How to Tame Brute Megaloceros in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Brute Megaloceros: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- No
Brute Megaloceros Taming Details
Brute Megaloceros is a knockout tame. Its most effective taming food is Kibble (preferred) or Crops.
Alternative foods: Mejoberry, Other berries, Fresh Vegetables.
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 Megaloceros on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Brute Megaloceros 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 Crops in its inventory (alternatives: Mejoberry, Other berries, Fresh Vegetables). 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 Megaloceros will follow your commands. It cannot be ridden.
Brute Megaloceros 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 | 2350 | +30.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 560 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 300 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 1800 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 440 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +1.0% |
| Torpidity | 350 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Brute Megaloceros variants
- Megaloceros (Genesis: Part 2)
Related tools & resources
Brute Megaloceros — Background & Lore
The Brute Megaloceros is a much tougher, scaled-up version of the 
Megaloceros, always a large male. It is a Genesis: Part 1 mission creature and cannot be tamed, ridden or bred.
Where to find it
It appears in the Arctic biome during the Deer-ly Departed mission, which you start from a 
Mission Dispatcher.
Tips
It is listed as aggressive but only attacks when provoked. It has much higher health and melee damage than a normal Megaloceros, and a Mega form is tougher still. At the end of the mission it leads you to a herd that includes fast, aggressive females, so keep health and stamina in reserve.