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The Genesis 1 Ocean biome sure is beautiful, isn’t it? It’s a shame the oceans are so neglected in vanilla ARK, with most of the creatures in them being hyper-aggressive bite spammers. So, let’s give it a little boost, shall we? ZCI5250 presents: Rhomaleosaurus aestosalus: the Tidal Torpedo! Dossier: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Summary: Rhomaleosaurus is a Mid-Late game Momentum-Based Attacker that utilises Whirlpools to launch itself long distances or at targets Main gimmicks: Tidesurfing and Vortex Generation: Both in the wild and when tamed, Rhomaleos can harness the accelerating power of Whirlpools to build up momentum before launching themselves out at high speeds. The buildup of momentum from these whirlpools allows the Rhomaleo to dish out powerful blows, or even just travel long distances quickly. If there are no whirlpools in the vicinity, Rhomaleos are able to generate their own temporary Vortexes for a variety of purposes. These vortexes can either be used to trap animals in place for a short period of time, knock back small animals in the water, or even as launch points for the Rhomaleos to fling themselves at high speed. Tiderider Saddle: The Rhomaleosaurus Tiderider Saddle can be unlocked at level 50 and can be crafted in a fabricator or obtained from Ocean Mission rewards. This saddle includes two Oxygen Tanks on its sides that can supply oxygen to the rider, or be used to create temporary Vortexes. These tanks can be refilled by surfing at the water’s surface for some time, and their capacity scales with the saddle’s quality. The saddle also has a pair of cool handlebars tacked on to help survivors stay on the saddle better. Riders can also expend oxygen from the saddle to initiate assisted swimming, which ignores weight _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Taming: So, you’ve found yourself a decent Rhomaleosaurus and decide to tame it, but don’t know where to start? Fortunately for you, these beasts are a relatively simple tame. Just follow this set of instructions and you’ll be cruising the high seas in no time! Step 1: Approach the Rhomaleo This is the easiest step, as Rhomaleos will not naturally attack you. In fact, if you’re lucky, the Rhomaleo might even swim right up to you out of curiosity! Make sure you have some prime meat at the ready, as you will need it for the next step. Step 2: Entice the Rhomaleo with Food Once you have the Rhomaleo’s attention, simply feed it a chunk of meat. It should be distracted enough by the meat for you to sneakily get on its back. Ideally, you want to straddle the Rhomaleo’s neck, as its cranial horns are ideal for gripping onto. Step 3: Don’t Get Shaken Off As soon as the Rhomaleo notices you get on its back, it will begin to thrash around violently, trying to buck you off. In the process, the Rhomaleo may even swim straight into whirlpools and shoot themselves around to try to dismount you. Whatever you do, Do Not Let Go, as the Rhomaleo will begin to attack you until you feed it once more. Step 4: Repeat Until Tamed Congratulations, you have just tamed a Rhomaleosaurus! Now, what can you do with your new tame? Let’s get into it! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Base Stats: HP: 600 Stamina: 450 Food: 1200 Weight: 300 Torpor: N/A Moveset & Additional Info: - Primary attack (,,) : Bite, base 30 dmg - Primary attack (In Whirlpool) (,,) : Dash, dmg scales with momentum - Secondary attack (,,) : Bubble Wall, no dmg, high knockback - Secondary attack (hold) (,,) : Ensnaring Vortex, base 5 dmg. Damage over time & traps creature in place for a few seconds - C //: Creates a Vortex that lasts 15 seconds, behaves like Gen1 Ocean Whirlpools - (In Whirlpool) Spacebar //: Toggle drifting in Whirlpool - Ctrl // : Toggle assisted swimming - Omnidirectional Movement - Pack buff up to +3 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Final Words Thank you for checking out my submission! The Rhomaleo is one of my oldest ideas (In fact, I’m pretty sure it’s even older than my Darwinopterus!) and I am happy to finally submit it to one of these votes. All the art (besides the ones credited below) and animations you see in this post was made by me, which took a lot of time! If you enjoyed this submission and want to see Rhomaleo grace the seas of Genesis 1… Special thanks to Katana for helping me brainstorm and refine ideas for the Rhomaleo, do go check out his Paleoctopus submission too! Paleoctopus Submission Epic awesome cool stuff Rhomaleosaurus vote sticker by .sav Rhomaleosaurus art by Drawolf Rhomaleosaurus pixel art by ArkExtreme

Introducing Abyssosaurus! All art by Riskybiscuits + Dossier by Me Fan art (Thanks!) By Drawolf By Noeark Attributes -Bioluminescence (Along the body, the eyes and the tips of the Esca like the anglerfish. It is a color reign, does not need to be recharged Base stats Health-2700--Stam-850--Food-5400--Weight-1100--Damage-65 Taming -Just as you’re about to be hypnotized by an Abyssosaurus, throw a sea flashbang to stun it. This gives you enough time to feed it some plankton and to run before it gets un-stunned and chases you down. Done enough times will tame yourself the king of the deep. Bioluminescence Plankton swarms -These spawn in the deep oceans. These swarms can be collected into a Water jar and it will give you an item called “Jar-o-plankton”. It acts like a food source but can be consumed over 50 times before being completely used up Unique drops -Abyssosaurus Head (A rare drop that has a 1 in 6 chance of dropping when you kill a Abyssosaurus, can be placed on a trophy wall mount or the deco boxes where it can be used as a wall light) Craftable/Obtainable items -Sea flashbang (Unlock at level 38. Can only be used underwater, made with 15 angler gel, 1 grenade and 10 crystals. Used for taming Abyssosaurus. Stuns any sea critter for 20 seconds) -Jar-o-plankton (Variant of the Water jar that’s obtained once plankton is trapped inside it, can also be held. Acts like a temporary light source when shaken and used for taming Abyssosaurus. Returns to normal water jar when all plankton are used/eaten) -Makeshift scuba tank (Unlock at level 19, Keeps oxygen from draining for 10 minutes before having to return to the surface. Takes 2 water skins, 60 hide and 200 fiber. Reduces aquatic creature aggro range by 20% (including Megs) and increase swim speed by 1.5x) Size Passive abilities -Weight reduction (When in water, all resources/items/structures have weight reduced by 65%) -Dissipated Light (When hypnotized by a nearby Abyssosaurus all surrounding light vanishes, only visible light that can be seen is from Abyssosaurus. Both wild and tamed Abyssosaurus have this) -Dense skin (In the deep sea, all damage is reduced by 50%, except explosives which are only reduced by 25%. But when in shallow waters or by the water's surface, damage is reduced by only 15% and explosive damage received is increased by 20%. Also makes it Cnidaria and Electrophorus stun proof no matter the depths) -Deep sea power (The deeper you’re in the ocean your damage is increased by 25%, stamina and health regen increased by 20%, food drain reduced by 15% and speed increased by 15%. But in shallow water or near water's surface, stamina use is increased by 10% and damage dealt is reduced by 15%) -Shark and Xiphactinus proof (Deals 45% more damage to any Megalodons and Xiphactinus, plus both go out of their way to avoid Abyssosaurus out of fear that they’ll become it’s next meal) -Gentle Breeze (Abyssosaurus is immune to any and all natural spawning whirlpool debuffs and will gain 25% movement speed when going past one/into one) -Plesio-Synergy (When Abyssosaurus is nearby any Plesiosaur's, they gain 15% damage, 25% movement and attack speed. Only affects tamed ones) Abilities and attacks -//- Head whip (Thrashes its head and neck around to damage and knock back anything nearby. Works on land and in water) -Hold //-Dragged down (Swims around in a circle creating a whirlpool dragging creatures into it and dealing decent damage. When the whirlpool ends anything that was in it gets slowed by 45% for 10 seconds, any friendly tames/survivors near the whirlpool gain 25% more movement speed. Only works in water.) -Hold // on land -Hallucinogenic water shot (Uses 15 rare flowers and 5 rare mushrooms from the inventory and shoots a water stream from it's mouth and creates a puddle, makes whatever walks or gets hit by the water aggressive to everything and everyone, but when near Abyss they run away and avoid hurting it when possible. Puddle lasts 10 seconds) -//-MY EYES! (Consumes 5 angler gel to brighten its bioluminescence to temporarily blind anything around for 45 seconds that removes 75% of water fog. Also scares off Reapers and Nameless.) -Hold//-Hypno (Enter hypnosis mode. Anything in front of Abyssosaurus will go towards it and when close will become completely docile even when attacked. They won’t flee or fight back for 25 seconds or until killed. Affects tamed or wild land, sea and flying creatures within range) -Press C/-Lights out (Abyssosaurus will turn its bioluminescence off becoming completely invisible in the darkness of the depths, perfect for hiding in plain sight or ambushing your next target. Any close tames/survivors also get this buff and lasts until they attack/get attacked. Only works in water) -Spacebar//-Sonar (Sonar lets you scan for any alpha creatures or max level wild creatures in the sea and nearby land creatures) Land and space capabilities -While it prefers the deep-sea, Abyssosaurus is capable of surviving on land and in space with the saddle. It coats Abyssosaurus in a protective shield to keep its body from destroying itself. For space travel the saddle has folding thrusters above the front fins -It will no go onto land without you riding it. When on land attack is decreased by 35%, movement speed is close to a Stegosaurus and damage resistance is reduced by 40%. When in space it doesn't gain these debuffs. Saddle and saddle abilities (Unlock at level 69. Cost: 300 hide, 125 Cementing Paste/Achatina Paste, 360 Fiber, 400 crystal, 50 element and 235 metal ingot/scrap ingot. Made in the fabricator.) -Air dome (The dome is made out of prototype phase ray shield that lets players enter and keeps oxygen from draining when riding. You can't walk in the saddle but you can walk on top if it. If dismounting on the surface you’ll be on top of Abyssosaurus in front of the saddle, when dismounting under water you’ll be in front of the saddle swimming) Some special mentions that deserve some love Brontoscorpio. The space scorpion would be cool to encounter in space. https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/773050-brontoscorpio-vexator-venomous-disruptor/ Also check out Pebanista. Its a very interesting creature that deserves recognition. Guy that created it is a very good story teller as well. https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/772969-pebanista-the-sound-blasting-dolphin/#comment-3702318 Shringasaurus is a unique creature too. Its a support more then anything, but more of those never hurt anyone. https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/773012-roots-of-rage-–-shringasaurus Anybody order a toxic Snail? No? Well check out Spinyplatyceras anyway https://survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/topic/773008-spinyplatyceras-the-toxic-snail

Summary Nothosaurus Grandis or Nothosaurus is a Semiaquatic Marine Reptile (Not a Dinosaur) That protects the simulations deepest depths. It hunts in Mating Pairs capable of killing even helicoprions with its fast movements. It has a normal saddle and a powerful Tek saddle. Once tamed you can bring it on land to lure bugs in with its bioluminescence. Buffs & Abilities Nothosaurus Gains a pack boost buff when in a duo trio or a squad of its own species if there are 5 Nothosaurus The buff will disappear. Nothosaurus Can preform a courage roar. Nothosaurus Can preform a dash in water. Nothosaurus is able to passively use its bioluminescence to Lure in insects like Meganuera, Rhyniogonatha, Arthropluera & Glow Bugs Attacks Land Attacks Claw swipe Bite (Can cause Bleed) Stand Up Swipe Down Water Attacks Bite (Can cause Bleed) Latch On To Creatures Bite (Only usable when latched on also can cause Bleed) Kick (Only usable when latched on) Size I Have a image for this but i cant put it in because the top photo takes up all my space so i will put it in comments Taming First Knock it out like another tame but here comes the tricky part all nearby Creatures will become extremely hostile to you but mainly the Nothosaurus. You have to protect it for a certain amount of time depending on the level. lvl 1-40 will be 30 secs, lvl 41-80 1 min, lvl 81-100 1 min 30 secs, lvl 101-120 2 mins, lvl 121-140 2 mins 30 secs, lvl 141-149 3 mins, lvl 150 4 mins. Nothosarus Does not require a saddle to be ridden but does have a saddle with a scuba tank attached (Acquired at lvl 59) and a Tek saddle much like the Tropeognathus saddle (Acquirable after beating Moeder Boss). Conclusion Nothosaurus is a fast maneuverable mount that I'm sure will be useful for the Moeder Boss Fight. If you don't like the idea Its okay, But i recommend for you to vote for Rhomaleosaurus its a good creature and my personal favorite now. Also sorry for the AI generated Nothosaurus Images I'm not the best at drawing and if i did draw it it would look like a 5 year old's dinosaur drawing. Thx For reading have a great day