ARK creatures · taming and abilities

Taming Knockout. Use a few club or slingshot hits to knock out a dodo, then put Mejoberries in its inventory.

Abilities and uses Supplies eggs for Basic Kibble and is inexpensive practice for knockout taming.

Practical tip Stop hitting once it falls unconscious. Keep it in a sheltered pen rather than on an open beach.

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Taming Knockout. Bola its legs, use a club or tranquilizer arrows, then load Mejoberries or Basic Kibble.

Abilities and uses Early berry and cargo mount. Its active scan marks targets, and stationary detection mode can watch your base.

Practical tip Use the scan for early warning. Keep your Parasaur away from large predators.

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Taming Knockout. Use a stone pen or high ground. Aim tranquilizer arrows at its body, then feed Simple Kibble or Mejoberries.

Abilities and uses Harvests large amounts of berries for food and narcotics. Its headbutt knocks attackers back.

Practical tip Shoot the body from the side. Its head shield absorbs frontal hits, and nearby Trikes may join the fight.

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Taming Knockout. Hold it with a bola while applying tranquilizer arrows. Feed Simple Kibble or berries.

Abilities and uses Switches between two-legged combat and sustained quadrupedal travel. Its inventory action turns berries into seeds.

Practical tip Use the four-legged stance for long trips and check inventory before converting your berries in bulk.

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Taming Passive. Read its current request, put the exact item in the last hotbar slot and hand-feed it.

Abilities and uses Gathers early fiber and berries and can be ridden without a saddle. Harvest specializations improve yields for particular resources.

Practical tip Requests vary. If the first one wants something rare, look for another on the beach.

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Taming Passive. Hand-feed Rare Flowers or Mejoberries from the last hotbar slot, approaching from the side or rear.

Abilities and uses Petting it temporarily boosts experience gain for nearby allied creatures.

Practical tip Keep it near your breeding or combat mounts and pet it before a training session.

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Taming Knockout. Use a slingshot at range, then feed Raw Meat.

Abilities and uses A small guard companion. Its venom spit disrupts and slows enemies.

Practical tip Sidestep its spit while taming. Dilophosaurs are not rideable.

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Taming Knockout. Separate it from the pack, hold it with a bola and use tranquilizer arrows. Feed Simple Kibble or Raw Meat.

Abilities and uses Fast first hunting and scouting mount. Several Raptors can benefit from a pack bonus.

Practical tip An Alpha Raptor with a red aura cannot be tamed. Start with an ordinary lone Raptor.

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Taming Knockout. Wait for it to land, throw a bola and use tranquilizer arrows. Feed Regular Kibble or suitable raw meat.

Abilities and uses A fast scout flyer for short trips and checking landing spots.

Practical tip Weight and stamina are limited. Land somewhere safe with stamina to spare, and check the saddle engram before taming.

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Taming Knockout. Lure it into a suitable flyer trap and use tranquilizer arrows or darts. Feed Superior Kibble or Raw Prime Meat.

Abilities and uses Hauls large resource loads, reduces the inventory weight of several minerals and can carry some tamed creatures. Its saddle works as a smithy.

Practical tip Pair it with an Anky for metal runs. Creature pickup can depend on server settings.

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Taming Knockout. Approach a grounded bird quietly, use a bola and apply tranquilizer ammunition. Feed Superior Kibble or Raw Mutton.

Abilities and uses Can strafe in flight, cling to vertical surfaces and carry passengers on its regular saddle.

Practical tip Tapejaras flee quickly. Prepare your bola and ammunition before approaching.

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Taming Knockout. Pursue the constantly airborne Quetzal with a second player on a passenger mount or another suitable setup. Use darts and feed Exceptional Kibble.

Abilities and uses Heavy transport flyer. A platform saddle supports mobile structures within server limits.

Practical tip Drop it over safe ground. Falling into deep water or near predators can ruin the tame.

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Taming Knockout. Kite its slow movement at range or use a trap. Feed Regular Kibble, crops or Mejoberries.

Abilities and uses A specialist in Metal and Flint. Raw Metal weighs less in its inventory.

Practical tip Keep the ore on the Anky until you reach the forge. Moving it to a different inventory can lose the weight reduction.

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Taming Knockout. Apply tranquilizer ammunition from range and feed Regular Kibble or crops. Avoid excessive damage that makes it curl up.

Abilities and uses Breaks rocks for Stone and carries Stone at reduced weight. It can roll while ridden.

Practical tip Use a Doedicurus for Stone and an Ankylosaurus for Metal.

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Taming Knockout. Secure the area on land, use tranquilizer ammunition and feed Superior Kibble or crops. Watch its torpor.

Abilities and uses Harvests Wood, carries it at reduced weight and its saddle can act as a smithy.

Practical tip Wild beavers defend dams when you open them. Keep an escape route and plan wood runs separately from dam looting.

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Taming Knockout. Bring cold protection, stay at range and use a large enough trap. Feed Superior Kibble or crops.

Abilities and uses The stomp harvests Wood, which it carries more efficiently. Tusks favor Thatch. Its bellow weakens nearby enemies.

Practical tip Avoid taming in the middle of a wolf pack. Clear the area first.

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Taming Knockout. Lure it into a sturdy trap, tranquilize from range and feed Exceptional Kibble or crops. Bring plenty of narcotics.

Abilities and uses Harvests Wood, Fiber or Berries depending on attack. A well-bred line is also an option for the Dragon fight.

Practical tip Claw moves differ by edition and ASA update. Test the attack on the target resource before allocating harvest specialization.

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Taming Knockout. Use a sturdy pen and preferably darts, since arrows deal relatively high damage. Feed Superior Kibble or honey.

Abilities and uses Gathers Fiber, Meat and Honey. A ridden bear can harvest wild hives and protect its rider from bees.

Practical tip Watch the trees in the Redwoods as well. Thylacoleos wait on trunks.

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Taming Knockout. Use a sturdy pen and tranquilizer ammunition. Superior Kibble is a strong food option.

Abilities and uses Harvests Chitin from insects and gains a powerful combat buff after killing one. This makes it a popular Broodmother mount.

Practical tip The buff needs an eligible kill. In the boss arena, the summoned spiders can trigger it.

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Taming Knockout. Use a large trap or secure high ground and tranquilizer arrows or darts. Feed Exceptional Kibble or Raw Mutton.

Abilities and uses High health and melee damage. Well-bred Rex groups with strong saddles form a boss team for several arenas.

Practical tip Test your whistle group before the arena and make a separate plan for the Dragon’s fire breath.

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Taming Knockout. Separate its accompanying Carnos, lure it into a trap and use tranquilizer ammunition. Feed Extraordinary Kibble or suitable raw meat.

Abilities and uses Its courage roar strengthens allied creatures, while its fear roar can drive eligible enemies away.

Practical tip Ride the Yuty yourself in a boss fight to keep the courage roar applied to the team.

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Taming Knockout. Secure the area, then tranquilize from range and feed Superior Kibble or suitable meat.

Abilities and uses Heals nearby allied creatures by spending its own Food reserve.

Practical tip Stock its inventory before the fight and turn healing off when it is not needed. Food consumption is high.

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Taming Knockout. Use a land trap and tranquilizer ammunition. Feed Regular Kibble or Raw Fish Meat.

Abilities and uses Mobile cave mount and swimmer. Its underwater spin stuns many small and medium aquatic targets.

Practical tip Pack fish meat after taming as well. The spin attack does not replace an exit plan for large ocean caves.

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Taming Knockout. Bola a lone cat or use a trap. Feed Regular Kibble or raw meat.

Abilities and uses Agile mount for suitable caves and for collecting Hide or Chitin.

Practical tip A good saddle reduces incoming damage. Bring spare armor when caving.

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Taming Knockout. Separate a wolf from its pack, secure it with a bola or trap and feed Superior Kibble or raw meat after tranquilizing.

Abilities and uses Fast hunter with a pack bonus and a sniff ability. It can be ridden without a saddle.

Practical tip Without a saddle, there is no saddle armor. Watch its health during long cave runs.

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Taming Knockout. Check Redwood trunks, bring it down from its climbing position and tranquilize it in a trap. Feed Extraordinary Kibble or suitable cooked meat.

Abilities and uses Climbs steep walls and applies a bleed with its bite. Useful for rough terrain and caves it can fit into.

Practical tip A wild one can dismount you in flight. Search above the trunk zone or scout carefully on foot.

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Taming Knockout. Secure a frog away from the most dangerous part of the swamp and use tranquilizer arrows. Feed Regular Kibble or raw meat.

Abilities and uses Jumps far, swims and turns certain insects into Cementing Paste when harvested with its tongue.

Practical tip Bring breathing protection and spares for the Swamp Cave. The frog does not protect its rider from the cave gas.

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Taming Passive. Put Simple Kibble or Raw Fish Meat in the last hotbar slot and hand-feed it underwater when it comes close.

Abilities and uses Fast early ocean mount, useful for scouting and short trips.

Practical tip Speed helps you escape. Plan for oxygen, a sheltered cove and a return route.

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Taming Passive. Keep mantas and sharks clear, then hand-feed Exceptional Kibble or suitable raw meat from the last hotbar slot.

Abilities and uses Durable ocean mount. Resists the usual jellyfish and eel stun effects and slowly produces Oil in its inventory.

Practical tip It takes damage at great depths. Watch its health and keep a route back to the surface.

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Taming Knockout. Keep your distance underwater and use a crossbow with tranquilizer arrows. Feed Superior Kibble or Raw Fish Meat.

Abilities and uses Ocean combat mount. Tamed sharks can fight as a pack and apply bleeding with bites.

Practical tip Secure the tame against other sharks. Jellyfish remain a danger even with a tamed shark.

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Taming Knockout. Lure it out of the swamp onto clear land, tranquilize it and feed Regular Kibble or Raw Fish Meat.

Abilities and uses Amphibious mount that is especially fast in water. Its rolling attack can reposition it in close combat.

Practical tip Tame it on a shore with an escape route. Kaprosuchus and other swamp inhabitants can interrupt the attempt.

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Taming Knockout. Lead it to clear water and use a crossbow with tranquilizer arrows. Feed Superior Kibble or suitable meat.

Abilities and uses Underwater miner for Oil, Stone, Metal and other minerals. Its armor makes it durable.

Practical tip It is relatively slow. Check your return route, air supply and nearby jellyfish before loading it up.

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Taming Knockout. Tranquilize underwater with a crossbow and feed Regular Kibble or suitable prime meat or prime fish meat.

Abilities and uses Lights dark water and collects Silica Pearls from suitable nodes with its bite.

Practical tip Mark a safe exit for pearl runs. Its light does not replace diving gear.

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Taming Special tame. Let the wild Tuso grab a durable, expendable aquatic tame. Swim to its mouth and hand-feed Black Pearls from your last hotbar slot.

Abilities and uses Large deep-sea combat mount with a grab attack. It slowly produces Oil in its inventory.

Practical tip Bring enough Black Pearls, diving gear and an escape plan. The grabbed creature can take damage.

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Taming Special tame. Obtain pheromone from a male, give it to a suitable tamed host and lure a heavily weakened female to it. Meet the host’s cravings until birth.

Abilities and uses Can carry large creatures and certain objects. Converts Sap in its inventory into Resin for additional abilities.

Practical tip The host dies on successful birth. Plan for the loss and review possible cravings beforehand.

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Taming Passive. Put a Sweet Vegetable Cake in the last hotbar slot and hand-feed a wild sheep.

Abilities and uses Use scissors for Wool. Slaughtering supplies Raw Mutton for many carnivore tames.

Practical tip Raw Mutton spoils quickly. Plan slaughter close to your next tame.

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Taming Special tame. Sneak up with Rockarrots in the last hotbar slot. Feed it, mount it and feed again whenever prompted while it bucks.

Abilities and uses Quick land mount. Its rear kick applies torpor, and the saddle can act as a Mortar and Pestle.

Practical tip Clear nearby predators first. An unbroken horse can run around during taming.

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Taming Passive with fish corpses. Kill a fish nearby, drag the corpse to the Otter and feed it when prompted.

Abilities and uses Shoulder pet that provides temperature insulation. It can carry multiple artifacts, making it useful on cave runs.

Practical tip Pack Fish Meat to feed it and keep it in a safe spot during dangerous passages.

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Taming Knockout. Secure a snail on the swamp edge, tranquilize it carefully and feed Sweet Vegetable Cake.

Abilities and uses Produces Achatina Paste and slowly generates Organic Polymer in its inventory. Its paste can replace Cementing Paste in many recipes.

Practical tip Keep Vegetable Cake for feeding after taming. Enable wandering for production and keep the snail safely penned.

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Taming Passive. Approach carefully with feces in the last hotbar slot and hand-feed it when prompted.

Abilities and uses Turns feces into Fertilizer and Oil when wandering is enabled. ASA also offers automatic feces collection within range.

Practical tip Put it in a secure pen. In ASE, load feces manually.

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Taming Knockout. Bola a fleeing Oviraptor and tranquilize it. Put suitable eggs in its inventory.

Abilities and uses Supports egg production. In ASA it can also collect laid eggs automatically and filter them according to settings.

Practical tip Stock eggs before taming. ASE has the laying boost, while ASA additionally has egg collection.

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Taming Knockout. Secure the quick creature in a suitable trap, tranquilize from range and feed Rare Mushrooms or Plant Species X Seeds.

Abilities and uses Makes long jumps and carries small animals or eligible babies in its pouch. A mate-boosted female can help with raising babies.

Practical tip Check whether your baby species fits in the pouch. Its nursery benefits only apply under the relevant conditions.

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Taming Special tame. Drag fresh kills to it, drop them as it sniffs and back away. At full trust, mount and kill other creatures during the riding phase.

Abilities and uses Large melee mount that builds momentum from successive kills.

Practical tip Clear competing carnivores from the approach. Prepare enough prey for both taming phases.

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Taming ASE. Use a large metal trap and tranquilizer ammunition, monitor rapidly falling torpor and feed Exceptional Kibble or suitable meat. ASA v97 onward. Bring an Apex Offering, enrage the wild Giga and survive the encounter. Its hits raise its torpor during the challenge. Feed it after it collapses.

Abilities and uses Powerful land fighter with a rage mechanic. The ASA rework adds Wounded Fury and area attacks.

Practical tip Taming differs substantially after ASA’s November 6, 2026 update. Plan for rage and safe distance in your edition.

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Taming ASE. Passive with Spoiled Meat, with Bug Repellant helping you approach. ASA after the Araneo update. Knock it out and feed Superior Kibble.

Abilities and uses Its web slows enemies. In ASA, the reworked spider can also climb and move on web lines.

Practical tip Caves can have special untameable spawns. Check both the creature and the edition before trying.

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Taming Knockout. Use a sufficiently tall pen and apply tranquilizers from range. Feed Exceptional Kibble or Raw Prime Fish Meat.

Abilities and uses Strong amphibious combat mount. Water temporarily boosts its performance. It switches between two-legged and four-legged modes.

Practical tip Plan the tame away from deep water and check torpor regularly during longer feeds.

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Taming Knockout. Stay out of bite range, use tranquilizer arrows and feed Regular Kibble or Mejoberries.

Abilities and uses Durable turtle and early amphibious mount. Its shell reduces damage from many angles.

Practical tip It is slow on land. Use it for short, protected trips rather than pursuits.

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Taming Knockout. Stay away from its tail swing, use arrows or darts and feed Regular Kibble or crops.

Abilities and uses Its plate modes change which resources it harvests best. It also serves as a defensive mount.

Practical tip Switch mode and test one bush or tree before a gathering run.

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Taming Knockout. Wait for a landing, secure a lone animal and feed suitable meat after tranquilizing.

Abilities and uses Shoulder pet and small airborne fighter. Several can put pressure on enemies together.

Practical tip Do not take on a whole wild flock for your first tame. Secure the unconscious creature’s landing point.

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Taming Passive. Approach carefully with Bug Repellant. Hand-feed Broth of Enlightenment or Spoiled Meat from the last hotbar slot.

Abilities and uses Spits acid that heavily damages equipment and reflects some melee damage.

Practical tip Some cave spawns can be untameable. Check for the taming prompt and clear nearby threats first.

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Taming Knockout. Trap the fast runner and favor low-damage tranquilizer ammunition. Feed Simple Kibble or crops.

Abilities and uses Fast land transport with a saddle for up to three players.

Practical tip Do not plan around its combat ability. Watch its small health pool while tranquilizing.

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