Amongst the dunes of the Scorching Earth map in Ark: Survival Ascended, there is a peculiar land mass that appears to be moving. Is it your imagination or is it real? Let’s find out in this Ark Oasisaur Guide.
The Oasisaur is a new creature introduced with the Bob’s Tall Tales DLC and is exclusive to the map of Scorched Earth. It has fantastic unique abilities, new mechanics for taming, and offers a new concept of a mobile base.
Quick Glance Info: Oasisaur
| Information | Oasisaur |
|---|---|
| Is Paid DLC? | Yes, Oasisaur was added to the Frontier Adventure Pack, which is included in the Bob’s Tall Tales DLC, during the release of the free Scorched Earth map for Ark: Survival Ascended (ASA). |
| Temperament: | Friendly |
| Diet: | Herbivore (Potted Plants only) |
| Tameable: | Yes |
| Rideable: | Yes |
| Breedable: | No |
| Saddle Blueprint: | No saddle |
| Map: | Scorched Earth |
| Drag Weight: | 3000 |
| Stats Info: | See Official Ark Wiki for base stats and growth information. |
| Notes: | Limit 1 Oasisaur tame per tribe per map. |
| Spawn Command: | cheat summon Oasisaur_Character_BP_C or cheat SpawnDino “Blueprint’/Game/Packs/Frontier/Dinos/Oasisaur/Oasisaur_Character_BP.Oasisaur_Character_BP'” 500 0 0 35 |
Behavior of the Oasisaur
The Oasisaur is a peaceful creature that resembles a mix of a rock and a crab. They are massive, roaming the dunes of Scorched Earth. This titan of a creature is similar to a Titanosaur in the way they are ignored by all other creatures nearby.
The Oasisaur could be considered the land variant of Megachelon, which is a giant ocean tortoise exclusive to the Genesis map. However, the taming process is vastly different. We’ll get to that in a moment.
Details About the Oasisaur
First up in this Oasisaur guide, let’s discuss the basic details to know: available variations, colors (and regions), temperment, and drops. The Oasisaur was released with free Scorched Earth map and the subsequent Bob’s Tall Tales DLC update on April 1, 2024 for Ark Survival Ascended.
While there are currently no variants of the Oasisaur, it does utilize all 6 color regions, those regions being listed in order below:
- Region 0: Legs
- Region 1: Claws
- Region 2: Head and Joints
- Region 3: Head Details
- Region 4: Leg Details
- Region 5: Face Spots
There are no known drops if you kill an Oasisaur.
Abilities, Utility & Combat of the Oasisaur
The Oasisaur is one of the highest utility tames a tribe can gain. On top of being a floating fortress, they offer an abundance of utility skills that provide an excellent experience for tribe members.
Thanks to Teachers Game Too for the video below explaining the abilities and other uses of the Oasisaur.
Ability: Flying
The Oasisaur might feel slow on land, but take flight and enjoy the scenery while you navigate to your next location in the safety of the sky. This behemoth rock crab can tuck in his legs and take flight with benefit of a zero-turn, you can look around while mounted and reposition the Oasisaur in any direction you need without moving from the spot.
Ability: Water, Crop Plot & Beehive Buffs
The next ability we’ll take a look at is the fantastic buffs it provides to various structures on top of it. When crop plots are used on the Oasisaur (whether on a structure or directly on it’s back), it will naturally provide all the necessary buffs to encourage rapid growth: fertilized, watered, 300% greenhouse, and 20% extra crops.
On top of that, Beehives can produce honey without Rare Flowers in their inventory. An excellent feature on Scorched Earth, where acquiring Rare Flowers is more difficult.
It also provides water to all structures that require it, including tanks and the industrial cooker. Allowing you to be completely separated from the ground on a sustainable system.
Ability: Gaia’s Embrace Buff
This next ability has great uses for the survivor. It’s a sort of fountain of youth buff, aptly named Gaia’s Embrace, and this 30 second buff can stack up to 20 times.
The Gaia’s Embrace buff from the Oasisaur Pond cleanses all disease from the player (rabies and swamp fever), boost health regeneration and increases movement speed by an estimated 15-20%.
Teachers Game Too also provided a wonderful Gaia’s Buff video guide around the buff.
Ability: Resource Generation
Another wonderful ability of this gentle giant is it’s resource generation. Before taming, you can view the resource visuals on its back to see what kind of resources that particular Oasisaur will generate once tamed. The amount of that particular resource can be determined by the different times it appears. For example, if it has more trees or cactus, it will generate more wood or cactus sap respectively. Here is a list of most of the resources an Oasisaur can generate:
- Cactus Sap
- Crystal
- Fiber
- Flint
- Metal
- Stone
- Sulfur
- Thatch
- Wood
- Possibly More
Be sure to check all Oasisaurs on the map before taming one (vanilla limits to 1 Oasisaur per tribe) to ensure you are generating your preferred resources.
Ability: Resurrection
One of the greatest abilities of the Oasisaur is that it can revive tames, giving the first ever vanilla mechanic of resurrecting a fallen tame. Although the cost is that the tame must be raised again, making it more along the lines of reincarnation rather than revival.
Some say that a creature can only be reincarnated one time, but I have a Direwolf that has been reborn 3 times now (aptly named “Reborn 3” as seen on stream). How the mechanic calculates this is unclear.
Tames drop a bag that contains their soul. This soul expires after a short while (24 hours in Wolfe’s Den servers) in all inventories except the Oasisaur, where the time is tripled. Once per 24 hours, the Oasisaur can resurrect that creature at the expense of it’s entire food stat.
To resurrect a fallen tame, simply place the soul directly into the Oasisaur’s inventory (not the resource pond) and use the radial menu (default: hold E) to resurrect the fallen creature.
Food: Special Diet of Potted Plants
Speaking of food, it’s important to note here that Oasisaurs only eat potted plants. Be sure to craft lots of plant pots and use a shovel over some vanilla foliage to pot that plant. From there, place it into your Oasisaur’s inventory so it can eat. This is extra important if you are attempting to revive creature frequently, as it will starve if you aren’t careful about it.
During my stay on Scorched Earth, my tribe discovered that trees tend to provide a higher food amount versus bushes or flowers. So aim for trees when using the shovel to provide the best outcome for your work. Here are the rough estimate for food values:
- Small bush: 75 food
- Large tree: 800 food
- Extra large tree: 1,000 food
It is fairly easy to keep them fed by focusing on the higher quality food items.
Combat & the Oasisaur
The Oasisaur is one of the very few creatures that has no attack at all. This passive behemoth would prefer to run or fly away from combat. Creatures don’t generally attack wild Oasisaurs, but tamed ones are prone to being attacked by apex predators if left in dangerous areas.
Due to its inability to attack, it is quite simple to take down the Oasisaur in PvP. While it has a massive health pool, creatures with bleed debuffs such as allosaurus, deinonychus, or thylacoleo are useful in taking it down quickly.
Turrets and Plant Species X cannot be placed on the Oasisaur, aligning with it’s peaceful and passive nature. This makes them ideal for PvE servers like those in Wolfe’s Den.
How to Tame the Oasisaur
Unlike traditional tames, the Oasisaur offers a taming method unlike any other in Ark: Survival Ascended. This is not a matter of passive feeding or tranquilizer darts—this is a trial. One that demands sacrifice, skill, and a steady aim.
Step 1: Prepare for Resurrection
Taming an Oasisaur in Ark requires two essential items:
- A Death Essence: This is obtained from a fallen tame and acts as the core of the resurrection ritual.
- A ranged weapon: Fabricated Sniper Rifles or Longneck Rifles with a lot of ammunition are highly recommended to survive what comes next.
But before you even think about taming, ask yourself—are you ready to say goodbye to a creature forever? Because whatever creature you use to create the Death Essence will be lost for good during this process. At least, according to the Official Ark Wiki, that’s how it works.
Personally, I’ve gotten my Direwolf back 3 times during taming processes (with 3 successful taming processes), but I see mixed information about this. I could be that if you succeed, you’ll get the tame back as a baby, but if you fail it will be lost forever.
Step 2: Mount the Beast
To start the ritual, a Survivor must find a way onto the Oasisaur’s broad, shell-like back. This can be done by:
- Flying in on a mount and landing,
- Or using Grappling Hooks to scale its rocky surface.
Once aboard, place the Death Essence into the Oasisaur’s inventory. This will initiate the taming mini-game—and from here, the real test begins.
Step 3: Understanding the Taming Mini-Game Interface
As the ritual begins, a baby version of the deceased creature will be reborn inside the oasis-like pond on the Oasisaur’s back. Hovering above it, you’ll see three bars:
- Green Bar: Baby’s health
- White Bar: Number of enemies left in the current wave
- Orange Bar: Overall taming progress
Step 4: The Vulture Threat Descends
The taming trial consists of three escalating waves of hostile Vultures. These birds have one goal—kill the newborn. And if they succeed? The baby dies, the taming resets to zero, and the Death Essence is wasted.
Here’s what to expect from the Vultures:
- Wave 1: Level 31
- Wave 2: Level 61
- Wave 3: Level 121
Use your ranged weapons to take them out before they reach the baby. Every hit counts, every second matters.
Step 5: Success & Important Tips
Once you’ve defeated all of the vultures, success! You’ve tamed your Oasisaur. Below are some tips and considerations to be aware of before getting started:
- Losing the baby not only resets the taming but destroys the Death Essence, so use a creature you’re not emotionally attached to.
- Once tamed, the Oasisaur cannot perform another resurrection for 24 hours. This cooldown includes the one used during the taming process. However, you can store Death Essence in the Oasisaur’s inventory for triple the normal rate, allowing you to save a creature for the next day.
- It’s currently unclear or unknown if:
- Damaging the Oasisaur impacts taming efficiency.
- A baby can be harmed by your own tames or weapons.
- The species of creature used in Death Essence influences the Oasisaur’s stats or level post-tame, like with the Rhyniognatha or Reaper.
My tribe, Wolfe Pack, tested out with a low level and high level creature and found no difference in Oasisaur outcome. However, we didn’t do extensive testing during our stay on Scorched Earth so it’s difficult to say.
Is Taming the Oasisaur Worth the Risk?
In a PvE setting, yes! While taming the Oasisaur can be risky, the benefit to owning an one for a small tribe vastly outweighs the risk. The Oasisaur is more than a creature—it’s a living bastion, a traveling biome, and a test of your ability to protect life at its most vulnerable. If you’re brave enough to face the Vultures and wise enough to choose the right sacrifice, you’ll gain a tame unlike any other in Ark.
Fun Facts about the Oasisaur
- A Gentle Giant That Can Be Fed: Unlike the Titanosaur, which will slowly starve without server tweaks, the Oasisaur thrives off a unique diet—plants grown in pots. To feed one, players must dig up wild foliage with a Shovel while carrying empty Plant Pots. These potted plants then act as its only source of nourishment. The bigger the plant, the more it feeds this colossal wanderer.
- One Per Tribe, One With the Land: Only one Oasisaur may be tamed per tribe. This exclusivity adds to its mythical presence, reinforcing its role as a rare and sacred companion rather than just another tame.
- No Titans on This Back: Despite its massive size, the Oasisaur cannot carry a Titanosaur. Even this mobile oasis has its limits.
- Ties to Myth and Legend: The Oasisaur’s rejuvenating pool and ability to reincarnate fallen tames may be inspired by the Fountain of Youth—a legendary spring said to restore vitality and life to all who touch its waters. This creature is not just utility—it’s mythology made real.
- Named After a Lost City: Its species name, zurzura, refers to Zerzura, a mythical white city known as the “Oasis of Little Birds” that was said to lie hidden in the vast Sahara. This nod to desert legends adds a layer of mystique to its already enigmatic design.
- Mouthless Mystery: Curiously, the Oasisaur has no visible mouth or nostrils. It’s unclear how it eats or breathes. Some speculate that nutrients are drawn from the potted plants through root systems embedded in its shell. Its honeycomb-like holes—possibly gills—suggest it might draw in air or even help it levitate.
- A True Pacifist: One of the few creatures in the Ark universe that cannot attack, the Oasisaur is a pure support creature. Its strength lies in healing, sustenance, and sustainability—not in violence.
- Grounded for Growth: When airborne, the Oasisaur’s resource-generating abilities go dormant. Land it to restart its passive production and watch the magic begin anew.
So gear up, grab your best rifle, and find that peaceful titan among the dunes. The Oasisaur awaits.
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