ARK Thorny Dragon Spawn Command

Fires torpor-inducing spines as a ranged attack (right-click/LT/L2/ZL) that drain enemy stamina and increase torpor on impact. The saddle functions as a mobile Smithy, letting the rider craft gear in the field. It also auto-harvests trees passively when unmounted and under 50% weight capacity. Thorny Dragon is a carnivore. The dossier incorrectly lists its diet as Herbivore — it is actually a Carnivore. It was the first 'mystery creature' reveal for Scorched Earth (March 2016). Players can use weapons while mounted.

Spine shot is activated with the secondary attack button (right-click/LT/L2/ZL) and costs 15 stamina per shot. Spine damage is fixed at 1 per spike and does NOT scale with Melee Damage — it is purely a torpor/stamina drain tool. The smithy function is always active while the saddle is equipped; open the creature's inventory to craft. Auto-harvest is fully passive when unmounted. For knocking out tames, invest heavily in Melee Damage (400%+ melee makes it capable of knocking Rex-level creatures safely). For wood transport, prioritize Weight — the Thorny Dragon carries fiber, stone, thatch, and wood at 50% their normal weight. Keep distance during combat and spam spine shots to drain stamina before closing in with the bite. Do not back away while firing; they close ground faster than expected.

Early-to-mid game wood and building-material harvesting; mobile Smithy for field crafting; taming assistant (low-damage torpor application is safe for high-value tames); resource transport with 50% weight reduction on wood, fiber, stone, and thatch.

Open the console with ~ and enter cheat summon SpineyLizard_Character_BP_C to spawn a wild Thorny Dragon in ARK: Survival Ascended. For a tamed one at a level you choose, use cheat gmsummon "SpineyLizard_Character_BP_C" 150. On a server, run enablecheats <ServerAdminPassword> first and keep the cheat prefix.

Use cheat gmsummon "SpineyLizard_Character_BP_C" <level>. The number is the pre-tame level — ARK adds up to a 50% taming bonus, so a value of 100 ends up around level 150. To hit a target level, divide it by 1.5. A gmsummon creature still needs a saddle to ride.

summon drops a wild Thorny Dragon at a random level. SummonTamed gives you a tamed one but at a random level you can't set. gmsummon spawns it tamed at the level you specify — the one most people want.

Yes. In single player the cheat prefix is optional and no password is needed. On a dedicated or non-dedicated session you must run enablecheats <ServerAdminPassword> once, then prefix each spawn with cheat. Set that admin password without hand-editing files using our free ARK config generators.