Baryonyx
Creature Guide
DinosaursOverview
The Baryonyx is a Piscivore dinosaur in ARK known for its crocodile-like head and excellent swimming abilities. This territorial creature lives near water and feeds primarily on fish. It makes an excellent aquatic mount with a powerful tail-spin stun attack, perfect for underwater combat, fishing, and cave exploration.
Dossier
Wild
Baryonyx aquafulgur is a fearsome aquatic predator that dwells near rivers, lakes, and coastal areas. Its crocodile-like head allows it to snatch fish from the water with remarkable speed. While primarily a Piscivore, it will aggressively attack any creature that enters its territory - both on land and in water.
Domesticated
Tamed Baryonyx make excellent aquatic mounts. Their powerful tail-spin attack can stun other creatures for 10 seconds, making them deadly in water combat. They heal quickly when consuming fish meat and can be used for underwater resource gathering, fishing, and even cave exploration.
Behavior
- Lives near bodies of water due to fish-based diet
- Very good swimmer
- Long claws are for catching prey (both in water and on land)
- Aggressively targets players, mounts, and wild creatures regardless of land/water
- Can perform a spin attack that stuns creatures for 10 seconds
- Surface diagonally when surfacing from underwater (harder to escape from Mosasaurs/Plesiosaurs)
Taming
Drops
Habitat
Base Stats
Notes
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- Uses fish meat for healing (7.5 HP vs 1.5 HP from regular meat)
- Leeches will ignore a tamed Baryonyx
- Cannot swim up/down directly like most aquatic creatures (unless holding a weapon)
- Larger predators (Rex) will ignore tamed Baryonyx in water
- Does NOT have an Oxygen stat - cannot drown
- Tail spin only affects creatures of comparable size
- Baryonyx is part of Spinosauridae family (same as Spino)