How to Tame Cerberax in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Cerberax: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Cerberax Taming Details
Cerberax 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 Cerberax on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Cerberax 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 Cerberax.
Cerberax 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 | 1400 | +20.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 500 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 3000 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 666 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +1.0% |
| Torpidity | 1350 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Cerberax spawns on The Center, Scorched Earth, Astraeos, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Lost Colony, Genesis Part 1.
Related tools & resources
Cerberax — Background & Lore
The Cerberax is a three-headed carnivore from the Fantastic Tames DLC for ASA. Its heads carry fire, lightning and venom, and up to four players can ride it at once, one on the body and one on each head.
Where to find it
It spawns on The Center, Scorched Earth, Astraeos, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Lost Colony and Genesis Part 1 in ASA.
Taming
A knockout tame with three trials, one per head. The electric head wants you to follow directional prompts, the corrupt head wants high-tier kibble, prime meat or mutton, and the fire head wants you to hunt wild creatures together. After all three, knock it out once more to finish. 
Extraordinary Kibble is its preferred food. The saddle unlocks at level 74.
Breeding
- Gestation: about 9.9 hours.
- Growth: a baby takes about 4.8 days to mature at 1x.
Uses
- Combat: its heads stack burn, venom and a damage-taken debuff on targets.
- Travel: high stamina and long jumps with no fall damage.
- Group riding: the body rider steers, while the head riders fire their heads' abilities. A solo rider has to switch between heads, which is much less effective.