurus  •  R-Brontosaurus  •  R-Carbonemys  •  R-Carnotaurus  •  R-Daeodon  •  R-Dilophosaur  •  R-Dire Bear  •  R-Direwolf  •  R-Equus  •  R-Gasbags  •  R-Giganotosaurus  •  R-Megatherium  •  R-Parasaur  •  R-Procoptodon  •  R-Quetzal  •  R-Reaper King  •  R-Reaper Queen  •  R-Snow Owl  •  R-Thylacoleo  •  R-Velonasaur
VR Creatures
VR Allosaurus  •  VR Araneo  •  VR Argentavis  •  VR Astrodelphis  •  VR Bloodstalker  •  VR Carnotaurus  •  VR Chalicotherium  •  VR Dilophosaur  •  VR Dimorphodon  •  VR Enforcer  •  VR Ferox  •  VR Kaprosuchus  •  VR Karkinos  •  VR Lymantria  •  VR Mantis  •  VR Megalania  •  VR Megatherium  •  VR Onyc  •  VR Pachy  •  VR Pulmonoscorpius  •  VR Parasaur  •  VR Raptor  •  VR Ravager  •  VR Rex  •  VR Shadowmane  •  VR Stegosaurus  •  VR Tapejara  •  VR Terror Bird  •  VR Titanoboa  •  VR Triceratops  •  VR Velonasaur
X-Creatures
X-Allosaurus  •  X-Ankylosaurus  •  X-Argentavis  •  X-Basilosaurus  •  X-Dunkleosteus  •  X-Ichthyosaurus  •  X-Megalodon  •  X-Mosasaurus  •  X-Otter  •  X-Paraceratherium  •  X-Parasaur  •  X-Raptor  •  X-Rex  •  X-Rock Elemental  •  X-Sabertooth  •  X-Sabertooth Salmon  •  X-Spino  •  X-Tapejara  •  X-Triceratops  •  X-Woolly Rhino  •  X-Yutyrannus
Malfunctioned Tek Creatures
Alpha Creatures
Brute Creatures
Event Creatures
Bosses and Titans

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