The Iguanodon in ARK: Survival Evolved is a docile herbivore that’s good at dishing out with its pointy thumbs. Tamed, he is irreplaceable as a harvest helper, since he can extract the seeds when harvesting the fruit.
Find out everything you need to know about the herbivore in our Iguanodon guide. But also how to catch him, tame him, feed him, and breed offspring too.
This is the Iguanodon in ARK: Survival Evolved
Appearance: The Iguanodon is a medium-sized herbivore that has two spiked thumbs on its front legs, which it can also use as arms. Because of its build, it can walk on all fours or just on its two hind legs.
Wild: Like most herbivores, the Iguanodon is a peaceful creature. But as soon as you attack him, this can change very quickly. When attacked, it stands on its hind legs and tries to stab the opponent with its pointed thumbs. However, once he takes too much damage, he quickly runs away on all fours.
Domesticated: Domesticated, the Iguanodon is a special harvest helper. This is how he manages to extract the seeds from fruits when harvesting. In combination with its strength to carry a lot of weight, it is an ideal harvest companion or pack animal. In addition, he offers good defense in combat and can flee quickly on all fours if necessary, with slowly decreasing stamina, despite his high speed.
How to tame the Iguanodon in ARK
This is how you hunt the Iguanodon: quite unspectacular, you take your crossbow or your bow and just run away from it. In between, you turn around and shoot him. This is possible due to its slow speed. But make sure that you always keep enough distance so that you don’t get caught by his attacks or get trampled on.
How to tame him: Once he’s unconscious, put berries or kibble in his inventory and feed him to tame him. In order to keep the stun value high when taming, it is best to use Narcoberries or the anesthetic.
How to make the Iguanodon saddle
To craft the Iguanodon Saddle you need to be level 30 and 12 engram points to unlock the recipe. You now need the following resources to craft:
- 80x Hide
- 50x Fiber
- 15x Wood
How to feed an Iguanodon in ARK
Once you have tamed your Iguanodon, it is important to know what it likes to eat. Iguanodons are herbivores, which of course makes the choice of food easier.
- Simple kibble:
- Ingredients: 1x Small Egg, 1x Cooked Fish Meat, 5x Fiber, 5x Mejoberries, 2x Rockarrot, 1x Water
- Kibble (Compy Egg)
- Ingredients: 1x Compy egg, 1x Citronal 1x Cooked Fish Meat, 2x Mejoberries, 3x Fiber, 1x Water
- Vegetables
- Berries
- Fresh barley
- Soybeans
- Fresh Wheat
- Dried Wheat
- Fresh tea leaves
How to breed the Iguanodon in ARK
This is how you prepare the breeding: If you have a male and female specimen, you build an enclosure that is large enough at best. Put both dinos in the pen and set them to “wander” via the command menu. Alternatively, you can also switch directly to “Pair”, but then there must always be a player nearby, otherwise the pairing will stop due to the rendering.
The breeding interval of an Iguanodon is 18 to 48 hours.
How to Hatch Eggs: If you get a fertilized Iguanodon egg from a successful mating, hatching begins. For this, the ambient temperature of the egg should be between 24 °C and 28 °C and in the egg incubator at 26 °C. According to standard settings, the little Iguanodon baby will hatch after about 1.5 hours. After that, it takes about 4.5 hours of your attention, during which you keep putting berries, vegetables, etc. (see above) in its inventory. Pay attention to the embossing intervals every 8 hours to tickle the greatest potential out of the baby.
Once it gains juvenile status, it can feed from troughs on its own. The entire ripening time lasts about 1 day and 22.5 hours.
Beginner tips on breeding in ARK can be found here:
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