Sarcosuchus

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The Sarcosuchus is a creature from Prehistoric Rift.

## Journal Transcript

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> *They're deadlier in water. They move faster when swimming than while walking, and their spin attacks do more damage.*
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> *Speaking of their spin attacks, anything hit by it gets slowed down."*
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## Behavior (Wild)

Sarcosuchus will generally swim about looking for fish. They will never leave their waters unless they detect a valid prey item in a body of water that's not connected to the waters they dwell in. When somehow stranded on land, they will search for the nearest body of water.

When attacking, they will either use their standard bite, or a spin attack that inflicts slowness 3 on all nearby mobs for 30 seconds.

## Combat

Sarcosuchuses are extremely strong carnivores and are really fast swimmers, but they become sluggish when on land. Try using this to your advantage. Beware their spin attacks however as they will hamper your speed, and are more deadly than their standard bite when they're in water. With this in mind, it is recommended that you use a ranged weapon.

If you're on a boat and you spot one and plan to attack it, LEAVE THE WATER IMMEDIATELY. It will catch up to you anyway and kill you.

## Taming

To tame a Sarcosuchus, you must sneak while holding fish treats, then give it to them to make them eventually trust you. Once they trust you, they will not attack you, though be careful as they might fight back. You then need to give them flesh treats every 10 seconds, which is indicated by an icon above them. Eventually, you will be able to tame them. You can then give them any form of meat or fish to make them grow up and heal them.

## Utility

Sarcosuchuses are extremely fast in water, and they're way faster than boats, making them useful for water navigation. This is helped by the fact that they can even breathe underwater. Just note that you have to give yourself conduit power or water breathing beforehand.

Sarcosuchuses are the best counter against Megapiranhas as they will try to avoid them as much as possible. You could theoretically ride one to make mining clay much easier.

In combat, their spin attacks are extremely powerful, with the additional slowness debuff it brings hampering the opponent, though beware the cooldown and their slow land speed. Prefered over Utahraptor for looting Tyrannosaurus Eggs, because same tame tier.

## Command Staff Abilities

* Bite
	+ Standard bite attack. Does 35 damage. Creatures killed by this will drop additional meat
* Spin
	+ Inflicts slowness 3 on all nearby mobs for 30 seconds. If the Sarco is in the water it deals 35 damage, otherwise, it deals 15 damage

## Gallery

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## Notes/Trivia

* To learn more about the real life creature this creature is based on, check out its page on Wikipedia or Dinopedia
* Due to how frequent they spawn in rivers and their general aggressiveness towards anything in the water, they may cause lag by causing drops from fish and other aquatic mobs float above the water. You can try migitate this every now and then by using `/kill @e[type=item]`