Megatherium
CreatureDMG
Megatherium taming calculatorKnockout
Knock the Megatherium unconscious using your preferred torpor weapon, then feed it to begin the taming process. Once unconscious, Torpor drains at 0.9/s, so keep Narcotics or Bio Toxin ready.
- Wild level150
- Tamed level224+74
- Max level after leveling297
Taming foods
| Food | Amount | Taming time | Effectiveness | Feeding interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Superior Kibble | 48m 2s | 98.76%+74 Lvl (224) | 3m 1s | |
 Giant Bee Honey | 59m 9s | 97.86%+73 Lvl (223) | 2m 49s | |
 Raw Mutton | 58m 6s | 94.78%+71 Lvl (221) | 1m 46s | |
 Raw Prime Meat | 1h 12m 11s | 92.12%+69 Lvl (219) | 1m 46s | |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 1h 47m 16s | 84.12%+63 Lvl (213) | 1m 46s | |
 Cooked Prime Meat | 2h 24m 12s | 74.47%+55 Lvl (205) | 1m 46s | |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 1h 29m 47s | 65.21%+48 Lvl (198) | 53s | |
 Raw Meat | 3h 34m 46s | 56.62%+42 Lvl (192) | 1m 46s | |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 3h 4m 29s | 31.88%+23 Lvl (173) | 55s | |
 Mejoberry | 3h 35m 28s | 31.88%+23 Lvl (173) | 1m 4s | |
 Cooked Meat | 3h 34m 46s | 24.58%+18 Lvl (168) | 53s | |
 Raw Fish Meat | 4h 28m 27s | 17.26%+12 Lvl (162) | 53s | |
    Berries | 3h 34m 46s | 17.26%+12 Lvl (162) | 43s | |
 Cooked Fish Meat | 4h 28m 27s | 4.96%+3 Lvl (153) | 27s | |
 Archelon Algae | 17h 53m 6s | 0.83%+0 Lvl (150) | 43s |
Required narcotics
14Narcotics
51Narcoberries
7Bio Toxin
30Ascerbic Mushrooms
Knockout weapons
Bow111 Normal hits0% Death chance
Crossbow64 Normal hits0% Death chance
Fabricated Crossbow (Tranq Arrow)64 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tranquilizer Dart45 Normal hits0% Death chance
Shocking Tranquilizer Dart23 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tek Bow30 Normal hits0% Death chance
Compound Bow82 Normal hits0% Death chance
Harpoon Launcher33 Normal hits0% Death chance
Starve & Torpor Timers
More about taming the Megatherium
The results below show total taming time, effectiveness, and bonus levels for the Megatherium at your selected level and food. Higher-quality foods yield more bonus levels.
Below is a breakdown of knockout weapon requirements for the Megatherium across various creature levels. Always pace your shots. Torpor takes time to apply, and over-shooting can be lethal.
To simplify the knockout, immobilize the Megatherium first with Chain Bola or Bear Trap. A Quetzal can also pick it up and drop it into a taming pen for a controlled knockout.
The table shows how many sedatives you'll need to keep the Megatherium unconscious through the full taming duration. Your options are Narcotics (40 Torpor), Bio Toxin (80 Torpor, best efficiency), or Narcoberries (7.5 Torpor, cheapest but slowest). The Megatherium bleeds 0.9 Torpor/s, so keep a close eye on the bar and sedate early.
Use the torpor and starve timers to track your Megatherium tame in real time. Torpor monitoring prevents premature wakeups. The starve timer is for the starve-tame method - let Food drop, then load all kibble at once to avoid waste.
The Megatherium is a tamable, omnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the DMG group.
Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups. With 740 base Health, the Megatherium is impressively tough. Its base Stamina of 400 gives it good endurance. Weight capacity starts at 725, giving it excellent carrying capacity.
The Megatherium is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. For best results, use Superior Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
As a tame, the Megatherium pulls double duty as both a capable resource harvester and pack animal. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Defeating one in the wild grants 4 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.67 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.