How to Tame Brute Basilosaurus in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Brute Basilosaurus: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Unknown
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- No
Brute Basilosaurus Taming Details
Brute Basilosaurus 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 Brute Basilosaurus on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Brute Basilosaurus 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, Brute Basilosaurus will follow your commands. It cannot be ridden.
Taming & saddle figures
Brute Basilosaurus variants
- Basilosaurus (Genesis: Part 1)
- X-Basilosaurus (Genesis: Part 1)
Related tools & resources
Brute Basilosaurus — Background & Lore
The Brute Basilosaurus is a larger, much tougher version of the 
Basilosaurus. It only appears during a Genesis: Part 1 mission in ASE. It cannot be tamed, ridden or bred.
Where to find it
It swims in the Ocean biome during the Chasing the White Whale mission, where it escorts the 
Brute Leedsichthys.
Tips
It is listed as aggressive, but during the mission it wanders passively and does not attack players. It takes a long time to kill, and it can regain all its health if you leave the area, so focus on the Leedsichthys unless the Basilosaurus is in the way. It is the only Brute based on the old-map creature instead of an X-variant.