Imprint/movement speed

[Kenna87]

So me and my tribe mate are in a debate , and basically the discussion is does the imprint provide a movement speed buff to a dino even tho it doesn't state it in the buffs once a dino is raised , can anyone help clear this up 

[Pipinghot]

4 hours ago, Kenna87 said:

So me and my tribe mate are in a debate , and basically the discussion is does the imprint provide a movement speed buff to a dino even tho it doesn't state it in the buffs once a dino is raised , can anyone help clear this up 

According to the wiki, yes.

https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Imprinting#Bonus

"It will increase the stat-values of all stats by 20% at full affinity, including speed and torpor"

Having said that, I've never noticed a speed boost, but that could simply be because I wasn't paying enough attention to notice it happening. If you want to test whether it really works in-game you guys can set up a race with a non-imprinted and a 100% imprinted animal.

 

[CervantesMor]

Hi, is the question about Ark-Evolved or Ark-Assended?

- If it concerns Evolved (and talking about the latest version, because in previous years some things were different): YES, Imprinting increases the Speed of all Dino not-Flyers by 20% (with 100% complete Imprinting), only Flyers DO NOT receive this bonus except for Snow-Owl who will receive the 20% bonus (making him the fastest flyer in ASE when diving and lifting his nose just before touching the ground).

- If it concerns ASA (Assended): NO, currently no type of Dino gets Speed Bonus in ASA. Since in WC they decided to eliminate the possibility of modifying speed points, it is not even possible to get the Imprinting bonus on it, at least on the Official Dinos that we have with the first three maps.

 

--- Allow me to add a clarification to what @Pipinghot wrote: given that the Wiki.gg, due to the decision not to use two separate sections between ASE and ASA, can create confusion for those who do not know that the original pages have been improved over time based on the information updated over the years of ASEvolved, but only a few pages have updates based on ASAssended; it is certainly very complicated to create a single Wiki that concerns the same game but with two very different versions (ASE and ASA) and on many pages they are trying to "warn" that the page includes ASA or is not yet updated... this is demonstrated by the link inserted by Pipinghot, throughout the page there are references to Patches that concern exclusively ASE, at the bottom among the Notes you will still see references to ASE Patches and even more importantly at the beginning of the page it is clearly specified that "updating the information for ASA will be performed in the coming weeks."

The reason I checked that link is that I found the description "the bonus applies to ALL Stats" very strange when in reality four stats are excluded: Stamina, Oxygen and Creation Skill are not affected by the bonus Imprinting and this is actually also confirmed in the Wiki a little further down in the description, the fourth Stat I'm talking about is Torpor where the Wiki says it receives the Bonus... yet it appears to me that the Torpor score depends EXCLUSIVELY on the actual level of the Dino (multiplied by a base number of that specific Dino).  <-- @Invincible if you're there give it a shot!

[Pipinghot]

1 hour ago, CervantesMor said:

but only a few pages have updates based on ASAssended

Good catch, thank you.

[Kenna87]

Great stuff thank you for the reply and taking the time to post all the Information you have provided 

Note I now lost the bet haha but again thank you 😊 

Also note it was for ASA , sorry I should of made that clear at the start would of made your reply shorter 😀 

Edited September 3, 2024 by Kenna87

[CervantesMor]

No problem, even additional information can always be useful, many times it also helps to better understand situations overall.

We are in the "ASA general discussion" section so it could have been implied that you were talking about ASA, but given the type of topic I preferred to ask and specify the difference