Amargasaurus

**Amargasaurus Renavigo are a new sauropod created by DinoGamer13 in** *The Forsaken ARKs.*

## **Appearance**

Amargasaurs are medium sized sauropods with large sails going down their bodies and a sharper fin on their tails. These sails change color like a chameleon, with their base color when calm, blood red when under attack or agitated, and light blue when being tamed.

## **Behavior**

Amargasaurs have a defensive temperament, and will not attack things without reason. They will passively wander throughout the Crystalline Cliffs without worry.

**Ecology and Lore**

### **Dossier**

#### **Wild**

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

“Amargasaurus Renavigo are some of the smaller sauropod residents of this archipelago. They wander throughout the Crystalline cliffs without a care in the world, not even scared of the crystal griffins and wyverns that make up a fair portion of the creature population. They push and chop down trees in their way to get to their destination. They do pack a punch when agitated however.”

#### **Domesticated**

**“**Amargasaurs are a very useful all-around mount**.** Their tails act as large axes, allowing them to gather particularly large amounts of wood. However, saddle crafters have produced saddles with particularly useful abilities. One saddle functions as a ladder up the Amargasaur’s neck sails, and the other is outfitted with a full ballista. These saddles have made Amargasaurs, much like the Shunosaurs and Styracosaurs, coveted for their sieging purposes.**”**

### **Habitat Range**

Amargasaurus can be found wandering the ARKepelago’s Crystalline Cliffs, Aberration’s Mushroom Forests, and the Genesis Bog Biome.

**Sociality**

Amargasaurs tend to stick in groups of three or more, keeping each other safe from predators.

### **Diet**

Amargasaurus is a herbivore, much like every other sauropod found on the ARKs.

### **Defense Mechanisms**

Amargasaurus will group up to defend against predators, even ones they stand very little chance to defeat. Their tail fins are sharp enough to cut through wood, and henceforth most scales.

### **Genetic Alterations**

The Amargasaurus’ tail never had that sharpened blade-like fin, and from everything the fossil record shows, never could change it’s crest’s color. It is also slightly larger than recorded specimens.

## **Attacks**

* Basic atack: Foot stomp: The amargasaur will smash its feet into the ground, dealing damage in front of it.
* Secondary attack: The Amargasaur will strike the target in front of it with its tail.
* Ability: none

## **Strategy**

Attack from behind. Only the tail attack can reach there, and that is not as spammable as the foot stomp

### **Dangers**

The Amargo does heavy damage for its size, and is often found in groups. When saddled, a gunner can fire spear bolts and chain bolas from the ballista on it’s back.

### **Weaknesses**

Amargas can only hit in one direction for big damage, and they have lackluster defenses without saddles.

## **Taming Process**

Amargas are passive tamed with Otherworldly kibble on ARKepelago, and with extraordinary kibble on Aberration and Genesis part 1.

### **Use**

Lumberjack: The Amargasaurus is very good at gathering wood, even surpassing the stegosaur and mammoth. They are not as good as a Therizinosaur, as few things are, yet they can carry more and for longer distances.

Siege Machine: The Amargasaurus has two different uses for Sieging bases

   Artillery: One amargasaur saddle has a full ballista mounted onto it, allowing for spear bolts and Chain Bolas to be fired from long distances.

   Breaching and Entering: The second saddle allows survivors to climb up the amargasaur’s back, and jump over walls, even ones up to four meters tall! This allows survivors to hop over defending walls and attack from the inside of a base.

### **Notes/Trivia**

Amargasaurus’ name roughly translates to Sail back La Amarga Lizard

The Amargasaurus’ tail is partially based on Glavenus’s tail of the Monster Hunter franchise.

Amargasaurus forms a “siege trio” with styracosaurus and Shunosaurus.