Pachystruthio is a giant bird known from Europe and Africa’s Pliocene and Pleistocene eras. This giant bird was nearly 1,000 pounds and around 12 feet tall, meaning it ranks alongside the giant moa and elephant bird as the largest bird to ever live. Unlike the two however, it lived on a mainland continent alongside many predators, and early human relatives. Already accustomed to such challenges, these birds have managed to make out a living on the Ark. Often seen sprinting across the wastelands of Extinction, these giants can be a useful taming companion, fast travel mount, or even an effective war bird. Whatever the situation calls for you can trust your feathered friend to have your back.
Abilities:
-Wall runner: When in a full sprint they can traverse and scale steep walls, rocks, and other structures that tend to block most creatures.
-Stone launcher: Large bird species today tend to swallow rocks and stones to help grind up the food they eat. In game you’re able to passively feed tamed birds stones. Once it eats enough stones it will gain the ability to perform a new attack, that being the ability to spew out the digested rocks at attackers like a living slingshot. The resulting stones being spat out can cause heavy topor and temporarily blind attackers.
-180 degree spin: Able to twist and spin while moving at full speed, then rapidly charge forward in the changed direction
-Peck: A basic peck that does damage and collects resources
-Boom call: Modern ostriches produce loud, deep booming vocalizations to communicate with each other. Struthio does this as well, and this boom hits at such a low frequency that it can be used for two methods. The first can be used to scare smaller creatures, corrupted or not, away. This works on animals up to carno size. The second can be used to detect resources, as the struthio will boom if you're getting close to a desired resource. You can train the struthio to locate certain materials in a similar way to a moschops.
-Weather detector: Able to detect meteor showers minutes before they happen, the struthio will alert its rider of the incoming threat by ruffling its feathers and shaking its wings.
-Eggs: These massive birds lay equally massive eggs, and these eggs on their own provide massive nourishment. They are most useful however when used in recipes, as they can be used as substitutes to craft antidotes, and can be used to craft any type of kibble. Predators love the taste of these eggs as well, and they provide a similar use to them in the way that raw mutton does.
-Insulation: Their fluffy feathers keep the rider insulated from both hot and cold temperatures.
-Kick: A kick that cause bleed and knockback
-Duststorm: When in the middle of a losing fight, these birds can rapidly kick up sand and dust, temporarily slowing down the attacker and providing an opportunity to escape.
Swimming: Modern ostriches are actually decent swimmers, able to float and propel themselves forward with their powerful legs. While not the fastest swimmers, don’t be afraid to cross water with your Pachystruthio. They’ll be able to pass the map's waterways just fine at a decent speed.
Appearance: Unlike modern ostriches who have bald heads and necks, these birds have fluffy down on their heads and necks. The rest of their bodies are covered in tough, weather resistant feathers. The only parts of their body not feathered are their legs and feet. Males tend to have brighter plumage while females have duller, faded versions in comparison.
Size: Absolutely massive, and undoubtedly the largest birds in Ark. Large bodied and a long extended neck, they stand taller than an allo.
Behavior: These birds usually travel in small flocks made up of one to two males and a handful of females. They are naturally passive unless provoked or if they’re eggs are stolen. If a member of the flock is attacked, the females will sprint away in all directions while the males will charge and attack the aggressor. If the attacker is overwhelming the males, they’ll kick up a dust storm and retreat. When unprovoked and peacefully wandering around, they will frequently partake in dust baths.
Taming method: These birds are very resistant to tranqs, and cannot be tamed in the traditional way. Instead a survivor must approach them while they’re having a dust bath, mount them and hold on for dear life as they sprint around trying to knock you off. While dashing around they’ll knock into objects like rocks and trees, and after a while of this they’ll crash and fall, briefly tired out. Once they're like this you can passively feed them their preferred foods, fungal wood, blue crystalized sap, or superior kibble. Rinse and repeat until tamed!
Saddle: There are multiple types of saddles you can equip with the Struthio. You can ride them without a saddle, the next is a multi purpose saddle that acts as an extra bit of added armor alongside a mobile crafting station, and finally a small platform saddle. The platform saddle is smaller than the platform saddles of other creatures, but still large enough to carry the basic necessities you’d need during travel or for battle. The multi-purpose saddle acts as weather resistant aid, protecting the tame and rider against the negative effects induced from being out in the wasteland. I’ve left an example below that gives a good idea of what I’d be going for.
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Pachystruthio is a giant bird known from Europe and Africa’s Pliocene and Pleistocene eras. This giant bird was nearly 1,000 pounds and around 12 feet tall, meaning it ranks alongside the giant moa and elephant bird as the largest bird to ever live. Unlike the two however, it lived on a mainland continent alongside many predators, and early human relatives. Already accustomed to such challenges, these birds have managed to make out a living on the Ark. Often seen sprinting across the wastelands of Extinction, these giants can be a useful taming companion, fast travel mount, or even an effective war bird. Whatever the situation calls for you can trust your feathered friend to have your back.
Abilities:
-Wall runner: When in a full sprint they can traverse and scale steep walls, rocks, and other structures that tend to block most creatures.
-Stone launcher: Large bird species today tend to swallow rocks and stones to help grind up the food they eat. In game you’re able to passively feed tamed birds stones. Once it eats enough stones it will gain the ability to perform a new attack, that being the ability to spew out the digested rocks at attackers like a living slingshot. The resulting stones being spat out can cause heavy topor and temporarily blind attackers.
-180 degree spin: Able to twist and spin while moving at full speed, then rapidly charge forward in the changed direction
-Peck: A basic peck that does damage and collects resources
-Boom call: Modern ostriches produce loud, deep booming vocalizations to communicate with each other. Struthio does this as well, and this boom hits at such a low frequency that it can be used for two methods. The first can be used to scare smaller creatures, corrupted or not, away. This works on animals up to carno size. The second can be used to detect resources, as the struthio will boom if you're getting close to a desired resource. You can train the struthio to locate certain materials in a similar way to a moschops.
-Weather detector: Able to detect meteor showers minutes before they happen, the struthio will alert its rider of the incoming threat by ruffling its feathers and shaking its wings.
-Eggs: These massive birds lay equally massive eggs, and these eggs on their own provide massive nourishment. They are most useful however when used in recipes, as they can be used as substitutes to craft antidotes, and can be used to craft any type of kibble. Predators love the taste of these eggs as well, and they provide a similar use to them in the way that raw mutton does.
-Insulation: Their fluffy feathers keep the rider insulated from both hot and cold temperatures.
-Kick: A kick that cause bleed and knockback
-Duststorm: When in the middle of a losing fight, these birds can rapidly kick up sand and dust, temporarily slowing down the attacker and providing an opportunity to escape.
Swimming: Modern ostriches are actually decent swimmers, able to float and propel themselves forward with their powerful legs. While not the fastest swimmers, don’t be afraid to cross water with your Pachystruthio. They’ll be able to pass the map's waterways just fine at a decent speed.
Appearance: Unlike modern ostriches who have bald heads and necks, these birds have fluffy down on their heads and necks. The rest of their bodies are covered in tough, weather resistant feathers. The only parts of their body not feathered are their legs and feet. Males tend to have brighter plumage while females have duller, faded versions in comparison.
Size: Absolutely massive, and undoubtedly the largest birds in Ark. Large bodied and a long extended neck, they stand taller than an allo.
Behavior: These birds usually travel in small flocks made up of one to two males and a handful of females. They are naturally passive unless provoked or if they’re eggs are stolen. If a member of the flock is attacked, the females will sprint away in all directions while the males will charge and attack the aggressor. If the attacker is overwhelming the males, they’ll kick up a dust storm and retreat. When unprovoked and peacefully wandering around, they will frequently partake in dust baths.
Taming method: These birds are very resistant to tranqs, and cannot be tamed in the traditional way. Instead a survivor must approach them while they’re having a dust bath, mount them and hold on for dear life as they sprint around trying to knock you off. While dashing around they’ll knock into objects like rocks and trees, and after a while of this they’ll crash and fall, briefly tired out. Once they're like this you can passively feed them their preferred foods, fungal wood, blue crystalized sap, or superior kibble. Rinse and repeat until tamed!
Saddle: There are multiple types of saddles you can equip with the Struthio. You can ride them without a saddle, the next is a multi purpose saddle that acts as an extra bit of added armor alongside a mobile crafting station, and finally a small platform saddle. The platform saddle is smaller than the platform saddles of other creatures, but still large enough to carry the basic necessities you’d need during travel or for battle. The multi-purpose saddle acts as weather resistant aid, protecting the tame and rider against the negative effects induced from being out in the wasteland. I’ve left an example below that gives a good idea of what I’d be going for.
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