Arthropluera

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Arthropluera

Dossier Arthropluera.png

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Creature

Group

Invertebrates

Diet

Carrion-Feeder

Temperament

Aggressive

Release Versions

240.0
May 4, 2016

734.0
May 17, 2016

501.0
Dec 6, 2016

1.0
May 24, 2018

599.0
Nov 30, 2018

311.74
Jun 11, 2020

678.15
Sep 1, 2021

Variants

• Aberrant Arthropluera
• Corrupted Arthropluera
• Eerie Arthropluera

Spawn Command

cheat summon Arthro_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Arthropluera/Arthro_Character_BP.Arthro_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Arthropluera
cheat summon Arthro_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Arthropluera/Arthro_Character_BP_Aberrant.Arthro_Character_BP_Aberrant'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Corrupted Arthropluera
cheat summon Arthro_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/Dinos/Arthropluera/Arthro_Character_BP_Corrupt.Arthro_Character_BP_Corrupt'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Arthropluera (Gauntlet)
cheat summon Arthro_Character_BP_Gauntlet_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Volcanic/Arthro_Character_BP_Gauntlet.Arthro_Character_BP_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Arthropluera (Retrieve)
cheat summon Arthro_Character_BP_Retrieve_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Retrieve/Volcanic/Arthro_Character_BP_Retrieve.Arthro_Character_BP_Retrieve'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Aberrant Arthropluera (Summoned)
cheat summon Arthro_Character_BP_Aberrant_Summoned_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/Summoner/SummonedDinos/Arthro_Character_BP_Aberrant_Summoned.Arthro_Character_BP_Aberrant_Summoned'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Arthropluera (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Arthro_Character_BP_STA_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Arthro_Character_BP_STA.Arthro_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Arthropluera (Mashup)
cheat summon Arthro_Character_BP_ExpG_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Mashup/ExperimentG/DinosAndStructures/Arthro_Character_BP_ExpG.Arthro_Character_BP_ExpG'" 500 0 0 35

Domestication

Tameable

Rideable

Breedable

Yes

Yes

Yes

Torpor Immune

Yes

Taming Method

 Passive

Preferred Food

 Broth of Enlightenment

Equipment

 Arthropluera Saddle(Level 54)

Rider Weaponry

Yes

Data

XP for kill

16XP

Special Loot Chance

30%

Feces

None

Drag Weight

110

Radiation Immune

No

Carryable By

• Aberrant Megalosaurus
• Argentavis
• Blood Crystal Wyvern
• Ember Crystal Wyvern
• Fire Wyvern
• Forest Wyvern
• Ice Wyvern
• Karkinos
• Lightning Wyvern
• Mammoth
• Megalosaurus
• Poison Wyvern
• Quetzal
• Tek Quetzal
• Tropical Crystal Wyvern
• Tusoteuthis
• X-Argentavis

Can Damage

 Thatch
 Greenhouse
 Wood
 Adobe
 Stone
 Metal
 Tek

Reproduction

Egg

 Arthropluera Egg

Incubation Range

18 - 22 °C / 64 - 72 °F
 Egg Incubator: 20 °C / 68 °F

Incubation Time

2h 29m 59.28s

Baby Time

5h 8m 38.519s

Juvenile Time

20h 34m 34.074s

Adolescent Time

1d 1h 43m 12.593s

Total Maturation Time

2d 3h 26m 25.185s

Breeding Interval

18h - 2d

Habitat

• Arthropluera
• Aberrant Arthropluera
• Corrupted Arthropluera

• The Island
• The Center
• Scorched Earth
• Ragnarok
• Extinction
• Valguero
• Genesis: Part 1
• Crystal Isles
• Genesis: Part 2
• Lost Island

• Aberration
• Crystal Isles
• Lost Island

• Extinction

Common        Rare
  Untameable  Cave

	“	Just had a peek at the progress on the Arthropluera and let me tell you, this thing is the stuff of nightmares. It's gonna be awesome.	„
		~Jen[1]

TheArthropluera (ar-thro-pluer-ah) is one of theCreatures inARK: Survival Evolved.

Basic Info[]

Dossier[]

This section is intended to be an exact copy of what the survivorHelena Walker, the author of thedossiers, has written. There may be some discrepancies between this text and the in-gamecreature.

“

Species

Arthropluera felsanguis

Time

Early Permian

Diet

Carrion-Feeder

Temperament

Aggressive

Wild

The fact that this creature exists is enough to give me nightmares. Like the island's other Arthropods,Arthropluera Felsanguis has become much larger than I might have believed possible. It's a very aggressive hunter, but prefers to eat meat after it has rotted for some time, and will voraciously seek out such delicacies.

Known Information

Arthropluera's blood has a very low pH, to the point that it can dissolve many materials. This acidic blood splashes back on anything that directly attacks it, weakening the durability of weapons and hurting attackers. Many creatures thusly refuse to prey onArthropluera, fearing this unique defense. If that wasn't enough,Arthropluera also keeps a small reservoir of blood ready to spit at its prey.

Domesticated

Like most of the arthropods on the island,Arthropluera is simple minded and relatively easy to tame. It is an almost entirely military mount, useful mostly for attacking at a distance. Thanks to its unique defenses, whether hunting or warring,Arthropluera is generally safe from all but the largest of creatures.

„

~Helena

Behavior[]

Arthropluera are tamable with rotten meat and if wild will attack with acid spit (1 acid spit after melee bite). Be careful as it can hit you with its acid even when it has turned around and can destroy your armor.

Appearance[]

TheArthropluera felsanguis is one of the island's most nightmarish native invertebrates - a predatory, heavily armored millepede longer than three men tall. Preferring carrion over live prey, these huge arthropods inhabit the deeper caves of the island, devouring bats and other invertebrates. Their greenish blood has an unusually low pH, a trait that, by self-rupturing delicate vessels in its head, the Arthropluera can use as a rather gruesome defense mechanism.

Color Scheme and Regions[]

The Arthropluera's carapace has a prismatic effect that causes the colors of regions 0 and 4 to not display exactly as the color it is set as.

This section displays the Arthropluera's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are coloredred over an albino Arthropluera. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Arthropluera will randomly spawn with to provide an overall range of its natural color scheme. Hover your cursor over a color to display its name and ID.

This information can be used to alter the Arthropluera's regions by enteringcheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion><ColorID> in thecheat console. For instance,cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Arthropluera's "segments"magenta.

• Arthropluera
• Corrupted Arthropluera

Region 0:
Segments

13

14

20

22

24

26

27

29

31

33

34

35

Region 1:
Head

8

14

19

21

23

25

26

28

30

32

33

Region 2:
Sternites

8

14

19

21

23

25

26

28

30

32

33

Region 3:
Legs, Antennae and Forcipules

8

14

19

21

23

25

26

28

30

32

33

Region 4:
Carapace Stripe

8

14

19

21

23

25

26

28

30

32

33

Region 5:
Underside of Head/Segments

8

14

19

21

23

25

26

28

30

32

33

Region 0:
Dark All +w

13

14

20

22

24

26

27

29

31

33

34

35

Region 1:
Light All +w

8

14

19

21

23

25

26

28

30

32

33

Region 2:
Light All +w

8

14

19

21

23

25

26

28

30

32

33

Region 3:
Light All +w

8

14

19

21

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26

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32

33

Region 4:
Light All +w

8

14

19

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26

28

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33

Region 5:
Light All +w

8

14

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26

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32

33

Drops[]

Base Stats and Growth[]

• Arthropluera
• Aberrant Arthropluera
• Corrupted Arthropluera

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Tamed	Additive	Multiplicative
Health	500	+100	+5.4%	0.07
Stamina	200	+20	+10%
Oxygen	N/A	N/A	N/A
Food	1200	+120	+10%
Weight	100	+2	+4%
Melee Damage	18 / 30	+0.9 / +1.5	+1.7%	7%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+1%	20%
Torpidity	175	+10.5	N/A	0.5

• For a comparison of the stats of all creatures, seeBase Creature Statistics.
• For an explanation of exactly how the levelup calculation works, seeCreature Stats Calculation.

Movement [u/s]	Base Speed			Sprinting Speed			Stamina
	Wild	Tamed1	Tamed2	Wild	Tamed1	Tamed2
Walking	225	?	?	486	394.875	473.85	6
Swimming	400	?	?	?	?	?	?

• ¹These are the base speeds of the creature at 100%Movement Speed.
• ²These are the speeds of the creature tamed and non-imprinted.
• For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, seeBase Creature Speeds.

Attack Effects

Attack Type	Effect	Description
Main Attack	Tranquilized	The target's Torpor will increase by 3x the damage dealt over 10 seconds.
Alt Attack	Acid	Damage from this attack reduces the durability of the target's armor at 35x the normal rate.

Attack Values

Melee		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation	Using the (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Arthropluera lunges at and bites the target. The target'sTorpor will increase by 3x the damage dealt over 10 seconds.
		0	350	0	600
Attack Type		Damage	Projectile Values			Torpor Values		Status Effect: Stamina			Status Effect: Torpidity
			Life	Impulse	Radius	Base	Mult	Duration	Damage Mult	Amount	Duration	Damage Mult	Amount
Melee		18

Ranged		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation	Using the (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Arthropluera spits its own acidic blood at the target. Its blood is highly-corrosive and reduces the durability of the target's armor at 35x the normal rate.
		20	1800	0	2500
Attack Type		Damage	Projectile Values			Torpor Values		Status Effect: Stamina			Status Effect: Torpidity
			Life	Impulse	Radius	Base	Mult	Duration	Damage Mult	Amount	Duration	Damage Mult	Amount
Projectile	Impact	30	10
	Explosion	30	10		100

Wild Stats Level-up

Type in values of awild creature to see on which stats it's emphasized. Green values on a high-level creature are very good for breeding. If you have already tamed your creature you can try to recover the breeding stats with an external tool.^[2]

Arthropluera

The stat-calculator does not work in the mobile-view, see here for alternatives:AppsNote that after the creature is tamed it gets bonuses on some stats depending on the taming effectiveness. This makes it hard to retrieve the levels on a tamed creature, sothis tool is only for wild ones, but gives a first impression, how well the stats are distributed.

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase		Taming Bonus
		Wild	Tamed	Additive	Multiplicative
Health	500	+100	+5.4%	0.07	-4%
Stamina	200	+20	+10%
Oxygen	N/A	N/A	N/A
Food	1200	+120	+10%
Weight	100	+2	+4%
Melee Damage	18	+0.9	+1.7%	7%	17.6%
Movement Speed	100%	N/A	+1%	20%
Torpidity	175	+10.5	N/A	0.5

• For a comparison of the stats of all creatures, seeBase Creature Statistics.
• For an explanation of exactly how the levelup calculation works, seeCreature Stats Calculation.

Movement [u/s]	Base Speed			Sprinting Speed			Stamina
	Wild	Tamed1	Tamed2	Wild	Tamed1	Tamed2
Walking	225	?	?	486	394.875	473.85	6
Swimming	400	?	?	?	?	?	?

• ¹These are the base speeds of the creature at 100%Movement Speed.
• ²These are the speeds of the creature tamed and non-imprinted.
• For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, seeBase Creature Speeds.

Attack Values

Melee		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation	Using the (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Arthropluera lunges at and bites the target. The target'sTorpor will increase by 3x the damage dealt over 10 seconds.
		0	350	0	600
Attack Type		Damage	Projectile Values			Torpor Values		Status Effect: Stamina			Status Effect: Torpidity
			Life	Impulse	Radius	Base	Mult	Duration	Damage Mult	Amount	Duration	Damage Mult	Amount
Melee		19.08

Ranged		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation	Using the (PC), (PS), (Xbox One), the Arthropluera spits its own acidic blood at the target. Its blood is highly-corrosive and reduces the durability of the target's armor at 35x the normal rate.
		20	1800	0	2500
Attack Type		Damage	Projectile Values			Torpor Values		Status Effect: Stamina			Status Effect: Torpidity
			Life	Impulse	Radius	Base	Mult	Duration	Damage Mult	Amount	Duration	Damage Mult	Amount
Projectile	Impact	30	10
	Explosion	30	10		100

Attribute	Base Value	Level Increase
		Wild
Health	500	+100
Stamina	200	+20
Oxygen	N/A	N/A
Food	1200	+120
Weight	100	+2
Melee Damage	18	+0.9
Movement Speed	100%	N/A
Torpidity	175	+10.5

• For a comparison of the stats of all creatures, seeBase Creature Statistics.
• For an explanation of exactly how the levelup calculation works, seeCreature Stats Calculation.

Movement [u/s]	Base Speed	Sprinting Speed
	Wild	Wild
Walking	225	486
Swimming	400	?

• ¹These are the base speeds of the creature at 100%Movement Speed.
• ²These are the speeds of the creature tamed and non-imprinted.
• For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, seeBase Creature Speeds.

Attack Values

Melee		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		0	350	0	600
Attack Type		Damage	Projectile Values			Torpor Values		Status Effect: Stamina			Status Effect: Torpidity
			Life	Impulse	Radius	Base	Mult	Duration	Damage Mult	Amount	Duration	Damage Mult	Amount
Melee		18

Ranged		Stamina Cost	Attack Range			Description
			Base	Minimum	Activation
		20	1800	0	2500
Attack Type		Damage	Projectile Values			Torpor Values		Status Effect: Stamina			Status Effect: Torpidity
			Life	Impulse	Radius	Base	Mult	Duration	Damage Mult	Amount	Duration	Damage Mult	Amount
Projectile	Impact	30	10
	Explosion	30	10		100

Taming[]

Taming Food[]

• Base
• Mobile

Level 1		Feeding Interval	Time
Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
Spoiled Meat	5	02:05	0:08:21
Raw Meat	33	00:30	0:16:31
Raw Fish Meat	81	00:15	0:20:16

Level 30		Feeding Interval	Time
Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
Spoiled Meat	9	01:52	0:15:01
Raw Meat	55	00:30	0:27:31
Raw Fish Meat	137	00:15	0:34:16

Level 60		Feeding Interval	Time
Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
Spoiled Meat	12	01:49	0:20:01
Raw Meat	79	00:30	0:39:31
Raw Fish Meat	196	00:15	0:49:01

Level 90		Feeding Interval	Time
Broth of Enlightenment	2	01:21	0:01:21
Spoiled Meat	16	01:46	0:26:41
Raw Meat	102	00:30	0:51:01
Raw Fish Meat	254	00:15	1:03:31

Level 120		Feeding Interval	Time
Broth of Enlightenment	2	01:21	0:01:21
Spoiled Meat	19	01:45	0:31:41
Raw Meat	125	00:30	1:02:31
Raw Fish Meat	313	00:15	1:18:16

Level 150		Feeding Interval	Time
Broth of Enlightenment	2	01:21	0:01:21
Spoiled Meat	23	01:44	0:38:21
Raw Meat	149	00:30	1:14:31
Raw Fish Meat	372	00:15	1:33:01

	Level 1		Feeding Interval	Time
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	6	02:00	0:10:01
	Raw Meat	37	00:30	0:18:31
	Raw Fish Meat	92	00:15	0:23:01
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	2	03:21	0:03:21
	Raw Meat	13	00:32	0:06:31
	Raw Fish Meat	31	00:15	0:07:46
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	1	00:00	0:01:41
	Raw Meat	2	01:01	0:01:01
	Raw Fish Meat	4	00:20	0:01:01
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	1	00:00	0:01:41
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:00:31
	Raw Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:00:16

	Level 30		Feeding Interval	Time
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	10	01:51	0:16:41
	Raw Meat	63	00:30	0:31:31
	Raw Fish Meat	157	00:15	0:39:16
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	4	02:13	0:06:41
	Raw Meat	21	00:31	0:10:31
	Raw Fish Meat	53	00:15	0:13:16
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	1	00:00	0:01:41
	Raw Meat	3	00:45	0:01:31
	Raw Fish Meat	6	00:18	0:01:31
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	1	00:00	0:01:41
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:00:31
	Raw Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:00:16

	Level 75		Feeding Interval	Time
	Broth of Enlightenment	2	01:21	0:01:21
	Spoiled Meat	16	01:46	0:26:41
	Raw Meat	103	00:30	0:51:31
	Raw Fish Meat	257	00:15	1:04:16
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	6	02:00	0:10:01
	Raw Meat	35	00:30	0:17:31
	Raw Fish Meat	86	00:15	0:21:31
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	1	00:00	0:01:41
	Raw Meat	4	00:40	0:02:01
	Raw Fish Meat	9	00:17	0:02:16
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	1	00:00	0:01:41
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:00:31
	Raw Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:00:16

	Level 150		Feeding Interval	Time
	Broth of Enlightenment	2	01:21	0:01:21
	Spoiled Meat	26	01:44	0:43:21
	Raw Meat	170	00:30	1:25:01
	Raw Fish Meat	425	00:15	1:46:16
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	9	01:52	0:15:01
	Raw Meat	57	00:30	0:28:31
	Raw Fish Meat	142	00:15	0:35:31
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	1	00:00	0:01:41
	Raw Meat	6	00:36	0:03:01
	Raw Fish Meat	15	00:16	0:03:46
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	1	00:00	0:01:41
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:00:31
	Raw Fish Meat	1	00:00	0:00:16

	Level 300		Feeding Interval	Time
	Broth of Enlightenment	4	00:53	0:02:41
	Spoiled Meat	46	01:42	1:16:41
	Raw Meat	304	00:30	2:32:01
	Raw Fish Meat	759	00:15	3:09:46
	Broth of Enlightenment	2	01:21	0:01:21
	Spoiled Meat	16	01:46	0:26:41
	Raw Meat	102	00:30	0:51:01
	Raw Fish Meat	253	00:15	1:03:16
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	2	03:21	0:03:21
	Raw Meat	11	00:33	0:05:31
	Raw Fish Meat	26	00:15	0:06:31
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	1	00:00	0:01:41
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:00:31
	Raw Fish Meat	2	00:31	0:00:31

	Level 450		Feeding Interval	Time
	Broth of Enlightenment	5	00:50	0:03:21
	Spoiled Meat	66	01:41	1:50:01
	Raw Meat	438	00:30	3:39:01
	Raw Fish Meat	1094	00:15	4:33:31
	Broth of Enlightenment	2	01:21	0:01:21
	Spoiled Meat	22	01:44	0:36:41
	Raw Meat	146	00:30	1:13:01
	Raw Fish Meat	365	00:15	1:31:16
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	3	02:30	0:05:01
	Raw Meat	15	00:32	0:07:31
	Raw Fish Meat	37	00:15	0:09:16
	Broth of Enlightenment	1	00:00	0:00:41
	Spoiled Meat	1	00:00	0:01:41
	Raw Meat	1	00:00	0:00:31
	Raw Fish Meat	3	00:23	0:00:46

Note that the values are for optimal cases, always bring extra supplies!
For a level-dependent count of resources needed, try anexternal taming calculator.

Preferred Food[]

•  Broth of Enlightenment
•  Spoiled Meat

Taming Strategy[]

Arthropluera is tamednon-violently, rather than through the use of tranquilizers. Since it is a naturally aggressive creature, you must first apply Bug Repellant in order to keep it from attacking you on sight. The Arthro will not be tameable if it is trying to attack another creature or is feeding on a corpse, so you must remove any such distractions from the area, or lure the Arthro to a more secluded area.

Once you have the repellent applied and distractions dealt with, place the food you wish to feed it in the right-most slot of your hotbar. Then, carefully approach the Arthro until the button prompt to feed it appears - it will eat the piece of food you give it and a taming bar will appear. You must then wait until it becomes hungry enough to be fed again, and repeat the process. It can be very difficult to properly do this, as the Arthro is constantly moving in an unpredictable pattern.

If you accidentally get too close and touch the Arthro, it will become aggressive and attack, despite the Repellant. In order to continue taming it, you must get far enough away for it to lose interest in you. If you go away from it for too long and aren't using broth of enlightenment to tame it; it's taming bar will go down faster than you can feed it, making it untameable. Be careful of its spit attack when fleeing, as it will deal significant damage to your armor if it hits.

In some caves, it is possible to tame an Arthropluera IF it is underwater. Arthroplueras that are underwater will not aggro on the player, but may aggro if touched. This makes it easier to amass an army of Arthroplueras if a lot are under the water in some caves.

OnThe Center, one can simply fly anArgentavis or larger down into theLavaCave's entrance and carry an Arthro back out in seconds. Avoid attacking it while carrying, due to the melee rebound damage, however.

a better and safer way to tame an Arthropluera is to raise in a tamed Pulmonoscorpius, simply feed it from the back of your creature, nothing will attack you.

Trapping or Premeditated Taming[]

Like always there are people who want the best possible outcome and lowest risk of danger to the taming process:

To trap the Arthropluera is quite difficult as it breaks though most structures quite well. The best approach found on an official PVE server is to use the passive taming method with the Bug Repellant and Ghillie Armor. However, it's assumed that most people would tame one on an official PVP server due to its useful acid and jaw damage. Another way to tame on both PVE and PVP is to use a Megalosaurus with bug repellant and ghillie and get close to grab. The Arthropluera shouldn't be agroed as long as you dont touch it. You can bring it outside and ask a tribemate to pick you up on a Quetz and take you to a more secure location or you can take it there while in the mouth of the Megalosaurus.

If you want to trap the Arthropluera be prepared for the cost and speed in which you must do this: Place 4 fence posts around it while you have ghillie or bug repellant active. While this happens the Athro like before would not get angry as long as you keep your distance. you can also ensnare the Arthro in a large bear trap as you do this however it can be buggy and will turn as soon as you have trapped it in the structure run out of the cave and wait a while to let the creature calm down. Then comeback anytime to find that it is waiting there ready for you to passively tame without the fear of accidentally stepping over it and aggravate it.

Combat[]

This section describes how to fight against the Arthropluera.

General[]

OnThe Island andThe Center, Arthropluera appear in caves, where they become a very deadly adversary. On all other maps they're more likely to wander to the surface, typically in dune and volcanic environments.

Melee weaponry and armor simply vanish in any battle with the creature due to its corrosive and acidic blood.

Strategy[]

To avoid the loss of your armor and melee weapons, stay as far away from it as possible, but keep in mind it can still launch acidic projectiles. Be alert at all times when in a battle, as the cave ecosystems often bring other hazards. One risky fighting method is to keep backing away while using a ranged weapon that won't kill you. Back jump when it is about to bite and side jump to avoid spit attacks. If you are mobile enough, you will dodge its attacks.

Weaponry[]

Ranged weapons are advised to avoid the weapon and health damage caused by melee attacks. Melee should only be used as a last resort.A Compound Bow can usually kill lower levels with 3-4 headshots. A shotgun is by far the most effective weapon against these monsters when encountered in a cave, and many cave useful mounts allow the player avatar to draw and fire a weapon whilst mounted. One or two shotgun shells( fired from a decent gun) are all that's required to kill reasonably leveled bugs. If it does get too close, do not use metal weapons, because they will break after one to two hits, and it will be almost unscathed. Rather, if you have good armour, use your fists and block its attacks with shield. Metal shields are better.

Dangers[]

Melee attacks against the Arthropluera will significantly reduce weapon durability and cause damage to the player. One well-aimed shot from the creature will strip a player of his/her armor(or bring it very close to breaking point). Make sure you spot them in advance, so they do not get the first hit in. Their spit can also hit you while riding a mount and can still break your armor, the spit does a good bit more damage without armor on.

As of version v280.130, Arthropluera can damage any form of structures. This alone makes it a rather dangerous creature to spawn close to the base as it will immediately try to break through the walls of the structures. It is also a bad idea to use structure as a wall just to kill it.

Weakness[]

Arthropluera has a fairly large and long body, and shiny carapace, so you can spot (and shoot) one easily. It stops to spit or bite; giving you a few seconds to run. It also has large turn radius for a moment. Brace yourself once its aim snaps back on you.

Player projectiles such as arrows, bullets, deal 3x damage to it, plus 2.5x headshot multiplier, result in 7.5x ranged damage vulnerability. Explosives cannot headshot it, but deal 5x damage instead. These makes Arthropluera extremely vulnerable to ranged player-held weaponry.

Utility[]

Roles[]

• Damage:
• Travel:
• Transport:
• Hunter:
• Inner Base Defence: The Arthropluera is a great creature for defending your base from the inside, simply set it to aggressive with turret mode on, it will start spiting at any intruder and breaking his armor.
• Base Defender/Guardian: During a raid, Arthropluera can hold off unmounted raiders with an armor corroding acid spat at against unmounted/ sometimes mounted players, as well as fairly high health before they, say begin planting explosives. The Arthropluera also has the benefit of having acidic blood that causes recoil damage when hit directly. Thus, Arthropluera can play a vital role in raid defense for defending a base, especially in tight quarters where its attacks are harder to dodge or recoup from. (Level up Melee Damage, Health, and Movement Speed if desired.)
• Combatant: Though an Arthropluera is incredibly susceptible to projectile damage and is rather slow, this does not mean that it can't be used offensively. Particularly, it is in tight spaces like a base or a cave where it can be deadly. The Arthropluera can use its acidic blood and spit to kill or incapacitate survivors and small creatures with ease. Just be careful to not overload with gear or loot, as the Arthropluera's Weight is quite abysmal. (Level similarly to a defensive role, but with incentive on Stamina.)
• Acidic Damage Annoyance: Arthropluera's ability to corrode and even break enemy armor with laughable ease can make it the bane of an enemies existence, especially if said enemy relies on their armor to keep them alive. (Level up Melee Damage, Health, Stamina, and Movement Speed if desired.)
• Base Destroyer:: Arthroplueras can damage stone, metal, and even Tek structures with their melee attack. While they are rather fragile against enemy defenses along with this same patch (5x more damage taken fromExplosives, like that of a C4 Charge, and 3x more damage taken from ranged attacks, like that from a Longneck Rifle for example), they can be a primitive and cost-effective way to bring down advanced bases once enemy turrets have been destroyed.

Damage Test on Official Server with a level 225 Arthropluera with 455% Melee damage. Just using the left click melee attack.

Thatch Foundation: Destroyed in one hit, ? at 100% melee. ? x regular damage (untested at base damage).

Wood Foundation: 1,125 damage, 247 at 100% melee. 13.72 x regular damage.

Stone Foundation: 574 damage, 126 at 100% melee. 7 x regular damage.

Metal Foundation: 282 damage, 62 at 100% melee. 3.44 x regular damage.

Tek Foundation: 113 damage, 25 at 100% melee. 1.39 x regular damage

• Amphibious Assault: Thanks to a lack of an Oxygen stat, the Arthropluera can stay submerged underwater indefinitely. Though not fast on land, it can move faster when swimming, albeit at a slow speed still but fast enough to out-swim a wild Megalodon. This can be used to bring in Arthropluera's to coastal or island bases for attack, or in certain underwater or water filled caves. Keep in mind that it cannot regain Stamina in the water and has to haul itself on land eventually.
• Boss Killer:

Collectibles[]

Resource	Efficiency
Raw Meat	★★☆☆☆

Spotlight[]

Notes/Trivia[]

For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Arthropluera, see the relevantWikipedia article.

• The dossier lists Arthropluera as being from the Permian period, but it was actually from the Late Carboniferous.
• The Arthropluera can be taken out of the Lower South Cave, however it does take some time and effort to guide it out. Setting to lowest follow distance helps with this. Also there is a crystal formation near the exit hanging from the ceiling that must be broken to allow them to exit the cave.) On the Mobile app, Arthropluera can be teleported out.
• The Dossier was revealed on 9/11/15 on Steam.^[3]
• The Dossier misspellsArthropleura asArthropluera. Presumably this is a typo by the author of the dossier, Helena Walker, or an oversight of the developers. The species name roughly means "poisonous blood", but is also incorrectly constructed; it should befellisanguis instead offelsanguis.
• In real life,Arthropleura ate rotting plant matter/detritus or foliage despite some media representations, including Ark's Arthropleura, that shows it as a carnivore or scavenger. Despite this fact, the aggressive nature of Arthropleura in the game may not have been far from the realm of reality considering it lived in a world of carnivorous arthropods and amphibians. It can be reasonably assumed that they were generally peaceful unless attacked, to which they could be a significant threat.
  • While known as a carnivore in its notes, Arthropluera will eat a dish known as Broth of Enlightenment, most of the ingredients for which are vegetables.
• The realArthropleura belonged to an arthropod subphylum group called Myriapoda, which includes the carnivorous Centipedes and the usually herbivorous/detrivorous Millipedes as well as other living and extinct relatives. However, theArthropleura's taxonomic relationship to other Myriapods is controversial and is contested by various researchers.
• TheArthropleura was one of the largest arthropods known in earth's history, along with the eurypteridJaekelopterus, with some species reaching lengths of up to 2.5 meters in length. These sizes were only obtainable due to the excessive amount of oxygen in earth's atmosphere in the Carboniferous, as well as a lack of any large, terrestrial predators.
• The design of the Arthropluera in Ark may have had some inspiration from the science-fiction TV show, Primeval, in which the creature in the show has a venomous bite. This similarity is only true from the show to Helena's dossier, however, as the Arthropluera in Ark lacks venom.
• The Dossier says that Arthropluera is "...An almost entirely military mount..." But next to the icon that represents it as being rideable there are question marks. - These question marks might represent the writers query as to whether or not the Arthropluera is capable of being saddled, not necessarily the capability of one being ridden.
• It is unclear when it was fixed/changed, but at this point it is highly ill-advised to utilize an arthro as a cave mount. They no longer pass through caves without gaining aggro from cave dwelling predators.
• It can be picked up by Argentavis, so you can lure it outside the caves and move it to a safer spot. Most of the time it doesn't move while taming (like the Dung Beetle,) but some times it will. To prevent this, put it in a box made of dino doors with 4 wood floors
• It might be a good idea to bring a saddle within the cave once you have spotted the Arthropluera you want to tame. They can get stuck if you set them on follow.
• The Arthropluera can breathe underwater, since it lacks an oxygen stat. Players can easily tame one without using Bug Repellent by simply luring them in the water
• The Arthropluera is one of the only two tameable creatures(other than theTitans from theExtinction map) that can break TEK structures, the other being the Titanosaur.
  • As of version v280.130, Arthropluera is currently the only non-special/non-exclusive/non-boss dino to be able to damageTek structures. (Not counting Corrupted or Enraged)
• The Arthropluera deals recoil damage from its acidic blood to any tame or survivor that directly touches it when attacking including all melee attacks, similar to the recoil damage dealt by a Kentrosaurus with its spikes, however, it also drastically reduced the durability of the melee weapon when get hit by said melee weapon.
• Arthoplureas do not produce Feces.
• Prior to316.19, Arthropluera gender were unrecognizable, only seen as a white name as opposed to pink or blue names representing the gender.
• Don't use a Noglin on Arthropluera as its acid blood will damage it when removing it.

Changelog[]

Patch	Changes
240.0	Arthropluera is added to the game.
240.1	Reduced collision size of the Arthropluera to allow it access through caves, entrances, and gates
240.2	Fixed Arthropluera offset when riding on an Elevator Platform Can now be ridden in the water Reduced damage knockback done to the Arthropluera
240.4	Fixed performance issue with Arthropluera physics
241.0	Added an AI turret mode for the Arthropluera, to which it will stay still and spit at nearby enemies when provoked or agressive
258.2	Fixed being able to access interactions with the Arthropluera
260.0	Fixed Argentavis not being able to pick up the Arthropluera
261.0	Added more Arthropluera to theSwamp Cave
262.0	Significantly reduced the number of Arthropluera in theSwamp Cave
275.0 Aberration Expansion Release	Added the Aberrant Arthropluera
280.130	Arthropluera bite attack can now damage Stone Structures, Metal Structures, and Tek Structures Arthropluera now takes 5x more explosive damage Arthropluera now takes 3x more projectile damage
285.104 Extinction Expansion Release	Added the Corrupted Arthropluera
316.19 TLC 3	Arthropluera are now breedable
318.9	Fixed a bug which prevented Arthroplueras, Spider, and Onyc that were in Cryopod from being deployed

Spotlight[]

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