Irritator, the angry desert spino

[JamieSmith]

 

The basic idea for irritator is that it would be the opposite of the spino.

While in water the irritator would be relaxed and therefore it would be slow moving and have very high health regen  as well as little to no aggression.

 

However, the longer irritator spends out of water the more irritated it will get. As irritator spends more time out of water its speed and damage will increase but health regen will drastically decrease and incoming damage will also increase.

 

This would make irritator useful on every map but for different purposes. On scorched earth irritator could be a glass cannon perfect for killing targets quickly. On the island irritator could be useful as an early underwater tank. Items such as canteens or water jars could be used to temporarily negate the  effects of the irritated mode if there is no water source nearby.

 

Its taming method could be dependant on its mood eg. An irritator in water could be a passive tame but if its out of the water its a tranq tame.

 

Should be slightly smaller than an allo.

 

Other ideas:

Angry irritators could ignore natural armour (rock golems, stegos etc)

Relaxed irritator could have significantly reduced effects from certain attacks ( jellyfish sting, purlovia pounce, tranqs etc)

Irritator sail could protect from extreme temperatures.

 

[Me1]

[rexridertitule]

 

Irritator
The Irritator submersus is a relative of the Irritator challengeri, it breeds in the sland, the center, ragnarok, valguero, crystal sland and fjordur, are found in swamps and in still water lakes and is not very fond of running water, when spawning the female moves a little away from the water and makes its nest which is identical to the current crocodiles and are attacked by compys trying to eat the eggs, Its colour varies from blue and yellow to green and yellow of various shades, its mouth is capable of grabbing creatures up to 2 meters long and it will not be able to lizard its prey unless it kills it, it often clashes with carnotaurs like the Spinosaurus which does not have good relations with tyrannosaurs.
Useful abilities
It will fish when given a command and activate free movement.
When he's in the water, he'll make a sound that will make a lot of bubbles and scare the bloodsuckers away

His saddle will be equipped with two seats one in front of the sail and the other on his tailHis saddl
He will gain a speed buff in the water
The pair irritator and sarcoshuchus is perfect for the swamp as the crocodile scares off piranhas and the irritator scares off bloodsuckers.
When the creature or player is from the tribe it will release the entity from its mouth without killing it 

Taming
To tame it you must disable its mother with a signalizer and then use a compy to get the eggs and run away with them. When it arrives it will have its sex defined according to the temperature, if placed hot it will come out female and in colder temperatures and will come out male, at birth the puppy should be carried in the lap to water and thus it becomes the survivor, it should be fed when baby only with fish meat or regular racion

 Weaknesses 
This animal will be severely retarded by low temperatures and if it stays more than 30 minutes in this situation it will throw the survivor out of the saddle and run to the nearest water point
Reproduction
To reproduce this animal when tame you leave the two Irritators of opposite sexes in mating mode. After mating the female builds a nest where she will have 1 to 3 eggs and there they will hatch by themselves and the gender will be random, but if you want to choose the gender the compy should be used again to collect the eggs without breaking them and put them in the incubator
 Useful abilities
It will fish when given a command and activate free movement.
When he's in the water, he'll make a sound that will make a lot of bubbles and scare the bloodsuckers away
His saddle will be equipped with two seats one in front of the sail and the other on his tail
He will gain a speed buff in the water
When the creature or player is from the tribe it will release the entity from its mouth without killing it
Taming
To tame it you must unlock its mother with a signalizer and then use a compy to get the eggs and run away with them. When it arrives it will have its sex defined according to the temperature, if placed hot it will come out female and in colder temperatures and will come out male, at birth the puppy should be carried in the lap to water and thus he becomes the survivor, it should be fed when baby only with fish meat or regular ration

 Weaknesses  
This animal will be severely retarded by high temperatures and if it stays more than 30 minutes in this situation it will throw the survivor out of the saddle and run to the nearest water point.
Reproduction
To reproduce this animal when tame you leave the two Irritators of opposite sexes in mating mode, after mating the female will build a nest where she will have 1 to 3 eggs where they will hatch by themselves and their gender will be random but if you want to choose the gender the compy should be used again to collect the eggs without breaking them and put them in the incubator
Saddles and more

Your saddle will be made at level 47 on a blacksmith table but can be found in blue drops, there will also be a small pouch hanging from the saddle with room for 4 items 

Drops
After his death he drops 
Irritator tooth
Spinosaur candle
raw meat 
noble meat 

[a1ien]

I just need a spino or sucho to win 

[Swagzilla865]

Irritator Aggravare Dossier:

In the wild:

Whilst not strong enough to compete with the apex predators of the ARK, you'd be unwise to dismiss the threat posed by Irritator Aggravare. Whilst typically the company of a loyal animal is welcome, Irritator Aggravare's potent venom enrages it's foes, making them lose control and enter a ravenous frenzy.

Domesticated:

Whilst taming this dinosaur is no easy task due to its tendency to anger both wild and domesticated creatures, I have seen some tribes succeed. Even more impressive, I have seen a few tribes use saddles that milk the venom from Irritator Aggravare and use a saddle mounted gun to enrage foes from a distance

 

Overview:

This dinosaur would be roughly the same size and strength as an Allosaurus (with no pack bonus). Biting creatures would cause aggro regardless of temperament (parasaurs etc would not run and would instead chase you) which would be useful for taming. This would also work against tamed creatures, being able to make them lose control and attack wildly (either it would ignore rider commands and attack the irritator, or maybe it could act similar to giga rage where it temporarily aggros on allies). Dinos would be harder to affect depending on level, imprint percentage, and the species torpor value. 

There would be a regular saddle which would be able to utilise the basic functions, alongside a fairly expensive fabricated saddle like the Andrewsarchus that would milk the venom from the fangs of the dinosaur to be used in darts fired from a small mounted rifle placed on the dinosaur's central horn. This would allow long raged shots, either used to attack players from a distance, or to lure fleeing creatures like tapejara's over. 

 

Countering Irritator:

The method for negating Irritator's effects would rely on a long unused Ark creature: The Pachyrhinosaurus. The pacifying mist would negate the effects of Irritator's venom, preventing your creatures from losing control. This would provide an important usage for a creature that gets almost no love, and thus adding these features would be bringing two creatures into the meta and creating an interesting back and forth dynamic

 

Overall I think this has the potential to be an extremely useful PVP tame that can shake up the meta by messing with extremely strong creatures whilst also encouraging the taming of a long forgotten creature. Furthermore its uses in PVE with taming cannot be understated, and I believe tying Irritator's abilities to its history and name (it was named such because it was so irritating for scientists to piece together its fossil due to it being discovered by non archaeologists first) would be a nice way to include another spinosaurid without encroaching on the roles of the other two.

 

[Me1]

The Irritator can live in oasis areas on scorched earth like all three obelisk. And it could be a great caving creature like the Baryonyx.

 

[doninhabilis]

[Kingkestrel373]

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