How to Tame Deinotherium in ARK
Deinotherium is an ASA prehistoric elephant-like creature with massive curved tusks. Powerful tank-like mount used for harvesting and combat.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Temperament
- Neutral
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Deinotherium Taming Details
Deinotherium 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 Deinotherium on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Deinotherium 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 Deinotherium.
Deinotherium 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 | 1750 | +20.0% | +20.3% |
| Stamina | 450 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 8000 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 800 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +1.5% |
| Torpidity | 2500 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Deinotherium spawns on Astraeos, The Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Extinction, Genesis Part 1, Lost Colony, Scorched Earth.
Related tools & resources
Deinotherium — Background & Lore
The Deinotherium is a prehistoric elephant with downward-curved tusks, added to ASA in 2025. It is a tanky mount that hits carnivores hard, buffs nearby allies and works as a strong harvester.
Where to find it
It lives on beaches and grasslands. It is most common on Lost Colony, and also spawns on Astraeos, Extinction, The Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Genesis: Part 1, Valguero and Scorched Earth.
Taming
- Method: a passive tame that needs player level 85.
- Food: a
Beer Jar. Approach slowly with it on your hotbar. - Timing: offer the beer once it has shown all three moods (head shaking, ear flapping and trunk swinging) without curling its trunk or hiding its ears.
Breeding
A live-birth creature. Gestation takes about 7.9 hours, and a baby takes about 7.7 days to mature at 1x.
Uses
- Harvesting: berries, thatch and wood, with reduced weight on wood.
- Combat: its trunk swipe ignores much of a target's armor, and it deals extra damage to carnivores.
- Support: a male's rally call boosts allies' damage and a female's boosts damage resistance.
Tips
The saddle needs level 85. Males near other males stop using rally calls, so mix sexes in a group.