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    Common Name: Titanosaur
    Species: Titanosaurus Vagacastrum
    Time: Late Cretaceous
    Diet: Herbivore
    Temperament: Passive, unless approached

    Wild

    Today I witnessed an unforgettable sight. The extremely rare ‘Titanosaurus Vagacastrum’. Essentially a walking mountain, it is an absolutely enormous sauropod which has developed armored plates of bone protrusions all over its body.

    Between these plates and its unparalleled size, Titanosaurus is extremely difficult to put down. In addition, Titanosaurus seems outright immune to any sort of narcotic effects. They often inadvertently crush nearby creatures underfoot with every step they take.

    Whilst most Sauropods ignore non-hostile creatures, Titanosaurs take issue with creatures invading its personal space. This is probably because they aggressively feed off any and all plants they can find. Titanosaurus eats constantly, which certainly helps recover health quickly, even after fighting off numerous carnivores such as Giganotosaurus. 

    Domesticated

    I suspect that a Titanosaur, for all its sheer size, is overkill for a lone rider. Rather, for those elite tribes powerful enough to bend one of these titans to their will, the epic creature is employed as a mobile superfortress, capable of ferrying obscene amounts of weight, structures, defenses, and creatures across the island. Some nomadic tribes even have their main base on their back of a Titanosaur! 

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    I was wrong. Vaga is Portuguese for roving, or traveling constantly. Castrum is Latin for castle.

    Vagacastrum = Traveling Castle

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    7 minutes ago, I Want MY Burd said:

    Rex is shown in a similar pose on the Bronto's dossier.  The background drawings take even more artistic license than the ingame models; I wouldn't put too much stock in it.

    This is just speculation but I really want a giant predator that can swim

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    1 minute ago, Empereurfreak said:

    This is just speculation but I really want a giant predator that can swim

    We have the Mosasaurus. A massive underwater creature would most likely be a rare boss to encounter a fight with.

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    1 minute ago, Solitak said:

    We have the Mosasaurus. A massive underwater creature would most likely be a rare boss to encounter a fight with.

     

    1 minute ago, I Want MY Burd said:

    *coughMosasauruscough* That's fine, we can dream lol

    Please guys, I mean swing AND walk

    I already have a mosa and a giga but I want something in the middle

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    Just now, Empereurfreak said:

     

    Please guys, I mean swing AND walk

    I already have a mosa and a giga but I want something in the middle

    There's absolutely no way a large animal can adequately swim and walk flawlessly. When you look at a Giganotosaurus and a Mosasaurus, they are built differently even in the game. A Mosasaurus would struggle to survive on land while a Giganotosaurus would drown in the oceans.

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    Maybe the tame on this thing will be a supped up version of the new weapon coming in 233:

    - New Weapon: Electric Prod stunner weapon

    So maybe some sort of large Stun Canon/Tesla Tower in the TekTier.

     

    Who knows. But, as a player that does not much like the large carnivores, and has yet to tame one, another large herbivore, that CAN HOLD ITS OWN will be a godsend. 

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    2 minutes ago, Solitak said:

    There's absolutely no way a large animal can adequately swim and walk flawlessly. When you look at a Giganotosaurus and a Mosasaurus, they are built differently even in the game. A Mosasaurus would struggle to survive on land while a Giganotosaurus would drown in the oceans.

    And before this dossier, nobody has thought that we could get a walking mountain, don't kill the dream

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    1 minute ago, Empereurfreak said:

    And before this dossier, nobody has thought that we could get a walking mountain, don't kill the dream

    An Argentinosaurus or a Saltasaurus seems better as a "walking mountain" since Argentinosaurus is MASSIVE and Saltasaurus has the bony osteoderms to protect itself.

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    1 minute ago, the_british_kiwi said:

    correct me if im wrong, but this thing seems to be larger than the dragon?

    This thing secretly eat dragon for breakfast

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    2 minutes ago, Cenozoic_Eagle said:

    So, when is the map expansion happening? Soon?

    They've said time and time again, the island is gonna stay this size

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    1 minute ago, CarnageRex said:

    They've said time and time again, the island is gonna stay this size

    The devs said that if they add the desert biome, they will not change an existing part of the map but expand it

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    This dino was just discovered how did they already do this

     

     

    also I'm in love

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    I have a great idea but I need a desert biome:

    I will tame a titanosaur, take it to the desert, build a giant castel on is back and name it Cronos!

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    21 minutes ago, Empereurfreak said:

    The devs said that if they add the desert biome, they will not change an existing part of the map but expand it

     

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    That is absolutely amazing! ARK, you've outdone yourselves. Great job! Can't wait!!

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    1 hour ago, CarnageRex said:

    I was wrong. Vaga is Portuguese for roving, or traveling constantly. Castrum is Latin for castle.

    Vagacastrum = Traveling Castle

    Would you call it a.. Moving Castle? Would being the owner of one make you Howl?

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    I'm noticing a pattern. There are three tiers of 'marker' creatures that usually denote a tribe's position or standing. For sauropods, it's Diplodocus, Brontosaurus and then this beast, the Titanosaurus. Next are the theropods: Carnotaurus, Tyrannosaurus, and then Giganotosaurus. Though it's a bit muddled with them, given that folks like to include Raptors and Spinos and incoming others like Megalosaurus and Allosaurus. I personally think Spinosaurus is just a variation of Rex just as the Baryonyx is going to be with Carnotaurus. They all fit similarly in progression in relation to their counterparts.

    But what about fliers, though? Does it go Pteranodon followed by the Argentavis and then the Quetzal? The big vulture seems a bit out of place in the lineup of reptiles. So is there a third flier incoming? I doubt it, but, if so, then it'd be between Pteranodon and Quetzal. I'm hard pressed to think of something that could remotely equal a Quetz in the sky. If there's a sea variant, I'm guessing it's: Megalodon, Plesiosaurus and then Mosasaurus. 

    On topic, though: mobile cities incoming. 

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    28 minutes ago, the_british_kiwi said:

    true, and with the addition of so many sauropods, i really want to see Magyarosaurus >_>

    And I wanna see Plateosaurus... th-they count, right? 

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    2 hours ago, AHolySandwich said:

    My guess for this tame would be a new method, seeing as it's immune to narcotic and it is far to big to passive tame, my guess would be a new method or gameplay change such as wild fertilized eggs? Or possibly it could be tricked into loyalty, maybe by saving it from death? And maybe that would be a way to implement a loyalty system to all Dino's.

    Would be cool for a new method but everyone is forgettjng the slingshot with stones its amune to narcotics not stone hitting its head lol

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