Lost Megatherium
Variant
Overview
Lost Megatherium is a large omnivore variant creature. It excels at gathering a wide range of resources, particularly benefiting from its Insect Slayer (Energized) buff after killing insects. This state boosts its melee damage and chitin harvest. It can be airlifted by Quetzal or Tusoteuthis for fast deployment to resource nodes.
Spawn Locations
Lost Megatherium does not currently spawn on any ARK: Survival Ascended map, or spawn data is not yet available.
Taming
The Lost Megatherium cannot be tamed.
Lost Megatherium is not tamable.
Drops & Harvest Resources
Killing a Lost Megatherium yields Hide, Raw Meat, and Pelt. The Hatchet yields the most Hide and Pelt, while the Pick harvests the most Raw Meat.
Estimates based on game-extracted data (weights, quantities, harvest multipliers, damage type chains). Each harvest event independently rolls each resource - higher weight = higher drop chance. Actual yields vary with RNG.
Gathering Abilities
Lost Megatherium gathers efficiently across multiple categories including berries, chitin, fiber, mushrooms, rare flowers, sap, seeds, stone, and thatch. Its attacks yield up to 6× Chitin, Fiber, Mushroom, and Rare Mushroom. It also harvests 5× Berries, Cactus Sap, Clay, Crop Seeds, Mejoberry, Mejoberry Seed, Narcoberry, Narcoberry Seed, Plant Species X Seed, Plant Species Y Seed, Rare Flower, and Sand.
Damage Resistances
Lost Megatherium has a +120% weakness to Instant HurtDinos and a -100% resistance to MiningDrill Harvest. This makes it extremely vulnerable to instant-damage sources like spike traps or dino attacks, but fully immune to mining drill-based harvesting tools. Prioritize Health and Melee Damage.
Kill XP
Wild Kill (1.25×)4 base × 15.9 level × 4 × 1.25× wild kill × 1× server
Server Settings(Game.ini)
Official servers use non-1× defaults; the values above already reflect official rates.
| Stat | Base (Lv.1) | Wild +/Lv | Tamed +/Lv |
|---|---|---|---|
 Health | 740.0 | +148.00 | +4.00% |
 Stamina | 400.0 | +40.00 | +2.00% |
 Torpidity | 1000.0 | +60.00 | +0.00% |
 Oxygen | 270.0 | +27.00 | +2.00% |
 Food | 3000.0 | +300.00 | +2.00% |
 Weight | 725.0 | +14.50 | +0.90% |
 Melee Damage Multiplier | 100.0% | +5.00% | +10.00% |
 Speed Multiplier | 100.0% | +0.00% | +1.00% |
Hitbox Multipliers
The Head has a 1.5× damage multiplier. Aim for the head to maximize damage during combat or taming.
Can Damage
Can break Thatch and Wood. Build at least in Stone.
Thatch
Wood
Stone
Metal
Tek| Attack | Base | Thatch | Wood | Stone | Metal | Tek |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SlamOmnivore Harvest NoRock | 49 | 269.5 | 147.0 | — | — | — |
| ClawOmnivore Harvest NoRock | 32 | 176.0 | 96.0 | — | — | — |
| BiteOmnivore Harvest NoRock | 32 | 176.0 | 96.0 | — | — | — |
| Water BiteOmnivore Harvest NoRock | 32 | 176.0 | 96.0 | — | — | — |
Numbers reflect base melee at level 1, 100% TE, no imprint. The damage calculator lets you scale by melee %, server multipliers, and pick a specific structure for exact hit counts.
Tools & Guides
Lost Megatherium Tips & Tricks
Activating Insect Slayer (Energized) grants a 120-second buff with 2.5× Melee Damage, 1.6× Chitin harvest, and 75% less damage taken. The buff triggers after killing an insect.
While Energized, damage to insects is increased by 50% and damage received from insects is reduced by 70%.
The Slam attack has a 0.22-second cooldown, making it one of the fastest resource-gathering tools in the game.
It can be carried by Quetzal or Tusoteuthis, enabling aerial transport to distant biomes.
This page details the Lost Megatherium's stats, taming requirements, breeding times, harvest capabilities, and combat data. Use the taming calculator, breeding calculator, and spawn map for further planning.
