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.

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Preset

Creature

Select a creature from the list

Wild Level

Food

Show higher-tier kibble

Bonuses

Taming Speed

Server TamingSpeedMultiplier

Tribe Tower (days)

Sanguine Elixir (30% less affinity needed)

Advanced 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 (Estimate)

4175 torpor

Method	Shots	Time	Kill
Best Shocking 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%

Timers

Starve to finish

Paused

Estimate: -

Enter Current/Max Food to calculate.

Needed: 682

Already missing: -

Remaining: -

Current Food (KO)

Max Food (KO)

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

Torpor (keep KO)

Paused

Estimate: -

Uses dataset torpor drain (estimate).

Total torpor: 4175

Drain: 1.04 /s

Narcotics: 0

Bio Toxin: 0

Current Torpor (KO)

Warn me (minutes)

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

Food

Regular Kibble

Bites: 8

Items: 8 (1 per bite)

Tame time

20m

Food drop: 682 food

Effectiveness

100%

Bonus levels: +74

Estimated tame level: 224