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Dossier
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 Like its relative from the Island, the Draconis vipera that inhabit the aptly named Dragon Trenches are creatures straight out of European legend. Aside from size, the main difference between Draconis vipera and its larger cousin is that the former possesses only two legs, like an avian. Otherwise, it is quite similar, with armored scales, leathery wings and the ability to spew projectiles from a pair of glands inside its mouth. The nature of these projectiles is tied directly to the color of Draconis' scales. Some spit fire while others unleash poisonous acid or even bursts of bioelectricity. Domesticated I can imagine no flying mount more deadly than Draconis vipera. Its strength, toughness and ability rain death upon one's enemies makes it unmatched in combat. The few creatures that it cannot immediately overpower, it can outmaneuver. The ridges on its back form a natural saddle, to the point where many riders prefer to ride Draconis bareback. Curious indeed. However, Draconis vipera is too resilient to domesticate once it has become an adult. It must be raised from an egg if you wish to garner its loyalty. „ ~ Helena
Behavior
Extremely aggressive, often found flying around mountainous areas, or the dragon trenches looking for a fight. The only exception is Forest Wyvern, which does not attack at all. With very little to rival them, Wyverns are considered to be among the most dangerous predators on Scorched Earth for their surprising speed and devastating elemental attacks only surpassed by the Manticore and rivaled in sheer ferocity and power by the Deathworms.
Appearance
Wyverns appear very similar to what one would assume to be a stereotypical dragon. There are five different types of wyverns, each with small but distinguishable variations in size, shape and color. Poison Wyverns generally appear in some hue of green or green-grey, while some cases have them appear in black or purple shades and hues.They have frills on the sides of their face, much like a Dilophosaur. Their head is flatter and wider than the other Wyverns, seeming more Serpent-like. A ragged strip of webbed spines runs down their back. They also possess a snake-like tongue. Fire Wyverns usually appear in shades of reddish-brown, red, orange, orange-brown, or even just brown. Their wing membrane can often sport a burnished gold color. Their head is probably the most stereotypically dragon-like of all the Wyverns. A row of sharp spines run down their back. A ridge of spikes protrudes like an eyebrow above their eyes. A frill of horns adorn their skull, and they have a cluster of small spikes by their jaw muscle. The tip of their snout hooks like a bird of prey, and they are the only Wyvern that has an Alpha, Forest, and Corrupted form. Lightning Wyverns can appear in almost any shade of blue or purple. Their wing membrane is either a dark grey/black with paler lightning-shaped streaks or blinding white. They have a very narrow, triangular face and large eyes. Its eyes are set back and it has three pairs of small fins on the side of its face behind the eyes. It also has a central fin rising from the top of its head giving it an Aquatic look. A ragged ribbon of flesh runs down its back. Ice Wyverns can be light blue/white with the rare possibility of being green and/or black/grey. Their wing membrane is either the same color as the body/its highlights. They somewhat resemble Fire Wyverns but they have a more triangular, beak-like upper jaw and a slightly wider, spiked lower jaw. They are the most birdlike of the Wyverns, possessing a thin snout akin to a beak. They have a pronounced brow with a spike akin to eyebrows over each beady eye along with additional spikes on their heads akin to hair. Ice Wyverns' bodies are covered with spikes, which start on their shoulders, run down the spine, and end at the tail. Ice Wyvern eggs can only be found on Ragnarok, Valguero, and Fjordur. Forest Wyverns appears only in one color: bright red. Much of their appearance evolves from the Fire Wyvern, but are uncharacteristic in that they are both smaller and sport yellow, striking veins which protrude from their yellowish gradient wing membranes.
General
The Wyvern, for all intents and purposes, is the quintessential flying dragon. Wyverns have massive wings with the same design mechanisms as bats but the grace and strength of the Condor. However, they also have a very long tail with a nob or fin depending on the Wyvern type; on all the tail acts as ballast and makes them highly maneuverable. The Wyvern in the wild is highly territorial and fierce in defending its perceived territory and its nest. It also has a notably powerful bite; combat with a Wyvern is, quite possibly, the most dangerous challenge you can face short of a boss-level creature. Fighting one is definitely not for the faint of heart and flying a Wyvern is a thrill beyond comparison.
Strategy
Wyverns are extremely difficult to fight due to their mobility and devastating attacks. Nape of Neck Strategy: You will need a flying mount with decent health and pumped stamina, and melee damage. Focus on the nape of the Wyvern's neck and attack there. When it tries to turn, you turn as well, so it cannot turn around enough to attack you. This is very dangerous due to the high damage output of the Wyvern, but when executed correctly, it is surprisingly effective. A variation of this strategy is to attack its feet from below. This strategy should only be attempted against a single Wyvern at a time! Chain Bola: Get a Paraceratherium with a Platform Saddle and build a Ballista on top, bait a Wyvern with any flying mount to the Paraceratherium and chain it down with the chain bola. Then you can attack it with any Dino so it is easy to kill. Grappling Hook: Using a grappling hook to latch onto a Wyvern can make a difficult fight much simpler. Once attached, one can either melee the Wyvern with a sword or club/boomerang depending on whether your aim is to kill or knock out or shoot at it with any firearm. A word of warning, though, depending on where you attach, the Wyvern may still be able to attack you with its melee. Also note that other Wyverns can attack you with relative ease, so never adopt this tactic when fighting groups. Wyverns can also be baited over turrets set to attack wild dinos. This is quite effective as Wyverns are susceptible to same ranged damage modifiers as all other flying dinos. Wyverns are often be outmatched by their tame counterparts, so fighting fire with fire is never a bad idea, even though two Wyverns of the same type can't damage each other with their special 'breath' attacks.* *While a Poison Wyvern cannot kill another Poison Wyvern with its poison projectile, it CAN still kill another Poison Wyvern's rider.
Weaponry
The homing missile can lock on to both normal Wyverns and Alpha Wyverns. Also, a Paraceratherium with Chain Bolas and a Ballista can get it on the ground for you to use your firearms, using a guided or normal rocket launcher can be sufficient when you chain bola it.
Eggs
Adult Fire, Lightning, Poison and Ice Wyverns cannot be tamed. To acquire a tamed Wyvern, the player must hatch a Fertilized Wyvern Egg, which comes in four varieties: Fire Egg, Lightning Egg, Poison Egg, and Ice Egg. These eggs must first be acquired by stealing from the nests of wild Wyverns, after which successive generations of tamed Wyverns can be bred, and traded between tribes. Stealing these eggs is not an easy feat, as the nests are often guarded by large swarms of adults patrolling the nesting grounds; inciting aggression from individuals just by getting too close, and the entire flock will give chase if an egg is successfully taken from a nest. There are many different methods for stealing eggs, most of which involve a flier that is faster than the Wyverns, or a powerful tame that can kill the attacking swarm rather than run from it. Unlike other tames which get level-boosted after taming, Wyverns do not, and the young hatch as the same level of the parent who laid the egg. To compensate for this, the maximum level of a wild Wyvern is 190. To get the best stats for your baby and establish a high-level breeding project, only the highest leveled eggs should be prioritized. Lower level eggs should still be taken, however, to encourage new eggs to spawn. These lower-leveled eggs do have a use, and aren't just inventory clutter; as they can then be used to make Extraordinary Kibble, the finest generalized taming food available. Once an egg is in your possession, unlike most, Wyvern eggs require a lot of heat to incubate properly: having a temperature range of 80 to 90 °C / 176 to 194 °F. Placing down a large number of any heat-emitting object such as Standing Torch, Campfire, or Air Conditioner, will work, though this can require constant adjusting to account for changes in temperature as the time of day and the weather alternates (Air Conditionrers specifically provide insulation rather than heat, and enough of them will ensure a stable temperature). Alternatively, the egg can be dropped near a Dimetrodon, which provides an insulation boost dependant on its Damage stat, though in most cases additional heat sources will need to be used alongside the Dimetrodon (though less than if a Dimetrodon is not used). Perhaps the best available option now would be the new Egg Incubator, which can safely store, incubate, and hatch up to 10 Wyvern eggs at a time, though with the condition that you have to manually set the temperature for the machine. Under perfect temperature stability, Wyvern eggs take 5 hours to hatch.
Raising
Newly hatched Wyverns cannot be fed Raw Meat like most other carnivores, and will only start accepting meat once fully grown. Before they reach the adult stage, their food bar drops slowly and they will only consume Wyvern Milk (and may ask for it when imprinting, regardless of age). To acquire the milk you need to feed your hatchlings, you must either kill an Alpha Wyvern (which provides 50 milk), or knock out a wild female Wyvern and harvest it from her inventory while she is still unconscious (this provides 5 milk at a time, but the milk in her inventory is restocked completely once every hour). Doing this is easier said than done, but the process can be made easy with the right equipment or tames. To kill an Alpha Wyvern, you'll need a very powerful tame with lots of health, damage, and an attack that can easily hit a fast-moving and flying opponent. Alpha Wyverns can easily be identified at a distance by their size and the red glow that surrounds them. To knock out a wild female Wyvern for milking, you will need a Spyglass to identify the gender of a wild Wyvern from a distance. Once a female has been found; draw her attention by triggering her aggression, then lead her to a safe area where you can contain her. Following this, the best option is to bring her down with a Harpoon Launcher loaded with a Net Projectile (Genesis: Part 2), which will ground and lock her in a 1-Minute stun, during which she cannot attack and will be safe to approach. While netted, a cage of 3-4 tightly spaced Stone Dinosaur Gateway can be built to lock her in place even after the net breaks. From here, any various knock-out method you'd like can be used at your leisure. Wyvern Milk gives 1200 food to the baby Wyvern. A growing baby Wyvern will consume approximately 1 unit of food every 10 seconds, or 360 units of food an hour. This means that one feeding of Wyvern Milk will sustain a baby Wyvern for about 3 hours and 20 minutes. An important detail about newly hatched Wyverns (especially at lower levels) is that even though the maximum food stated in the creature's statistics might be several thousand, the maximum food the baby can actually hold might be less than 1200 (the amount of food one Wyvern Milk delivers). This means that lower level baby Wyverns will never eat milk on their own, and will have to be force fed Wyvern Milk until they can actually hold more than 1200 food. As such, it is adviseable to only hatch and raise higher leveled eggs, as higher quality babies with higher food stats are easier to raise, and can contribute their higher stats to breeding projects once they reach adulthood. If you don't have the resources to gather milk, It's actually possible to raise a baby Wyvern without it (though this can negatively impact imprint quality). Let the Food value drop to zero. At this time, the value for Health will fall and the Torpor will raise. To lower the Torpor, force-feed Stimulant or Stimberries. Place a Daeodon nearby and set it to Passive Healing. This keeps the Health of the baby Wyvern up (or restores it) at the cost of providing the Daeodon with food, as healing makes it very hungry. As an alternative to feeding the Daeodon tons of Raw Meat or Prime Meat that will spoil over time, you can produce a lot of cheap Kibble, such as Basic Kibble made of Dodo eggs, which will provide 90 food and only spoils after 3 days. This strategy is more effective when used with high-level Wyverns and Daeodons because they have higher starting values for Food and Health, thus more reserves before they run out. Alternatively a Snow Owl’s healing ability can be used, but this is more difficult, as the Owl must be ridden to force it to heal, and this can cause timing difficulties with feeding stimulants to the baby.
Breeding
Once you've acquired your first generation of adults, Wyverns of the same type can be bred with one another to produce new eggs (Wyverns of different types cannot interbreed). Keep in mind, although you now have the means to breed continued generations, either super-breed or mutate for higher levels, and you no longer necessarily have to steal from wild nests, raising the generations you have bred in captivity still require milk, and for this: Alpha and wild female Wyverns are needed. Tamed female Wyverns will not produce milk to feed offspring, milk can only come from wild Wyverns. This means that Wyverns should not be bred off of maps they do not spawn in, unless cross-server item transfers are enabled, or your babies are likely to starve (or you can make use of the no-milk method above).
Roles
•Wood/Thatch/Cactus Sap Collector: They can collect wood, thatch, and cactus sap when landed by pressing C. They will collect thatch and cactus sap much more efficiently than wood. •War Mount: They are fast, with low stamina-drain comparable to that of an Argentavis. They are moderately maneuverable, but their breath weapons are devastating. They can also use all their attacks on the ground, as well as being able to sprint while landed. Pressing C while landed performs a knockback that can provide an escape from enemies. For a strong Wyvern with powerful bites and ranged go for Stamina, Melee Damage, Health. •Travel: Wyverns are faster than other Scorched Earth flyers and can go farther on their stamina. Beware their large turn radius, however, as they can be difficult to steer until you've had some practice. Also note that a Wyvern on follow and flying does not come low enough to mount, and does not land even when whistled not to follow, so it can be difficult to get one back under control. •Hunting Tool: With a bite as strong as a Plesiosaur, powerful special attacks, high meat gathering efficiency and the ability to fly at speeds unmatched by any other flying creature, Wyverns are among the best ways to quickly gather large amounts of Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat and a wide variety of Tributes; Wyverns are also the only flying creatures treated as large carnivores, meaning that most of the small and medium-sized aggressive wildlife is prone to ignore them and their riders unless provoked, greatly reducing the nuisance while traveling. •Giga Counter: While fighting a giga with one wyvern is dangerous, you can bring friends and lots of wyverns (lightning is recommended but poison can work just not fire and ice) to enrage the giga with the breath attacks. •Titan Hunter: Because of their speed and damage, a wyvern can quickly dodge a titan's attacks. Lightning and Poison Wyverns are best used against the Desert titan since it uses only flocks for damage and its lightning is only used against surfaces. The wyvern can make bombing runs across the titan in any direction. •Damage: Wyverns deal large amounts of damage with their bite and breath attacks; they're some of the most powerful flying creatures in the game. While they may not match a Rex for sheer damage output, a Wyvern can be flown across the map and is extremely maneuverable. •Transport: Wyverns can carry a decent amount of weight and are quite quick. Using a Wyvern, one might safely and quickly transport people or materials across an Ark. •Aerial Attack: Level mainly Melee, some Health and Stamina. They are usually are stronger and deal more damage than other flying mounts. Watch out for people on Tapejaras or holding people on argents with homing rocket launchers. They are great for destroying convoys of quetzals due to the debuffing of minigun turrets. All you need to do is get out of the range of auto turrets if they have them and start blasting. You should usually use a Lightning Wyvern.
Collectibles
Three elemental claws are harvest-able from the Wyvern: the Fire Talon, Lightning Talon, and the Poison Talon, from their respective counterparts. Several of each talon plus the three Artifacts of Scorched Earth are used at an obelisk or beacon to summon the Manticore. You'll need 2 for Easy (Gamma), 10 for Medium (Beta), and 20 for Hard (Alpha).
For information pertaining specifically to the legendary Wyvern, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
•Lore and design choices in ARK: Survival Evolved seem to be inspired by the notion that Wyverns are a species of Dragon notable for only having 2 legs and wings, as opposed to 'prototypical' Dragons like the specimen constituting a Boss on The Island, which has 4 legs and wings. It is likewise applied to the Rock Drakes, as this same particular system of classification notes Drakes as having 4 legs and no separate set of wings.
•This inspiration is explicitly stated in the Wyvern Dossier by Helena which says "Aside from size, the main difference between Draconis vipera and its larger cousin is that the former possesses only two legs".
•The binomial name of the Wyvern, "Draconis vipera", translates to "Dragon or Serpent/Snake" + "Viper," which is redundant. The Latin name vīpera is possibly derived from the Latin words vivus and pario, meaning "alive" and "bear" or "bring forth"; likely a reference to the fact that most vipers bear live young.
•This seems especially fitting for the Poison Wyvern who has a distinctly serpentine appearance.
•Wyverns, the Dragon (said to be their "larger cousin"), Rock Drakes (Draconis obscurum) and Managarmr (Draconis auragelus) are all noted by Helena Walker to be related. This could also be a reference to the fact that in mythology all three are actually types of dragons.
•Interestingly enough, in one of his explorer notes, Dahkeya reports that the Wyverns just seemed to appear out of nowhere.
•From his account and what Helena had discovered about the ARKs on Extinction, one can come to the conclusion that the Wyverns are not a natural species and were originally not even meant to be on the ARKs. As Helena stated, the Overseers of the ARK try to "punish" or "reset" the survivors - considered 'subjects' by Overseers - if they did not do as expected, which is most likely: defeat the Guardian(s) (and challenge the Overseer if necessary), thereby progressing to the next ARK. If this is not done (or if the survivors act out of line like they did on Aberration), the Overseers seem to enact a sort of reset or punishment protocol to wipe out the existing survivors.
•From what can be gathered, Mantis are likely to have been this original protocol to wipe the city of Nosti and its inhabitants due to how much of a problem their idle behavior was, but when Dahkeya killed all the Mantis by detonating a bomb in their sulfur-filled den, the Overseer likely enforced a stronger protocol or judgement. It was shortly after the Mantis were killed that the very first Wyvern was sighted - a Fire Wyvern. Soon after, the Lightning and Poison varieties also appeared and started leading coordinated attacks on Nosti's citizens. When the Overseer then used its control of the ARK to quite literally swallow the entire city whole in the sand, Wyverns were sent after the only two survivors - Dahkeya and Raia - hounding them consistently and never letting up until Dahkeya sacrificed himself for a distraction so Raia could flee.
•Strangely, despite being made to kill or punish humans, the Overseer also made them an ideal mount. Perhaps it viewed any survivors who could tame these creatures designed to kill them as 'worthy subjects', but one can only guess.
•In the Extinction DLC, the reason the ARK either punishes or resets survivors is to preserve its resources when the ARK comes down from orbit. But when Element was at a toxicity level that the ARK can't handle, the ARK remains in orbit and destroys settlements to further preserve its resources for an extended amount of time. The wyverns, and the other fantasy creatures such as the Rock Elementals and Reapers, act as a heavy duty deterrent to prevent any survivor or groups of survivors from consuming too much of the ARK's resources.
•Strangely, Raia was the first survivor on Scorched Earth to tame and raise wyverns. Based on Helena's and her explorer notes, she raised and tamed 3 wyverns, one of each elemental breath attack (lightning, fire, and poison).
The Wyvern is a highly sought-after massive flying dragon that can overpower most creatures it faces. The deadly Wyvern, which is only tamable by stealing and raising as a baby, can be found in four varieities — Fire, Ice, Lightning, and Poison — each of which have distinct attacks.
Jun 26, 2022 · Thylacoleo. Abilities. 1) Elemental Breath. The Wyvern takes in a deep breath and releases a projectile depending on which type of Wyvern, dealing damage and causing certain effects to those that are hit. See variants for the types of Elemental Breath they release. Default Controls: RMB (for PC) LT (for Xbox) L2 (for PS4) 2) Grab.
Crystal Wyverns (except Heirs and Alphas) can be tamed non-violently, rather than through the use of tranquilizers. They can be fed with Crystal or Primal Crystal while nearby. Do be warned that they tend to fly fast, which makes it difficult to tame them without causing aggression.
Wyverns will only spawn when the player is above a certain altitude (see Space § Notes) and is outside of the Crimson, Corruption, and Dungeon biomes. Wyverns will not spawn during events, and having at least one NPC near the player will also prevent them from spawning.
The Dodo Wyvern is a rare, aggressive creature that appears during Fear Evolved/Ascended events on Scorched Earth. With the combined fire, lightning, and poison abilities of all elemental wyverns, it’s a formidable opponent best handled with heavy weaponry. List of Creatures.
