Giganotosaurus
CreatureDMG
Giganotosaurus taming calculatorKnockout
Taming the Giganotosaurus requires applying enough torpor to knock it out. Use tranquilizer projectiles, then place food in its inventory. Once unconscious, Torpor drains at 120/s, so keep Narcotics or Bio Toxin ready.
- Wild level150
- Tamed level223+73
- Max level after leveling296
Taming foods
| Food | Amount | Taming time | Effectiveness | Feeding interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Exceptional Kibble | 1h 12m 54s | 98.54%+73 Lvl (223) | 3m 51s | |
 Raw Mutton | 1h 27m 46s | 93.89%+70 Lvl (220) | 2m 16s | |
 Raw Prime Meat | 1h 50m 16s | 90.72%+68 Lvl (218) | 2m 16s | |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 2h 41m 50s | 81.78%+61 Lvl (211) | 2m 15s | |
 Cooked Prime Meat | 3h 38m 1s | 71.14%+53 Lvl (203) | 2m 15s | |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 2h 16m 8s | 61.25%+45 Lvl (195) | 1m 8s | |
 Raw Meat | 5h 26m 16s | 52.35%+39 Lvl (189) | 2m 16s | |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 4h 38m 34s | 28.38%+21 Lvl (171) | 1m 10s | |
 Cooked Meat | 5h 25m 8s | 21.59%+16 Lvl (166) | 1m 8s | |
 Raw Fish Meat | 6h 46m 8s | 14.99%+11 Lvl (161) | 1m 8s | |
 Cooked Fish Meat | 6h 45m 34s | 4.23%+3 Lvl (153) | 34s |
Required narcotics
517Narcotics
1,386Narcoberries
259Bio Toxin
2,038Ascerbic Mushrooms
Knockout weapons
Bow1,105 Normal hits0% Death chance
Crossbow632 Normal hits0% Death chance
Fabricated Crossbow (Tranq Arrow)632 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tranquilizer Dart450 Normal hits0% Death chance
Shocking Tranquilizer Dart225 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tek Bow296 Normal hits0% Death chance
Compound Bow819 Normal hits0% Death chance
Harpoon Launcher325 Normal hits0% Death chance
Starve & Torpor Timers
Giganotosaurus taming video guide
More about taming the Giganotosaurus
The results below show total taming time, effectiveness, and bonus levels for the Giganotosaurus at your selected level and food. Higher-quality foods yield more bonus levels.
Use the knockout chart to see exactly how many Tranq Arrows, Darts, or other torpor weapons it takes to down the Giganotosaurus. Space your shots to let torpor accumulate - rapid firing risks killing it before knockout.
To simplify the knockout, immobilize the Giganotosaurus first with Bear Trap or Large Bear Trap.
Use the narcotic calculator to determine exactly how many Narcotics, Bio Toxin, or Narcoberries you need for the Giganotosaurus. Your options are Narcotics (40 Torpor), Bio Toxin (80 Torpor, best efficiency), or Narcoberries (7.5 Torpor, cheapest but slowest). With Torpor draining at 120/s, don't wait until the bar is nearly empty to apply narcotics.
The real-time timers below help you monitor Torpor drain and Food depletion during the tame. Starve taming is recommended for valuable high-level Giganotosaurus: let the Food stat deplete first, then add food. This way nothing is wasted if something goes wrong.
The Giganotosaurus, a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a common sight across multiple maps. It falls within the DMG classification.
With 100% base Melee Damage, the Giganotosaurus has decent hitting power. With 80,000 base Health, the Giganotosaurus is extraordinarily tanky. With 400 base Stamina, the Giganotosaurus has respectable staying power. It carries 700 base Weight - excellent carrying capacity.
Taming the Giganotosaurus requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. For best results, use Exceptional Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
Once tamed, the Giganotosaurus is a practical workhorse - it can both gather and haul resources efficiently. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 43°C and 44°C. Killing a wild Giganotosaurus yields 200 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.99 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.