Argentinosaurus

The Argentinosaurus is a massive sauropod introduced in The Forsaken ARKs and created by DinoGamer13.

## Domestication

### Breedable

yes, but only at extremely high altitudes

## **Appearance**

The Argentinosaurus is a massive sauropod, towering over even the Titanosaur, despite being lighter and shorter in length than it. They boast colorful stripes along their backs. When at higher altitudes and during weather events, these stripes fade to a light blue. The bottoms of their necks have large sacs that they can inflate with air. They also have spines running along their backs,

## **Behavior**

The towering Argentinosaurus is relatively peaceful, however, when at specified altitudes, it will become super aggressive, ravaging bases and wild creatures.

### **Dossier**

**Important: These dossiers are written by ARK-hopping zoologist Zoe Mathews, a survivor of the Arrival storyline, and NOT Helena Walker or DinoGamer13.**

#### **Wild**

“Argentinosaurus  is second only to the living mountain that is the Titanosaur. Even surpassing the Brachio in sheer height, the Argentino can be found on higher altitudes across the archipelago. One has to wonder how it supports its weight while at these dizzying heights.”

#### **Domesticated**

“Taming an argentinosaurus is no small feat. Their skin is not particularly tough, and regular tranquilizers do have an effect, However, their tolerance for it is extremely high. Tribes have learned to cannon or catapult boulders into a specimens head as a faster means of KO. After taming, they’re arguably the strongest mount one can get ”

### **Habitat Range**

Argentinosaurus wander the SailBack Mountains of the ARKepelago. Due to their lack of variants, they are only found elsewhere in the Mesa ProtoARK of Arrival.

### **Sociality**

Argentinos are some of the most solitary animals found within the ARKs.

### **Defense Mechanisms**

The Argentino will use its tail and immense weight against foes.

### **Genetic Alterations**

The Argentinosaurus likely did not live on mountains, as it was too large to support itself there. Much like other sauropods featured in pop culture, they were also unlikely able to rear up onto their hind legs.

## **Attacks**

Right Click/trigger: Foot stomp: Changes foot depending on camera face. The Argentino will slam a foot onto the ground, damaging foes and even TEK structures.

Left Click/trigger: Stance Change: The Argentino will rear up or slam down with its back legs supporting it.

C/right stick: Neck and Tail swipe: The Argentinosaurus will lower its neck and tail to swing around in a large AoE. The downside here is that it only affects creatures as tall as or taller than a carnotaurus.

## **Combat**

### **Strategy**

Argentinosaurus are best avoided, especially at very high altitudes. It is advised to lure one into hazardous terrain such as forests or water and then kill it with hit-and-run tactics.

### **Dangers**

The Argentino does large amounts of raw damage, as well as getting a damage buff when at high altitudes.

### **Weaknesses**

They lose their buff when lower down, as well as their size and speed limiting them in combat.

## **Taming**

### **Taming Process**

Argentinosaurus can be tamed by either variation of knockout, being tranquilizer or blunt trauma. Using Tranquilizers is cheaper to do, yet takes a whole lot longer to complete, while Blunt trauma is faster yet speedier.

### **Use**

* Transport: While at lower altitudes, the Argentino is an amazing transport mount. Aside from speed, they have a platform saddle and can carry a whole lot of stuff.
* Offense: The Argentino is an amazingly strong creature, and one of the few permanent tames to be able to destroy even TEK structures. Due to their platform saddle, they can also work very well as turret soakers.
* Mobile Base: Thanks to its platform saddle and general strength, the Argentino makes for an amazing mobile home.
* Titan Killer: The Argentinos sheer size and power makes it a very good titan fighting creature. Conveniently, it is also found on Arrival, the extinction counterpart.

### **Notes/Trivia**

* The Argentino’s sheer power makes it among the most powerful permanent tames a survivor can have.