ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

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Leutian Kane  [developer] May 22, 2017 @ 4:00am
Tranq/Elemental Dino Torpor mechanics explained
Step 1 : hit target, Initial torpor(if Set to true) and Torpor over time apply as well as any other effects (stun,food drain).
Step 2: wait for colored smoke to disappear underneath target (10 seconds)
Step 3: Repeat Step 1, Repeat Step 2
Step 4: KO'd Target after enough repetitions of steps 1 and 2

Initial Default Setttings For Tranq arrows and darts as well as elemental Dinos are enough to KO up to but not including Alpha Dinos.

Alpha Tier and Beyond require Higher settings in the configs preferably for the elemental dinos.

Covered by Higher Torpor Tiers ie Alpha prime etc configs in GUS.ini

This will allow you to customize taming/ko difficulty to your preferences as well as set the challenge of taming back in place for the higher TIer dinos.

Keep in Mind if you hit your target before the Smoke is gone you lose your initial Torpor damage and it resets the timer for Torpor over time to 10 seconds again.

This is to make Tranqing/ Knocking out require a bit of patience, planning and skill rather than just spamming of arrows/darts or attacks to KO something.

ALL Tranq /Dino Torp Settings are no longer effected by melee% or Weapon quality/dmg they are completely seperate

Also of note is Poison Dino Torpor also Drains Food.

Electric Stun duration on the Elec Dinos and Electric Arrow is halved to 5 seconds so there is 5 seconds that the dino will NOT be stunned before the torpor buff expires. Meaning , no more stun locking dinos or players Also, note stun will not reapply period until yellow smoke clears from buff.

Also of Note, Different instigators (sources) of a buff SHOULD stack on the same target ie if two players or Dinos hit a target both of their buffs Should apply and do torpor etc , this should encourage cooperation when knocking out harder dinos.

Also of Note is there are now different tiers for torpor explained in the tiered elemental system threads, Every tier above Elemental Tier torpor now figures melee % into its torpor amount while regular tranqs and Elemental and below tiers ONLY use Config values.


Ini Config Page
Last edited by Leutian Kane; Feb 26, 2019 @ 4:21pm
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Prodigy Jun 29, 2018 @ 6:13pm 
does broodmother work for this?
Leutian Kane  [developer] Jun 29, 2018 @ 8:31pm 
nope
ExplusionToy Jun 30, 2018 @ 12:51am 
How do i change the poison torpor damage its so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ op and i dont wanna abuse it :(
Leutian Kane  [developer] Jun 30, 2018 @ 1:43am 
Follow the Link to the GUS ini Settings Discussion posted in the OP Of this thread
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