How to Tame Abyssal Rex in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Abyssal Rex: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Abyssal Rex Taming Details
Abyssal Rex is a knockout tame. Its most effective taming food is Kibble (preferred) or Raw Mutton.
Alternative foods: Cooked Lamb Chop, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Prime Meat, Raw Meat.
Taming Steps
1. Prepare your gear
Bring Tranq Arrows or Tranq Darts, a Crossbow or Longneck Rifle, Narcotics or Narcoberries, and bug repellent.
2. Locate the creature
Find a wild Abyssal Rex on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Abyssal Rex is a knockout tame. Use a Crossbow, Longneck Rifle with Tranq Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts. Aim for the head for bonus torpor and keep distance to avoid aggro damage.
4. Feed the right food
Place Kibble (preferred) or Raw Mutton in its inventory (alternatives: Cooked Lamb Chop, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Prime Meat, Raw Meat). Higher-tier food gives faster taming and higher level bonuses.
5. Maintain torpor
Watch the torpor bar. Feed Narcoberries or Narcotics to prevent it from waking up before the tame completes.
6. Claim & saddle
Once tamed, equip a saddle (unlocks via the engram tab) to ride your Abyssal Rex.
Where it spawns & other details
Related tools & resources
Abyssal Rex — Background & Lore
The Abyssal Rex is an Abyssal variant of the 
Rex, ARK's iconic carnivore. Abyssal creatures came with Aquatica, the water-themed expansion map for ASE released in July 2025, and they can walk underwater.
Where to find it
Aquatica in ASE. Aquatica is not available in ASA.
Taming
An aggressive carnivore that can be tamed, ridden and bred, like the base Rex.
Tips
Its alpha form, the Abyssal Alpha T-Rex, roams the same map. An ASE patch also removed stray Oxygen points from Abyssal creatures, but only for newly spawned ones.