Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved Companion

Rhyniognatha

To tame a Rhyniognatha:
1. Kill a Rhyniognatha so it drops Rhyniognatha Pheromone.
2. Transfer the Pheromone to a large dino's inventory and make it eat it.
3. Find a female Rhyniognatha and reduce its health to under 10%.
4. The female will then impregnate your dino.
5. Feed your dino the foods it requests until your Rhyniognatha is born.
Share your strategy in the Tips section!
Stats
BASE STATS
Stat | Base (Lvl 1) | Increase Per Lvl (Wild) | Increase Per Lvl (Tamed) | Rank* |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() Health | 1,400 | +238 | +3.51% | HIGH Ranked 23 of 149 |
![]() Stamina | 350 | +17.5 | +6% | AVG Ranked 43 |
![]() Oxygen | 800 | +80 | +10% | |
![]() Food | 1,840 | +184 | +10% | AVG Ranked 60 |
![]() Weight | 1,200 | +24 | +4% | HIGH Ranked 11 |
![]() Melee Damage | 100% | +5% | +1.7% | LOW Ranked 181 |
![]() Movement Speed | 100% | — | +2.5% | |
![]() Torpor | 800 | +48 | — | AVG Ranked 37 |
* Rank of the Base Stat of the Rhyniognatha vs. all other creatures. (Rank #1 in Health = highest Health creature.) |
ABSOLUTE STATS
MOVEMENT SPEED | BASE | Sprinting (Wild) | Sprinting (Tamed) |
---|---|---|---|
Walking | 180 | 675 | 675 |
Swimming | 220 | ||
Movement Speed: % |
RECIPES
Rhyniognatha Saddle
- ×30 Crystal
- ×200 Fiber
- ×150 Hide
- ×150 Metal Ingot
- ×60 Polymer
Resin
- Sap
Tips & Strategies from the iOS & Android apps
10 passengers can ride a diplo along with the driver.
All passengers can use weapons while in the diplo.
Rhynios can pick them up.
You have fast gunship now, use wisely.
Not every creature can βeatβ the pheromone that the males drop.. like this tip so Dododex can see and add which creatures can eat it and which ones canβt.
I know some that cannot:
Megatherium
Stego
Tek Creatures
Anky
Doeds
Sarco
Baryonyx
Carno
Managarmr
Some that can eat:
Wyverns
Rex
Quetzal
Maewing
Trike
With more testing we could have it set up fully and implemented into DodoDex
Taming these things are confusing, but I believe I have figured out how they work.
Step 1 is to kill a wild rhynio (can be any gendrr) to get the pheromones, next it is best to make a trap, the best design i know of is basically a stone dino gate griffin trap, but with behemoth gates. Next you want to find a high level wild female rhynio. Think of the level of the rhynio as the taming effectiveness you will recieve 150 being max. Next you need to lower the rhynio to below 10% hp, you can net them to make this easier. Once it is below 10% hp you need a mount with a high drag weight in order to inherit the best stats, carch/giga have best chances. Feed the creature the phermone and mount it. The rhynio should impregnate it within a few seconds. DO NOT CRYOPOD THE DINO IT IMPREGNATED! YOU WILL LOOSE THE BABY! once your tame is impregregnated it will go through a gestation period and ask for cravings. It is important you furfill as many as possible as they have a major effect on the level the offspring will be and the stats inherited. Once the timer is complete your dino will fall unconscious and die, however you will now have a new perfect tame rhynio! Please bump if this helped you!
All of the currently known cravings for host creatures include
Giga eggs
Carchars eggs
Quetzal eggs
Golden hesperornis eggs
All kibbles
Shadow steak saute
Fria curry
Enduro stew
Focal chilli
Lazarus chowder
Veggie cakes
Black pearls
Achatina paste
Gasoline
Element
Rhino horns
Ammonite bile
Bee honey
Battle tartar
My question is why hasn't the dinodex been updated to include the harpoon net? Because you can down it with that making things so much easier.
Itβs just came out with the new update.To tame it is kinda like the reaper.But instead of u getting impregnated itβs ur Dino but use a disposable Dino as once it gives birth the creature dies.from my own experience you need to kill one then get its pheromone gland then feed it to I am pretty sure ur creature once u found one u want to tame then find one u want to tame then eat the gland then keep attacking it until it impregnates u then u have to wait for a bit and u need to feed ur dino random things cuz it craves stuff.What I got was black pearls Lazarus chowder and absorant.I think the more u feed it the more older the baby is once it bursts from ur dinos chest then u need to raise it from there
It is on console scared me to death
Ooh I cannot wait for this to be added! Able to swim (presumably) fly, and pick up rexes, it seems like an insanely cool mount! Also I'm pretty sure I'm first tip!
Anybody know if this Dino will be in The Island map
They spawn in the swamps on both the island and lost island, (no other maps unfortunately). The swamp up near the flat area and griffin mountain is where they are found on lost island, NOT the jungle. This is considered a late-game tame, and if you do get one of your dinosaurs impregnated, DO NOT cryo it cuz the baby will die. Hoped this helps and happy taming!
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Rhyniognatha is a species of insect from the Early Devonian period, around 400 million years ago. It is considered to be one of the earliest known relatives of modern insects. It was added to ARK: Survival Evolved on June 2, 2023 after winning the Community Vote contest on February 10, 2023, but details on its in-game function and capabilities have not been revealed yet. Given the limited information on the real-world insect, it's unclear how might ARK might interpret this creature, however, the winning entry depicted it as massive and ridable, with the ability to carry a Rex or even a Plesiosaurus. Concept art by Zichfried