Moschops Cibumutante is an omnivore with a cowardly temperament that was first seen in the Mid Permian epoch.
The Moschops has a big body with short legs often walking in a waddle and has special teeth that can bite onto different organisms with little to no issue.
In the wild it can be seen taking a bite out of pretty much anything as it seems to be tasting everything to find out what it will like to feed on for the day.
When approached by humans it will continue with its business waddling around like a land seal but once once they feel threatened, they will immediately run away.
Tribes utilize these creatures to farm specific resources as they can be trained to efficiently harvest certain resources based on the preference of the tribes.
Dossier
Dossier Summary
The Moschops are gluttonous and skittish creatures and remains replenished most of the time as it is constantly eating to sustain its hunger.
Being a natural when it comes to surviving dangerous encounters, it will run at the first sight of danger even leaving its rider to their fate if they are not mounted.
Even though the Moschops won’t be able to win you any battles, these creatures are still much more useful than others may think since they can gather large amounts of a certain resource more than other creatures can.
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Abilities
Harvesting Upgrade
The Moschops can be trained to harvest specific resources at an increased rate and this is done by distributing points to improve the harvesting levels for each of its main resources that it harvest.
Resource farming that can be upgraded are:
- Organic Polymer
- Leech Blood
- Rare Mushroom
- Rare Flower
- Raw Prime Fish Meat
- Raw Prime Meat
- Sap
Uses
Resource Gathering
The Moschops is an excellent resource farmer due to its upgradeable farming level which allows tribes to make it focus on certain resources to gather bonus amounts, improving the gathering efficiency all together.
How to Tame Moschops?
The Moschops is passively tamed and requires a specific taming food that will be shown when you approach the creature.
Simply walk up to the Moschops and interact with it once you have the food it prefers in your last items slot and repeat this until the taming bar is full.
Additionally, you may pick up the Moschops with a flying creature and drop it into a closed area where you can hold it so it can’t wander off while you are waiting to feed it again.
Food
Kibble
- Raw Mutton
- Cooked Lamb Chop
- Raw Prime Meat
- Cooked Prime Meat
- Raw Prime Fish Meat
- Raw meat
- Cooked Prime Fish Meat
- Cooked Meat
- Raw Fish Meat
- Cooked Fish Meat
- Vegetables
- Mejo Berries
- Berries
- Sweet Vegetable Cake
- Sap
- Leech Blood
- Organic Polymer
- Prime Meat Jerky
- Meat Jerky
Saddle
No Saddle
The Moschops has no saddle and may instead be ridden once it has been tamed, making it quite decent for starting tribes.
Breeding
Egg
The female Moschops will drop a Fertilized Moschops Egg after mating which is distinguished by its mustard color and orange spots.
Drops
Resources Harvested From Moschops Body
- Raw Meat
- Hide
Variants
Aberrant Moschops
Aberrant Moschops only spawn in the Aberration and Valguero maps.
Location
Moschops can be easily found in jungle areas and beaches even in the desert.
Maps where there are Moschops:
- The Island
- The Center
- Scorched Earth
- Ragnarok
- Extinction
- Valguero
Moschops Spawn Location:
The following are spawn maps where the Moschops can be found
The Island: https://ark.gamepedia.com/Spawn_Map_(The_Island)
The Center: https://ark.gamepedia.com/Spawn_Map_(The_Center)
Scorched Earth: https://ark.gamepedia.com/Spawn_Map_(Scorched_Earth)
Ragnarok: https://ark.gamepedia.com/Spawn_Map_(Ragnarok)
Extinction: https://ark.gamepedia.com/Spawn_Map_(Extinction)
Aberrant Moschops Spawn Location: The Aberrant Moschops only spawns in the Aberration map.
Aberration: https://ark.gamepedia.com/Spawn_Map_(Aberration)
Overview
Moschops can be such cowards and are often preyed upon by other Predators but most of the time they are capable of making a quick getaway.
It may be a bit tedious to tame such a creature due to its need for random taming foods but trapping it before heading out to get its taming food is a good workaround for this.
Tribes greatly benefit from the Moschops’ ability to gather large quantities of specific resources and can even have them autonomously collect these by setting them on wander.
