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English: Cryptogyps lacertosus the cheater death Common name: Crypto Species: Cryptogyps lacertosus (hidden vulture and powerful) Time : Pleistocene Diet: carrion feeder Temperament : opportunist Preferred Food: Golden hesperornis egg Inventory Power: Cryptogyps can store Golden Hesperornis Eggs for a very long time to prevent them from rotting, in addition it can turn 25 Spoiled Meat into Raw Meat and 400 Raw Meat into Prime Meat. Power cheats death: Cryptogyps if his life reaches zero will have immunity to the next damage, if he keeps his immunity or he does not receive damage after losing it for 2 minutes, he will regain 2000 hp and live (or else 20% to see so it's not too cheating) Bird breeder : Cryptogyps can make baby vulture, featherlight, ichthyornis and hesperornis making these creatures obtainable in new ways and in non-canon locations. They will have like normal parents the random stats of the mother or the father however they will not be able to reproduce with their parent (logical it is not the same species) and will act like their natural counterpart Taming Method: Passive To start the taming I know it's contradictory but you have to kill the Cryptogyps then you have to make sure you lock it in a safe place but not too small or else it will refuse the next step, to start you have to do a bait, to do this you must put a taxidermy with a corresponding trophy equip, the bigger it is (so alpha and apex predator) the better the taming will be after the fight, you can put basilisk alpha, karkinos alpha, giga, etc, he will be attracted and you can lock him up to kill him, then once his power cheats death is active you must catch him, either by a metal bolas or by a megalosaurus (be careful, this removes his immunity) once you catch him you must wait 2 minutes (the time he regens, then you can release him wait without attacking him for him to approach you and once ready enough give him a caress, then depending on Cryptogyps's reaction you must react, if Cryptogyps attacks you weaken him to show who dominates, if Cryptogyps is imposing and opens his wings give him a golden egg of hesperornis, then repeat a caress and fight back if he attacks attack, if he imposes feed him, be careful, it will not lose effectiveness if you are the one attacking it, but if it is another creature (wild or tamer) this could affect its effectiveness. Cryptogyps also accepts golden mushrooms, basilisk egg, element ores and element as an alternative if there is no golden egg but will be less effective and therefore more likely to have to fight. Maps transfer or and spawn : Aberation, Extinction,the Center, Crystal isle, lost island, Genesis 1, genesis 2 Breedable : Yes (80% of baby will be torgos arcam, featherlight, hesperornis or ichthyornis) Saddle: Tribal Crypto armor unlock at lvl 68 (argentavis I think) add 65 armor need to craft : golden egg, fiber, hide, sarco skin, Rex Helmet Skin (look like assembly of stego plate, sauropod bone, etc) Saddle tek : Tek Crypto armor unlock at Dinopithecus king, crystal wyvern queen (make these boss cool to make because many only make island scorched boss and Rockwell) or the best a special boss for him because the center not have special boss)can swap mode : Add 120 armor, can use element for reflect projectile and dmg, Swap armor to dmg so normal make 120% dmg, can use element to make element charged attack, when crypto bite or lacerated make more dmg and have 25% chance to make bleed Swap armor to life, heal regen to 120 per second when use element and spoiled meat, transform with time into Mummy element after 24 hours if crypto possess in inventory many element, spoiled meat and golden egg (beware of spoil meat become meat) Mommy element is lvl of Cryptogyps who craft it, mommy element can be put in inventory of death bodies to resurrect it, but function only for tame was below or same lvl of Cryptogyps, if try on more lvl dino it resurrect but lost lvl to correspond to crypto lvl, when death body eat mommy element it transform into mommy before become alive. Mommy element can be use on wild but don’t tame them, so you do tame them by normal way. Immobilized by: Chain bolas, megalosaurus (it take it on neck), thylacoleo Immune by : Net, blood, radiation Wild : Have you ever seen a mummy movie? Well I think Cryptogyps could correspond, he has an immense power over death, able to protect himself from damage incurred or to kill before being killed, he can even literally mummify to protect himself. Unlike its counterpart Torgos Arcam, it is very tall, really very tall, it is easily the size of a argentavis on the arch, at the start when I crossed it for the first time I would have thought to see one, in sum Crypto at a pace that could be mistaken for an eagle, let's say that it is especially his long neck that betrays him, moreover, I saw him once one of them being taken by a megalosaurus that he had inadvertently just woken up, and he got caught, not something you would commonly see on other specimens of his size. Tamed: When I see some of these abilities, including the one on the element, it scares me horribly, could he be one of Rockwell's minions? He is able to corrupt the element in his own way, giving his resurrection power to creatures that come into contact with the mummified element. I've seen some of the best inventors in the Federation and URE build tek armor for this creature, allowing it to amplify its already existing powers or force it to corrupt the element, this armor doesn't do I find only worsen the threat that crypto can cause. Having a tamed Cryptogyps lacertosus can however be useful for travel, you can ride on its back as a flying mount, but you can also travel in caves with it, if the air pressure of a cave prevents it from flying, it can be clinging to your spine, being like Torgos Arcam quite light, and serving as a glider, it can hover in the air, but it can also move and therefore hover and make three leaps in the air before being forced to to land. He is not worth a draconis obscurum for traveling but he is rather useful for those who are not fortunate enough to have this mount, moreover, perhaps because he knows the element well enough to corrupt it, he does not is unaffected by radiation and elemental water, allowing survivors to travel through this hostile area well accompanied or to caves in other arks to hunt for artifacts. Feel free to give idea about crypto capacities and design ^^ Français Cryptogyps lacertosus, le tricheur de la mort Common name: Crypto Espèce : Cryptogyps lacertosus (Vautour caché et puissant) Époque : Pléistocène Régime: Charognard Tempérament : opportuniste Nourriture préférée: Golden hesperornis egg Pouvoir d’inventaire : Cryptogyps peut stocker les œufs d’or d’hesperornis pendant très très longtemps les empêchant de pourrir, de plus il peut transformer 25 viande avarié en viande cru et 400 viande crue en viande supérieur. Pouvoir trompe la mort : Cryptogyps si sa vie atteint zéro aura une immunité au prochain dégât, si il garde son immunité ou qu’il ne reçois pas de dégât après l’avoir perdu pendant 2 minutes, il regagnera 2000 hp et vivra ( ou alors 20% a voir pour que ce soit pas trop cheater) Reproducteur d’oiseau : Cryptogyps peut faire des bébés vautour, plumineux, ichthyornis et hesperornis rendant ces créatures obtenable d’une manière inédite et sur des lieux non canoniques. Elles posséderont comme des parents normaux les stats aléatoires de la mère ou du père cependant elle ne pourront pas se reproduire avec leur parent (logique c’est pas la même espèce) et agiront comme leur homologue naturel Méthode d’apprivoisements : Passive Pour commencer l’apprivoisement, je sais c’est contradictoire, mais vous devez tuer le Cryptogyps, vous devez alors vous assurer de l’enfermer dans un lieu sûr mais pas trop petit, sinon il refusera la prochaine étape, pour commencer vous devez faire un appât, pour ce faire vous devez poser une taxidermie avec un trophée correspondant équiper, plus il est gros (donc alpha et prédateur apex) mieux sera l’apprivoisement après le combat, vous pouvez mettre basilisk alpha, karkinos alpha, giga, etc, il sera attiré et vous pourrez l’enfermer pour le tuer, ensuite une fois son pouvoir trompe la mort active vous devez l’attraper, soit par une bolas en métal soit par un megalosaurus ( attention cela retire son immunité) une fois attraper vous devez attendre 2 minutes (le temps qu’il regen, ensuite vous pourrez le relâcher la attendez sans l’attaquer qu’il s’approche de vous et une fois assez prêt faite lui une caresse, ensuite selon la réaction de Cryptogyps vous devez réagir, si Cryptogyps vous attaque affaiblissez le pour montrer qui domine, si Cryptogyps se montre imposant et ouvre ses ailes donnez lui un œuf d’or d’hesperornis, ensuite refaite une caresse et rebelotte si il attaque attaquer, si il s’impose nourrissez le, attention il ne perdra pas d’efficacité si c’est vous qui l’attaquer par contre si c’est une autre créature (sauvage ou tamer) cela pourrait baiser son efficacité. Cryptogyps accepte aussi les champignons doré, œuf de basilisk, minerais d’élément et élément comme alternative si il n’y a pas d’œuf doré mais se sera moins efficace et donc plus de chance de devoir se battre. Cartes de transfer et où de spawn : Aberation, Extinction, the Center, Crystal isle, lost island, Genesis 1, genesis 2 Reproductible : Oui (80% des bébés seront des torgos arcam, plumineux, hesperornis et ichthyornis) Selle : Armure tribale de crypto déblocable au niveau 68 (argentavis je pense) ajoute 65 d’armure a besoin pour être fabriquée : œuf d’or, fibre, peau, peau de sarco, costume de casque de crâne de rex (ressemble à un assemblage d’os de stego, sauropod etc Selle tek : Armure tek de crypto déblocable par le roi Dinopithecus, Reine crystal wyvern(faisant d’eux des boss utile car souvent on fait que ceux de the island et scorched et de Rockwell ) peut changer de mode : Ajoute 120 d’armure, peut user de l’élément pour refléter les projectiles et dommage Converti l’armure en dommage ainsi les dégâts normaux sont de 120% dmg, peut user de l’élément pour faire des attaque chargée en element, lorsque crypto mors ou lacère il a 25% de chance de provoquer un saignement Converti l’armure en vie, la vie se régénère de 120 par seconde lorsqu’il use de l’élément, de la viande avarié et œuf d’or d’hesperornis, transforme avec le temps en élément momifié après 24 heures, si crypto possèdent beaucoup d’élément, viande avarié et œuf d’or (attention à la viande avarié qui devient de la viande crue ) Element momifié est du niveau du crypto qui l’a fabriqué, élément momifié peut être mis dans l’inventaire d’un corp défunt pour le ressusciter, mais fonctionne seulement sur les créatures qui sont du même niveau ou inférieur à Cryptogyps, si tenter sur un niveau supérieur cela fonctionnera mais descendra le niveau à celui du crypto, lorsque un corp mort mangera l'élément momifié cela le transforme en momie avant d’éclater et fr reprendre vie. L’élément momifié peut être user sur une créatures sauvages mais ne l’apprivoisera pas, donc ils devront être apprivoiser d’une manière normale. Immobiliser par : bolas en metal, megalosaurus (it take it on neck), thylacoleo Immuniser par : Net, saignement, radiation Sauvage : Avez-vous déjà vu un film de momie ? Eh bien je pense que Cryptogyps pourrait correspondre, il a un pouvoir sur la mort immense, capable de se protéger des dégâts encourus ou alors de tuer avant d’être tué, il peut même momifier littéralement pour se protéger. Contrairement à son homologue Torgos Arcam il est très grand, vraiment très grand, il fait aisément la taille d’un argentavis sur l’arche, au départ quand je l’ai croisée pour la première fois j’aurais cru en voir un, en somme Crypto à une allure qu’on pourrait confondre avec un aigle, disons que c’est surtout son long cou qui le trahit, d’ailleurs, je l’ai aperçu une fois l’un d’entre eux se faire prendre par un megalosaurus qu’il venait par mégarde de réveillé, et il s’est fait attraper, ce n’est pas une chose qu’on pourrait couramment voir sur d’autre spécimens de sa taille. Apprivoisé : Lorsque je vois certaines de ces capacités, y comprit celle sur l'élément, cela me fait horriblement peur, serait-il l’un des sbires de Rockwell ? Il est capable de corrompre l'élément à sa manière, donnant son pouvoir de résurrection aux créatures qui seraient en contact avec l’élément momifié. J’ai vu certain des meilleurs inventeurs de la Fédération et des URE construire une armure tek pour cette créature, lui permettant d’amplifier ses pouvoirs déjà présent ou de l’obligé à corrompre de l’élément, cette armure ne fait, je trouve qu’empirer la menace que crypto peut causer. Avoir un cryptogyps lacertosus apprivoisé peut cependant être utile pour voyager, ont peut monter sur son dos comme monture volante, mais on peut aussi voyager dans les grottes avec, si la pression de l’air d’une grotte empêche de voler, il peut s'agripper à votre échine, étant comme torgos arcam assez léger, et servir de planeur, il peut faire un vol stationnaire dans les airs, mais il peut aussi bouger et donc planer et faire trois bond dans les airs avant d’être obligé d'atterrir. Il ne vaut pas un draconis obscurum pour voyager mais il est plutôt utile pour ceux qui n’ont pas le bonheur d’avoir cette monture, de plus, peut être du fait qu’il connaît assez l’élément pour le corrompre, il n’est pas affecté par les radiations et l’eau d’élément, permettant ainsi aux survivants de voyager dans cette zone hostile bien accompagné ou d’aller dans des grottes des autres arches à la traque aux artéfacts. Sentez vous libre d’ajouter des idées à crypto sur ces capacités et design ^^

Edaphosaurus mimos is a small creature in comparison to most of Arks critters. Being comparable to Phiomia in size (if you ignore the sail on its back) it doesn't look like much at first glance. However, this animal just like its relative, Dimetrodon, has the ability to change temperature around. Though Edaphosaurus has perfected this ability to the point where it can weaponize it. Taming Taming is a bit of a mix between Gacha and Moschops. First you need to walk up to Edapho and check what would it want to eat right now (that can range from raw meat and berried to stuff like tree sap and rare flowers) and drop the desired food on the ground close to the creature. It will then make its way towards the dropped items and eat them, forcing the taming bar to gain progress. Repeat a few times and you should have your own Edaphosaurus in no time. Utility This creature can launch heat and cold impulses around itself setting enemies on fire or slowing and freezing them respectively. This ability is especially useful in caves since heat impulse does extra damage to insects and arachnids, while the cold one downs fliers like bats, while damaging them of course. Both of these attacks also cause Purlovias to unburrow from the ground and makes them unable to pounce players and tames for a bit after that. These impulses cause such high changes to temperature of the surrounding area that anyone not affected by insulation buff could experience a quick death from hyper-/hypothermia. To assure that other Edaphosauruses or their riders don't get in this situation, Edaphos grant its rider insulation. These creatures and their riders are also completely immune to weather effects like blizzards, sandstorms or heat waves. When they're not using any of their temperature attacks, they're able to mask their body temperature, making them unnoticable to most wild creatures. Be wary that these folks shouldn't be used for hatching eggs like Dimetrodons. Edapho can only cause extreme heat and cold so most eggs will start losing health really fast when they're around those creatures, but eggs that require extreme temperature, like Wyvern or Rock Drakes, will hatch faster than usual. In terms of stats they have high health and decent weight. Reasonable amounts of stamina to balance their abilities a bit, but running doesn't consume any of it. Additonal Info - Edaphosaurus has a saddle with two seats (one on each side of the sail). - This creatures has sexual dimorphism in the form of sail patterns. - Its a docile omnivore. Note I hope you liked my idea for this creature and that I didn't make it too OP. Feel free to comment your thoughts below and your own ideas as well. (pls don't hurt me for that Edaphosaurus art, I know I'm not the best at drawing)

Stellar’s Sea Cow: Information: This animal went extinct in 1768 and was found between Russia and Alaska. It ate kelp and seaweed. If it would be added to kelp it would be a nice underwater tank that is a mobile creature with the ability to heal and would have a large carry weight. Wild: The sea cow would be passive unless it’s invoked. It would be found in the ocean but not deep down in groups of 3 to 4. Taming Method: It would be a passive tame that once fed black pearls, would let you ride around where you have to sniff out more black pearls. Tamed: This creature would be a underwater tank that is immune to the jellyfish’s stings, barxynx tail swipe, and other moves that stun your creature. If the sea cow kills a jellyfish it will get a healing buff added to it. It abilities would be a regular bite attack, an attack where you can shoot water out of your mouth that can dismount players off flyers, but this would have 3 charges before you have to wait to use it again. If this move is used underwater, it will shoot a wave that will knock back enimies. It would have a sniff ability that lets you search for black pearls along with the added buff of getting bonus black pearls from creatures that drop it. It’s main ability will be like a deodon where it can heal Dino’s on your team. Mobility: The sea cow would have a two player saddle that gives oxygen to the riders. It would have a huge carry weight making it useful for transporting loot and like an otter it can hold two artifacts. This creature would also be decently fast, like a dire bear, the more it swims the faster it gets. Why It should be added: This creatures healing ability would be very useful for the motor boss fight on genesis. It’s speed and health would also make it useful for all underwater caves. Overall the Steller’s sea cow if added would make a great addition to arks mostly boring oceon.

ARK has many prehistoric creatures, but I think we could use some more that are not necessarily more large theropods or creatures that are better counterparts. We have many dinosaurs, other reptiles, mammals, some insects, fish, even a few birds, but I think synapsids are the group that's being slept on. That's why I thought they could use a member that could really prove useful in later parts of the game or maybe even PVP. Overview Edaphosaurus mimos would be a small creature, but since in ARK we don't really care about scientific sizes, I would put it somewhere between Phiomia and Ovis in these terms. This cousin of Dimetrodon, would also posses ability to mess with temperature, a bit differently, but more about that later. It would be an omnivore, that prefers honey over anything with taming method similar to that of a Gacha, where you just throw its taming food on the ground and wait for it to eat it. Domesticated specimens would also heal significantly more health after eating honey from their inventory, much like Rock Drakes do with Nameless venom. Since its too small and has the sail on its back, traditional saddle won't work, but maybe its sail could be strong enough to support two seats on the sides of Edaphosaurus. Edaphosaurus lives in swamps just like its cousin and just like its relative its not looking for trouble there. You'd normally find one or two strolling around despite all the crocs, snakes and Baryonyxes. They aren't aggressive nor territorial, but will defend themselves while attacked. Skills and abilities Edaphosaurus can manipulate temperature around it with its sail to create either extreme cold or heat. When set to specific one, they can send out an impulse of said temperature with cold slowing enemies, and heat setting them on fire. This can also be very useful in PVP as it also affects enemy players and giving them the effect of hypo/hyperthermia. Its worth noting that the impulses also have some other advantages to them. Flyers affected by cold impulse will be grounded for short time. That debuff reoccurs as long as the creature is in range of Edaphosaurus attacks. Fire impulse on the other hand, deals increased damage to insects. This abilities make Edaphosaurus great for caving since it can both ground bats with cold and make quick work of insects with heat. Both of these impulses can also make Purlovias jump out of the ground, they can't, however, throw off Edaphos rider for some time, while affected by this ability. Unlike Dimetrodon, this creature mastered the ability to control temperature of its own body to the extent where it can mask its presence from hostile creatures. In terms of stats it would have good weight and decent health for a creature of this size. It wouldn't be too fast (on par with Parasaur maybe), but running wouldn't consume stamina, just like on Iguanodon. Its would be a decent swimmer as well, with no oxygen stat, but its temperature impulses don't work underwater. Be wary that unlike its cousin, Edapho isn't good for hatching eggs. At least not all of them. Since it can cause either extreme heat or cold, it might see some use in hatching Wvyern, Rock Drake or Magmasaurus eggs, but all the others probably won't be able to withstand such crazy temperature. Cosmetics On cosmetic side, I think it would be nice to see some sexual dimorphism, with males having bigger sails, and sail patterns differing between genders. If by any chance we could get some different variants of this creature, I could definitely see an aberrant one in Bioluminescent/Blue Chamber of Aberration, or an X variant in the Bog biome on Genesis. Maybe we could go as far as an R variant in Rockwells Corrupted Gardens on Genesis part 2... Conclusion If you liked my idea for this creature, please leave an upvote and if you have any other ideas of how to improve this critter, feel free to comment. I'd really like to know what other people think of how Edaphosaurus could be implemented in the game. Thanks for your time survivor!