Guides/Bosses/The Island/Megapithecus
ARK: Survival Ascended·Boss·Guardian

Megapithecus

The IslandASA v94.7Megapithecus set

Gamma starts the Tek door set and Tek Gauntlets. Alpha gives the Tek Large Wall, the only set that carries it, plus the Rex Tek Saddle for your boss-fight line.

12 tekgrams · 1 from this set only · Megapithecus set

read in game 2026-09-01 Dataset verified against ASA v94.7 · 2026-10-02

Pick one tier or several on the left. The rail, tribute, ability numbers, and composition follow your picks side by side; tekgrams show the highest tier you picked and everything below it.

Tribute

What to bring to the terminal

Bring the full tribute for the tier you want. These numbers come off the tribute item recipes in the game files, read the same way we read crafting costs.

Gamma
Level45
Artifacts1× Artifact of the Devourer, 1× Artifact of the Pack, 1× Artifact of the Brute
Beta
Level65
Artifacts1× Artifact of the Devourer, 1× Artifact of the Pack, 1× Artifact of the Brute
Trophies5× Megalania Toxin, 5× Megalodon Tooth, 5× Spinosaurus Sail, 5× Therizinosaurus Claws, 5× Thylacoleo Hook-Claw
Alpha
Level85
Artifacts1× Artifact of the Devourer, 1× Artifact of the Pack, 1× Artifact of the Brute
Trophies10× Megalania Toxin, 10× Megalodon Tooth, 10× Spinosaurus Sail, 10× Therizinosaurus Claws, 10× Thylacoleo Hook-Claw
Tekgrams

Every tekgram this fight unlocks

read in game 2026-09-01

12 in total. Each tier includes the ones below it. This set only marks the 1 no other unlock set gives.

TekgramFirst at
Tek Doors & WindowsA stable composite Tek door that provides entrance to structures. Can be locked for security.Gamma
Tek GauntletsHighly advanced gauntlets that allow the wearer to perform devastating punches. Equipping requires learning this Tekgram.Gamma
Tek ReplicatorPlace materials along with blueprints in this to create Tek items, and many other items. Requires Element to run, and Tek Engram to use.Gamma
Tek GateA large composite Tek gate that can be used with a Gateway to most keep dinosaurs in or out. Can also be placed in open Vacuum Compartment portholes.Beta
Tek GatewayA large composite Tek gateway that can be used with a Gate to keep most dinosaurs in or out.Beta
Tek GeneratorPowers Tek Structures and electrical structures wirelessly! Requires Element to run, and Tek Engram to use.Beta
Tek Large Cellar DoorThis composite Tek slab can be used to secure hatches.Beta
Tek RifleShoots explosive plasma bolts, with an infrared zoomable scope. Equipping requires learning this Tekgram.Beta
Tek TroughPut food for your nearby pets in this, and they'll automatically eat it when hungry! Can refrigerate items, so long as it's powered by a Tek Generator!Beta
Rex Tek SaddleEquip a Rex with this to ride it, enabling the rider to fire plasma projectiles. Using requires learning this Tekgram.Alpha
Tek GrenadeSticks to targets with a powerful Tek Explosion after 5 seconds. Equipping requires learning this Tekgram.Alpha
Tek Large WallA wall that is as tall as four normal walls.AlphaThis set only
Gamma: 3 tekgramsBeta: 9 tekgrams (gamma 3 + 6)Alpha: all 12 (gamma 3 · beta +6 · alpha +3)All 12, first-at column shows the tier

Element per tier: Gamma 48Beta 132Alpha 264.

Same 12 from Broodmother & Megapithecus · Thodes the Widow Maker.

Abilities

What this boss does

One row per attack. Effect is the number for the selected tier; response is one clause.

AbilityTypeEffectResponse
Rock ThrowrangedGamma 2,400 per hit, rawBeta 3,600 per hit, rawAlpha 4,800 per hit, raw

The alpha-maker. 2,400 raw on gamma, 3,600 on beta, and 4,800 on alpha, and on alpha it still lands for about 1,260 through an 80-armor saddle. Nothing outruns it and there is no healer in the line; the health you walk in with and the courage roar are the answer.

MeleemeleeGamma 480 per hit, rawBeta 960 per hit, rawAlpha 1,440 per hit, raw

Big-carnivore swings: 480 raw on gamma, 960 on beta, and 1,440 on alpha. An armored line rides it out; it is the rock on top of it that kills.

Summon MinionssummonGamma Monkey and Bigfoot adds, about 100 seconds inBeta Monkey and Bigfoot adds, about 100 seconds inAlpha Monkey and Bigfoot adds, about 100 seconds in

Monkey and Bigfoot adds about 100 seconds in. They pad the fight, they do not decide it. Keep the line on him and let the adds come to the rexes.

Guide

How you kill it

our call

Written from fights on this cluster, with the numbers worked out below.

The fight

This is a sandbox. Other stacks clear him. This is the line we recommend, and it is the one that cleared beta and our first alpha. Our gamma clear and a second alpha run used rexes with the same levels at about 10,560 health and 456% melee; those results are below too.

Bring this

  • 19 Rexes and one Yutyrannus. That is 20 tames, exactly the arena cap. Each rex sits at about 33,370 health and 632% melee, with 1,680 stamina, 960 weight, and 14,400 food: level 266, imprinted to 100%, on an 80-armor saddle.
  • The Yutyrannus is the courage roar. Keep a rider on it and keep the roar cycling. On our alpha kill the courage buff was on about 90 percent of rex hits, and on beta nearly all of them. That is a damage and resistance buff on every rex in range, and it is what makes the rock throw survivable.
  • No healer. There is no Daeodon in this line and no in-fight healing; the arena cap goes to rexes and the roar. Every rex walks in at full health or it does not walk in.
  • For you: food, water, and a stack of Medical Brews. If you are not the one on the Yuty, bring a shotgun and put shells into him between repositions.

The fight

  1. Before you summon, heal and feed every rex to full. This is the whole healing model; there is nothing to top them off once the fight starts.
  2. Pull him and put both rex groups on attack-my-target on him. The rexes are the tank and the damage; there is no split.
  3. Roar on cooldown. Keep the Yuty in range of the line and behind it, never in front of him.
  4. About 100 seconds in he summons Monkey and Bigfoot adds. Do not chase them. Keep the rexes on him and let the adds come to the line; they die on the way in.
  5. The rock throw is the alpha-maker. He winds up and it lands on whatever he is targeting, and nothing on your side outruns it. The answer is the health you brought and the roar: no rex goes in below full, and the roar stays up.

Why it holds

The rock throw is 2,400 raw on gamma, 3,600 on beta, and 4,800 on alpha, and the melee is 480, 960, and 1,440. Through the 80-armor saddles on the 33,370-health rexes the rock landed for about 830 a hit on beta and 1,260 on alpha, and the melee for about 120 and 190. Our kills: gamma in 105 seconds with the 10,560-health rexes, beta in 155 seconds with 0 losses, and alpha in 173 seconds with 17 rexes and the Yuty, because 2 rexes missed the arena teleport.

The wipe

Our second alpha run went in with the 10,560-health rexes, some of them at 81 percent health, and the courage buff on only about 64 percent of rex hits. The rock landed for about 1,070 a hit through the saddles. The Yutyrannus died at 154 seconds and all 19 rexes died between 180 and 223 seconds; he went down at 229 seconds with no tame left standing.

Beta forgives a short start. Alpha does not. Bring the 33,370-health line, heal and feed every rex to full before you summon, and keep the roar cycling.

Composition

RoleGammaBetaAlpha
Tanksoaks her hits19 Rexes at about 33,370 HP, 80 saddle19 Rexes at about 33,370 HP, 80 saddle19 Rexes at about 33,370 HP, 80 saddle, every one at full before you summon
Damagekills her inside the timerThe same 19 Rexes at about 632% meleeThe same 19 Rexes at about 632% meleeThe same 19 Rexes at about 632% melee
Buffcourage roar, imprint rider1 Yutyrannus, roar on cooldown1 Yutyrannus, roar on cooldown1 Yutyrannus, roar on cooldown; the buff was on about 90% of rex hits on our kill
Healkeeps the line upNone. Heal to full before you summon; 19 + 1 is the arena cap.None. Heal to full before you summon; 19 + 1 is the arena cap.None. Heal to full before you summon; this is the tier that punishes a short start.
Min saddle armoron the tank line

Theorycrafting

The math behind these numbers, from our own fights.

DPS floorHP ÷ timer = the damage per second that kills the boss with zero seconds spare.
Target DPS

What our lines delivered, boss HP over our kill time: about 1,707 a second on gamma (180,000 over 105 seconds, with the 10,560-health rexes), 2,560 on beta (396,000 over 155), and 3,123 on alpha (540,000 over 173, with 17 rexes). That is what we delivered, not the floor against the arena timer; bring at least that.

Your lineN × creature × melee = what a line of N delivers at the melee you bred, from the creature's base damage and attack rate.
Their hit on youhit × 100 ÷ (100 + armor) = damage through a saddle at that armor.
Breeding targets

Rex: about 33,370 health and 632% melee on the fight sheet, with 1,680 stamina, 960 weight, and 14,400 food, level 266 at 100% imprint, on an 80-armor saddle. Yutyrannus: whatever keeps the roar up. No healer; the 20th slot is the Yuty.

Theory notes

The alpha rock throw is 4,800 raw and lands for about 1,260 on our 80-armor, fully imprinted 33,370-health rexes. That is measured on the line, not derived; the armor formula above is the starting point, not the number. With no in-fight healing, every rock is permanent until the fight ends, which is why the line has to start full.

Admin commands

For server owners and single player

A date tag means we ran or read that line on our test server. A catalog tag means the line was built from our catalog data and was not run. GiveItem takes quantity, quality, then the blueprint flag. The one-line tribute commands chain GiveItem with a pipe; paste the whole line.

Summon (gamma) game files 2026-09-10
cheat Summon Gorilla_Character_BP_Easy_C
Summon (beta) game files 2026-09-10
cheat Summon Gorilla_Character_BP_Medium_C
Summon (alpha) game files 2026-09-10
cheat Summon Gorilla_Character_BP_Hard_C
Teleport to arena read in game 2026-09-12 Lands you in the arena. You will face yaw 155.73, pitch -10.79 when you turn to match our read; SetPlayerPos itself only takes X Y Z.
cheat SetPlayerPos -196369 -197420 -119349
Gamma tribute, one line blueprint catalog
cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_07.PrimalItemArtifact_07_C" 1 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_02.PrimalItemArtifact_02_C" 1 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_12.PrimalItemArtifact_12_C" 1 0 0
Beta tribute, one line blueprint catalog
cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_07.PrimalItemArtifact_07_C" 1 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_02.PrimalItemArtifact_02_C" 1 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_12.PrimalItemArtifact_12_C" 1 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalania.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalania_C" 5 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalodon.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalodon_C" 5 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Spino.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Spino_C" 5 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Theriz.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Theriz_C" 5 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Thylaco.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Thylaco_C" 5 0 0
Alpha tribute, one line blueprint catalog
cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_07.PrimalItemArtifact_07_C" 1 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_02.PrimalItemArtifact_02_C" 1 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_12.PrimalItemArtifact_12_C" 1 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalania.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalania_C" 10 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalodon.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalodon_C" 10 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Spino.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Spino_C" 10 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Theriz.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Theriz_C" 10 0 0 | cheat GiveItem "/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Thylaco.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Thylaco_C" 10 0 0
Spawn gamma tribute (3 items)
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_07.PrimalItemArtifact_07_C'" 1 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_02.PrimalItemArtifact_02_C'" 1 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_12.PrimalItemArtifact_12_C'" 1 0 0
Spawn beta tribute (8 items)
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_07.PrimalItemArtifact_07_C'" 1 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_02.PrimalItemArtifact_02_C'" 1 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_12.PrimalItemArtifact_12_C'" 1 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalania.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalania_C'" 5 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalodon.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalodon_C'" 5 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Spino.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Spino_C'" 5 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Theriz.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Theriz_C'" 5 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Thylaco.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Thylaco_C'" 5 0 0
Spawn alpha tribute (8 items)
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_07.PrimalItemArtifact_07_C'" 1 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_02.PrimalItemArtifact_02_C'" 1 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Artifacts/PrimalItemArtifact_12.PrimalItemArtifact_12_C'" 1 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalania.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalania_C'" 10 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalodon.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Megalodon_C'" 10 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Spino.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Spino_C'" 10 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Theriz.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Theriz_C'" 10 0 0
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Thylaco.PrimalItemResource_ApexDrop_Thylaco_C'" 10 0 0
Give a Tek Doors & Windows engram catalog
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Tek/PrimalItemStructure_TekDoor.PrimalItemStructure_TekDoor'" 1 0 0
Give a Tek Gauntlets engram catalog
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/TEK/PrimalItemArmor_TekGloves.PrimalItemArmor_TekGloves'" 1 0 0
Give a Tek Replicator engram catalog
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Misc/PrimalItemStructure_TekReplicator.PrimalItemStructure_TekReplicator'" 1 0 0
Give a Tek Gate engram catalog
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Tek/PrimalItemStructure_TekGate.PrimalItemStructure_TekGate'" 1 0 0
Give a Tek Gateway engram catalog
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Tek/PrimalItemStructure_TekGateframe.PrimalItemStructure_TekGateframe'" 1 0 0
Give a Tek Generator engram catalog
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Misc/PrimalItemStructure_TekGenerator.PrimalItemStructure_TekGenerator'" 1 0 0
Give a Tek Large Cellar Door engram catalog
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Tek/PrimalItemStructure_TekCeilingDoor_Giant.PrimalItemStructure_TekCeilingDoor_Giant'" 1 0 0
Give a Tek Rifle engram catalog
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_TekRifle.PrimalItem_TekRifle'" 1 0 0
Give a Tek Trough engram catalog
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Structures/Misc/PrimalItemStructure_TekTrough.PrimalItemStructure_TekTrough'" 1 0 0
Give a Rex Tek Saddle engram catalog
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Items/Armor/Saddles/PrimalItemArmor_RexSaddle_Tek.PrimalItemArmor_RexSaddle_Tek'" 1 0 0
Give a Tek Grenade engram catalog
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Weapons/PrimalItem_TekGrenade.PrimalItem_TekGrenade'" 1 0 0
Give a Tek Large Wall engram catalog
cheat GiveItem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/StructuresPlus/Structures/Walls_L/Tek/PrimalItemStructure_LargeWall_Tek.PrimalItemStructure_LargeWall_Tek'" 1 0 0
Unlock Tek Doors & Windows engram catalog
cheat GiveTekEngramsTo <UE4 ID> PrimalItemStructure_TekDoor_C
Unlock Tek Gauntlets engram catalog
cheat GiveTekEngramsTo <UE4 ID> PrimalItemArmor_TekGloves_C
Unlock Tek Replicator engram catalog
cheat GiveTekEngramsTo <UE4 ID> PrimalItemStructure_TekReplicator_C
Unlock Tek Gate engram catalog
cheat GiveTekEngramsTo <UE4 ID> PrimalItemStructure_TekGate_C
Unlock Tek Gateway engram catalog
cheat GiveTekEngramsTo <UE4 ID> PrimalItemStructure_TekGateframe_C
Unlock Tek Generator engram catalog
cheat GiveTekEngramsTo <UE4 ID> PrimalItemStructure_TekGenerator_C
Unlock Tek Large Cellar Door engram catalog
cheat GiveTekEngramsTo <UE4 ID> PrimalItemStructure_TekCeilingDoor_Giant_C
Unlock Tek Rifle engram catalog
cheat GiveTekEngramsTo <UE4 ID> PrimalItem_TekRifle_C
Unlock Tek Trough engram catalog
cheat GiveTekEngramsTo <UE4 ID> PrimalItemStructure_TekTrough_C
Unlock Rex Tek Saddle engram catalog
cheat GiveTekEngramsTo <UE4 ID> PrimalItemArmor_RexSaddle_Tek_C
Unlock Tek Grenade engram catalog
cheat GiveTekEngramsTo <UE4 ID> PrimalItem_TekGrenade_C
Unlock Tek Large Wall engram catalog
cheat GiveTekEngramsTo <UE4 ID> PrimalItemStructure_LargeWall_Tek_C
See also

Same set, other bosses. And where to run it here.

On this cluster

Runs on 2 of our servers.

  • The Island PvE start here
  • The Island PvP caves separate