Achatina
Creature Guide
InvertebratesOverview
The Achatina (ah-kah-tee-na) is the ultimate passive tame creature for ARK: Survival Ascended/Evolved resource automation. This giant herbivore snail has no gender (produces 2 babies per breed), is hand-carryable, and produces Achatina Paste (which crafts to cementing paste 1:1) plus Organic Polymer. It
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Dossier
Wild
Found mostly in marshes and jungles, Achatina limusegnis is a very slow, very non-threatening land mollusk. It might be the simplest creature on the Island to hunt, and while it only provides a small amount of meat and chitin, an easy meal is always of value on the Island. Unlike nearly every other creature on the Island, Achatina does not defecate normally. Instead, it secretes a thick, sticky substance. Achatina leaves trails of this slime, but the trails are so thin that they crumble to dust quickly.
Domesticated
There is a very disgusting, but useful fact about Achatina that causes tribes to seek to tame them: its secretions are chemically similar to the
Behavior
- Glides slowly across the ground, ignores threats
- Hides in shell at ~33% HP: 90% projectile damage reduction, immune to melee damage
- Can submerge in water without drowning (no Oxygen stat)
- Only eats Sweet Vegetable Cake after taming - will starve if not fed
- No gender - produces 2 babies per breeding cycle
- One of the slowest creatures at 50 u/s walk speed
Appearance
- Hand-sized giant snail with remarkable size - barely small enough to be picked up and held
- Ornate ridged shell with bright color streaks for protection
- 4 retractable tentacles: top pair house eyes, bottom pair for sensing environment
- Specialized radula mouth for feeding on plants
Taming
Taming Food
| Level | Sweet Vegetable Cake | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 0:06:31 |
| 30 | 5 | 0:10:31 |
| 60 | 9 | 0:19:31 |
| 90 | 13 | 0:26:31 |
| 120 | 17 | 0:36:51 |
| 150 | 21 | 0:45:01 |
Drops
Habitat
Utility
Infinite Cementing Paste Farm
Produces 1 Achatina Paste per minute in inventory (60/hr, max 100). While on Wander, drops additional paste on ground.
Organic Polymer Storage
Produces 1 Organic Polymer per hour with 3x spoil timer (90 minutes). Provides 90% weight reduction for polymer storage.
Hand-Carryable
Largest creature in the game that can be picked up by a human. No oxygen stat - can survive underwater indefinitely.
Breeding
Base Stats
Variants
Aberrant Achatina
Found in Aberration Blue Zone. Has glowing splotchy stripes.
cheat summon Achatina_Character_BP_Aberrant_C
Eerie Achatina
Found on Eerie maps
FAQ
Q: How much paste does an Achatina produce?
A: 60 paste per hour in inventory, plus 60+ additional when paired with Gacha on wander.
Q: Is Wander required for paste production?
A: No for inventory storage; yes for maximum drops.
Q: Is Achatina rideable?
A: No, Achatina cannot be ridden.
Notes
- Dino Dossier revealed on July 15, 2015 in ARK Digest #10
- Shell takes 90% damage reduction when hit, tail/foot area has 50% reduction
- When hiding in shell: 96-99% damage reduction to shell
- Melee weapons do full damage until Achatina hides, then 100% reduction
- Can wear headgear which gives increased armor and damage reduction
- Has no Oxygen stat so can survive in water and air indefinitely
- Largest creature in the game that can be picked up by a Human
- Because they have no gender, two babies are born when breeding
- Best passive tame for new players: Achatina (paste) + Doedicurus (stone) + Ankylo (metal)