Diplodocus (ARK: Survival Evolved Full)

The Diplodocus is one of the dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved.

## (Canon) Habitats

### The Island

Cragg's IslandFootpawSouthern IsletsSouth HavenWeathertopNortheast ShoresNorthern ShoresWestern CoastEastern ForestDeep IslandDrayo's Cove

## Basic Info

**Dossier**

**Wild:** Among the larger creatures on the Island, Diplodocus longus is a large and powerful creature that can avoid most predators with its sheer size and strength.

**Domesticated:** Because of its docile nature and size, Diplodocus makes an ideal pack-animal. It can also be used in war, as a large and powerful fighter than can prove troublesome to all but the strongest opponents.

**Known Information:** It tends to just go around, eating plants without a care in the world. However, if threatened, it can attack with devastating force.

**Behavior**

The Diplodocus wanders throughout its range, eating plants. If attacked, it will fight back. If it defeats the opponent (does more damage than the opponent has health left over), it will spare the opponent's life.

**Prey**

Plants

Deathbottle

Future Fungus

Slithersucker

**Appearance**

The Diplodocus is a large herbivorous creature, with an elephant like body, a long neck with a small head, and a long tail. It is 177 feet long, 15 feet tall, and weighs 124.3 US tons.

**Drops**

118 Raw Meat

59 Raw Prime Meat

177 Hide

**Base Stats and Growth**

**Taming**

In order to tame a Diplodocus, one must hit it with a viable weapon until it is unconscious. Once it is unconscious, place the taming food in its inventory, and make sure to guard both you and it from local predators, especially since anything willing to attack a Diplodocus will make short work out of you.

**Taming Food**

 Vegetables
 Other berries/seeds
 Fiber, Rare Flower, Rare Mushroom, Thatch, Wood | 1425
366 Narcotics

**Combat**

General

The Diplodocus is an opponent that should be given a respectable distance. It is a powerful combatant, with attacks strong enough to one-hit kill a Level 3 human survivor with four pieces of Cloth Armor.

Strategy

The most straightfoward strategy is using a combination of level, Armor, and weaponry that can outmatch and defeat it. Due to its speed, a human survivor of at least Level 2 could also backpedal while shooting at it, as long as you are careful not to walk off a cliff, or head right into a more aggressive and dangerous creature.

Weaponry

Stone Pick (Must be Level 57 with full Flak Armor, hitting first, and Ascendant quality), Stone Hatchet (Must be Level 55 with four pieces of Flak Armor, one piece of Chitin Armor, and Ascendant quality), Fists (taming, must be Level 31 with Chitin Leggings, Chestpiece, and Helmet, Hide Boots and Gloves, and hit first), Metal Pick (must be Level 50 with three pieces of Flak Armor, two pieces of Chitin Armor, and Mastercraft quality), Metal Hatchet (must be Level 45 with Flak Leggings and Chestpiece, Chitin Helmet, Gauntlets, and Boots, and Mastercraft quality), Pike (must be Level 45 with Flak Leggings and Chestpiece, Chitin Helmet, Gauntlets, and Boots, and Mastercraft quality), Grenade (must be Level 60 with full Flak Armor and hit first), Simple Pistol (must be Level 50 with four pieces of Flak Armor and one piece of Chitin Armor), Auto Turret (viable upon unlocking at Level 60 with full Flak Armor and hit first), Longneck Rifle (Must be Level 45 with Flak Leggings and Chestpiece, and Chitin Helmet, Gauntlets, and Boots), Improvised Explosive Device (must be Level 47 with Flak Leggings and Chestpiece, Chitin Helmet, Gauntlets, and Boots, and hit first), Fabricated Pistol (viable upon unlocking at Level 50 with three pieces of Flak Armor and two pieces of Chitin Armor), Assault Rifle (viable upon unlocking at Level 55 with one piece of Chitin Armor and four pieces of Hide Armor), Shotgun (viable upon unlocking at Level 35 with three pieces of Cloth Armor), C4 Charge (viable upon unlocking at Level 55 with no armor), Rocket Launcher (viable upon unlocking at Level 60 with no armor), Bio Bomb (viable upon unlocking at Level 63 with no armor), Fighter Jet (viable upon unlocking at Level 63 with no armor), Nuclear Bomb (viable upon unlocking at Level 63 with no armor), Allosaurus (can be tamed at Level 27, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 15), Stegosaurus (can be tamed at Level 2, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 27 when hitting first), Ceratosaurus (tamable at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 20 when hitting first), Triceratops (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 23), Tyrannosaurus (can be tamed at Level 30, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 14), Apatosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 11), Archelon (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 12), Compsognathus (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 76 when hitting first), Dimetrodon (can be tamed at Level 1, and can knock out Diplodocus at Level 1), Dinilysia (can be tamed at Level 63, and can knock out Diplodocus at Level 3), Edaphosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 2), Eryops (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 124 when hitting first), Megalochelys (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 22 when hitting first), Ornithomimus (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 37 when hitting first), Pachycephalosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 37 when hitting first), Parasaurolophus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 11 when hitting first), Proganochelys (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Diplodocus at Level 75 when hitting first)

Dangers

The Diplodocus is a powerful creature than can hit fairly hard. Its size allows it to do significant knockback to most creatures, potentially pushing them off a cliff or into the claws and teeth of more aggressive and dangerous predators.

Weakness

The Diplodocus is quite slow, and can be outrun or outmaneuvered with ease by Level 2 human survivors, or some sufficiently quick creatures.

**Locations**

Cragg's Island

Footpaw

Southern Islets

South Haven

Weathertop

Northeast Shores

Northern Shores

Western Coast

Eastern Forest

Deep Island

Drayo's Cove

**Utility**

Gatherer- The Diplodocus is an excellent gatherer, able to get potentially thousands of berries, and hundreds of Wood and Thatch from trees, which doubles as a way to feed it.

Transport- The Diplodocus can carry a good amount of weight, equal to 777 Metal without getting encumbered, and being capable of fending off a good amount of threats.

Travel- The Diplodocus makes for a strong mount, able to carry up to 10 human survivors on its back, and its large health reduces the amount of creatures willing to attack one, allowing it to be used for traveling from place to place in safety.

Combat- Whether used to defend bases, hunting, or war, the Diplodocus can be used as a solid choice in battle, especially in a herd or paired up with other creatures. Its ability to carry 10 human survivors allows it to potentially act as an all-around damage dealer.

**Collectibles**

Berries

Wood

Thatch

Fiber

**Ridable by**

2 Allosaurus

4 Stegosaurus

4 Ceratosaurus

2 Triceratops

2 Tyrannosaurus

2 Apatosaurus

4 Archelon

32 Compsognathus

4 Dimetrodon

63 Dimorphodon

20 Dinilysia

1 Diplodocus

5 Edaphosaurus

20 Eryops

7 Megalochelys

16 Ornithomimus

4 Pachycephalosaurus

3 Parasaurolophus

23 Proganochelys

**Can Ride**

Diplodocus

**Notes**

Diplodocus longus is the real world type species of Diplodocus.

While a Level 1 Diplodocus can withstand 1 hit from a Fighter Jet Missile, a max (level 450) Diplodocus with a saddle can withstand 63 hits from Fighter Jet Missiles.

There is a maximum of 77 Diplodocus on the map at any one time, 10 on Cragg's Island, 10 on Footpaw, 1 in the Southern Islets, 10 on South Haven, 10 on Weathertop, 3 in the Northeastern Shores, 3 in the Northern Shores, 10 in the Western Coast, 10 in the Eastern Forest, 5 in Deep Island, and 5 in Drayo's Cove. If any are tamed, new ones will not spawn until a tamed one dies.

**Changelog**

In the release version, it was released.