How to Tame Draco in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Draco: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Unknown
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- No
Draco Taming Details
Draco 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 Draco on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Draco 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, Draco will follow your commands. It cannot be ridden.
Draco 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 | 1295 | +15.0% | +12.0% |
| Stamina | 540 | +5.0% | +5.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 1800 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 400 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +1.0% |
| Torpidity | 750 | +0.0% | +0.0% |
Where it spawns & other details
Related tools & resources
Draco — Background & Lore
Draco is an entry from Dragontopia, the DLC for ARK: Survival Ascended that added dragons such as the Lumina, Umbra and 
Gargantar. It is listed as a tameable carnivore in our data, but not as rideable or breedable, and detailed taming, spawn and ability information for this entry is not yet available.
Tips
For the Dragontopia dragons that players ride and fight with, look at the Lumina and Umbra. Both build Draco Fury, a rage meter that fills as they deal damage and is lost when they take damage.