Desmodus

The Desmodus is a large blood-drinking bat that hangs from cave ceilings and drops on anyone who comes close. Tamed, it is a night and cave flyer that harvests Blood Packs and turns them into Sanguine Elixir for faster taming and imprinting.

Where to find it

• ASA: Astraeos and Lost Colony.
• ASE: Fjordur.

It has its own spawn zones, mostly latched to the ceilings of caves.

Taming

• Method: a passive, non-violent tame using Blood Packs, which are slow to collect.
• Effectiveness: it starts low. Grabbing and dropping a high-health creature such as a Moschops raises it, and a Tek Phase Pistol in healing mode can bring it to 100%.
• Order: tame a few low-level ones first so you can harvest Blood Packs for the higher-level tames.

Breeding

A live-birth creature. Gestation takes about 7.9 hours, and a baby takes about 3 days to mature at 1x. Babies eat Blood Packs or Raw Meat.

Uses

• Blood Packs: grabbing a creature in flight drains its health and yields Blood Packs while healing the Desmodus.
• Sanguine Elixir: 200 Blood Packs make an elixir that boosts taming or imprinting by 30%. It needs the saddle.
• Stealth: night vision, invisibility at night and a screech that reveals enemies help with caves, artifacts and egg theft.

Tips

The Desmodus Saddle unlocks at level 74.