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ARK: Survival Evolved Companion

Thorny Dragon


Stats
BASE STATS
Stat | Base (Lvl 1) | Increase Per Lvl (Wild) | Increase Per Lvl (Tamed) | Rank* |
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![]() Health | 260 | +52 | — | AVG Ranked 92 of 141 |
![]() Stamina | 350 | +35 | — | AVG Ranked 38 |
![]() Oxygen | 150 | +15 | — | |
![]() Food | 1,200 | +120 | — | AVG Ranked 96 |
![]() Weight | 300 | +6 | — | AVG Ranked 71 |
![]() Melee Damage | 100% | +5% | +2% | HIGH Ranked 36 |
![]() Movement Speed | 100% | — | — | |
![]() Torpor | 450 | +27 | — | AVG Ranked 65 |
* Rank of the Base Stat of the Thorny Dragon 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 | 245 | 693.840027 | 588 |
Swimming | 300 | ||
Movement Speed: % |
RECIPES
Regular Kibble

- Medium Egg
- Cooked Meat Jerky
- ×2 Longrass
- ×2 Savoroot
- ×5 Fiber
- Waterskin
Thorny Dragon Kibble (MOBILE)

- Thorny Dragon Egg
- Savoroot
- Cooked Meat Jerky
- ×2 Mejoberry
- ×3 Fiber
- Waterskin
SADDLES
Thorny Dragon Saddle
- ×270 Hide
- ×150 Fiber
- ×35 Metal Ingot
- ×85 Clay
- ×125 Wood
Tips & Strategies from the iOS & Android apps
When you first spawn in but u see on of these bad bois follow the steps b3llow to survive
1.beg for mercy
2.run away
3.jump off the nearby cliff to escape the dragon
4.hit the up arrow if you think wildcard should make these things fly
I think they should be stronger as tames. Not their stats but what if their bite attack would decrease the targets speed so a Morreallatops couldn't just run away and their torpor damage is to low I'd say. Please make Thorny Dragon viable.
Up if you feel bad for my first thorny dragon, thorny who died and was snow colored with the most shiniest claws ever and had dark orange legs with dark orange scales and he took a long time to tame, he had the most cutest eyes you have ever seen. Goodbye, thornyπ
I hope his body decomposes or a carnivore eats his dead body of sadness before we can go on the 20 line on lost island.
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Gathers wood fast and carries it at 1/5 weight stone is 1/2. Weak on the sides so if you really like this dino to patrol keep another dino with it to aid. Excellent at killing mantis to gathering organic polymer and chitin.
If you are going to tame one of these with no dinos, be sure to upgrade your movement speed and get tranqs. When you see it whip its tail forwards move to the right you will dodge the shots. This worked for me.
Thorny dragon can act as a turret, set tange to high, fill it up with stone so it cant move and set to aggressive. It is beaver version in desert,doesnt collect berries thoe.
Completely irrelevant but I think it looks kinda cute.
Thorny dragons are deadly to tame bc they spawn in groups of 2 and have tranquilizing venom in their needles. I recommend building a trap or placing some bear traps to then easily knock out and tame the large carnivore. Once tamed they act as good fighters, have a smithy saddle, tranq ballista of sorts, and most importantly: wood gathererβs next I will be doing one of the following: reaper, rock drake, ravager, roll rat, karkinos
Boomerang + Regular Kibble
I love these guys a lot because they come in so many beautiful colors
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What does a Thorny Dragon eat? In ARK: Survival Evolved, the Thorny Dragon eats Regular Kibble, Raw Mutton, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Lamb Chop, Cooked Prime Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat, Raw Meat, Cooked Meat, Raw Fish Meat, Cooked Prime Fish Meat, and Cooked Fish Meat.
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