Field instrument

Taming Calculator

Estimate taming requirements for ARK: Survival Ascended. Includes food, time, and a torpor hold estimate.

Math and constants are derived from the MIT-licensed ARK Smart Breeding dataset and are provided as-is. Always sanity check in-game.

Browse taming creatures Creatures hub

Taming console

Preset

Creature

Select a creature from the list

Wild level

Food Show higher-tier kibble

Food Qty Time TE +Lvl

Bonuses & multipliers

Taming speed

Server TamingSpeedMultiplier

Tribe tower (days)

Sanguine Elixir (30% less affinity needed)

Advanced server multipliers

Wild food drain

Dino food drain

Wild torpor drain

Most servers: choose an official preset. Only adjust these if you know your server INI values.

Knockout settings (optional)

Defaults assume 100% weapons. Open this if you want more accurate KO estimates.

Bow %

Compound bow %

Crossbow %

Longneck %

Harpoon %

Prod %

Boomerang %

Slingshot %

Club %

Hit multiplier

Optional weakpoint / immobilized bonus from the dataset (if applicable).

Shot interval (seconds)

Used for arrows/darts to model torpor-over-time + drain.

Torpor multiplier %

Advanced: adjust if the creature takes more/less torpor than expected.

Assumed wild HP points

Used for the KO kill-risk estimate (wild point distribution is random).

Knockout notes

Knockout verdict

4175 torpor

Effectiveness

Shots to KO

Shocking Tranq Darts (Longneck)

Narcotics

+74 lvl → 224

Food

Regular Kibble

8 bites · 8 items

Tame time

20m

682 food drop

Knockout by weapon

Knockout Shots Time Risk

BestShocking Tranq Darts (Longneck) 10 <1m 0%

Electric Prod Hits 11 <1m 0%

Tranq Spear Bolts (Harpoon) 14 2m 0%

Tranq Darts (Longneck) 19 2m 0%

Tranq Arrows (Crossbow) 27 3m 0%

Tranq Arrows (Compound Bow) 35 3m 0%

Tranq Arrows (Bow) 47 4m 0%

Boomerang Throws 64 6m 0%

Wooden Club Hits 282 24m 0%

Slingshot Hits 304 26m 84%

Sedatives to hold torpor (pick one)

Narcotic0

Bio Toxin0

Narcoberry0

Ascerbic Mushroom0

Starve to finish Paused

Estimate: -

Enter Current/Max Food to calculate.

Needed 682 · missing - · remaining -

Current food

Max food

When the timer hits 0 it beeps (max 1 minute) until paused.

Torpor (keep KO) Paused

Estimate: -

Uses dataset torpor drain (estimate).

Drain 1.04/s

Current torpor

Warn (minutes)

When the timer hits 0 it beeps (max 1 minute) until paused.