Overseer
Creature Guide
BossesOverview
The Overseer is the Final Boss of The Island in ARK: Survival Evolved. This massive mechanical entity serves as the AI that oversees all experiments on the ARK Station. Found only in the Overseer Arena (accessible via Tek Cave), it transforms into the three Guardian bosses - Megapithecus, Broodmother, and Dragon - as it loses health. Defeating it grants access to Ascension and unlocks Tek ATV.
Dossier
Wild
The Overseer is the AI that oversees the experiments of an ARK Station and ultimately decides who may continue to ascend higher in the evolutionary chain and who will be terminated.
Domesticated
The Overseer cannot be tamed.
Behavior
- Final boss of The Island
- Transforms into 3 different Guardian boss forms
- Transforms at 75%, 50%, and 25% health
- Forms: Megapithecus (boulder throws), Dragon (fire breath), Broodmother (web/spider attacks)
- Uses energy shield in base form
- Has area-of-effect laser attack
- Can stun and dismount riders
- Constantly spawns Attack Drones and Defense Units
- Minions drop Element on death
Taming
Drops
Habitat
Base Stats
Notes
- Released in v267.0 (August 2017) with The Island boss fight
- One of only 4 bosses without a boss flag (with Ice/Forest/Desert Titans)
- No Trophy Head unlike other bosses
- Cannot be tamed, ridden, or bred
- Torpor Immune: No
- XP for kill: 0
- Special Loot Chance: 100%
- Does NOT drop feces
- Walk speed: 2000, Swim speed: 1100
- Drops Ascension Implant on defeat
- Element collected during fight disintegrates after Ascension
- Can transform into element versions of the Island