Ornithomimus (ARK: Survival Evolved Full)

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

## (Canon) Habitats

### The Island

Northern PlainsWestern PlainsCragg's IslandDead IslandFootpawSouthern IsletsVolcanoWeathertopNortheast ShoresSoutheast ShoresEastern ForestDeep IslandDerilect ShipDrayo's CoveGulch of Lamentation

## Basic Info

**Dossier**

**Wild:** The Ornithomimus velox is a small omnivore that roams the island, eating plants and hunting small creatures it can kill with one hit and being hunted itself by numerous predators.

**Domesticated:** Once tamed, the Ornithomimus is often either kept as a large pet, as its individual combat strength is low, or tamed in herds whose combined damage can quickly add up.

**Known Information:** Active when hunting for food or defending its nest, it provides a threat only to smaller survivors, or those who are holding back.

**Behavior**

The Ornithomimus is a "reduced aggression" creature. It roams its range eating plants and attacking only creatures with less damage and half or less of its health. When attacked by a survivor or other creature, it will fight back until it is defeated, killed, or knocked out. If it defeats an opponent, it will spare the defeated opponent's life.

**Prey**

This is a list of creatures the Ornithomimus will attack unprovoked. It is a WIP.

Plants

Dimorphodon

Compsognathus

**Appearance**

Ornithomimus is a small theropod. It resembles a reptilian, featherless ostrich or emu with a long tail. It has three fingers on its hands, and three toes plus a dewclaw on its feet. It is 6 feet long, stands 33 inches tall, and weighs 187 pounds.

**Drops**

6 Raw Meat

6 Hide

**Base Stats and Growth**

**Taming**

The Ornithomimus is tamed by Knockout. Once it is unconscious, place the taming food in its inventory, along with the Narcotics to keep it asleep.

**Taming Food**

**Combat**

General

The Ornithomimus is only a threat to survivor species up to 25 inches, unless they hit it while holding back. It makes an easy early-game source of meat and hide, in addition to being able to be tamed easily with Cooked Meat and Narcoberries.

Strategy

Attack it with a weapon that can defeat it. Attack the head, which does triple damage, for an easy victory. Be mindful of aggressive predators in the area that could complicate matters.

Weaponry

Torch (viable upon unlocking at Level 1 with headshot and hitting first; body shot viable at Level 14 with full Cloth Armor and hitting first), Stone Pick (viable upon unlocking at Level 1 with headshot; body shot viable at Level 5 with full Cloth Armor and hitting first), Slingshot (viable upon unlocking at Level 5 with no armor and headshot for killing; body shot viable for taming with three pieces of Cloth Armor); Stone Hatchet (viable upon unlocking at Level 2 with no armor and headshot; body shot viable at Level 3 with full Cloth Armor and hitting first); Spear (viable upon unlocking at Level 2 with no armor, headshot, and 2 Spears; body shot viable with full Cloth Armor and 4 Spears); Bow (Stone Arrow (viable upon unlocking at Level 15 with no armor and anywhere), Tranq Arrow (viable upon unlocking at Level 20 with no armor and anywhere)), Fists (viable upon spawning for killing at Level 1 and anywhere), Metal Pick (viable upon unlocking at Level 25 with no armor and anywhere), Metal Hatchet (viable upon unlocking at Level 25 with no armor and anywhere), Pike (viable upon unlocking at Level 25 with no armor and anywhere), Grenade (viable upon unlocking at Level 30 with no armor and anywhere), Simple Pistol (viable upon unlocking at Level 30 with no armor and anywhere), Auto Turret (viable upon unlocking at Level 60 with no armor and anywhere), Longneck Rifle (viable upon unlocking at Level 35 with no armor and anywhere), 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 Ornithomimus at Level 1 anywhere), Stegosaurus (can be tamed at Level 2, and can kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 anywhere), Ceratosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 anywhere), Triceratops (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 anywhere), Tyrannosaurus (can be tamed at Level 30, and can defeat and/or kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 anywhere), Apatosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 anywhere), Archelon (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 anywhere), Compsognathus (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 when hitting first and headshot; body shot viable at Level 3 when hitting first), Dimetrodon (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 anywhere), Dimorphodon (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Ornithomimus at Level 7 when hitting first and headshot; body shot viable at Level 58 when hitting first), Dinilysia (can be tamed at Level 63, and can knock out Ornithomimus at Level 1 when hitting first and headshot; body shot viable at Level 2), Diplodocus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 anywhere), Edaphosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 anywhere), Eryops (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Ornithomimus at Level 4 with headshot; body shot viable at Level 7 when hitting first), Megalochelys (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 anywhere), Pachycephalosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 anywhere), Parasaurolophus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 anywhere), Proganochelys (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ornithomimus at Level 1 with headshot; body shot viable at Level 3)

Dangers

Whereas the Ornithomimus' lack of aggression and low health makes it a threat only to smaller species of survivor, there may be other larger and more dangerous creatures in the immediate area.

Weakness

The Ornithomimus' main weakness is its frailness, which is magnified further by the fact that headshots do 3x damage.

**Locations**

Northern Plains

Western Plains

Cragg's Island

Dead Island

Footpaw

Southern Islets

Volcano

Weathertop

Northeast Shores

Northern Shores

Southeast Shores

Eastern Forest

Deep Island

Derilect Ship

Drayo's Cove

Gulch of Lamentation

**Utility**

Hunter- While the Ornithomimus can only handle weak prey by itself, herds can overwhelm larger creatures.

Base Defense- Herds of Ornithomimus in the interior of a base can be effective as a base defense, as the raider will either be ripped apart by sheer force of numbers and the combined damage, or be forced to kill the Ornithomimus, which will alert you to the unauthorized personnel.

Snackrifice- While Ornithomimus provide little protection on their own, a predator that is eating your Ornithomimus herd is not eating you. Simply tame as many as possible, use them to escape, then tame another herd (and if they manage to win, collect survivors).

**Collectibles**

Raw Prime Meat- 4 stars

Raw Meat- 4 stars

Chitin- 3 stars

Hide- 3 stars

Keratin- 3 Stars

Berries

Wood

Thatch

Fiber

**Ridable by**

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

2 Compsognathus

4 Dimorphodon

1 Dinilysia

1 Eryops

1 Ornithomimus

1 Proganochelys

**Can Ride**

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

Allosaurus

Stegosaurus

Ceratosaurus

Triceratops

Tyrannosaurus

Apatosaurus

Archelon

Dimetrodon

Diplodocus

Edaphosaurus

Megalochelys

Ornithomimus

Pachycephalosaurus

Parasaurolophus

**Notes**

The real Ornithomimus is larger than the one in the game, reaching around 11-12 feet. This makes it one of the few inaccurately sized creatures to be smaller than the real one.

The species in the game is Ornithomimus Velox, which is the real-world type species of Ornithomimus.

Despite its temperament being Defensive, it behaves aggressively to any survivor species up to 25 inches.

While a Level 1 Ornithomimus can withstand a Stone Arrow to the body, or a Spear to the head, a max (Level 450) Ornithomimus with a saddle can withstand 10 Fighter Jet Missiles to the body, or 3 Fighter Jet Missiles to the head.

There are a maximum of 104 Ornithomimus on the map at any one time, 5 in the Northern Plains, 5 in the Western Plains, 10 on Cragg's Island, 10 on Dead Island, 10 on Footpaw, 1 in the Southern Islets, 5 on the Volcano, 10 on Weathertop, 5 in the Northeast Shores, 3 in the Northern Shores, 5 in the Southeast Shores, 10 in the Eastern Forest, 5 in Deep Island, 10 in Derilect Ship, 5 in Drayo's Cove, and 5 in the Gulch of Lamentation.

**Changelog**

In the release version, it was released