Archelon on The Island?

[Thaysin]

Been searching high and low for them since release on my server including having done two dino wipes to try to clear spawns and i've had no luck at all. Do they actually spawn on The Island map?

Did luck into a 140 Mosa out of it lol but really was hoping to see the new turtles.

[FeatheryBacon]

They 100% spawn on The Island, I went there just to see them when they got added and they are there.
I think they are deep sea creatures so they might get overtaken by other deep sea creatures like mosas, plesiosaurs, anglers, ammonites or just other sea creatures in general like megs which easily overtake any other creature spawns.

[Thaysin]

Originally posted by FeatheryBacon:

They 100% spawn on The Island, I went there just to see them when they got added and they are there.
I think they are deep sea creatures so they might get overtaken by other deep sea creatures like mosas, plesiosaurs, anglers, ammonites or just other sea creatures in general like megs which easily overtake any other creature spawns.

Good to know they definitely spawn then at least. Must be supremely unlucky to not have found them yet despite the dino wipes and wonton murder we’ve committed below the waves lately lol.

[FeatheryBacon]

When I looked I only saw like 3 of them even with the tracker mod. They definitely seem to be rare compared to other sea creatures or they get killed.

Make sure your server is actually updated too, not sure you’d even be able to play on it if it wasn’t but check anyway. That could also be why you’re not seeing them.

[CRONOCON]

I've seen them mainly at the middle areas off the coast, not on the ocean bottom. Look for glowing cnydera spawn areas on the ground and you should see them circling around it.

[Ki-Rin]

I saw a unicorn on my map he was on carnivore island being chased by 6 raptors 2 carnotaurus which were both alpha and a few allosaurs
RIP

[Thaysin]

Originally posted by CRONOCON:

I've seen them mainly at the middle areas off the coast, not on the ocean bottom. Look for glowing cnydera spawn areas on the ground and you should see them circling around it.

Thanks for that. I might end up adding a dino finder mod because even after two more dino wipes and probably four more complete circles of the map, i've had no luck at all.

[FeatheryBacon]

Originally posted by Thaysin:

Originally posted by CRONOCON:

I've seen them mainly at the middle areas off the coast, not on the ocean bottom. Look for glowing cnydera spawn areas on the ground and you should see them circling around it.

Thanks for that. I might end up adding a dino finder mod because even after two more dino wipes and probably four more complete circles of the map, i've had no luck at all.

If you’re still struggling to find one you could edit the .ini files or use Spawn Blocker by HexenLord to disable/limit spawns for things like sea coelacanth, megs and mantas so that archelons can spawn more.
If you do use a tracker mod, I recommend Der Dino Finder.

Also, if you are playing single player, you need to have stasis disabled or you’ll likely never find one.

[onedudesmind]

If you are single player and have been most places on the map you may have to destroy all wild dinos to get them to spawn.

[Thaysin]

I have a Nitrado server and have done now 4 or 5 wipes and 8-10 laps of the ocean between my boyfriend and i with still no luck. Going to do a server restart in the morning when neither of us have been on just to be certain it updated properly but still having no luck. After that, i'll likely try the dino finder. Haven't had this problem with any of the other new species, ceratosaurs and deinosuchus both started spawning right away. All i can do is keep trying, i suppose.