Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Megatherium

Stats
BASE STATS
| Stat | Base (Lvl 1) | Increase Per Lvl (Wild) | Increase Per Lvl (Tamed) | Rank* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Health | 740 | +148 | +5.4% | AVG Ranked 70 of 192 |
Stamina | 400 | +40 | +10% | AVG Ranked 45 |
Oxygen | 270 | +27 | +10% | |
Food | 3,000 | +300 | +10% | HIGH Ranked 31 |
Weight | 725 | +14.5 | +4.5% | HIGH Ranked 30 |
Melee Damage | 100% | +5% | +1.7% | HIGH Ranked 35 |
Movement Speed | 100% | — | +1% | |
Torpor | 1,000 | +60 | — | AVG Ranked 41 |
* Rank of the Base Stat of the Megatherium vs. all other creatures. (Rank #1 in Health = highest Health creature.) | ||||
ABSOLUTE STATS
| MOVEMENT SPEED | BASE | Sprinting (Wild) | Sprinting (Tamed) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walking | 224 | 1280 | 960 |
| Swimming | 210 | ||
| Movement Speed: % | |||
RECIPES
Superior Kibble

SADDLES
Megatherium Saddle
×325 Hide
×130 Fiber
×100 Cementing Paste
×55 Metal Ingot
Tips & Strategies from the iOS & Android apps
If someone, like the ARK Wiki, tells you that the Megatherium exists on Scorched Earth, you have unfortunately been lied to.
They are experts at simply not spawning. With that being said, on the off chance that one does spawn, trap it and tame it immediately before the opportunity is lost.
They are capable of killing Death Worms with bug buff at relatively early levels, making them perfect for grinding experience from Death Worms. They are also great at gathering massive amounts of Chitin from the residents of the Desert, and Chitin can be used to craft Cementing Paste, making it very useful.
Think of your favorite tame... that was cute. Introducing you to your new favorite tame, GOD... I mean megatherium. Sorry, with one kill of a bug they are very hard to tell apart. You remember waking up on the beach naked and running away from those drones? Yeah, now they will have nightmares of a big ass sloth frothing at the mouth for their demise. Giga making you worry next door? Nothing a Megatherium or 20 and some bug crack can’t fix. I promise you getting one of these changed my life. Collects Chiton pretty good I guess. If pretty good is you throwing out 16K cause you’re slot capped. Your future daughter will call this tame daddy, if you already have a daughter... you should have had a son.
If they have the bug buff, they will become aggressive and start attacking everything.
Since they are an apex predator, that means they will attack anything that a rex can attack, including brontos and mammoths.
Darn sloth can't run fast but good for collecting foods and INCREDIBLE for chitin and has a pretty good weight...
I put some billboards around my sloth then tranqed him and it worked out for me and him
Tap the good arrow so ppl can see before taming pls
Wild dinos ignore you while you are on it unless you attack them except for the giga, compy, pegomastax, carcharo, rex, and rhynio
In Mobile version, megatherium can be resurrect on the obelisk after killing it in the dungeon (plase in mobile, where you can have battle with bosses). It doesn't live in normal world. In mobile it eats an old kibble: baryonyx egg+raw fish+potato+mejoberry+fiber. It is very important information for mobile players! Up so mobile players can see this. By void original from google
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What does a Megatherium eat? In ARK: Survival Evolved, the Megatherium eats Superior Kibble, Giant Bee Honey, Raw Mutton, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Lamb Chop, Cooked Prime Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat, Raw Meat, Mejoberry, Cooked Meat, Berries, Raw Fish Meat, Cooked Prime Fish Meat, and Cooked Fish Meat.
Translations: Μεγαθήριο, Megaterio, Mégathérium, Megaterio, メガテリウム, 메가테리움, Megatério, Мегатерий, 大地懒, 大地懶.
















































