Megachelon
Creature Guide
Fantasy CreaturesOverview
The Megachelon is a giant, six-legged turtle creature in ARK: Genesis Part 1. Often called a
Dossier
Wild
The Megachelon is a giant, six-legged, four-eyed turtle with almost human-like facial features. It possesses wrinkled skin, external ears, and a toothy mouth. It functions as a living, breathing island - carrying its own unique little ecosystem on the back of its flattened, stone-like shell where moss, grass, and shrubs all grow out of its body.
Domesticated
You
Behavior
- Docile - does not attack unless provoked
- Extremely slow movement on land and in water
- Carries ecosystem on back with growing vegetation
- Attracts flocks of birds that circle around it
- Generates oxygen bubbles when submerged
- Can be attacked by Megalodons and other ocean predators
- High torpidity but cannot be knocked out - only passive taming
Taming
Taming Method
Passive
Favorite Food
Parakeet Fish School
XP for Kill
8
KO Strategy
The Megachelon cannot be knocked out - it is tamed using a unique passive mechanic. You must bring a Parakeet Fish School (Microbe Swarm) to target you, then lead it to the Megachelon in deep water.
Drops
Raw Meat
Raw Prime Meat
Shell Fragment
Habitat
Genesis: Part 1
Lost Island
Base Stats
Health
1920
Stamina
100
Food
8800
Weight
2500
Melee Damage
125
Torpor
10000
Notes
- Code name: Giant Turtle
- Released in v306.41 (February 2020) with Genesis: Part 1
- First aquatic creature that can house a waterproof base
- DLC: Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Lost Island
- Highest base weight capacity of any permanent tame
- One of two creatures that provide oxygen underwater (other is Diplocaulus)
- Shell cosmetic growth tied to rare flower/mushroom production - 100 weight = 1 growth stage
- Breeding/deep water requirement: Must be in very deep water to breed
- Platform limit: 188 structures maximum on saddle
- Cannot use Tek Transmitters, Irrigation Pipes, Auto Turrets, Plant Species X, Behemoth Gateways, Vaults, or Industrial Forges on platform
- Can be bred on The Center, Genesis oceans, and some deep areas of other maps
- Babies can be cryopoded and moved to shallow water after hatching
- Shell fragments = 50 chitin each in industrial grinder