Jade317

While I agree with the sentiment, I do think mutation limit should be configurable. So if servers want to allow dinos to have 255 stats they can.

Ornimegalonyx is a very interesting piece of nature. a primarily ground dwelling, giant owl. I really like the idea for this guy too.

Yi Qi is genuinely one of my favorite dinosaurs and is the biggest inspiration for my line of speculative dragons. I have a few irks with the design, but to be fair, most ARK dinos don't really represent their irl counterparts very accurately.

▸Wild Ledumahadi are generally seen grazing and occasionally sharpening their claws by attacking rocks or trees. Ledumahadi are aggressively territorial against the carnivorous dinosaurs of the ARK. They become especially aggressive when their herd has babies, attacking anything that comes within their striking distance. ▸Domesticated Ledumahadi are sought after for their aggressive nature. These prosauropods are loyal to their survivors. While they may not be the biggest dino in the Ark, they are mighty, able to rear up and swipe at targets causing them to bleed. Ledu has a generic saddle that provides the dino some armour. They may also be fitted with a dual platform saddle to carry large amount of stuff from one location to another. Especially resources such as wood and stone. On it's own, Ledumahadi has a damage intake decrease similarly to Stegosaurus. They take less damage from dino attacks and some explosives. Ledumahadi are also somewhat omnivorous, able to eat meat if there is no other option. Because of this, meat and hide can be collected rather efficiently. ▸Taming Method To tame one you must gain it’s respect. When you approach the Ledumahadi will square up, you will be challenged by the dino to a on-foot melee fight. Once your duel starts you and the Ledu will take turns attacking, but be wary of the Thunderclap. It will stun you for 15 seconds giving the Ledu the advantage. You are able to deflect the stun attack by timing yours correctly. If you successfully deflect the Thunderclap you will gain taming affinity. At the end of the spar you will be able to feed the Ledu and finish taming it. ▸Uses ►Armour: Ledumahadi's hide is imbedded with tough osteoderms, these can be harvested from a Ledu's corpse and used in crafting recipes. A unique crafting recipe is "Osteoderm Armour". Unlike flak and Chitin armour, the Osteoderm Armour is more durable, lightweight and does not get too hot or cold. The armour pieces can only be crafted on the Ledu's platform saddle. Blueprints can never be found anywhere, so the only way to get better armour is to upgrade it via the platform saddle. Upgrading the armour, however, is resource heavy.(There is a cap to the upgrading) ► Weapon: Along with the armour, Ledu's claws can be harvested to make a unique weapon. "Ledu's Rake". While the name makes it sound like a garden tool, the rake is actually a rather powerful melee weapon with multiple uses. You will be able to harvest large amounts of wood and stone. By hitting the rocks and trees you are also sharpening the weapon, allowing it to deal more damage. Unlike other weapons, you must level the rake up to get higher durability. To level it up, similarly to chibis, you must kill alpha dinos with the rake. Once it levels up, it's durability and damage will increase and you will need to repair it. You can only repair Ledu's Rake on the platform saddle.(Repair is expensive and the level caps at 5) ▸Attacks: ►Sharpen Claws[Keybind: C]: Sharpen claws is an attack keybinded to C that will only damage Rocks and Trees. After attacking x amount of rocks you will gain a damage increase for 30 seconds. ►Swipe Attack [Keybind: LMB]: The swipe attack can only be used in the bipedal stance. This attack can be clicked and held to constantly swipe at the expense of turn radius and speed. [CTRL for bipedal stance] ►Thunderclap [Keybind X]: Thunderclap is a stun attack with a small radius. It lasts for 15 seconds. It will completely stop anything smaller than it and only slow down anything bigger than it. ►Bleed: Ledumadahi has the ability to bleed dinosaurs, however this is not a normal bleed attack. Ledu’s gnash is percentage based, and increases stamina drain. Once stamina is drained the target will begin to take 5% health over 10 seconds. (TLDR; Will only take bleed damage if you have no stamina). ►Tail Attack [Keybind: RMB]: A generic attack that causes moderate damage. (Art Made By Me)