Equus

The Equus is one of the Creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.

Contents

 1Basic Info

o 1.1Dossier

o 1.2Behavior

o 1.3Appearance

o 1.4Color Scheme and Regions

o 1.5Unicorn (Variant)

o 1.6Drops

o 1.7Base Stats and Growth

 1.7.1Wild Stats Level-up

 2Combat

o 2.1General

o 2.2Strategy

o 2.3Weaponry

o 2.4Dangers

o 2.5Weakness

 3Taming

o 3.1Preferred Food

o 3.2Taming Strategy

 4Utility

o 4.1Roles

o 4.2Weight Reduction

o 4.3Collectibles

 5Spotlight
  6Notes/Trivia

 7Changelog

 8Gallery

 9References

Basic Info[edit | edit source]

Dossier[edit | edit source]
This section is intended to be an exact copy of what the survivor Helena Walker, the author
of the dossiers, has written. There may be some discrepancies between this text and the
in-game creature.

Wild

“ Equus magnus appears to be an ancestor of the modern horse.

Based on its stripes, it may be the African variant of Equus
giganteus, which appeared in North America during the Ice Age, but
that is pure conjecture. Its behavior in the wild is similar to that of
other wild members of the Equus genus - it sustains itself by
grazing, while keeping safe from predators by living in herds and
outrunning its attackers via superior speed and stamina.
Domesticated
Horse and man have long been partners in survival, and this
remains true on the Island. In Equus, survivors will find a trusty
steed or pack animal that can carry them swiftly across land.
Taming an Equus has proven interesting, requiring carefully
approaching the creature in the wild, mounting it, and then carefully
soothing over time by feeding it vegetables.
In fact, Equus' reliability has lead some survivors to construct
special saddles for them. I even encountered a man who added
extra saddle-pouches that doubled as mobile crafting stations for
chemical supplies, foodstuffs, and other items. Although not as
robust as what you might find within a village, this utility helped him
live a nomadic, solitary lifestyle.
Some survivors employ Equus to herd and wrangle other creatures
with a specialized lasso. This tool is sometimes effective for self-
defense as well, as Equus is limited in battle on its own...at least
compared to aggressive prehistoric carnivores.
„
~ Helena

Behavior[edit | edit source]
The Equus will trot around the island and poses no threat to any survivors. If a player gets
near one, they will flee. If you wish to get near one to tame, use a Ghillie Suit.

Appearance[edit | edit source]
The Equus appears like a mixture of zebra and a large modern breed of domestic horse. It
has a long wild mane, zebra like stripes, a tail like a horse and a shaggy beard like a goat's.
From the dossier it appears to be comparable to larger horse breeds in terms of size, such
as the Shire horse.

Color Scheme and Regions[edit | edit source]

This section displays the Equus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the
regions below are colored red over an albino Equus. The colored squares shown
underneath each region's description are the colors that the Equus will randomly spawn
with to provide an overall range of its natural color scheme. Hover your cursor over a color
to display its name and ID.
This information can be used to alter the Equus's regions by entering  cheat
SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>  in the cheat console. For
instance,  cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6  would color the Equus's "body" magenta.

Region 0:
Body

Region 1 is not used

for this Creature.

Region 2 is not used

for this Creature.

Region 3 is not used

for this Creature.

Region 4:
Stripes
 Region 5:
Legs and Beard

Unicorn (Variant)[edit | edit source]

 Main article:   Unicorn

The Unicorn is a variant of the Equus distinguished by its white coloring and the horn
protruding from its forehead. Only one wild Unicorn may exist at a time. Once tamed,
another Unicorn may spawn in its place, as the tamed Unicorns no longer block wild
spawns. Players can utilize cross server transfer to find other Unicorns to breed with. They
can be transferred to Aberration maps as well. Unicorns can breed with other Unicorns, but
they can not breed with an Equus.
In ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile, the Unicorn has some noticeable differences.

Drops[edit | edit source]

  Raw Meat

  Hide

  Pelt
Base Stats and Growth[edit | edit source]
Note that creatures will have different stats in Survival of the Fittest

Level Increase Taming Bonus

Attribute Base Value

Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative

240 +48 +5.4% 0.07

 Health

560 +56 +10%

 Stamina

150 +15 +10%

 Oxygen
 1500 +150 +10%
 Food

350 +7 +4%
 Weight

+0.45 /
9 / 11 +1.7% 7% 17.6%
 Melee Damage +0.55

+1.75
100% N/A 20%
 Movement Speed %

420 +25.2 N/A 0.5

 Torpidity

 For a comparison of the stats of all creatures, see Base Creature Statistics.

 For an explanation of exactly how the levelup calculation works, see Creature
Stats Calculation.

Base Speed Sprinting Speed

Movemen
Stamina
t
Wild Tamed Wild Tamed

1158.
Walking 450 ? 965.2499 5
3

Swimming 600 ? ? ? ?

 These are the base speeds of the creature at 100% Movement Speed.

 For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, see Base Creature Speeds.