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Creature: Pontolis magnus Time: Miocene to Pliocene Diet: Piscivore Temperament: Female are docile and curious, males are territorial and aggressive when the survivor gets too close Why I picked this creature? Ark doesn’t have anything like it mainly. We haven’t gotten a new water creature in some time, and in terms of mammals I feel we are lacking in that department in our oceans. Wild Pontolis can be found in colder regions, like the snow area on the Island. It hunts for fish and shellfish which make up the bulk of its diet. Like modern day walrus, they have a thick blubber layer to help keep them warm and protect them from other creatures. Pontolis are social, usually being found in groups of 3-5 individuals with one male as the leader of the group. He protects his territory and females, often becoming aggressive if other creatures get too close. The females, however, tend to be more docile and sometimes even curious. Males are larger with thicker necks and longer tusks. Domesticated/Utility Pontolis makes an excellent diving companion for multiple reasons. First, it’s saddle acts as a scuba tank, providing continuous oxygen to the survivor while mounted. This tank holds more air than a standard diving tank, however, once it runs out the survivor must return to the surface for the tank to recharge. The tank’s maximum oxygen increases as the saddle rank increases, with ascendant saddles holding the most oxygen. Pontolis also benefit from a pack bonus provided there is one male in the pack. Multiple males cannot be mixed in a pack for this bonus to activate, but the number of females doesn’t matter. Your Pontolis will put those sharp tusks to work. When mounted the survivor can charge up a bite attack, once released Pontolis will give a nasty bite dealing high damage to whatever unfortunate creature comes into contact with those tusks. This attack can also be used on carcasses for large amounts of resources. The longer the bite is charged, the more stamina it drains. Taming Taming Pontolis depends on the gender and requires 2 things, a hefty amount of tasty fish and a toy! Males are aggressive and will not hesitate to attack the survivor. Taming them requires you to first remove him from his females, and then apply enough damage to render him passive. Once passive, he will allow you to feed and play with him. At random intervals, he will require you to either play, pet, or feed him. This gradually fills a trust meter, and once filled you now have a new friend! For females, you must do the same in singling one out from the group, however you do not need to fight her. They are naturally curious, and are more eager to get to know you. Just make sure she is far enough away from her fellow females, and the territorial male! After taming, you can continue to play with your Pontolis whenever you’d like, and doing so has a benefit! You can continue to grow trust with your Pontolis through play and treats, and at maximum trust you gain a permanent friendship buff when riding, basically like an imprint! This buff only applies to the Pontolis you are riding, and is not passed on to any other Pontolis in the group. Color Areas Pontolis males have 4 color areas. -The body -The underside -The neck -Spots Females have 3 color areas -The body -The underside -Spots Art done by me Links https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontolis https://prehistoric-fauna.com/Pontolis-magnus

Protostega is a huge turtle that went Lived in the shallow seas near America Canada and the UK that fed on crustaceans 85 million years ago, it was quite large at 10 feet long and weighing 3 tons. Reasons - Theres are a few reasons this creature would be a great addition to the game. First of all, The only turtles we have are carbonemys and megachelon, its not really much. second of all, its a large creature and would have a lot of uses in maps that have many oceans such as the center or lost island. Appearance - This big turtle would have 2 front fins and 2 back fins with chitin plates on them with a tough keratin shell used as a defense from top attacks, the main colours would be a greyish green to a navy blue. they would have a tough underbelly to defend from below. Taming method - This would be a passive tame and would be quite time consuming considering the turtle must not take damage and must not get scared or the taming would go down. First you need a Fish basket (from Aberration) to catch trilobites. once you have them you need to find yourself a turtle, they would usually spawn near warms seas like at the southern/western areas on the map (lava area for fjordur) After you have found one, kill all the surrounding creatures to prevent damage being done to it. After that put your fish basket in your last item slot, go up to it and it will be curious and attack you, however if you use the fish basket in your last item slot it will stay docile for 10 minutes. Keep feeding it until its 100%. once 100% you can get ride it. ride it to the bottom of the ocean and kill anything that drops chitin or keratin (trilobites, eurypterid or ammonite). and the taming meter will go up. once full you have tamed yourself a protostega! Saddle - The saddle for the protostega will cost hide, shell fragments (dropped by protostega) fiber and metal. The saddle with act as a shield negating all primitive weapon dmg (bows/axes). those pesky bobs wont kill your tame unless they have crossbows or a gun. however it still damages the saddle slowly depending on the weapon but at least your tame is fine Abilities - Ok so you've tamed a protostega, what next? swirling attack - The protostega will swirl like the baryonyx stunning enemies under water for 10 seconds. bite - A standard bite that will do minimal damage but harvest minerals. evade - the turtle will use a rolling technique under water to evade attacks, it will take a hefty amount of stamina but will get you out of trouble. shell bash - The protostega will use a shell bash and ram from either side to knock away enemies and do some damage. quick turn - Just like the sarco the protostega will do a quick biting turn the attack enemies from the back and beside! leech evasion - while on or near the protostega leeches will not attack you. Wild encounters - In the wild protostega will be in groups of 3 or 4 roaming shallow waters near coral reefs, they wont attack on sight unless you have fish on you. they will swim away from megalodons and bigger but fight piranhas. yes they can go on land but they Don’t travel far and they are slow on land making it easier for them to die. Message to wildcard - Ive always wanted this creature in the game and i tried my best to make this as detailed as possible so you would at least notice me, tried hard, might pay off. - Galil