These Creatures Were Scrapped from ARK! 

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It's really cool that Dave suddenly came out sharing all these artworks so suddenly. I am guessing that his NDA ended or something that cause his decision to start sharing all of these. But some of the designs are just really damn sick!

They should of used the hive and swarm as a boss fight seeing it produced it’s own minions just like all the other bosses. That would of been a great use of it.

I think the creature at 2:42 is a gigantoraptor, if I remember right it was a gigantic relative of the oviraptor. Not sure what they could have done with it, but the creature itself is cool

The xenomorph might have been cool in gen part 2 in that fleshy area off the map. Like a further corrupted shadow main or maybe corrupted survivors.

That "Chupacabra" is 100% Nameless concept art, that's their menu icon

The cool creature at 6:20 (the hive and swarm) actually got a pretty solid modded version I’d recommend messing with. The mod is ‘Ducktus Hive and Swarm’.

3:14 Oh, how I wish the Gorgonopsid was introduced in the game! I like the creature because of Primeval, it was badass in that show!

The thing at 13:11 is most definitely concept art for the reapers and honestly that would have been terrifying to see in the game

I hope we see some of these make it into Ark 2 in some way! Lots of cool looking creatures that would’ve been great additions to Ark 1.

2:13 This creature is actually a Cranioceras, confirmed by Dave himself. It’s typically depicted as pronghorn/antelope like in paleo art, and I would’ve loved to see it in game. Having herds of these sprinting at high speeds would be fun to see. 2:45 This is a Gigantoraptor, the person who left a replay was referring to the gorgonops. It was actually massive, and the biggest member of the oviraptor family. So in game it likely be bigger then an allo and maybe even the height of the rex. I’ve literally wanted this creature in game since I started playing, damn shame it didn’t make the cut. 8:16 Again confirmed by Dave that’s a Tianyuraptor, a small raptor species from prehistoric China. It looks cute, and I would’ve wanted to see it but I guess we already have a few small raptor type creatures in game. 8:38 Once again already confirmed by Dave, this is a Siats Meekerorum, a large theropod from prehistoric Utah. It was very large, but actually a bit smaller then a rex so I’m assuming in game it would’ve been bigger then an allo or Yuty size. Would’ve still loved to see it.

The xenomorph one towards the end could be an early idea for the reaper, with the tail being the impregnating part

i love the thing that appears at 13:12 looks like an early concept for the reaper which it looks even cooler but like what Syntac said about the old wyvern concept i would probably want what we have now

The one that looks like a Oviraptor might be a Gigantoraptor, they are actually pretty big in between a Carno and a Allo. The coolasuchus is quite big as well.

that wyvern looks sick. i kinda would have like to have one general wyvern type and their breath gets decided randomly at birth. would be way more of a threat if all wyvern look mostly the same and you won't know what it is until it attacks.

The deer at 2:15 looks like a Cranioceras, they have three horns: the two above the eyes and extending from the back of the skull like shown in the art. I would have loved to see that in the game! 2:46 is almost certainly a Gigantoraptor, a massive Oviraptor relative that stood as tall as a house. Dave's art is absolutely fantastic, it makes me really feel the absence of these creatures and thinking about what could have been in some other life. I especially love the Gorgonopsid's design.

At 10:55 i think that's indeed a nameless concept. It's terrifying. Same for the "reaper" concept. Seeing some Aberration concepts ... I can totally say that they wanted scare us. Just check one of Rockwell's designs. There's one that's terrifying! If we think that some drawings were concepts... We can say that some of rbwse creatures have been added, just not their original design xD

The sandy manta ray is awesome. The concept that it was a ray in the ocean until the ocean turned into a desert, hence the sandy barnacles and now he burrows through sand? That would’ve been really cool on scorched or some other mythical map

4:40 walking with dinos flash backs

13:35 didn't aberration originally mention a nameless queen that ended up being the reaper queen? Maybe this is early concept art for a different version of the reaper.

I’m still surprised the gorgonopsid didn’t make it one the game, such a iconic prehistoric creature that I was sure would make it in at some point

Ok so these creatures were scrapped. I garantuee these creatures will be brought back by mods Edit: or in ark 2

Lets just hope some nice modders could bring them to us

To me the crab looks like the defense unit, and like you said it would have been cool to have crabs on the beaches

At 11:07, I think that's supposed to be a space Ray not spaced dolphin or space whale.

A Gorgon would of been so much better for SE than just having the Kapro which felt out of place on that map. Maybe could of had a mechanic that worked like it would hit you once but only continue to attack you unless the damage had taken your health pass halfway. If it failed to get your health passed half way it will de-aggro and then you could feed it in a passive tame.

Dave is someone I had been following on DeviantArt long before Ark was a thing, and I remember when he started posting the concept art he'd done for the company. At the time I didn't feel that his more "fantasy creature" style translated well to a sci-fi game, but all these years later being now big into Ark I can appreciate the aesthetic he brought to it. I didn't start playing the game until 2021, around the time Genesis Part 2 released I think.

10:51 definitely inspired by the Chupacabra as the three teeth seem to be from the three holes left on the bodies of animals during the times the killings took place

3:00 that looks like a gigantoraptor 8:42 tarbosaure maybe ?

The ark acro looks dope the koolesuchus looks amazingly fun to have and the hive would be cool to have as red woods mini boss

Yes, I use a mutated Diplocaulus all the time as my main underwater mount. For muscle I use 6-8 mutated Sarcos following. No need for SCUBA and it's very fast underwater. BTW, that's on my PvE server.

Best use of a diplocaulus ive ever had was for spooky noises in a haunted house/funhouse maze for halloween, it sounds really creepy and it made great ambience!

if primitive plus wasnt so broken and could get some love (i'm aware they've completely dropped support for it), the diplocaulus basically would have been the scuba tank replacement.

Oh man these look sick! I really hope they get released in mods or Ark 2 possibly?? But my gosh the Hive + swarm.. I think I’d cry if I saw that 😂

8:30 It was confirmed to be Tianyuraptor

I really like aberant diplocalus with mutations, they're really cool when you and a few buddies all glow your personal colors while in the deep dark

The Hive creature was originally supposed to be a Scorched boss with the lore that it was being told by the ark overseer of scorched to aggressively attack the humans with insect creatures... but it was scrapped (it was kinda hinted at in the scorched lore but the relative wording was removed, it was in the lore originally around notes during Dakahi and Rai when the mantis was attacking there settlement of Nostii)... it was supposed to as big is a diplo, maybe between a diplo and bronto, which is why it had the swarms that could spawn out of the holes on its shell body. During the boss fight it had the swarms spawns and other insects that spawned as adds. It was scrapped partially because the devs agreed they already had a "bug" boss back on the Island (the Broodmother)

13:30 Maybe the original design for a reaper?

I uses the diplocaulus recently. I absolutely love that little newt 😊

2:54 That is a gigantoraptor most likely, the comments said inostrancevia as this was released in the same image batch as the gorgonops which looks a lot like inostrancevia

We need Neochoerus (prehistoric capybara) 😁

Imagine the hive being a shoulder pet that goes onto your back like a backpack and allows you to summon and control the swarm.

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4:50 yea ive used it, used it to get some meat

I believe the green Trex like one is Tarbosaurus(or Tarvosaurus,however you pronounce it)because it was though to be greenish and similar in size to a Rex,but with extra little features I also think the flesh one was supposed to be the Reaper

If the chupacabra became the nameless, then the thing at the end might have been what is now the reaper since the reapers debug id is “xenomorph”

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I've seen chupicabra portrayed with a single fang on its bottom jaw before. It also looks like it's taking the two most popular descriptions, the more alien-like look mixed with the dog-like one. My personal favorite is a more bat-like appearance

Someone needs to make an ark additions quality level of mod that adds in all of the scrapped Dino

The last Dino concept is probably a Reaper Queen concept

I JUST SAW THIS NOW AND SAW THIS NOTIF THATS CRAZY LOVE THE REAPER AND VELO CONCEPT

I think the red xenomorph looking one a the end might have been early concept for the reaper and the tail just makes me think reaper queen grabber

2:54 that is a gigantoraptor, basically a theri sized oviraptor, the inostrancieva (inn-oh-schran-see-ey-vah) was a form of gorgonopsid which were basically sabers if they were reptillian

Hope that one day they’ll show us the concept art for all the community vote finalists, if they did make concepts for them that is.

Would have loved to see the gorgon with something like the stego where it bites you sort of like a thyla mixed with a tropeo.

i can honestly say i used the diplo in the last year. rp server i went for s pirate type of character and didnt have access to a fabricator to make scuba so it was my access to the water for a good bit until i leveled oxygen enough to be cool with deep diving solo

The fleshy xenomorph thing might have been a prototype of the reaper. It's got a wierd tongue for thw impregnation and has the wierd spikey tail. Honestly, a waaaaay cooler design for the reaper. Call me blasphemous, but the reaper's design rn is goofier than hell. Just a black T-rex with a big nose

They should have kept the wyvern

Love all the dinos in game and the concepts even if they aren't in the game I still appreciate seeing them

8:45 looks like giganotosaurus but maybe a relative like tarbosaurus or with the quills maybe mapusaurus

That large oviraptor-like one was probably Gigantoraptor, once again another one removed for being a large dinosaur. The Inostrancevia is similar to the gorgonopsid so that’s why the name was put in the comments

For the last concept creature I could totally see that being the humans that Rockwell was creating.

2:31 thats a synthetoceras i believe

11:00 the nameless' creature icon is the same as that creature's head, so it was definitely recycled

Goofy

I used a diplocaulus to do the underwater caves on the island this year 😅 that was terrifying

It's very interesting that information can be communicated this way

The hive and swarm would be an awesome boss idea make the hive larger so the swarm coming out of it more or a cool consept

We use a Diplocaulus as a water pen taxi, it's got decent speed and we can just sit on them while our babies tick down to wanting imprint. We don't take them outside the base though for obvious reasons.

13:29 could maybe be an early reaper concept

Not sure about the deer like mammal syntac was unsure about but I am positive the thing that looks like a giant oviraptor is a gigantoraptor! Look it up it is epic! Like a tyrannosaur sized oviraptor also Gorganops? Epic! And the Koolasuchus is cool! I remember it from the old walking with dinosaurs series!

I would of loved it is they included the Gorgonops in the open desert parts of Scorched Earth, like in walking with monsters

whatttttt, i want all of these creatures right NOW, i really hope some of them are in ark 2 they would be so cool

The oviraptor thing is probably Gigantoraptor, and it was MASSIVE, but essentially just an ovi other than size. Inostrancevia is a giant gorgonopsid, gorgonopsid is actually the name of a group, not just one animal

That last creature strongly reminds me of the White fang creature that War of tomorrow I think it was called.

I love your videos I recently got back to playing ark

These are all so cool. I can't wait to see what they add in for Ark 2. Maybe we can see one of these get added. Who knows!

With the stygimoloch one it is most likely that as they had the largest spikes of any pachycephalosaurid but it could be Dracorex hogwartsia ( seriously a real name ) which was slightly smaller but it could have been a representation of the 1931 ‘sandy’ pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis specimen although other pachycephalosaurs like Hanssuesia sternbergi had smaller less pronounced spikes

that manta ray thing is absolutely beautiful, I need it in the game

Very cool drawings

14:12 I don’t recall it’s name, but I have read about it, it’s known as the only reptile creature that lived in the colder climates. It was huge very cool.

i remember the tek wyvern saddle nad the overseer dodo form...good times those were.

Would be crazy to see these in ark

Sooooo good I love Watching your videos

At 14:22, they use that as the load up animation it shows the rocks and they fly off. Don't know if it is on pc but it is on console

The last on elooks like if it was the reaper in rockwells biome, or in its bare skin

A edit from my comment 2 videos ago, it is actually 12 million not 12 thousand mutations on my shadowmanes but still your guide helped a lot!

I’m about 12weeks into ark I’d say I’m an intermediate player I can’t really tame a lot though so on taming noob. I love the vids keep up the great work

14:10 i did some diving into the earliest released updates of ark last year, and i believe the first 1-2 actually used this logo!

Oh boy, we could use a crab on the island. The tarvasaur(?), the space dolphin and the thorny dragon are quite cool imo. And boy do that wyvern looks dope as hell

The small crabs make sense since the crocs and other have close like small versions like carnos and flyers.

2:43 That's a gigantoraptor. An inostrancevia is a species of gorgonopsid, that comment was referring to the second creature in the post. Basically the gigantoraptor is like a T. rex sized oviraptorid (though obviously not as bulky)

3:03 is a gigantoraptor it's not a "little thing" lol, it was as big as Allosaurus

that xenomorphic creature at 13:25 looks like it would of fit in right at home in the rockwells innards biome as a variant of the nameless (R-Nameless?)

Syntac: We have the argy here aswell *shows picture* Me: that looks like an argy-

2:48 probably a gigantoraptor, also keep up the awesome work syntac! I love your videos :D

I loved the astro manta or sting ray thingy but if I made a game like ARK I would consider adding a astro sting or Mandalay thingy

8:48 is Majungasaurus. The singular horn up between the eyes is a dead givaway.

The Hive and Swarm are very similar to the Rakk Hive and Rakks in Borderlands

10:42 yea you've seen it, its those bloody nameless