ARK CENOZOIC - UPDATE 1 THE BEGINNING

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NEW CREATURES:

Diprotodon:

Niches:

• Pack Mule - can carry all items at 50% less weight and has built in storage boxes
• Herd Mount - strong in numbers
• Gatherer - can gather many resources at increased rates
• Surprise Attacker - can go on its hind legs allowing riders to rain fire on unsuspecting targets
• Weather Protector - built in tarp which also stops dismounts

Behaviour:

• found in herds of 2-3
• roams the desert and outback commonly
• neutral unless attacked, herd will attack together
• drops a lot of pelt and hide

Appearance:

• large mammal
• similar size to trikes
• resembles a large wombat

Stats:

• high health
• high weight
• low attack
• mediocre stamina
• slow speed
• medium torpor

Diet:

• herbivorous
• prefers beer
• also stimberries
• once tamed will eat any herbivorous food

Taming:

• the player has to use a tamed megalania
• this will the only thing that will inflict torpor
• immune to any other source of torpor
• once knocked out, feed its preferred food, beer

Abilities:
Passive:

• great berry, flint, and fiber gatherer
• pack boost with a maximum of 5 members, boosts damage reduction and speed 5% for each member
• can carry all items at reduced 50% weight
• can be ridden in pouch
• immune to bleed, slows and radiation

Active:

• bite - quick but weak
• paw swipe - slow but strong, deals knockback
• secondary ability - makes the dipro stand up on its hind legs; stopping the ability results in a slam with strong damage and knockback
• (any player in the pouch has clear sight of enemies in front and is free to attack)

Saddle:

• unlocked at level 48, rider can ride in pouch (2 riders max)
• saddle comes with a built in tarp that protects survivor from weather effects
• has built in storage boxes 1 on each side and one near the rear top
• storage boxes act separate from the dipros inventory but count towards its overall weight
• protects from being dismounted
• rider weaponry allowed

Aesthetic:

• can sit
• can roar

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Megistotherium:

Niches:

• Momentum Predator - can build up its frenzy increasing damage and speed while unlocking more abilities
• Solo Beast - is buffed when out solo hunting
• Hide Gatherer - gathers hide at an increased rate
• War Mount - High health and damage with a stun ability
• Med-brew Producer - can produce med brews after a frenzy state

Behaviour:

• ferocious and extremely aggresive
• solo hunter
• found rarely roaming the plateau exclusively at night hunting large creatures
• can be very rarely seen in the plains near the northern plain lake
• drops pelt

Appearance:

• large creodont
• protruding sharp teeth
• slightly larger than a stego
• very bulky (ark version has scaly armour like an armadillo)

Stats:

• high-mediocre health
• very high damage
• mediocre weight
• mediocre stamina
• slow-mediocre speed
• high torpor
• quick and agile swimmer

Diet:

• carnivorous
• prefers prime meat jerky, will only accept it while taming (or kibble)
• once tamed will eat any meat

Taming:

• only can gain torpor by getting hit in the head with large ammunition (similar to karkinos)
• (chalicos(TLC) are perfect for this task)
• immune to any other sources of torpor
• once knocked out, feed it jerky

Abilities:
Passive:

• hide gatherer
• inflicts bleed (-5% health)
• armour shred
• boosts all stats by 50% if there are <1 allied creatures present (solitary buff)
• deals 50% damage to creatures bigger than itself (giant slayer buff)
• (frenzy buff) - by attacking bleeding creatures or consuming blood packs, a frenzy bar will slowly fill up having 3 tiers; (25 attacks or 50 blood packs)
• reaching tier 1 - grants ability to do a roar and a 15% increase to speed and attack speed
• reaching tier 2 - grants a new paw swipe attack and another 15% increase to speed and attack speed
• reaching tier 3 - grants a new body slam attack and a final increase to speed and attack speed by another 20% (50% in total)
• buff can last indefinitely as long as there is blood to fuel the megisto
• if buff runs out, the megisto will be stunned for 3 seconds and the buff cannot be activated again for another 30 seconds
• automatically enters tier three when reaching below 25% health

Active:

• bite - strong but slow (bleed and armour shred)
• tier 1 - introduces a roar that increases attack speed by 25% for a short duration
• tier 2 - introduces a paw swipe - low damage but extremely fast (armour shred)
• tier 3 - introduces a body slam - flings megisto forward a short distance that damages and stuns anything in a big radius (high damage to structures)
• can use up a full tier of frenzy to craft a medical brew in its inventory

Saddle:

• unlocked at level 72
• allows for 1 rider
• rider weaponry allowed

Aesthetic:

• can sit
• tier 1 indicated by a red aura (like an alpha)
• tier 2 indicated by aura, and scaly armour becomes glowing red
• tier 3 indicated by aura, glowing red armour, and big glowing red eyes