Pachycephalosaurus (ARK: Survival Evolved Full)

The Pachycephalosaurus is one of the dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved (Full).

## (Canon) Habitats

### The Island

Northern PlainsCragg's IslandFootpawSouthern IsletsSouth HavenWeathertopNortheast ShoresSoutheast ShoresWestern CoastEastern ForestSouthern JungleDeep IslandDrayo's CoveHidden LakeThe Maw

## Basic Info

**Dossier**

**Wild:** The Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis is a peaceful herbivore that wanders around throughout the Island, eating plants. However, if attacked, it can quickly overwhelm opponents with powerful attacks.

**Domesticated:** Once tamed, it is an effective warhorse, used for cavalry charges and as pack animals.

**Known Information:** Normally docile, once angered, it will quickly charge down opponents and ram them with its domed head.

**Behavior**

They are not aggressive, but if attacked, or an egg is stolen, they will unleash fairly powerful attacks. If they can defeat an opponent (do more damage than the opponent has health left over), then they will spare the subdued enemy's life.

**Prey**

Plants

Future Fungus

Slithersucker

**Appearance**

This bipedal dinosaur possesses a thick bony dome on the skull for charging into enemies and structures, an "S"-shaped muscular neck, and a beak for browsing vegetation, along with short arms wielding grasping hands, a bulky body and legs, and armor on the top of the back and tail. It reaches 20 feet in length, 8 feet tall, and weighs 1,323 pounds.

**Drops**

20 Raw Meat

20 Hide

20 Keratin

**Base Stats and Growth**

**Taming**

In order to tame a Pachycephalosaurus, one must hit it with a viable weapon until it is unconscious. Once it is unconscious, place the taming food into its inventory, and make sure to guard both you and it from local predators.

**Taming Food**

 Citronal, Longrass, Rockarrot | 46
 Berries/seeds
 Fiber, Rare Flower, Rare Mushroom, Thatch, Wood | 229
76 Narcotics

**Combat**

General

The Triceratops is an opponent that should typically be given a respectable distance, due to the fact that its attacks have decent power.

Strategy

Aim for the body with viable weapons, as attacks here do normal damage, while aiming at the head only does 15% of the normal damage, which can prove disastrous due to its damage.

Weaponry

Torch (Must be Level 26 with full Hide Armor, hitting first, body shot, and Apprentice quality; headshot viable at Level 45 with four pieces of Chitin Armor, one piece of Hide Armor, and Mastercraft quality), Stone Pick (Must be Level 25 with four pieces of Cloth Armor, body shot, and Apprentice quality; headshot viable at Level 37 with full Chitin Armor, hitting first, and Journeyman quality), Slingshot (Recommended to be Level 30 with one piece of Chitin Armor, four pieces of Hide Armor, and body shot; headshot not viable), Stone Hatchet (Must be Level 25 with two pieces of Cloth Armor, body shot, and Apprentice quality; headshot viable at Level 35 with four pieces of Chitin Armor, one piece of Hide Armor, and Journeyman quality), Spear (Recommended to be Level 26 with full Hide Armor, hitting first, and body shot; headshot not viable), Bow (Stone Arrow (Viable upon unlocking at Level 15 with one piece of Hide Armor, four pieces of Cloth Armor, and body shot; headshot viable at Level 45 with one piece of Flak Armor and four pieces of Chitin Armor), Tranq Arrow (Viable upon unlocking at Level 20 with no armor and body shot; headshot viable at Level 31 with Chitin Leggings, Chestpiece, and Helmet, and Hide Gloves and Boots)), Fists (Must be Level 3 with no armor, body shot, and hitting first; headshot viable at Level 12 with full Cloth Armor and hitting first), Metal Pick (viable upon unlocking at Level 25 with three pieces of Hide Armor, two pieces of Cloth Armor and body shot; headshot viable with full Chitin Armor and Apprentice quality), Metal Hatchet (viable upon unlocking at Level 25 with four pieces of Cloth Armor and body shot; headshot viable at Level 31 with Chitin Leggings, Chestpiece, and Helmet, Hide Gloves and Boots, hitting first, and Apprentice quality), Pike (viable upon unlocking at Level 25 with four pieces of Cloth Armor and body shot; headshot viable at Level 31 with Chitin Leggings, Chestpiece, and Helmet, Hide Gloves and Boots, hitting first, and Apprentice quality), Grenade (viable upon unlocking at Level 30 with no armor and body shot; headshot viable with one piece of Chitin Armor, and four pieces of Hide Armor), Simple Pistol (viable upon unlocking at Level 30 with no armor and body shot; headshot viable with one piece of Hide Armor, and four pieces of Cloth Armor), Auto Turret (viable upon unlocking at Level 60 with no armor and body shot; headshot viable with two pieces of Cloth Armor), Longneck Rifle (viable upon unlocking at Level 35 with no armor and body shot; headshot viable with one piece of Cloth Armor), 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 Pachycephalosaurus at Level 1 with body shot; headshot viable at Level 5), Stegosaurus (can be tamed at Level 2, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 1 with body shot; headshot viable at Level 5), Ceratosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 3 with body shot; headshot viable at Level 8), Triceratops (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 1 with body shot; headshot viable at Level 6), Tyrannosaurus (can be tamed at Level 30, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 1 with body shot; headshot viable at Level 4), Apatosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 1 with body shot; headshot viable at Level 2), Archelon (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at level 1 with body shot; headshot viable at Level 3 when hitting first), Compsognathus (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 11 with body shot and hitting first; headshot viable at Level 31 when hitting first), Dimetrodon (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 1 with body shot; can knock out Pachycephalosaurus at Level 1 with headshot), Dimorphodon (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 189 with body shot and hitting first; headshot not viable), Dinilysia (can be tamed at Level 63, and can knock out Pachycephalosaurus at Level 2 anywhere), Diplodocus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 1 anywhere), Edaphosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 1 anywhere), Eryops (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 19 with body shot; headshot viable at Level 52 when hitting first), Megalochelys (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 1 with body shot and hitting first; headshot viable at Level 8 when hitting first), Ornithomimus (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 4 with body shot and hitting first; headshot viable at Level 15), Parasaurolophus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 1 with body shot; headshot viable at Level 2 when hitting first), Proganochelys (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Pachycephalosaurus at Level 9 with body shot and hitting first; headshot viable at Level 30 when hitting first).

Dangers

Its attacks have high damage, and the head takes only 15% damage, which, combined with its combat strategy involving charging headlong at the enemy, can make it a difficult opponent.

Weakness

It is a glass cannon, not as good at taking damage as it is at dishing it out.

**Locations**

Northern Plains

Cragg's Island

Footpaw

Southern Islets

South Haven

Weathertop

Northeast Shores

Southeast Shores

Western Coast

Eastern Forest

Southern Jungle

Deep Island

Drayo's Cove

Hidden Lake

The Maw

**Utility**

Gatherer- A Pachycephalosaurus is an excellent gatherer, able to get numerous Berries, Wood, and Thatch from trees, which doubles as a way to feed it.

Transport- Able to carry a good amount of weight, equaling to 193 Metal without being encumbered, and being capable of fending off a decent amount of threats, it can be used to carry resources to and from harvest locations.

Travel- A Pachycephalosaurus makes for a strong mount that can be used for traveling to locations without having to worry about small-to-medium strength threats.

Combat- Whether used to defend bases, hunting, or PVP war, the Pachycephalosaurus' respectable damage can make it an excellent option for combat, able to damage opponents heavily, especially when in herds or paired up with other creatures more resistant to damage than it.

**Collectibles**

Berries

Wood

Thatch

Fiber

**Ridable by**

If it has a Saddle, the Pachycephalosaurus can be ridden by the following types and numbers of creatures. It is a WIP.

1 Stegosaurus

1 Ceratosaurus

1 Archelon

8 Compsognathus

1 Dimetrodon

15 Dimorphodon

5 Dinilysia

1 Edaphosaurus

5 Eryops

1 Megalochelys

4 Ornithomimus

1 Pachycephalosaurus

5 Proganochelys

**Can Ride**

This is a list of creatures the Pachycephalosaurus can ride. It is a WIP.

Allosaurus

Ceratosaurus

Triceratops

Tyrannosaurus

Apatosaurus

Archelon

Dimetrodon

Diplodocus

Parasaurolophus

**Notes**

The species in the game is Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis, which is the real-world type, and only, species of Pachycephalosaurus.

While a Level 1 Pachycephalosaurus can withstand 1 second of Simple Pistol fire to the body, or a C4 Charge explosion to the head, a max (Level 450) Pachycephalosaurus with a saddle can withstand 13 Fighter Jet Missiles to the body. or 1 Nuclear Bomb explosion to the head.

There are a maximum of 113 Pachycephalosaurus on the map, 5 in the Northern Plains, 10 on Cragg's Island, 10 on Footpaw, 5 in the Southern Islets, 10 on the South Haven, 10 on Weathertop, 5 in the Northeast Shores, 5 in the Southeast Shores, 10 in the Western Coast, 10 in the Eastern Forest, 10 in the Southern Jungle, 5 in Deep Island, 5 in Drayo's Cove, 5 in the Hidden Lake, and 8 in the Maw (with two sub-populations of 3 in the Eastern Wetlands, and 5 in the Western Coastal).

**Changelog**

In the Release version, it was released.