How to Tame Alpha Tridacna in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Alpha Tridacna: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Unknown
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- No
Alpha Tridacna Taming Details
Alpha Tridacna is a knockout tame. Its most effective taming food is Kibble (preferred).
Alternative foods: Species-appropriate food.
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 Alpha Tridacna on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Alpha Tridacna 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) in its inventory (alternatives: Species-appropriate food). 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, Alpha Tridacna will follow your commands. It cannot be ridden.
Alpha Tridacna base stats
Level 1 wild values, with the gain each point adds in the wild and after taming.
| Stat | Base | Per wild level | Per tamed level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 22000 | +20.0% | — |
| Stamina | 1000 | +30.0% | +0.0% |
| Oxygen | 200 | +10.0% | — |
| Food | 9000 | +10.0% | +0.0% |
| Weight | 600 | +20.0% | +0.0% |
| Torpidity | 4000 | +6.0% | — |
Where it spawns & other details
Related tools & resources
Alpha Tridacna — Background & Lore
The Alpha Tridacna is the Alpha version of the 
Tridacna, a giant clam on the Aquatica expansion map in ASE. It never moves and only attacks when provoked. It cannot be tamed, ridden or bred. Players fight it for 
Element and for a pearl that gives a permanent buff.
Where to find it
It sits on the sea floor of Aquatica. Known spots include a cave near the Depths Trench, a trench in the corrupted biome and a brine lake.
Uses
- Element: it drops 10 Element when killed.
- Pearl buff: after the kill, a nearby clam opens and gives a colored pearl with XP and a permanent buff. Red gives hyperthermal resistance, green gives underwater stamina regeneration and a smaller aggro range, and blue gives underwater breathing.
Tips
- Melee only: ranged weapons do no damage to it.
- Stay mounted: its attacks cause torpor, and it traps nearby players and tames for a few seconds.
- Tames: a small
Megalodon pack, a 
Basilosaurus, a 
Tusoteuthis or a 
Mosasaurus all work. It cannot follow you, so pull back and heal when you need to.