0 
MEGALOSAURUS
The Megalosaurus is a carnivore found on 9 maps, with a drag weight of 410. Tamed, it harvests Raw Meat and Raw Prime Meat better than most creatures. It is rideable once you have the level 57 saddle.
Stat Calculator
point distribution & extractionRoll Quality
how lucky these wild points areKnock Out
Megalosaurus at a glance
the game's own base values — the calculator above levels them| Stat | Base (level 1, wild) | Per wild level | Per tamed level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 1,025 | 205 | 5.4% |
| Stamina | 300 | 30 | 10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | 15 | 10.0% |
| Food | 2,000 | 200 | 10.0% |
| Weight | 300 | 6 | 4.0% |
| Melee Damage | 100% | 5% | 1.7% |
| Movement Speed | 100% | — | 1.0% |
| Torpidity | 775 | 46.5 | — |
A wild Megalosaurus starts at 1,025 health and 100% melee damage. Its drag weight is 410, which decides what can carry it. The saddle engram unlocks at level 57. Killing one gives 25 base XP.
Taming food: Superior Kibble, Raw Mutton, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Lamb Chop, Cooked Prime Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat, Raw Meat, Cooked Prime Fish Meat. Torpor drains at 0.3 per second once it is unconscious.
Breeding: lays an egg, incubating in 1h 40m, and the baby matures in 3d 20h 35m with 11 imprints available. The egg needs 26–32°C to incubate . Mating cooldown runs 18h to 2d.
Immobilised by: Chain Bola, Large Bear Trap, Plant Species Y.
Best at gathering: Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat, Chitin, Keratin, Hide.
Drops on death: Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat, Hide.
Taming Calculator
Lv 150 · knockoutHow You Get One
method, in orderHolding it still
Chain BolaFired from a Ballista or 
Harpoon Launcher. Grounds flyers and pins them where they land.
Large Bear TrapSame idea as the 
Bear Trap, sized for the big stuff. Bait it into walking over one.That's the full list — nothing else immobilizes a Megalosaurus, per the game's own immobilizer table (drag weight 410).
Taming at a glance
a level 150, at official 1× rates| Level | Superior Kibble | Time | Effectiveness | Bonus levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 5 | 32m 31s | 99.4% | +14 |
| 60 | 8 | 52m 01s | 99.1% | +29 |
| 90 | 11 | 1h 11m | 98.7% | +44 |
| 120 | 14 | 1h 31m | 98.4% | +59 |
| 150 | 17 | 1h 50m | 98.0% | +73 |
Every number in this card is at official 1× rates, with the fastest food. Taming speed and food consumption multipliers change all of it, and most servers are not on official — the calculator at the top of this tab takes your rates, a Sanguine Elixir, and every other food this creature will eat.
Effectiveness is what decides the bonus levels: every unit of food eaten costs a slice of it, so the food that needs the fewest units finishes at the highest level. That is why kibble is worth the trouble — not that it is much faster, but that it is fewer feedings.
Torpor drains at 0.3 per second while it is unconscious, so on a long tame you will need Narcotic to keep it down. The calculator works out how much.
Timers
start them when you knock it outServer Rates
every number on this tab is calculated at these ratesBreeding
egg → adultDrops & Harvest
On death
Abilities
what it does and how you trigger it 
- Bite Primary attack
The Megalosaurus bites the target, dealing 94 damage at night.
5 stamina · 1 cooldown - Howl Special 1
The Megalosaurus unleashes a menacing howl to frighten opposing survivors. This attack is purely cosmetic and does not cause any status effects. Wild Megalosaurus will automatically howl at the moon.
5 stamina · 3.6 cooldown - Grab Secondary attack
The Megalosaurus grabs a creature in its jaws to carry it. Grabbing into jaws deals 1 damage, or 13 damage if used by AI, to the target. Drag Weight of the target must be 150 or less.
30 stamina · 3 cooldown - Shake Prey Primary attack
While carrying a creature in its jaws, the Megalosaurus shakes and chomps down on its prey for 240 damage total. Does not scale with Melee Damage stat.
5 stamina · 2.2 cooldown - Bite Primary attack
The Megalosaurus bites the target, dealing 37.5 damage in daytime.
45 stamina - Howl Special 1
The Megalosaurus unleashes a menacing howl to frighten opposing survivors. This attack is purely cosmetic and does not cause any status effects.
5 stamina · 3.6 cooldown - Grab Secondary attack
The Megalosaurus grabs a creature in its jaws to carry it. Grabbing into jaws deals 1 damage, or 5 damage if used by AI, to the target. Drag Weight of the target must be 90 or less.
50 stamina · 6 cooldown - Shake Prey Primary attack
While carrying a creature in its jaws, the Megalosaurus shakes and chomps down on its prey for 120 damage total. Does not scale with Melee Damage stat.
10 stamina
- Sleep
The Megalosaurus has a Sleep option on the radial menu where the Megalo manually sleeps on its position even during the day and gains Chalico Sit Buff, reducing its Food consumption by 50% and recovering its Health by 2% per second up to 50%.
Active
As a nocturnal creature, the Megalosaurus is Groggy during the day: its attacks are prolonged, deal less damage and consume more Stamina:
Details
everything else the game files recordKnockout by level
every level, as a tableA level 150 Megalosaurus has 7,704 torpor and takes 36 Tranquilizer Darts or 86 Tranq Arrows to knock out — 12 darts with head shots.
Full Megalosaurus knockout table → — every level from 1 to 450, across seven weapons.
Where it turns up
pages that mention this one11- Boskar Cavelives in this cave · Lost Island
- Carnivorous Cavernscave guide · Ragnarok
- Central Cavecave guide · The Island
- Drengrheimrlives in this cave · Fjordur
- Forgotten Templelives in this cave · Astraeos
- Grave of the Tyrantslives in this cave · Scorched Earth
- Lower South Cavelives in this cave · The Island
- Tek Cavelives in this cave · The Island
- The Forgotten Cavernslives in this cave · Fjordur
- Upper South Cavelives in this cave · The Island
- Aberrant Megalosaurusthreat note
