Lystrosaurus
Support · 22 maps
Overview
The Lystrosaurus is a small herbivore used for gathering and support. It passively tames by feeding and reduces the weight of gathered resources in its inventory. This makes it ideal for farming rare flowers and berries in dangerous areas without needing knockout.
It can be airlifted by Argentavis, Desmodus, Griffin, Karkinos, Megalosaurus, Tropeognathus, Kaprosuchus, Procoptodon, Pteranodon, Quetzal, Tapejara, or Tusoteuthis for fast deployment.
Spawn Locations
23 mapsLystrosaurus spawns commonly across 22 ARK maps. It appears in beach, chalk hills, city, desert, forest, jungle, mountain, oasis, and snow biomes. Look for it near green zones on the spawn map for highest density.
Each shape is a real spawn volume. Click for exact chance and zone info.
Lystrosaurus is tamed passively by feeding it. The best food is Rare Flower, which provides the fastest taming. Mejoberry also works well due to its high affinity.
It takes about 2 minutes to tame using Rare Flower. Use the calculator below for your settings.
| Food | Qty | Time | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rare FlowerBest | 3 | 1:00 | 74 Lvl (224) |
 Archelon Algae | 3 | 1:00 | 74 Lvl (224) |
 Crops | 11 | 5:00 | 72 Lvl (222) |
 Mejoberry | 14 | 6:30 | 71 Lvl (221) |
    | 21 | 10:00 | 67 Lvl (217) |
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Drops & Harvest Resources
Killing a Lystrosaurus yields Hide and Raw Meat. The Hatchet yields the most Hide, while the Pick favours 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
While ridden, Lystrosaurus gathers using its melee attack. It excels at harvesting berries, seeds, wood, and rare resources. It gathers 10× Mejoberry, Narcoberry, Stimberry, Rare Flower, Rare Mushroom, and Wood.
It also gathers 8× Cactus Sap and Fiber. This makes it a top-tier berry and seed farmer.
Damage Resistances
Lystrosaurus has a +120% weakness to Instant HurtDinos, making it extremely vulnerable to explosive damage. It resists SpikeWall damage by 50%, making spike walls less effective. Explosion damage is reduced by 40%. Melee attacks with metal weapons deal 55% more damage to it.
Kill XP
Wild Kill (1.25×)0.5 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 | 90.0 | +18.00 | +4.00% |
 Stamina | 100.0 | +10.00 | +2.00% |
 Torpidity | 0.0 | +0.00 | +0.00% |
 Oxygen | 215.0 | +21.50 | +2.00% |
 Food | 500.0 | +50.00 | +2.00% |
 Weight | 90.0 | +1.80 | +0.80% |
 Melee Damage Multiplier | 100.0% | +5.00% | +10.00% |
 Speed Multiplier | 100.0% | +0.00% | +1.00% |
Hitbox Multipliers
The Lystrosaurus has a head hitbox that takes 3× damage. Target the head for faster knockouts.
Can Damage
Can break Thatch. Build at least in Wood.
Thatch
Wood
Stone
Metal
Tek| Attack | Base | Thatch | Wood | Stone | Metal | Tek |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeleeHerbivore Small | 6 | 33.0 | — | — | — | — |
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
Lystrosaurus Tips & Tricks
It gathers 10× Mejoberry, Narcoberry, Stimberry, Rare Flower, Rare Mushroom, and Wood.
It also harvests 8× Cactus Sap and Fiber.
It can be carried by Argentavis, allowing mobile farming from the air.
Its 80% weight reduction applies to all gathered plant resources.
It is highly vulnerable to explosion-based attacks.
This page details the Lystrosaurus's stats, taming, breeding, harvest capabilities, and combat data. Use the taming calculator, breeding calculator, and spawn map for further planning.
