Dinilysia (ARK: Survival Evolved Full)

The Dinilysia is one of the reptiles in ARK: Survival Evolved.

## Basic Info

**Dossier**

**Wild:** The Dinilysia Patagonica is a species of early snake that mostly inhabits the caves of the Island. It hunts smaller and weaker species, launching a strike, and if its initial attack doesn't kill or knock out the opponent, then it will wrap around them and constrict the opponent until it is dead or knocked out.

**Domesticated:** The Dinilysia cannot be tamed by traditional knockout methods, but the strongest of survivors have devised an "Ancient Technique", that can be used to domesticate them. After being tamed, they could be used to tame other creatures, or as a pet.

**Known Information:** Dinilysia is active mostly when hunting for food or defending its nest, Dinilysia poses little threat to most survivor species of decent size.

**Behavior**

The Dinilysia roams its range hunting prey, attacking anything with either less Health and Melee Damage, or equal Health/Melee Damage, and less Melee Damage/Health. When attacked by a survivor or other creature, it will fight back until it is defeated, killed, or knocked out.

**Prey**

This is a list of creatures the Dinilysia will attack unprovoked, though it will still kill and eat any other opponent it manages to overcome. Species higher in the list are preferentially attacked over species lower in the list. It is a WIP.

Eggs

Eryops

**Appearance**

The Dinilysia is a decent-sized snake, reaching up to 10 feet in length, 10 inches in girth, and 100 pounds in weight.

**Drops**

7 Raw Meat

3 Raw Prime Meat

10 Hide

**Base Stats and Growth**

 Swimming

**Taming**

The Dinilysia cannot be tamed without the Ancient Technique. However, it can be still knocked out. Once a human survivor reaches Level 5, they can knock out a Dinilysia with a Slingshot. They then can keep it contained with a Wooden Foundation and four Wooden Walls. As long as you continue dropping eggs or natural prey into the pen, you can keep the Dinilysia alive. Alternatively, you could re-knock out the Dinilysia and put meat in its inventory. It is recommended to never go above 2-3 in-game days without feeding it, as it will begin to starve to death if there is no food in its inventory after 4 in-game days, and will die after 73 real-world seconds. Once one reaches Level 15, they can then move the Dinilysia to a pen of Wooden Fence Foundations and Wooden Walls, continuing to feed it regularly. Once one reaches Level 63, they can learn The Ancient Technique, which will allow them to tame the Dinilysia. However, they only eat eggs after being tamed, so make sure you have a steady supply.

**Taming Food**

**Combat**

General

The Dinilysia is only a threat to human survivors that are holding back against it.

Strategy

Attack it with a viable weapon or creature. Aim for the head if possible, which does 2.5x the normal damage.

Weaponry

Torch (viable upon unlocking at Level 1 with headshot; body shot viable at Level 2 when hitting first), Stone Pick (viable upon unlocking at Level 1 with no armor and anywhere), Slingshot (knocking out, viable upon unlocking at Level 5 with no armor and anywhere), Stone Hatchet (viable upon unlocking at Level 2 with no armor and anywhere), Spear (viable upon unlocking at Level 2 with no armor, anywhere, and 2-4 Spears), Bow (Stone Arrow (viable upon unlocking at Level 15 with no armor and anywhere), Tranq Arrow (knocking out, viable upon unlocking at Level 20 with no armor and anywhere)), Fists (killing, viable upon spawning at Level 1 with no armor and anywhere), Metal Pick (viable upon unlocking at Level 25 with no armor and anywhere), Metal Hatchet (viable upon unlocking at Level 25 with no armor and anywhere), Pike (viable upon unlocking at Level 25 with no armor and anywhere), Grenade (viable upon unlocking at Level 30 with no armor and anywhere), Simple Pistol (viable upon unlocking at Level 30 with no armor and anywhere), Auto Turret (viable upon unlocking at Level 60 with no armor and anywhere), Longneck Rifle (viable upon unlocking at Level 35 with no armor and anywhere), Improvised Explosive Device (viable upon unlocking at Level 45 with no armor and anywhere), Fabricated Pistol (viable upon unlocking at Level 50 with no armor and anywhere), Assault Rifle (viable upon unlocking at Level 55 with no armor and anywhere), Shotgun (viable upon unlocking at Level 35 with no armor and anywhere), C4 Charge (viable upon unlocking at Level 55 with no armor and anywhere), Rocket Launcher (viable upon unlocking at Level 60 with no armor and anywhere), Bio Bomb (viable upon unlocking at Level 63 with no armor and anywhere), Fighter Jet (viable upon unlocking at Level 63 with no armor and anywhere), Nuclear Bomb (viable upon unlocking at Level 63 with no armor and anywhere), Allosaurus (can be tamed at Level 27, and can defeat and/or kill Dinilysia at Level 1 and anywhere), Stegosaurus (can be tamed at Level 2, and can kill Dinilysia at Level 1 and anywhere), Ceratosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Dinilysia at Level 1 and anywhere), Triceratops (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Dinilysia at Level 1 and anywhere), Tyrannosaurus (can be tamed at Level 30, and can defeat and/or kill Dinilysia at Level 1 and anywhere), Apatosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Dinilysia at Level 1 and anywhere), Archelon (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Dinilysia at Level 1 and anywhere), Compsognathus (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Dinilysia at Level 1 when hitting first and headshot; body shot viable at Level 6 when hitting first), Dimetrodon (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Dinilysia at Level 1 and anywhere), Dimorphodon (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Dinilysia at Level 8 when hitting first and headshot; body shot viable at Level 36 when hitting first), Diplodocus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Dinilysia at Level 1 anywhere), Edaphosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Dinilysia at Level 1 anywhere), Eryops (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Dinilysia at Level 6 when hitting first and headshot; body shot viable at Level 15), Megalochelys (can be tames at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Dinilysia at Level 1 anywhere), Ornithomimus (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Dinilysia at Level 1 anywhere), Pachycephalosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Dinilysia at Level 1 anywhere), Parasaurolophus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Dinilysia at Level 1 anywhere), Proganochelys (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Dinilysia at Level 1 with headshot; body shot viable at Level 8)

Dangers

The Dinilysia does 30 torpidity damage with each attack, which can knock out a low-level human survivor, which can result in an entirely avoidable death by the Dinilysia or another creature nearby. In addition, there may be other larger and more dangerous creatures around. Fortunately, you'd have to hold back to be knocked out by a Dinilysia.

Weakness

Its frailness, which is only magnified by the fact that it takes 250% damage with headshots.

**Locations**

Derilect Ship

The Maw

Central Cave

Lower South Cave

Upper South Cave

**Utility**

Hunter- While the Dinilysia can only handle small and weak prey, swarms of Dinilysias can still overwhelm some prey.

Base Defense- Swarms of Dinilysias in the interior of a base can be effective as a base defense, as the raider will either be killed/knocked out by sheer force of numbers, or be forced to kill the Dinilysias, which will alert you to the unauthorized personnel.

Snackrifice- While Dinilysias provide little protection on their own, a predator that is eating your Dinilysia swarm is not eating you. Simply tame as many as possible, use them to escape, then tame another den (and if they manage to win, collect survivors).

Shield- When carried by a human survivor, the Dinilysia wraps around them. This does not restrict movement, and the Dinilysia could potentially act as a primitive shield, as attacks may hit the Dinilysia instead of you. This role is limited by its frailness.

**Collectibles**

Raw Prime Meat- 4 stars

Raw Meat- 4 stars

Chitin- 3 stars

Hide- 3 stars

Keratin- 3 Stars

**Ridable by**

The Dinilysia can be ridden by the following types and numbers of creatures. It is a WIP.

1 Compsognathus

3 Dimorphodon

1 Dinilysia

1 Eryops

1 Proganochelys

**Can Ride**

Allosaurus

Stegosaurus

Ceratosaurus

Triceratops

Tyrannosaurus

Apatosaurus

Archelon

Dimetrodon

Dinilysia

Diplodocus

Edaphosaurus

Eryops

Megalochelys

Ornithomimus

Pachycephalosaurus

Parasaurolophus

**Notes**

The species of Dinilysia in the game is D. patagonica, which is the real-world type species of Dinilysia.

Despite its temperament being Aggressive, it does not attack any survivor species larger than 6 inches.

While a Level 1 Dinilysia can withstand 1 shot from a Stone Arrow to the body, or one Spear hit to the head, a max (Level 450) Dinilysia can withstand 4 Nuclear Bomb explosions to the body, or 1 Nuclear Bomb explosion to the head.

There are a maximum of 45 Dinilysia on the map at any one time, 10 in Derilect Ship, 5 in the Maw (specifically the Eastern Wetlands), 10 in the Central Cave, 10 in the Lower South Cave, and 10 in the Upper South Cave. If any are tamed, new ones will not spawn in until a tamed one dies.

**Changelog**

In the Release version, it was released.