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Latzelia Primordialis - The Living Artillery Cannon So we all know and love (hate) the acid spitting, armor destroying millipede Arthropleura, but now prepare for the new idea of a massive centipede, with the ability to lob exploding acid blobs of many varieties, the Latzelia Primordialis. So the basic idea for this creature submission would be a rather large, lets say around Basilisk sized centipede that resembles a house centipede, just way bigger. Now for the abilities i have thought for this creature: Torpor inducing bite ála Arthropleura Wall climbing, this creature would be the first platform saddled creature to be able to climb walls and ceilings. Though it would be rather slow climber all things considered and the platform isn´t too big. Skipping on water surfaces, similar to the Rhyniognatha or the Bloodstalker, only slower. Faster with the tek saddle equipped, could use the same jet boosts as with the hovering ability (read below). Spitting exploding acid globules, think Arthropleura but bigger in scale and with added AoE, they could use a variety of different ammunition. They also have a gas attack that has different properties depending on the ammunition used. They would have an eerie luminescent glow to their legs and abdomen, changing color based on what they are eating or using as ammunition. If you hade more than one type of ammunition in it´s inventory, you would be able to change them in a command wheel on the go. Oil - Black color: Spit explodes in to oil slicks and gas attack blinds and slows enemies. Low damage. Healing Brew - Red color: Spit explodes in to regenerating area that lingers for a moment, gas attack becomes a healing AoE similar to Daeodon. Deals no damage. Propellant - Orange color: Spit explodes in to sticky flames. Gas attack bursts out flaming gas around it self. Low initial damage, sets things ablaze. Narcotic - Green color: Spit explodes in to a tranquilizing AoE splash. Gas attack works a bit like the gas grenade but with larger AoE. Low damage. Stone - White color: Spits out a goop covered rock, deals concussive damage like a catapult. Can damage up to stone buildings. Medium damage and no gas attack. Ammonite bile - Lime color: Spits out ammonite bile in an explosive glob, blowing up and giving out the ammonite bile debuff in an AoE. Gas attack does the same thing but around the creature. No initial damage. Spoiled meat - Dark green color: Spits out an acidic glob that explodes, dealing high damage to armor durability like arthropleura spit except in AoE. Gas attack does the same thing but around the creature. Medium damage. Organic polymer - Cyan color: Spits out an acidic glob that explodes, dealing less damage to armor durability, but has highest damage of all the natural ammunition types. High damage. Gas attack does the same thing but around the creature, damaging everything around it. As for the stats i would say its on the tankier side, with a good amount of weight for carrying all the ammunition needed, not too fast though. There would be a small platform saddle and a tek saddle. The tek saddle bringing the living artillery to a whole new level with new ammunition types to use along with element and doubling the AoE of the gas attack. The tek saddle also enables small jets from the tips of the creatures armored legs, allowing it to hover down, slowing its fall from high places. This would come in handy when you have to reposition or escape in a pinch. When activating the tek cannon, the creature buries its tek enhanced legs in to the ground, essentially rooting it self in place, enabling the rider with a 360 degrees turning giant tek artillery cannon, similar to the M.S.C.M. for the Meks. Tek ammunition types: 10 x Metal ingots + 1 element: Orange energy color, the cannon shoots a massive slug of molten steel, dealing extremely high concussive damage and being able to damage up to Tek tier buildings. No gas attack. 10 x Propellant + 1 element: Red energy color, the cannon shoots a large fireball or slug that explodes in to a large area dealing medium damage and bursting everything around it in flames. Gas attack bursts flaming gas along with flamethrowers from the tek saddle around the creature, burning everything around it. 10 Crystal + 1 element: White energy color, the cannon shoots a railgun beam similar to the Tek Railgun, dealing higher damage than the Tek Railgun, being able to pierce walls. No gas attack. 10 Biotoxin + 1 element: Blue energy color, the cannon shoots a rather large blue shocking tranquilizer bullet, dealing high torpor damage, some health damage and dealing the Cnidaria shocking debuff. Gas attack deals medium torpor damage and shocks nearby enemies. Taming would require you to feed both the male and female with the food corresponding to the color of their abdomen and legs. The required food is the same as the colors as the ammunition they use. After the initial feeding the creature will hold still for a moment, sort of "chewing" on whatever you fed it, enabling the harvesting of materials from their behinds. They are neutral untill you gather the materials from the rear, turning agressive and using their corresponding gas attack immediately upon gathering. You need to get Latzelia pheromones from the males, and Latzelia eggs from the females. Combining both with a simple rifle bullet in the chemistry bench and use the ammunition to shoot one of your own tames, starting the gestation process. After the gestation is done, the baby creature bursts out similarly to Rhyniognatha. After obtaining both tamed male and female, you´ll be able to gather the pheromones and eggs easier from your own creatures without the fear of being attacked, though with a cooldown between gathering. Dossier: Species: Latzelia Primordialis Time: Diet: Omnivore Temperament: Neutral Wild Latzelia Primordialis only confirms my suspicions about genetic modification done to enhance the creatures of the Arks. These hulking behemoths of a house centipede gone wrong are quite a spectacle to behold. They spend their days searching for food in the wastelands. Being rather omnivorous when it comes to food, they end up ingesting a lot of different materials. The materials they cannot digest are used in self defence however. If provoked they will spit out whatever indegistible garbage that ended up inside them, soaked in centipede digestive juices, enhancing the effectiveness of the projectile. And if that wasn´t enough they can emit a foul gas around them from their bodies that will turn even the hungriest predator around. Domesticated Many tribes want to get their hands on even one of these beasts for obvious reasons. They are adept climbers and can be used as beasts of burden, but the real power resides in their ability to chuck big globs of acid far away, preferrably at an opposing tribe, enhanced by whatever they have in their stomachs. I have even heard of some more technologically advanced tribes mounting giant cannons on the backs of these creatures. To get one of these insects to bend to your will is no easy task though. Requiring you to, for a lack of a better word, "gather" certain ingredients, mainly the pheromones of a male Latzelia Primordialis and an egg from a female. Some tribes have learned that by feeding them different materials would wake up their breeding behaviors, making it possible to grab the aforementioned materials from the behinds of these bugs. Just be carefull as they don´t exactly take kindly to anyone poking around their rears. Once acquired, one would need to inject the egg and pheromones to another living creature to activate the incubation of the egg. Once incubated the newborn larvae will burst out of the poor being, usually killing it in the process. Lastly i would like to say that i am by no means an artist and i am not asking anyone, but if you feel like it, feel free to post a prototype dossier here, along with any suggestions of your own. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latzelia https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/DT/assets/31/Arthropods/s09.html

Gigatitan In real life gigatitan is an extinct titanopteran insect from triassic kyrgystan. It had a wingspan of up to 40 centimeters and was unable to fly, but it could glide. In ark It will be found hanging on the sides of high cliffs waiting for unsuspecting flyers to pass. When it spots one it will lift off and glide towards it grabbing it and attempting to crush its wings. This depends on the weight stat of both creatures if the weight stat is very low gigatitan will instantly crush the wings and the flyer will have to glide to the ground and will not be able to lift off where gigatitan will come to claim its prize. After it is done it will simply climb back up a cliff and wait for its next meal. However if the weight stat is similar there will be a struggle where both parties involved are able to pull each other into different directions. If the weight stat is way highter than gigatitans it will eventually have to let go. It will look like a giant locust with spikes on its legs for grabbing. Abilities wing crushing gigatitan will lock onto the wings of a flying creature glider or onto a managarmer and attempt to crush its wings. If this succeeds the target will be forced to make an emergency landing and wont be able to get back into the air for several minutes. Wing flap every 10 seconds gigatitan can flap its wings to gain a little speed and altitude. Wing flash it will reflect the sun with its wings and this works like a flashbang to anything looking into that direction. Taming gigatitan probably burrowed its eggs into plants so to get one you will have to cut down trees until you find a gigatitan larvae you will then have to feed the larvae living animals until it is big. But similarly to a reaper baby they will attack you. Also don’t forget about their protective mothers that hang on the nearby buildings. You can pick these larvae up but they will attempt to struggle by throwing spit in your face to blind you and will also knock you off direction.

🦟 0 Rhynocoris iracundus It is an insect that lives in the destruction of extinction living in dry areas. The body, slender and depressed of these insects, of discreet colors or with red tones it has the approximate size of a triceratops its colors are striking They live in flocks of 3 having 2 female and 1 male the. females are ultra protective of the eggs and their young. 𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕤: The name assassin insects is not his name, he catches the hastily and with his beak pierces the prey and puts poison in them. Rhynocoris iracundus use their beak to inject venom into creatures. 𝕡𝕖𝕔𝕜: they use their big beaks to deal damage to creatures. 𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕜 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕤: Can stick to large creatures Large and medium-sized ones like brontosaurs and rex like sticks to creatures can inject poison, taking away stamina from creatures. 𝕋𝕠 𝕗𝕝𝕪: They have wings. What did you expect? 𝕋𝕠 𝕤𝕦𝕔𝕜: Can use their beak to suck the blood of creatures by making blood bags Can suck elements from creatures with Corrupted and from element veins. 𝕤𝕜𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕤 𝕥𝕠 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟: AThese adorable creatures can be taught to put different types of substances inside other creatures and survivors. medical brew: Can be used to heal creatures and survivors, healing straight into the vein Narcotics: Used to take down creatures and survivors by putting narcotic right into the vein energy brew:Grants an energy boost right in the vein for creatures and survivors as stated above he can also suck the element of creatures corrupted by the element being a great farmer. I think this creature would be a great addition to extinction because in addition to farming element it can farm blood and other creatures. taming: you will have to offer your dinosaur with narcotics in inventory in order to take down such a creature for the dino to suck all the narcotics and be able to fall and thus tame giving him meat since it is his favorite food. Saddle level: 42

Meganeuropsis permiana Species Meganeura permiana Time Early permian Diet Carnivore Temperament Territorial Wild Meganeuropsis permiana is an absolutely gigantic dragonfly, even more so than Meganeura quatpenna. It’s larvae can grow up to the size of a basilosaurus, making it one of the top predators of the local ecosystem. It hunts by hiding at the bottom of it’s habitats waiting for unsuspecting prey to swim over it. Once it spots it’s meal it uses it’s special lower jaw to grab the critter and devour it. But it also excells in combat. With it’s lower jaw it has a great reach and hits hard, while it’s chitin armour protects it from damage. When permiana’s maturation is complete it sheds it’s skin and emerges as an adult dragonfly. In this form it sacrifices it’s combat prowess in exchange for extreme flight speed and mobility as well as high carrying strength. But it’s still a formidable opponent, being able to grab smaller creatures, including survivors, mid flight and eat them. Like many modern Dragonflies the males protect their nesting grounds and attack anything in it’s territory with swift attacks until they find a partner for mating. Domesticated Once tamed, the permiana is a useful asset in every tribe. It’s adult form is a great beast of burden with high speeds and it’s semiaquatic larval form is a fierce fighter that can take on many enemies at once. Also, the permiana is able to stay in it’s larval form indefinetely, only shedding it’s skin when it’s owner commands it to do so, giving them the choice whether they want a strong battle mount or a fast scout. Concept Meganeuropsis permiana is a prehistoric insect very similar to modern dragonflies and probably the biggest flying insect to have ever lived. Dragonflies are best known for their adult form, flying fast and agile and hunting smaller insects, but dragonfly larvae are equally as vicious as dragonflies and are ambush predators, hiding at the bottom of their habitat and catching other insects, tadpoles, or even small fish! When tamed it starts out in it’s larval form. It is supposed to be an alternative to the basilo for caving, hunting and fighting. It is semiaquatic and can survive and fight on dry land, making it viable for swamps or caves which are only partially submerged in water. But one of Meganeuropsis permiana’s key features is the ability to leave it’s larval form and become an adult dragonfly. The Dragonfly form of Meganeuropsis permiana is exactly what you would imagine: a gigant dragonfly able to carry a rider and a swift and agile flyer. It loses it’s ability to swim and isnt too fast on the ground, being primarily a beast of burden and scouting tame. Abilities Larvae: -AOE main attack with it’s lower jaw -hydration buff, making it more viable in aquatic environments -grab attack: it can grab and damage a single creature, similar to karkinos -slight damage reduction (maybe 10 or 20%) due to it’s chitin armour Dragonfly: -360 degree turning(on the spot) -very fast flight in every direction, but can only sprint forwards -can grab creatures to carry them, or if activated slowly damage them to regain food -thanks to it’s extremely advanced eyes it can spot and highlight certain creatures which the player chooses in a menu -high weight and stamina stat for resource hauling and looting/scouting flights -can cling to walls and trees to regain stamina (like real dragonflies which often sit on plants to regain stamina :)) Equipment: -standard saddle, useable for both forms -tek saddle for dragonfly which enables it to shoot plasma bolts and perform a dash dealing damage to everything it collides with. (Larval form can also shoot plasma bolts, if you can come up with some special ability which suits it please reply) -No rider weaponry because the larvae should be strong enough and the dragonfly isn't supposed to be too much of a fighter Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meganeuropsis Wikipedia article to modern dragonflies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly

Gigatitan In real life Gigatitan was a huge titanopteran insect that was related to modern grasshoppers. Its wingspan was around 40cm and it was so large that it was only capable of gliding. It was a predator with arms similar to a mantis. In ark Gigatitan will be the size of a wyvern although a similar size to a quetzal or rhynio could also work. It will be able to climb on cliffs and use that or its jump ability to lift off. It will have the following ablities Wing flap Once airborne gigatitan can occasionally flap its wings to increase speed and altitude/ Slash with its front legs it will slash the area perfect for doing precise dive bombing damage without getting to close to the ground Wing clipper while in flight it can capture other flyers and damage their wings. This will put the flyer into a glide mode where it will be forced to the ground and temporarily disabled. Perfect for gigatitan to catch up on its prey taming to tame them you will have to hold on to them with a grappling hook and target wild flyers that the gigatitan will attack (similar to how tamed animals attack a target) in this time you need to get it to kill as many as possible before it lands which it will after not having a target for a while. Breeding gigatitan laid its eggs inside of plants so in game you will have to put the eggs in a plant species or crop plant which it will destroy

WILD Bombyx Mandarina can be found in egg form inside bushes near rare flowers. These can only be picked using a sickle, as they are very fragile. Once gathered, one must be quick to hatch the eggs, for they spoil quite fast once they are separated from the leaves. To hatch the eggs they need to be deposited in crops. Once hatched, the larvaes will start consuming huge amounts of fiber until the reach the pupa phase. After some time, the insect will break free form the pupa, resulting in a beautiful moth. They are an example of sexual dimorphism, as females present more vibrant colors and are bigger than the male counterpart. DOMESTICATED Once domesticated, the silkmoth becomes unable to fly or persist outside human care. However, this insect will provide survivors with an efficient production of an unique organic silk and clay. These valuable products are different from the rest, as they can be used to craft new sets of clothing and robust brick buildings. Silk can be gathered from the female moth, while clay is produced by the male. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLOTHING Female moths produce an unique silk that can be used to craft new victorian/gothic clothing. This new clothing can be crafted only inside the female moth inventory. The idea for this new sets is to be used as roleplaying clothing, as they don't provide much armor compared to flak sets (although provides a good temperature protection). However, one can level up an exclusive skill for the female moth: the crafting quality. This increases the clothing armor up to chitin tier. With breeding and imprinting this could change pairing it with flak tier. My idea for this new clothes is to look something similar to the Volkihar vampire armor from Skyrim or something similar to victorian fantasy clothes. BUILDING Male moths on the other hand produce an special paste similar to clay. This can be used to craft new brick structures resembling Victorian Era buildings. The new structures need to be crafted again inside the male moth inventory. In contrast to the crafting quality skill, one can improve the speed production skill allowing to gather more moth clay in faster time. My idea for this new tier is to resemble the Bloodborne building styile, allowing to craft darker and grimmer structure, with long narrow windows, carved doorways and arcs and also, using this new clay with raw metal, being able to craft new styled oil lamposts and fences.

Latzelia Primordialis - The Living Artillery Cannon So we all know and love (hate) the acid spitting, armor destroying millipede Arthropleura, but now prepare for the new idea of a massive centipede, with the ability to lob exploding acid blobs of many varieties, the Latzelia Primordialis. So the basic idea for this creature submission would be a rather large, lets say around Basilisk sized centipede that resembles a house centipede, just way bigger. Now for the abilities i have thought for this creature: Torpor inducing bite ála Arthropleura Wall climbing, this creature would be the first platform saddled creature to be able to climb walls and ceilings. Though it would be rather slow climber all things considered and the platform isn´t too big. Skipping on water surfaces, similar to the Rhyniognatha or the Bloodstalker, only slower. Faster with the tek saddle equipped, could use the same jet boosts as with the hovering ability (read below). Spitting exploding acid globules, think Arthropleura but bigger in scale and with added AoE, they could use a variety of different ammunition. They also have a gas attack that has different properties depending on the ammunition used. They would have an eerie luminescent glow to their legs and abdomen, changing color based on what they are eating or using as ammunition. If you hade more than one type of ammunition in it´s inventory, you would be able to change them in a command wheel on the go. Oil - Black color: Spit explodes in to oil slicks and gas attack blinds and slows enemies. Low damage. Healing Brew - Red color: Spit explodes in to regenerating area that lingers for a moment, gas attack becomes a healing AoE similar to Daeodon. Deals no damage. Propellant - Orange color: Spit explodes in to sticky flames. Gas attack bursts out flaming gas around it self. Low initial damage, sets things ablaze. Narcotic - Green color: Spit explodes in to a tranquilizing AoE splash. Gas attack works a bit like the gas grenade but with larger AoE. Low damage. Stone - White color: Spits out a goop covered rock, deals concussive damage like a catapult. Can damage up to stone buildings. Medium damage and no gas attack. Ammonite bile - Lime color: Spits out ammonite bile in an explosive glob, blowing up and giving out the ammonite bile debuff in an AoE. Gas attack does the same thing but around the creature. No initial damage. Spoiled meat - Dark green color: Spits out an acidic glob that explodes, dealing high damage to armor durability like arthropleura spit except in AoE. Gas attack does the same thing but around the creature. Medium damage. Organic polymer - Cyan color: Spits out an acidic glob that explodes, dealing less damage to armor durability, but has highest damage of all the natural ammunition types. High damage. Gas attack does the same thing but around the creature, damaging everything around it. As for the stats i would say its on the tankier side, with a good amount of weight for carrying all the ammunition needed, not too fast though. There would be a small platform saddle and a tek saddle. The tek saddle bringing the living artillery to a whole new level with new ammunition types to use along with element and doubling the AoE of the gas attack. The tek saddle also enables small jets from the tips of the creatures armored legs, allowing it to hover down, slowing its fall from high places. This would come in handy when you have to reposition or escape in a pinch. When activating the tek cannon, the creature buries its tek enhanced legs in to the ground, essentially rooting it self in place, enabling the rider with a 360 degrees turning giant tek artillery cannon, similar to the M.S.C.M. for the Meks. Tek ammunition types: 10 x Metal ingots + 1 element: Orange energy color, the cannon shoots a massive slug of molten steel, dealing extremely high concussive damage and being able to damage up to Tek tier buildings. No gas attack. 10 x Propellant + 1 element: Red energy color, the cannon shoots a large fireball or slug that explodes in to a large area dealing medium damage and bursting everything around it in flames. Gas attack bursts flaming gas along with flamethrowers from the tek saddle around the creature, burning everything around it. 10 Crystal + 1 element: White energy color, the cannon shoots a railgun beam similar to the Tek Railgun, dealing higher damage than the Tek Railgun, being able to pierce walls. No gas attack. 10 Biotoxin + 1 element: Blue energy color, the cannon shoots a rather large blue shocking tranquilizer bullet, dealing high torpor damage, some health damage and dealing the Cnidaria shocking debuff. Gas attack deals medium torpor damage and shocks nearby enemies. Taming would require you to feed both the male and female with the food corresponding to the color of their abdomen and legs. The required food is the same as the colors as the ammunition they use. After the initial feeding the creature will hold still for a moment, sort of "chewing" on whatever you fed it, enabling the harvesting of materials from their behinds. They are neutral until you gather the materials from the rear, turning aggressive and using their corresponding gas attack immediately upon gathering. You need to get Latzelia pheromones from the males, and Latzelia eggs from the females. Combining both with a simple rifle bullet in the chemistry bench and use the ammunition to shoot one of your own tames, starting the gestation process. After the gestation is done, the baby creature bursts out similarly to Rhyniognatha. After obtaining both tamed male and female, you´ll be able to gather the pheromones and eggs easier from your own creatures without the fear of being attacked, though with a cooldown between gathering. Dossier: Species: Latzelia Primordialis Time: Diet: Omnivore Temperament: Neutral Wild Latzelia Primordialis only confirms my suspicions about genetic modification done to enhance the creatures of the Arks. These hulking behemoths of a house centipede gone wrong are quite a spectacle to behold. Being rather omnivorous when it comes to food, they end up ingesting a lot of different materials. The materials they cannot digest are used in self defense however. If provoked they will spit out whatever indigestible garbage that ended up inside them, soaked in centipede digestive juices, enhancing the effectiveness of the projectile. And if that wasn´t enough they can emit a foul gas around them from their bodies that will turn even the hungriest predator around. Domesticated Many tribes want to get their hands on even one of these beasts for obvious reasons. They are adept climbers and can be used as beasts of burden, but the real power resides in their ability to chuck big globs of acid far away, preferably at an opposing tribe, enhanced by whatever they have in their stomachs. I have even heard of some more technologically advanced tribes mounting giant cannons on the backs of these creatures. To get one of these insects to bend to your will is no easy task though. Requiring you to, for a lack of a better word, "gather" certain ingredients, mainly the pheromones of a male Latzelia Primordialis and an egg from a female. Some tribes have learned that by feeding them different materials would wake up their breeding behaviors, making it possible to grab the aforementioned materials from the behinds of these bugs. Just be careful as they don´t exactly take kindly to anyone poking around their rears. Once acquired, one would need to inject the egg and pheromones to another living creature to activate the incubation of the egg. Once incubated the newborn larvae will burst out of the poor being, usually killing it in the process. Lastly i would like to say that i am by no means an artist and i am not asking anyone, but if you feel like it, feel free to post a prototype dossier here, along with any suggestions of your own. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latzelia https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/DT/assets/31/Arthropods/s09.html

All credit of the original idea goes to the op. Here we go 😁 let get this bug back to the leader board! The Bastion Beetle would be a great fit for any of the heavily forested maps. Especially the center! Here's my idea of how it would fit into the ecosystem of ark. Imagine you're walking through the red woods and you stumble across a colony of these impressive creatures. Imagine the light reflecting off their iridescent shell as they march through the trees. You are pleasantly surprised that these massive bugs are quite docile until they spot they preferred prey. You stand there mesmerized when suddenly an all too familiar hiss snaps you to your senses. A Pegomastax suddenly jumps from the bushes straight for you but before you can even react one of Beetles nearest to you lunges forward, snatching the pego right out of the air into its crushing jaws! Like ladybugs are to aphids, these Beetles voraciously hunt down the smallest of prey, happily snacking on all the arks most obnoxious critters. Even partaking in a ichthy here and there. You take a breath as you watch the Beetles continue their march through the trees, thankful you're to large for their liking. I give credit to the op for the idea if the sexual dimorphism. And definitely think its a great idea that the male and female would have different saddle for different tasks. I also think having the larval form has a shoulder pet that gives bug repellent is very useful! Ultimately I know it's up to the devs how a creature is implemented into the game. But how ever it's done the behemoth bug would be a great addition to the lineup!