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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Dreadnoughtus


Stats
BASE STATS
Stat | Base (Lvl 1) | Increase Per Lvl (Wild) | Increase Per Lvl (Tamed) | Rank* |
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![]() Health | 100,000 | +3200 | +5.4% | HIGH Ranked 2 of 168 |
![]() Stamina | 300 | +30 | +10% | AVG Ranked 67 |
![]() Oxygen | 150 | +15 | +10% | |
![]() Food | 13,500 | +1350 | +10% | HIGH Ranked 1 |
![]() Weight | 3,000 | +60 | +4% | HIGH Ranked 3 |
![]() Melee Damage | 100% | +3.3% | +2% | HIGH Ranked 1 |
![]() Movement Speed | 100% | — | +5.625% | |
![]() Torpor | 3,250 | +195 | — | HIGH Ranked 10 |
* Rank of the Base Stat of the Dreadnoughtus vs. all other creatures. (Rank #1 in Health = highest Health creature.) |
ABSOLUTE STATS
MOVEMENT SPEED | BASE | Sprinting (Wild) | Sprinting (Tamed) |
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Walking | 270 | ||
Swimming | 300 | ||
Movement Speed: % |
RECIPES
Dreadnoughtus Platform Saddle
- ×300 Cementing Paste
- ×1200 Hide
- ×250 Silica Pearls
- ×800 Fiber
- ×650 Metal Ingot
Element

- ×100 Element Shard
Tips & Strategies from the iOS & Android apps
The Dreadnoughtus lives up to its name,
Built like a ship that crashes with full force and tears apart enemy Titans(the Dreadnought)
The Dreadnoughtus gains a dmg increase and resistance buff when fighting big creature, capping at 50% against Titans.
It's neck and tail swing, while really slow, can out dmg a giga's bite. It can also eat cannon balls to throw it up and cause an AOE explosion that can be used to tame the Forest (3 or 4 shots per node) and Ice Titan (1 shot on normal nodes, about 5 on the Chin node) as well as Rock Elementals (if hit on the head), or eat element to release an Atomic Breath that deals more dmg the more hits it takes.
Its platform saddle has 5 levels (well, 3 levels-the lower 2 are divided by 2) and can be loaded by turrets. Be careful though, any damage done to structures on plat-saddles are also done to the creature carrying it (on ASA). So either fire from a distance, or square up with no structures.
And the 3 seemingly normal, but in the Dread's case craziest things about it:
-it can breed. You can make an army of mutated and imprinted Titan killers(and corrupted heart farmer)
-it can have a mate buff, so even more dmg and resistance
-and it can be buffed by an allied Yuty's power roar. So EVEN MORE DAMAGE AND RESISTANCE
Oh, yeah, it can also 360 on the spot like a Spino
~The Plump Mauritian Rain Froog
1# for damage doing 1080 with its normal attack. Titanosaur does 1000. This creature could easily solo an island boss. How would someone even begin to tame it? Itβs invincible and has 1# torpor! If u know tell me how to tame it.
For anyone trying to tame them right now it seems if you start the vein just a few seconds before it starts eating it the dinos it spawns just go afk and you can easily get a perfect tame
Be careful raising one, takes about 300,000 berries to raise up.
A lvl 76 has roughly 73k health. Almost as much as a wild Giga. A lvl 150 has roughly 144k health. Almost double a wild Gigas. They also have a platform saddle with 3 tiers on each side allowing for artillery to be mounted. They also have the ability to swallow cannonballs and spit them back out as acid covered projectiles. If you wish to tame one of these titan killers, these are the steps to be taken.
1. you will have to first obtain element which is easily obtained by element nodes.
2. Find your dreadnoughtus and feed it element. (Make sure to come on foot as it will attack tames)
3. Lure it to an element node where it will use its EMP ability and begin eating.
4. While the dreadnoughtus is eating, corrupted enemies will start to spawn and you will need to defend the dreadnoughtus from them by killing them. (An ascendant sniper works greatβ
5. Defend until the taming meter fills up completely and you now have your very own titan killer.
(As of launch there is a bug where the corrupted Dinoβs that spawn to attack the dreadnoughtus will spawn underground.)
They destroy small creatures when they step on them. Destroy players too?
Iβd highly recommend using a good imprinted managarmr to tame this. They donβt damage element veins with their ice breath and are small enough to NOT aggro the dread. Simply feed the big guy some element and kite him to an alpha element vein (smaller veins give significantly less taking effectiveness). Then, fend off waves of corrupted creatures (you cannot hurt the dread by attacking, donβt worry). They get a significant attack and defense buff against large creatures like gigas and extinction titans. Iβm breeding 5 to take them on right now!
Taming method:
(Don't bring any tamed creature, Dread would attack them)
1. Feed it with element, he will follows you for 1 minute
2. Bring him to the element nodes ON FOOT(The alpha one give more taming effectiveness)
3. After he arrived, he will start eating or something to the element nodes and the taming progress will be increased
4. Your job is to defend him against the corrupted creature
If you use a giga, you can aggro it and have it follow you anywhere, then cryo the giga and feed the dread an element to lure it the last bit to minimize the element usage. Don't do this with a wild tamed giga since if you get hit, the giga will rage, but if you raised and imprinted a giga they will only get around a third of their rage.
To tame the dreadnoughtus you have to feed it element and it will follow you for 60 seconds. Kite it to an element vein and it will begin eating the center, protect it until it tames.
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The Dreadnoughtus is a large sauropod added in Extinction for ARK: Survival Ascended. This creature won in ARK's Community Creature Vote and was announced on September 23, 2023.
What does a Dreadnoughtus eat? In ARK: Survival Evolved, the Dreadnoughtus eats Waves.
Translations: γγ¬γγγγΌγΏγΉ.