The Plesiosaur is one of the marine reptiles in ARK Survival Evolved.
Dossier
- Wild: Elasmosaurus remuspissa has a strange role in the oceanic food chain. It almost exclusively hunts the smaller creatures in the waters, leaving most even moderately large creatures (such as humans) alone. The sheer size of the Elasmosaurus means that the quantity of creatures it must eat to sustain itself is nothing short of enormous.
- Domesticated: Much like the Brontosaurus on land, Elasmosaurus is an excellent way to transport large quantities of goods over water. These powerful creatures are in fact so large that they can be used as mobile water bases. Ambitious tribes sometimes build bunkers right onto the backs of Elasmosaurus instead of building cargo ships.
- Known Information: Despite its imposing size, Elasmosaurus still has natural predators. Well, a natural predator: the Megalodon. Apart from that monstrous creature, I myself have only ever seen two creatures bring down an Elasmosaurus: a Spinosaurus that found its way into the deeps (not common), and humans. Though I will admit, I have yet to fully explore the staggering deep underwater caverns surrounding the island.
Taming
The taming of the plesiosaur is by far the most difficult in the game, due to how you need to lure it to be able to tame it.. Taming one of these guys is not really going to take a lot of resources. A level 35 plesiosaur that has been encountered and tamed, had 1600 torpor ( At the same level a torpor of 4500 was found.). Bring around 25 tranq arrows if you want to tame one of them to be safe. The time to tame depends on what you feed it. With only Prime Meat you can tame a lvl 25 of these in about 1 hour. So around 2 hours with with regular meat. Bring around 200 narcotics to be safe. This info is based on all default settings on the server.
Firstly, currently the only known method to taming a plesiosaur is the following:
Locate a plesiosaur, it has to be relatively close to an underwater cave, then attack the plesiosaur and lure it to the mouth of the cave, in which you can stand on the dry land while shooting at it with tranq arrows. HOWEVER the plesiosaur quickly will lose interest, and you will need something or another player to maintain its attention and aggro, players are ideal, but if you are solo then turtles can be pretty effective as well.
Another possible method is to tame a scorpion with high oxygen and health stats and attempt to KO the plesiosaur.
Base Stats and Growth
| Attribute | Amount at Level 1 | Increase per point |
|---|---|---|
 Health
|
2400 | 261.3 |
 Stamina
|
200 | 20 |
 Oxygen
|
N/A | N/A |
 Food
|
5000 | ? |
 Weight
|
800 | 32 |
 Melee Damage
|
100% | 23 |
 Movement Speed
|
100% | 2.5 |
 Torpor
|
1600 | ? |
Behavior
Plesiosaurs swim around in groups of two in the depths of the ocean. When players get too close, they start to attack and will follow them until they reach shallow water, where they lose interest.
Appearance
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Notes/Trivia
- The dossier for Elasmosaurus actually mentions the underwater caves found in the game. This also seems to indicate that their are even more fearsome creatures in the depths of the caverns.
- Due to its enormous size it can be generally assumed that taming time is extremely long, estimated to be at least 3 hours without primes. During taming it is also susceptible to enemies like Megalodons. They might also lower the effectiveness due to the damage it takes.
- The dossier indicates the ability to build on the back of the Plesiosaur.
- The devs in a recent ARK digest have confirmed that you will be able to build on it including other dinosaurs.[citation needed]
- The dossier also hints there will soon be a way to build ships. Because, and I quote," Ambitious tribes sometimes build bunkers right onto the backs of Elasmosaurus instead of building cargo ships."
- The Plesiosaur was added in 181.0 patch
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