Hatzegopteryx is a large flying carnivore. Though a skilled flyer, it prefers to engage in grounded combat, pecking victims with its massive beak.
Description[]
With a gargantuan skull and wings spanning 30 feet in width, Hatzegopteryx is one of the largest pterosaurs to have ever existed. Despite its giant appearance, it was a lightweight creature with hollow bones.
Paleo Info[]
Hatzegopteryx ("Hațeg basin wing") is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur found in the late Maastrichtian deposits of the Densuș Ciula Formation, an outcropping in Transylvania, Romania. It is known only from the type species, Hatzegopteryx thambema, named by Buffetaut et al. in 2002 based on parts of the skull and humerus. Additional specimens, including a neck vertebra, were later placed in the genus, representing a range of sizes. The largest of these remains indicate it was among the biggest pterosaurs. the average adult Hatzegopteryx was 4 meters tall, had a wingspan of 10 meters and weighed 350 kg. Hatzegopteryx belongs to the family Azhdarchidae which is apart of the group of Pterosaurs Azhdarchoidea.
Subspecies:
- Philadelphiae: +5% Armor
- Gigantea: +3% Attack Damage
- Thambema: Flight Stamina +10%
Abilities[]
These are the Abilities currently available for Hatzegopteryx
Name | Icon | Description | Damage | Unlock
Cost |
Slot | Cooldown |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stab | Deals high damage and ignores the armor and
weight of the target |
100 | 300 | Head | 4s | |
Peck Barrage | A quick attack that increases in power with each hit. | 30 - 126 | 500 | Head | 3s | |
Peck | Restore a small amount of stamina for every attack you inflict. | 60 | FREE | Head | 1.5s | |
Clamp | Bite and hold onto enemies for as long as your stamina allows. Can move and drag them around. Cannot use while in air. | 1 | 600 | Head | 10s | |
Flock Migration | Decreases stamina use while flying by 10% for each Flyer nearby in your group. Stacks up to 4 times. | N/A | 800 | Senses | N/A | |
Evil Eye | While grounded, the closest creature to you within a 60 meter radius deals 20% reduced damage | N/A | 800 | Senses | N/A | |
Carnage | Increases attack if there is a nearby corpse. | N/A | 1000 | Senses | N/A | |
Wing Beat | Causes heavy knockback. | 1 + Knockback | 400 | Front Limb | 5s | |
Flail | Causes medium damage. Only usable in the air. | 60 | 700 | Front Limb | 4s | |
Barrel Roll | Quickly dart forward in a roll, damaging things in your path. Only useable in the air. | 60 | 1100 | Front Limb | 5s | |
Scavenger | Can eat meat, fish, carrion, and bone. Fast food and water drain. | N/A | 1200 | Metabolism | N/A | |
Hypercarnivore | Only able to eat meat, food drains much slower. | N/A | FREE | Metabolism | N/A | |
Tough Beak | Take 75% reduced damage on the first hit you take upon entering combat. | N/A | 1000 | Hide | N/A | |
Preened Feathers | Use 35% less stamina when flying. | N/A | 800 | Hide | N/A | |
Running Start | 50% increased maneuverability when on the ground. | N/A | 700 | Legs | N/A | |
Skydiver | Take 40% reduced fall damage. | N/A | 800 | Legs | N/A | |
Gripping Claws | Turn 5% faster when on the ground. | N/A | 900 | Legs | N/A | |
Beak Clack | Claps your beak and makes all ungrouped characters within a 10 meter range do an alert call. Can only be used while grounded. | N/A | TBA | Voice | 150s | |
Death Croak | Call that lowers armor by 15% in a 30 meter radius. Usable only close to a corpse and while grounded. | N/A | TBA | Voice | 180s | |
Shriek of Horrors | Reduce all carriable dinosaurs’ speed by 15% in 30 meters. Can only be used while grounded. | N/A | TBA | Voice | 150 |
Skins[]
Base Skins[]
These skins can be unlocked in game using Marks
Store Skins[]
These skins can only be unlocked by purchasing them for coins in the in-game store or from the Alderon Games store for a limited time.
Trivia[]
- It was a part of the twentieth stretch goal, worth $340K AUD ~ $230K USD
- Hatzegopteryx is the largest flier available in the official base game.
- Hatzegopteryx's broadcast call was inspired by an elk's bugle
- Modding wise, it's the 3rd or 4th largest flier in the Community servers.