Pterodactyl

* Current (S2)
* Emerald Pterodactyl
* Golden Pterodactyl
* Carnageodactyl (H)
* Classic

* Survives on Energy instead of water.
* Ink Immunity
* Faster Movement on quicksand but not oasis quicksand

"*UPGRADED to Pterodactyl!
Fly and dive onto prey to pick it up!*"

The **Pterodactyl** is a tier 15 Desert animal in Mope.io, and the equivalent of the Dragon, Kraken, Yeti, The Snowman, King Crab, T-REX, The Bigfoot and Phoenix. It was introduced in the Desert Update on April 27, 2019

## Technical

* Upgrades from the Blackwidow Spider, Elephant, Cassowary, Blue Whale or Mammoth at 1M XP.
* Upgrades to the Giant Scorpion, Dino Monster, Land Monster, Sea Monster or Ice Monster at 5M XP.
* It can climb hills and rocks.
* When pressing `W`, the Pterodactyl will start to take off from the ground at a fast speed, and will begin to fly in the sky after a few seconds, greatly increasing its FOV temporarily. During this starting state it can be interrupted by stunning or damage. By pressing `W` again, it will sky-dive at a swift speed and pick up any animal it comes into contact with, and pressing `W` a third time will drop the animal(if the Pterodactyl picked up an Animal), or land otherwise after a few seconds. On impact with the ground, the injured animal will be stunned and have about one-fourth of its health taken away, or an eighth if they are an apex.
	+ If the Animal is a predator, Kraken, King Crab, or too low of a tier to eat, it will merely stun them and will not be picked up. The Pterodactyl can pick up all prey, and all Apex equivalents except for the Kraken and King Crab.
	+ If the Animal is stunned, sweating, or bleeding, they cannot be picked up.
	+ The Pterodactyl can fly-boost while flying without an animal, diving, and landing.
* It runs on energy, rather than water. Energy is gained passively over time, or by eating Animals/food and by Healing Stones. Pears, Oranges, Melons, Watermelons (both slices and whole), and Mangoes give more energy in comparison to other foods. It is lost by boosting (including fly-boosting), using the ability, sweating, gradually if the player hasn't eaten in a while, and staying in a Hiding hole or cave.
* Having low energy renders the player unable to fly and will drain instead of passively increase until they gain energy above the threshold. If the player is flying and runs low on energy, they will automatically land after a couple seconds. Any Animal in the Pterodactyl's grasp will be dropped. Too low energy disables boosting, and if it runs out the player will take damage similarly to running out of water until they gain energy in one of the methods described above.

## Appearance

In the ability's startup, the Pterodactyl flaps its wings in and out, seeming larger during the starting state. Once it takes off into the air, its legs and sharp talons show in flight. While diving, its wings point outwards and its legs disappear. Finally, when the Pterodactyl lands, its wings spread outwards at a forwards angle.

### Current (S1)

The "*Season 1*" Pterodactyl skin, which is currently the default skin in-game, is a mostly peach creature with large, folded orangish wings. It has a large head with bared eyes, a gray beak tipped in black, and a crest on top. The center of its body has darker folds and 3 small spines. It has 4 long talons ending in black claws on each elbow joint on the bony wings. The Pterodactyl's tail is short yet thick.

### Emerald Pterodactyl

The Emerald Pterodactyl resembles the normal Season 1 Pterodactyl except it is primarily pale green. Its back is a darker green, complimented with several spots to the side. Its beak is slightly bloated, rounded at the base.

### Golden Pterodactyl

The Golden Pterodactyl is a golden color, with a darker colored back and lighter colored bones. Similar to the Emerald Pterodactyl, it also has multiple spots, but the spots are more oval-shaped and the same color as the bumps on the back. Its crest is this color and much pointier than the other skins. Finally, its beak is the same as the Emerald Pterodactyl's.

### Carnageodactyl

The Carnageodactyl is a greatly desaturated pink, almost gray. Its wings stick out more and have sharper angles, most noticeably the bottom part of the wings, which are wavy and end at a point. The carnageodactyl has notable "arms" bending inwards from its wings. Its back have spikes near its tail. Its crest is broad and also pointed. Its beak is more of a short rounded snout with small fangs. While flying, its mouth divides like Shin Godzilla, opening up into 4 toothed segments. Its mouth will occasionally open and close in-game.

### Classic

The Classic Pterodactyl is roughly the same shade of peach as the current skin, but is much less defined in body tone, looking thicker. Its wings are darker and fold more inwards, being more rounded. Its hands are bent back, only having 3 fingers ending in white claws instead of black. The Pterodactyl's head is smaller and has a bolder beak with nostrils. Its eyes look downwards instead of up. Two dark spines sit on the back. It has a light underside.

## Strategy

### As a Pterodactyl

* The Pterodactyl is a fairly difficult animal to play effectively. Despite its high damage inflicted while dropping prey, it's not very good at following up the hit, and has large energy consumption for most actions.
* The player needs to be strategic about their energy bar. Unlike most other bars, it doesn't drain over time(except for two specific cases), so the player doesn't need to worry about refilling it. This allows the player to boost casually, but not constantly. It's also not best to fly unless the player absolutely needs to.

* The player can take advantage of their long flight by hanging around oceans waiting for Sharks or Orcas, and possibly Blue Whales to pass by in order to grab them. Note that most players are smart enough to dive once you begin diving, so actually picking up an ocean Animal will be difficult. Since you have a long flight and almost all ocean Animals lose water quickly, you can kill them in the air. Use your ability like an overpowered Eagle. Take Land animals (and Arctic animals if you can find them) and drop them in the middle of quicksand, where they will be extra-slow and their water will drain insanely fast. Boom. Easy meal. Use your ability to fly away from predators such as the Giant Scorpion and the Black Dragon, and use it to ambush and dive-bomb equivalents such as Dragons and T-Rexes.
* Definitely go for fellow Apexes that have low water/energy, or that are on low health. Keep in mind that dropping animals on Venus Flytraps will not work, since the "*#GoldenAge*" update. Additionally, your ability will not work on Krakens and King Crabs; it merely stuns them to prevent imbalances.
* A cheeky strategy with catching prey is to hang around near a corner of the map, drop your prey in that corner. As soon as you land, make sure to block all escape for it. The stunning will effectively make the prey your next meal. Also, by spamming `W` as soon as you pick the animal up, they will be thrown a lot further than normal and receive increased damage.
* Unlike other most other Animals that are fast in Quicksand, the Pterodactyl is slow in Oases. For this reason, it's not recommended to drop prey to Oases to chase after, even if they are slow in Quicksand, as you will be slow, and to get out quickly more energy is needed. It's also dangerous as other apexes such as other Pterodactyls, or even worse, a Monster, may see you as a free kill.
* Be wary of your energy as you lose energy very quickly if you pick up an animal or go outside the Desert. Make sure you're in an area with easily consumable foods. It's recommended to eat foods such as Pears and Oranges as they give considerably more energy than other foods. The Land biome has a lot of foods that are quickly consumed and will quickly regain your energy. After flying, be sure to recharge your energy bar, or you will become an easy target for T-REX, Giant Scorpion and Dino Monster. A good way to recharge your energy is to land on an island in the Ocean. There are many energy-filling foods to eat, including pears, conch shells, etc. Landing in the middle of the island should drastically restore your energy bar. Since there is little room to move around; to leave, start your ability and keep your cursor in the middle of the animal so you don't get stunned from the freezing damage. Watch out for Ocean apexes if you land on an island. If being chased by a Giant Scorpion, fly away before it stings you, preferably toward the Ocean where it will be slow and will freeze if it tries to swim in. If it does sting you, hide in a hole and wait for its ability to stop before flying away.
* Since the Pterodactyl can still eat food and hurt prey in the first part of its ability(before it takes off the ground), you can fly into an Orange or Pear bush(Melon bushes also work, but because you have to hit melons multiple times to eat them, you typically gain less energy)to quickly replenish your energy as it's used before takeoff. Chili peppers are a good substitute in Quicksand. This gives you more time to fly around, or can be used to escape a nearby predator in the nick of time. Also, make sure you don't touch cacti or lava, as it may, or will for the latter, stop your ability.
* Alternatively, because the beginning state's speed is faster than running, it can be used to catch up to a close low health prey and deal the last bite of damage to kill them. However, if they are too far, you will fly and will need to dive on them, giving them time to escape in the few seconds. If that happens, press W as soon as you ascend to instantly dive(make sure that you don't miss).
* Do NOT let any T-REX use its ability on you. It can use its ability to keep you from flying away while doing a huge amount of damage. If you can't escape by flying away or landing on a rock, you are dead meat. Dino Monsters might be in the desert too. If they see you, they’ll definitely try to kill you (on the exception that it is trying to get mini). If that happens, go on a rock to evade its ability until you are ready to use yours, then repeat. The same applies with T-Rexes, but you'll need to be completely on the other side of the hill, as they can grab you off of hills. Trap T-Rexes in a tight spot by dropping them where they cannot not escape and have NO access to water, when they are taking damage because of thirst. Pick and drop them, getting the exp. The best spot to do so will be in between three or more hills, however, the map structure usually doesn't generate this way.

### Against a Pterodactyl

As an ocean animal, you need to be constantly paying attention to Pterodactyls swooping down and dehydrating you, then eating you- an excruciating way to die. This is an exception to King Crabs and Krakens, which the Pterodactyls only stun. If a Pterodactyl is about to snatch you up, dive, use a Hiding Hole/Whirlpool, or get stunned by something else if you are a Land Animal. If you get set on fire while the Pterodactyl is swooping down to catch you, you won't get caught. If you are getting hunted by a Pterodactyl, go to the Ocean biome, because if it starts its ability there, the coldness of the ocean will stun it.

## Gallery

### Assets

Current (S2)Emerald PterodactylGolden PterodactylCarnageodactyl (H)Classic
### In-game

Pterodactyl teaserA Pterodactyl picking up a Cassowary in Pterodactyl teaser.The Pterodactyl eating Aloevera.The PterodactylA Pterodactyl starting up its ability.A Pterodactyl flying in the sky.The scrapped blue pterodactyl flying in-game(ss from Dreamer)A lot of Pterodactyls.An Octopus that's been dropped into a desert oasis by a Pterodactyl.Glitched Golden Pterodactyl skin. (Probably was when it was early Golden Age)A Carnageodactyl diving near the top of the screen.A mini Dino Monster with an Emerald Pterodactyl.

## Trivia

* Before the "*#GoldenAge*" update, the Pterodactyl used to be able to sit in hiding holes forever, as their energy would automatically regenerate. This was changed so that it will generate energy at a standstill, but not if it's in a hiding hole.
* If a Pterodactyl does not eat food for a while, it will start to lose energy, regardless or not it is in a Hiding Hole. Because of the amount of food in the game, this behavior can typically only be seen if AFK for long enough.
* It is the only Apex tier that is able to fly in the sky, with a special ability.
* The Pterodactyl is the fourth extinct animal, the others being Mammoth, Sabertooth Tiger, T-REX.
* It and the Bird Monster are the only two animals that use energy as a type of resource needed to survive (as opposed to water or lava).
* There is a blue Pterodactyl skin that was never released, but currently exists in the game files. It is known as the Aquamarine Pterodactyl, as confirmed by Lapis.
* The Emerald Pterodactyl is also known as the Peridot Pterodactyl.
* It is not actually a dinosaur, but a flying reptile, also known as a pterosaur.
* If the Pterodactyl is poisoned in flight(can only happen if it bites a poisonous Animal that has been thrown into the air), its ability will not be canceled.
* Previously, the Pterodactyl could climb trees on islands through a glitch; however, this feature was removed in the Summer Update.
	+ As a result, the Pterodactyl was one of the only animals that can climb a tree without pressing the `S` key, the others being the Phoenix, Land Monster, Black Dragon, King Dragon, and Dragon. It is the only Animal in the game formerly able to climb trees.

### Glitches

* Before Beta was closed, if the player reached Tier 15, the Upgrade Menu had 2+ Dragons, Phoenixes, T-rexes, Yetis, and Pterodactyls. This is because Golden Apexes were leaked accidentally, and the 3 Pterodactyls didn't have a skin.
* The Pterodactyl used to be immune to poison, allowing it to easily use the Poison Lake. However, this was reportedly a glitch, which was patched circa September 2020.
* If a Pterodactyl was picked up, dropped, and picked up immediately afterwards between at least two other Pterodactyls, the original Pterodactyl would be in a strange state of flight without actually using its ability(similar to how the Dragon can fly over everything). The Pterodactyl could not take damage, damage others, or consume food. This bug was known as the ghost glitch, and is a version of the infamous godmode glitch. It has been patched.
* Landing on trees in islands would allow the Pterodactyl to automatically climb trees by touching their trunk. This had no cooldown, so it was possible to get on and off a tree constantly. This has been patched since the Summer Update.

* The Pterodactyl's energy bar displayed as a Water bar with a black bar with the "*Version 3 UI*" update on October 14, 2021. This was patched on October 21.

## Footnotes

1. ↑ https://mope.io/assets/s/1/skins/desert/pterodactyl/12/pterodactyl\_ability.png

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