History VideoGame / ARKSurvivalEvolved

** Spinosaurs are the late game version being physically massive, extremely tough, surprisingly nimble both on land and in water, and are ''very'' deadly fighters. They are also one of the toughest things in the game to tame, much harder then a Rex, as they incredibly resistant to torpor effects.

* GentleGiant: ''Brontosaurus'' and ''Paraceratherium'' play this most of the time.

* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Subverted. Most of the herbivores in the game will fight back when attacked.

* GentleGiant: Subverted. Most of the herbivorous dinosaurs in the game will fight back when attacked.

* FeatheredFiend: ''Argentavis'', a massive flying bird that thinks you'll make a yummy snack, and ''Utahraptor''. Both are tameable and ridable, allowing you to pull this on others. And there's also ''Microraptors'' (inaccurately portrayed as vicious pack hunters), and terror birds. ''Therizinosaurus'' is a herbivore, but also very aggressive.

* FeatheredFiend: ''Argentavis'', a massive flying bird that thinks you'll make a yummy snack, and ''Utahraptor''. Both are tameable and ridable, allowing you to pull this on others. And there's also ''Microraptors'' (inaccurately portrayed as vicious pack hunters), ''Therizinosaurus'', and terror birds.

* FeatheredFiend: ''Argentavis'', a massive flying bird that thinks you'll make a yummy snack, and ''Utahraptor''. Both are tameable and ridable, allowing you to pull this on others. And there's also ''Microraptors'' (inaccurately portrayed as vicious pack hunters) and terror birds.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguin: Kairuku, a large and very friendly prehistoric penguin.

* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: ''Sarcosuchus'' are never a pleasant encounter if one goes to a lake or the coasts. There's also the [[SeldomSeenSpecies ''Kaprosuchus'']] which drains stamina with its attacks.

* RaptorAttack: The ''Utahraptor'' has pronated hands and is mostly scaly, save for its arms, head, neck, and tail. [[HandWave Hand Waved]] as it's a fictional species of ''Utahraptor''.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: The (as of writing) unimplemented snow biome which oddly enough is still populated largely by dinosaurs rather than ice age mammals like in most prehistoric settings where the two coexist.

* GIFT: No matter whether PvP is turned on or off, as long as the moderators are not very active, sometimes even the mods themselves, people tend to proceed along this direction.

* DomesticatedDinosaurs: One of the main features of the game, if not ''the'' main feature, is taming dinos as well as other prehistoric animals. They can be kept as pets and the bigger ones can be outfitted with saddles so that they can be used as mounts.

* FantasticalFlora: "Plant Species X", a strange carnivorous plant that can be grown in one's garden with the bonus function of being a biological defense turret.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The ''Mesopithecus'' (a prehistoric genus of monkey similar to modern macaques). They're not very common and surprisingly hard to tame, but it's worth having a companion that can steal items, alert you of predators, and, yes, throw poop.

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: ''Tusoteuthis'' are of the malevolent variety thanks to their life-and-stamina-leeching attacks and getaway ink clouds.

* GiantSpider: Large cave-dwelling ones of the fictional genus ''Araneomorphus''. They spit webs and cannot be tamed (although the dossier indicates the devs will implement this later).

* ScreenShake: Any dinos of a certain size will cause the ground (and you) to shake.

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The ''Gigantopithecus''.

* FeatheredFiend: ''Argentavis'', a massive flying bird that thinks you'll make a yummy snack, and ''Utahraptor''. Both are tameable and ridable, allowing you to pull this on others.

* LoadingScreen: One very long one when you try to enter a game. Other than that, it has an almost seamless gameplay.

* {{Megalodon}}: Infests most of the game's nonriver waters to an absurd extent, due to being a placeholder creature for future marine monsters. Can be ridden.

* SceneryPorn: The game looks absolutely stunning, especially at night (in-game).

* ShoutOut: Various notes in the dossier of the yet to be implemented ''Liopleurodon'' reference Charlie the Unicorn. Even its species name ''Liopleurodon magicus'' is a reference to the youtube video.

** The yet to be implemented Giganotosaurus subverts this trope, as when [[HairTriggerTemper it gets angry enough,]] [[TheFarmerAndTheViper it could turn on its owner,]] albeit only for a brief time.
** The yet to be implemented Dragon also subverts this trope, as it's only loyal to the player for a few seconds.

** On the plus side the smaller ''Dimorphodon'' looks fairly accurate, being even tempered and correctly covered in pycnofibres. On the other hand tamed individuals of this insectivorous species can be employed as flying KillerRabbits.

* PteroSoarer: The ''Pteranodon'' is oversized, has a weird crest, looks like it has torn-up wings, and most of all, [[ToothyBird has teeth on its beak]], although this is [[HandWave Hand Waved]] as it's a fictional species of ''Pteranodon''. However, the dossier also not only mistakenly refers to it as a dinosaur but associates it with a ''Caulkicephalus'' skull (Perhaps there's been a misidentification InUniverse?).

* BoringButPractical: Players with patience and good aim can tame a relatively large amount of ''Dimorphodon'' relatively quickly as they are small and found in most areas. Using a few simple commands can employ them as a ZergRush mob of flying piranha that both enemy players and dinosaurs have extreme difficulty hitting. A flock of seven or so decently leveled ''Dimorphodon'' can easily shred through even super predators with few to no causalities.

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The ''Gigantopithecus''

* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Gigantopithecus