How to Tame Concavenator in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Concavenator: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Territorial
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Concavenator Taming Details
Concavenator 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 Concavenator on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Concavenator 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 Concavenator.
Concavenator 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 | 425 | +20.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 350 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 2500 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 325 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +1.0% |
| Torpidity | 800 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Concavenator spawns on Astraeos, Extinction, Ragnarok, Scorched Earth.
Related tools & resources
Concavenator — Background & Lore
The Concavenator is a desert carnivore added to ASA that travels through sand, bursts out of dunes and hunts in packs. Wild ones ambush from below; tamed ones make strong desert mounts.
Where to find it
It lies buried in dunes and desert sand on Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction and Astraeos in ASA.
Taming
- Method: a passive, non-violent tame done by riding it.
- Stun it: set off an explosive such as a
C4 Charge or a rocket near a buried Concavenator to force it out of the sand. - Ride it: mount it before the stun wears off, then jump and press the matching direction keys for each arrow prompt before the timer ends.
- Bucked off: stun it again and repeat until the bar is full.
Breeding
It lays eggs that hatch in about 5 hours. A baby takes about 1.9 days to mature at 1x.
Uses
- Travel: it travels underground and shields its rider from sandstorms.
- Combat: its sand cloud slows targets, and its tail attacks launch enemies into the air or slam them down and pin them.
- Packs: the highest-level Concavenator in a pack gets a Pack Leader buff with bonus melee damage and damage resistance.
Tips
The Conca Saddle needs level 67. Tricks while jumping out of the sand fill a boost bar for extra damage and resistance.