How to Tame Castoroides in ARK
The beaver is excellent at gathering wood and has a saddle that functions as a mobile smithy. Builds dams with cementing paste.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Temperament
- Neutral
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Castoroides Taming Details
Castoroides is a knockout tame. Its most effective taming food is Kibble (preferred) or Crops.
Alternative foods: Mejoberry, Other berries, Fresh Vegetables.
Harvest yield: a tamed or killed Castoroides drops Raw Meat, Hide, Pelt.
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 Castoroides on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Castoroides 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, equip a saddle (unlocks via the engram tab) to ride your Castoroides.
Castoroides 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 | 450 | +20.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 180 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 750 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 2000 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 300 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +4.0% | +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
Castoroides spawns on The Island, Ragnarok, Valguero, The Center, Astraeos, Extinction, Lost Colony, Genesis Part 1.
Castoroides variants
- Eerie Castoroides
Related tools & resources
Castoroides — Background & Lore
The Castoroides is a giant beaver and one of the best 
Wood gatherers in ARK. It carries Wood at reduced weight, and its saddle works as a mobile smithy. Wild beavers build dams that hold Wood and 
Cementing Paste.
Where to find it
It lives near rivers and lakes on The Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero and Extinction in both games, on Astraeos and Lost Colony in ASA, and on Crystal Isles, Fjordur, Lost Island and Genesis Part 2 in ASE.
Taming
A knockout tame. Feed it as the taming calculator shows. Its saddle unlocks at level 61.
Breeding
- Birth: a live birth, about 7 hours 56 minutes of gestation.
- Growth: a baby matures in about 2.6 days at 1x.
Uses
- Gathering: Wood at the top rate in our ASA data, plus
Thatch and Cementing Paste. - Field crafting: the saddle crafts like a smithy.
Tips
Loot the beaver dams you pass: they are an easy early source of Cementing Paste.