FEROX

The Ferox bites the target for 5 damage.

The Ferox claws or bites the target for 46 damage. If it executes while running, the Ferox will launch away small/medium creatures and players.

The Ferox slams the ground for 32 damage. This attack applies Ground Pound effect, disabling the ability to run and jump from targets for 10 seconds.

The Ferox throws a large rock in the direction of the camera for 100 damage. This attack can damage even stone structures. This attack is not affected by the Addiction multiplier.

The Ferox slashes with its claws in rapid succession. Not possible on console.

The Ferox jumps. While sprinting, press again immediately after landing to super-jump. Press again while in mid-air and pressed against a surface to latch on and climb, or while grounded with the target reticle highlighting a surface. Press again while latched and looking in a direction to shimmy towards it.

The Ferox roars. Not possible on console.

While in Small form, the Ferox is a shoulder pet, meaning that it can be picked up and carried on the survivor's shoulder. From atop the survivor's shoulder, the Ferox is able to attack creatures within range, and it cannot take damage unless the survivor dies or throws the Ferox off their shoulder. While it is on the survivor's shoulder, the weight that the Ferox has in its inventory will weigh half as much to the survivor.

While in Small form, either following on foot or riding on your shoulder, Ferox will occasionally make noises like sniffing and sneezing to indicate they've located Element Dust, similar to when Jerboa are forecasting the weather. If the Ferox is following on foot, it will automatically dig and collect the dust. If being carried on your shoulder, the Ferox needs to be thrown off, where it will proceed to dig and collect the dust regardless if it is set to follow or not. In both instances, the dust is added directly to your inventory, not the Ferox's. If the Ferox is not set to follow or being carried by a Survivor, Ferox left alone to their own devices will not collect any dust.

The Ferox transforms into its Large form by consuming Element, which must be fed manually from the Survivor's action bar while looking at a Ferox within range, or while riding one. It cannot be force-fed any Element placed in its inventory, or consume any placed in Feeding Trough: it must be fed via the action bar. If you are riding a Ferox and another Ferox is on your shoulder, neither Ferox will be fed; you must dismount and look at the Ferox you intend to feed before using the element. If Element is slotted on your action bar, both wild and tamed Ferox (regardless of follow settings) will frantically approach you while hopping up and down, begging to be given a dose of Element. The transformation lifetime is 12 minutes by default without any addiction multiplier. Be warned that the Mate-Boosted buff does not cross the transformed barrier; you require two Ferox of the opposite gender to be in the same form in order to receive the buff (IE, a large, transformed female will not receive a mate boost from a small untransformed male, etc). Depleted stats are also restored by transforming (both transformations; into large, and back to small), IE: if a Ferox is missing Health, then transforming will restore it back to full. Clever Survivors can use this to quickly restore combat-Ferox back into fighting shape!

The Ferox has an Addiction meter that influences several mechanics. Each time it consumes Element the meter increases 5% up to a maximum of 100% for 20 pieces of Element. The Addiction meter proportionally increases its Melee Damage, attack speed and damage resistance, but also decreases the transformation lifetime. With 100% on the Addiction meter the multipliers reach their top: +200% damage, +50% attack speed, +25% damage resistance and -3 minutes of transformation lifetime. When the Ferox reverts back to its small form, the % of Addiction it has will dictate how much Element it needs to transform again; maxing out at 5 pieces at high Addiction, only lowering in cost as its Addiction meter depletes. Additionally, in order to breed, Female Ferox require 95% Addiction or higher, though males require none. Both the Small and Large forms give the Insulation buff to the Survivor carrying or riding it, providing 225 Hypothermic and Hyperthermic insulation. Unlike the Otter, the insulation provided is a static set amount, and does not scale with the Melee Damage stat. The Insulation buff does however stack, both with other versions of itself and unnamed invisible insulation like the Otter's. For example, carrying a Ferox and riding a creature like an Amargasaurus, while wearing powered Tek Armor, will provide 3 different individual buffs of Insulation. Insulation however does not stack with identical versions of itself, IE: riding a transformed Ferox while carrying an untransformed Ferox on your shoulder will not grant you further Insulation, only 225. Likewise, some versions of Insulation have different values, such as the one provided by Basilosaurus, which has roughly double the value of the Ferox's. Both the Large and Small form of the Ferox can equip helmets in their saddle slot, providing extra damage resistance which can go beyond the strength of saddles most tames have, but at the cost of limited durability. The equipped helmet stays on and does not need to be re-equipped when the Ferox transforms, but unlike saddles; storing the Ferox in a Cryopod will cause the equipped helmet to drop on the ground, where it will need to be retrieved.