Sabertooth taming calculator
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To tame the Sabertooth, you need to knock it unconscious first. Tranq Arrows, Tranq Darts, and Shocking Tranq Darts all work. Torpor bleeds at 0.3/s, requiring regular sedative application to prevent a premature wakeup.
- Wild level150
- Tamed level223+73
- Max level after leveling296
Taming foods
| Food | Amount | Taming time | Effectiveness | Feeding interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Regular Kibble | 22m 23s | 98.65%+73 Lvl (223) | 3m 12s | |
 Raw Mutton | 26m 15s | 94.47%+70 Lvl (220) | 1m 53s | |
 Raw Prime Meat | 31m 53s | 91.83%+68 Lvl (218) | 1m 53s | |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 48m 42s | 83.19%+62 Lvl (212) | 1m 53s | |
 Cooked Prime Meat | 1h 3m 41s | 73.67%+55 Lvl (205) | 1m 53s | |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 40m 19s | 63.87%+47 Lvl (197) | 57s | |
 Raw Meat | 1h 35m 38s | 55.37%+41 Lvl (191) | 1m 53s | |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1h 21m 53s | 30.82%+23 Lvl (173) | 58s | |
 Cooked Meat | 1h 35m 38s | 23.62%+17 Lvl (167) | 57s | |
 Raw Fish Meat | 1h 59m 4s | 16.58%+12 Lvl (162) | 57s | |
 Cooked Fish Meat | 1h 59m 4s | 4.74%+3 Lvl (153) | 29s |
Required narcotics
0Narcotics
0Narcoberries
0Bio Toxin
0Ascerbic Mushrooms
Knockout weapons
Bow56 Normal hits18% Death chance
Crossbow32 Normal hits18% Death chance
Fabricated Crossbow (Tranq Arrow)32 Normal hits18% Death chance
Tranquilizer Dart23 Normal hits0% Death chance
Shocking Tranquilizer Dart12 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tek Bow15 Normal hits0% Death chance
Compound Bow41 Normal hits18% Death chance
Harpoon Launcher17 Normal hits0% Death chance
Starve & Torpor Timers
Sabertooth taming video guide
More about taming the Sabertooth
Use the calculator results to plan your tame - they show the exact time, food quantity, and bonus levels for the Sabertooth based on your settings.
The table below shows how many hits from each torpor weapon are needed to knock out the Sabertooth at different levels. Always pace your shots. Torpor takes time to apply, and over-shooting can be lethal.
To simplify the knockout, immobilize the Sabertooth first with Bola or Bear Trap. Alternatively, use a Argentavis to airlift it into a pre-built trap.
Use the narcotic calculator to determine exactly how many Narcotics, Bio Toxin, or Narcoberries you need for the Sabertooth. Narcotics provide 40 Torpor each and are the standard choice. Bio Toxin offers 80 Torpor but is harder to farm. Narcoberries at 7.5 each are a last resort. At 0.3 Torpor drain per second, apply narcotics proactively - a wakeup mid-tame wastes everything.
Track the taming process with the timers below - they monitor both Torpor and starvation progress. The torpor timer alerts you when narcotics are needed. The starve timer tracks Food depletion for starve-taming, where you let the food bar drop before placing all food at once.
Found throughout the ARKs, the Sabertooth is a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Misc category.
Its base Stamina of 200 gives it average stamina. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Sabertooth brings decent hitting power to the table. At 250 base HP, the Sabertooth is relatively fragile. Weight capacity starts at 200, giving it a reasonable inventory size.
Taming the Sabertooth requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. Regular Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.
After taming, the Sabertooth is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. Defeating one in the wild grants 5 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.48 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.