Beware the surface of the redwoods or the Arctic because these things can dig and they're practically invisible I invite you to bring at least one spyglass to identify it.

Shoot at it from a tree with tapejara

In the aberration element region I'm way more scared of purlovias then reaper queens so when I'm going there I bring a rock drake and scale the walls because of these stupid things! Also watch out there are sooo many of these things in the caves leading to the titan terminals in extinction.

These can be very useful for raids, they can knock people off, similar to the micro raptor, but stay hidden until then. They’ll also do a good amount of damage to the knocked rider after their stunned.

So I was walking in the woods of the island and this thing jumped out of the ground and scared me and my friend and it attacked me but our Raptor killed it

You can put items in it on a pvp server only you can see the little pile of dirt to kill it you would have to know where it is and you would have to use c4

To all you asking the ark dev to make this thing rideable on dododex, You KNOW they won’t see it, so grow up and ask them on a review or on discord

Scare'em up with a yuty.

Mainly linger in cold places this is were I find them except my dire wolf kill them

These are the way to go when your on a primitive server with an abusive alpha.

It's like a land mine. When it buries itself if a human walks near it the purlovia stuns the player

So I was taking some dire wolfs in the Arctic with a pterodon so I found won over 50 lvl so to me that was good enough so I was flying down to land when one of these suckers popped out the ground it freaked me out and a got stunned (my pterodon wasn’t a high lvl) both me and my bird were almost dead when the wolf I was taming woke up and fricken sacrificed itself for me R.I.P

Keep a Rex or bronto on follow

One of these attacked me and I was afk but only because I was regaining stamina. Then my bronto smacked it and almost killed it then my rex roared and finished it off

I suggest getting on a high rock and trying to tranquillize it, or you can use a griffin and shoot off it’s back.

(Warning: they can knock you off your mount)

Try not to be to close to the ground when there around

I’m pretty sure this is a bug but when I knocked out my purlovia, I put food in its inventory and logged off, but when I got back on it burrowed and is still unconscious, but won’t eat anything.?

Tip: if you want a good counter against these guys, use a Yutarannus. Their roar automatically unburies them, and I don’t think they’ll be able to knock you off if you’re riding it. I’m not entirely sure

COME ON, THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE RIDEABLE, THEY HAVE LOTS OF WEIGHT!

If attacked use sword or you will die

Use a grenade to get them out of hiding if you spot them first with two helmet