🦖 ARK Survival Ascended Taming Calculator
Estimate tame time, food counts, tranq shots, and narcotics before you start the chase.
Choose a creature to see the taming lane, food pressure, and trap size.
| Creature | Method | Best food | Trap note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raptor | KO | Kibble or meat | Short bola box |
| Argentavis | KO | Superior kibble | Gate pen drop |
| Rex | KO | Exceptional kibble | Stone gate funnel |
| Theri | KO | Exceptional kibble | Wide calm pen |
| Quetzal | KO | Exceptional kibble | Air trap or net |
| Giga | KO | Exceptional kibble | Deep metal cage |
| Anky | KO | Berries | Small stone pen |
| Doed | KO | Berries | Stone corner trap |
| Basilo | Passive | Fish meat | Keep water clear |
| Diplo | Passive | Berries | Open field feed |
Species use different feed lanes, so the calculator blends food value, tame speed, and torpor drain instead of assuming one universal recipe.
| Food | Use | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra Kibble | Top speed | 90 | Cleanest tame lane |
| Superior Kibble | Strong tame | 75 | Good all-round feed |
| Exceptional Kibble | Best for big tames | 95 | Boss-ready feed |
| Raw Mutton | Carnivore boost | 40 | Fast backup meat |
| Raw Prime Meat | Mid-game carnivore | 50 | Shorter tame window |
| Raw Meat | Fallback feed | 20 | Easy to farm |
| Berries | Herbivore starter | 20 | Fine for early land tames |
| Veggies | Long herbivore | 25 | Better than berries |
| Sweet Veg Cake | Special herbivore | 60 | Great for specific tames |
| Fish Meat | Passive water | 15 | Useful underwater |
| Honey | Passive lure | 35 | Some passive tames love it |
Food value is a planning shortcut. The calculator also applies creature preference, so favored food shortens both the feed count and the overall tame window.
| Weapon | Torpor | Use | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wooden Club | 8 | Very small KO | Only close-range basics |
| Slingshot | 10 | Early knockout | Low range, low cost |
| Tranq Arrow | 20 | Mid-game KO | Most common tame tool |
| Tranq Dart | 100 | Reliable KO | Cleaner for stronger tames |
| Shocking Dart | 210 | High torpor | Great for huge targets |
Weapon choice changes how many hits you need, but trap safety still matters because missed shots and dodges waste torpor faster than raw damage does.
| Kit | Pieces | Use | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open pull | 0 | Passive only | No enclosure needed |
| Basic stone pen | 14 | Small and medium KO | Fast to build on demand |
| Advanced gate pen | 28 | Safer big KO | Best for argy and rex lanes |
| Tek cage | 18 | Late-game control | Excellent for giants |
Trap pieces are a planning estimate. Real builds may need extra foundations, doors, or slopes depending on terrain and the pathing chaos of the creature.
| TE | Bonus lvl | Best case | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% | Max | Perfect feed | Fast, safe, and clean |
| 90-99% | High | Great tame | Minor delay is fine |
| 70-89% | Mid | Solid tame | Expect some lost bonus |
| <70% | Low | Rushed tame | Usually means extra feeds |
The bonus level estimate in the readout uses the target effectiveness you enter, then converts it into a practical post-tame upgrade band.
Ark: Survival Ascended is an action-adventure survival video game developed by Studio Wildcard. It is a remaster of the 2017 game Ark: Survival Evolved. The game appeared in early access for Windows on October 25, 2023 Ark is reimagined from the ground up with Unreal Engine 5 and the newest technology.
Players can create a tribe, tame and breed hundreds of different dinosaurs and primitive creatures, explore, craft, build and fight to reach the top of the food chain. They fall into totally hostile surroundings and must find a way to stay alive. This is a fresh take on the original Ark: Survival Evolved, with many of the same challenges for newcomers.
About Ark: Survival Ascended
Ark: Survival Ascended gives access to all worlds of ARK, also Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, ARK Genesis Part 1, ARK Genesis Part 2 and others. The basic version carries SOTF, and all DLC maps of Ark: Survival Evolved are being added to ASA over time. There is also a DLC called Bob’s Tall Tales with Wild West trains, steampunk balloons and post-apocalyptic battle-cars.
The Lost Colony expansion is set to launch soon, with preorders opening up.
The game operates on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and PC. On Xbox Series S it ran badly however. Overall the game is much better if you have a good computre.
GTX 1080 can run it on low settings without big problems. It only looks good on max details.
Ascended clearly beats Evolved in graphics and gameplay. Many complaints from the prior version received quality of life improvements. Even so, a big criticism is that many bugs of Evolved were still there in Ascended, plus new ones.
It was just ported to the new engine, not rebuilt as promised by the developers. Some patches even reduced the performance.
The Steam page reached a record of 98,047 simultaneous players on October 29, 2023. That made it the 15th highest 24-hour peak on Steam, ahead of Battlefield 2042, Cyberpunk 2077 and Cities: Skylines 2. Server commands give full control to owners, if they know what they are doing.
The game came out years ago, and whether it is still worth playing remains a common question. It is possible the game has no more updatesat the moment.
