Ceratosaurus (ARK: Survival Evolved Full)

The Ceratosaurus is one of the dinosaurs in ARK: Survival Evolved (Full).

## (Canon) Habitats

### The Island

Eastern PlainsCragg's IslandDead IslandSouthern IsletsRed PeakSoutheast ShoresEastern ForestSouthern JungleDeep IslandDrayo's CoveThe Maw

## Basic Info

**Dossier**

**Wild:** Ceratosaurus Nasicornis is a medium-sized predator that inhabits the jungles and plains of the Island, hunting prey while being hunted itself by larger predators.

**Domesticated:** Once tamed, it is often used as an assist or subordinate species to larger, stronger tames.

**Known Information:** Active mostly when hungry or defending its nest, Ceratosaurus is only really a threat to smaller beings and beasts.

**Behavior**

The Ceratosaurus roams its range hunting prey, attacking anything with either less Health and Melee Damage, or equal Health/Melee Damage and less Melee Damage/Health. When attacked by a survivor or other creature, it will fight back until it is defeated, killed, or knocked out.

**Prey**

This is a list of creatures the Ceratosaurus will attack unprovoked, though it will still kill and eat any other opponent it manages to overcome. Species higher in the list will be preferentially attacked over species lower in the list. It is a WIP.

Compsognathus

Eryops

Dinilysia

Dimorphodon

Proganochelys

**Appearance**

The Ceratosaurus is a medium-sized theropod with four fingers on each hand, and three toes plus a dewclaw on each foot. It reaches 23 feet in length, 6 feet in height, and 1,155 pounds in weight.

**Drops**

16 Raw Meat

7 Raw Prime Meat

23 Hide

23 Keratin

**Base Stats and Growth**

**Taming**

The Ceratosaurus 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**

 Cooked Prime Meat | 15
 Raw Meat | 20
 Cooked Meat | 25
 Eggs
 Chitin, Hide, Keratin
520 Narcotics

**Combat**

General

The Ceratosaurus is a medium-sized creature, but it is not much of a threat to humans. It makes an excellent early game source of meat, hide, and Keratin, in addition to being able to be tamed.

Strategy

Attack it with a weapon that can defeat it. Be mindful of other predators in the area that are more of a threat.

Weaponry

Torch (Must be Level 20 with full Hide Armor and Ramshackle quality), Stone Pick (Must be Level 15 with with Hide Shirt and Pants, and Cloth Gloves, Boots, and Hat, and Ramshackle quality), Slingshot (Taming, must be Level 15 with full Cloth Armor), Stone Hatchet (Must be Level 15 with Hide Shirt and Pants, and Cloth Gloves, Boots, and Hat), Spear (Must be Level 13 with full Cloth Armor, and no less than 14 Spears), Bow (Stone Arrow (viable upon unlocking at Level 15 with no armor), Tranq Arrow (viable upon unlocking at Level 20 with no armor), Fists (Taming, viable at Level 1 with no armor), Metal Pick (viable upon unlocking at Level 25 with no armor), Metal Hatchet (viable upon unlocking at Level 25 with no armor), Pike (viable upon unlocking at Level 25 with no armor), Grenade (viable upon unlocking at Level 30 with no armor), Simple Pistol (viable upon unlocking at Level 30 with no armor), Auto Turret (viable upon unlocking at Level 60 with no armor), Longneck Rifle (viable upon unlocking at Level 35 with no armor), Improvised Explosive Device (viable upon unlocking at Level 45 with no armor), Fabricated Pistol (viable upon unlocking at Level 50 with no armor), Assault Rifle (viable upon unlocking at Level 55 with no armor), Shotgun (viable upon unlocking at Level 35 with no armor), C4 Charge (viable upon unlocking at Level 55 with no armor), Rocket Launcher (viable upon unlocking at Level 60 with no armor), Bio Bomb (viable upon unlocking at Level 63 with no armor), Fighter Jet (viable upon unlocking at Level 63 with no armor), Nuclear Bomb (viable upon unlocking at Level 63 with no armor), Allosaurus (can be tamed at Level 27, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 1), Stegosaurus (tamable at Level 2, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 1), Triceratops (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 1), Tyrannosaurus (Can be tamed at Level 30, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 1), Apatosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 1), Archelon (Can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 1), Compsognathus (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 7), Dimetrodon (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Ceratosaurus at Level 1), Dimorphodon (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 128), Dinilysia (can be tamed at Level 63, and can knock out Ceratosaurus at Level 2), Diplodocus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 1), Edaphosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can kill Ceratosaurus at Level 1), Eryops (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 12), Megalochelys (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 1), Ornithomimus (can be tamed at Level 5, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 2 when hitting first), Pachycephalosaurus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 1), Parasaurolophus (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 1), Proganochelys (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 5 when hitting first), Pteranodon (can be tamed at Level 1, and can defeat and/or kill Ceratosaurus at Level 1).

Dangers

While a Ceratosaurus by itself is only a threat to human survivors that are holding back, some of the areas it inhabits could also have much larger and more dangerous creatures that could prove a significant threat.

Weakness

The Ceratosaurus has limited combat power, and its type is one of the weaker ones, causing it to be easily defeated by most opponents, even those that are smaller than it.

**Locations**

Eastern Plains

Cragg's Island

Dead Island

Southern Islets

Red Peak

Southeast Shores

Eastern Forest

Southern Jungle

Deep Island

Drayo's Cove

The Maw

**Utility**

Hunter- Like all medium-sized carnivorous creatures, the Ceratosaurus can be used to hunt prey, as long as one is mindful of the strength of the creatures. This is an easy way to keep the dinosaur fed while also gaining additional benefits such as XP and resources. However, it is best used as a subordinate or assist species to larger and stronger species.

War- The Ceratosaurus can be used as a mount in PVP, able to hold 2 different Human survivors on its back at once, and also can be used as a subordinate or assist species in battles involving larger and stronger species. A large pack could potentially hold down even much larger creatures, though MUTOs must be avoided due to their EMP attack.

Pack Mule- While it has a limit, the Ceratosaurus can hold up to 195 Metal without becoming encumbered, making it a possible option for transporting resources

Travel- Its decent health limits the amount of creatures that will attack it unprovoked, especially outside of its native range. Most creatures that will attack it are also easy to spot from a distance, making it easy to avoid and making the Ceratosaurus a possible option for traveling long distances.

Base Defense- The Ceratosaurus' decent combative power makes it a good option for defending bases from attack, as long as the opponent doesn't have creatures of much greater strength. A pack can help increase their effectiveness.

**Collectibles**

Raw Meat 5 stars

Raw Prime Meat 5 stars

Chitin 3 stars

Hide 3 stars

Keratin 3 stars

**Ridable by**

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

1 Stegosaurus

1 Ceratosaurus

1 Archelon

8 Compsognathus

1 Dimetrodon

15 Dimorphodon

5 Dinilysia

1 Edaphosaurus

5 Eryops

1 Megalochelys

4 Ornithomimus

1 Pachycephalosaurus

5 Proganochelys

2 Pteranodon

**Can Ride**

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

Allosaurus

Ceratosaurus

Triceratops

Tyrannosaurus

Apatosaurus

Archelon

Dimetrodon

Diplodocus

Pachycephalosaurus

Parasaurolophus

**Notes**

The species in the game is Ceratosaurus nasicornis, which is the real-world type species of Ceratosaurus

Despite its temperament being Aggressive, it does not attack any survivor species larger than 13 inches.

While a Level 1 Ceratosaurus can withstand 1 shot from a Longneck Rifle, a max (level 450) Ceratosaurus with a saddle can withstand 24 hits from Fighter Jet Missiles

There are a maximum of 69 Ceratosaurus on the map at any one time, 10 in the Eastern Plains, 10 on Cragg's Island, 10 on Dead Island, 1 in the Southern Islets, 3 on Red Peak, 1 in the Southeast Shores, 10 in the Eastern Forest, 10 in the Southern Jungle, 5 in Deep Island, 3 in Drayo's Cove, and 6 in the Maw (with two sub-populations of 3 in the Eastern Wetlands and 3 on the Western Coastal)

**Changelog**

In the Release version, it was released.