How to Tame Dodo Wyvern in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Dodo Wyvern: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- No
Dodo Wyvern Taming Details
Dodo Wyvern 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 Dodo Wyvern on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Dodo Wyvern 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, Dodo Wyvern will follow your commands. It cannot be ridden.
Dodo Wyvern 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 | 666666 | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Stamina | 400 | +10.0% | +0.0% |
| Oxygen | 2000 | +10.0% | +0.0% |
| Food | 2600 | +10.0% | +0.0% |
| Weight | 3000 | +2.0% | +0.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +4.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +0.0% |
| Torpidity | 350 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Dodo Wyvern spawns on The Island.
Dodo Wyvern variants
- Aberrant Dodo
- Alpha Fire Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Valguero, Lost Island, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Bone Fire Wyvern (Scorched Earth)
- Brute Fire Wyvern (Genesis: Part 1)
- Bunny Dodo
- Corrupted Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Dodo (Genesis: Part 2)
- DodoRex (Genesis: Part 2)
- Fire Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Forest Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Ice Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Lightning Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Party Dodo
- Poison Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Voidwyrm (Genesis: Part 2)
- Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Zombie Fire Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero)
- Zombie Lightning Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero)
- Zombie Poison Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero)
- Zomdodo
Related tools & resources
Dodo Wyvern — Background & Lore
The Dodo Wyvern is a Fear event boss: a huge, dodo-headed 
Wyvern that hunts survivors at night. It cannot be tamed, ridden or bred, and players fight it for its event skins.
Where to find it
It appears only on Scorched Earth and only during Fear events, Fear Evolved in ASE and Fear Ascended in ASA. Its arrival is announced at 20:25 every third night; it spawns at midnight and leaves around 05:15.
Tips
- Attacks: it uses the fire, lightning and poison attacks of the Wyvern variants, and its bite is about as strong as a
DodoRex's. - Health: it spawns at wild Wyvern levels, and a high-level one can have over a million health, so bring a full team.
- Loot: a kill gives the
DodoWyvern Mask Skin, 
Vampire Eyes Skin and 
Werewolf Mask Skin, plus 
Hide, 
Raw Meat and 
Raw Prime Meat.