How to Tame Drakeling in ARK
Drakeling is carnivore found in ARK: Survival Ascended.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Curious
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- No
Drakeling Taming Details
Drakeling 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 Drakeling on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Drakeling 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, Drakeling will follow your commands. It cannot be ridden.
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Related tools & resources
Drakeling — Background & Lore
The Drakeling is a small, fairy-like dragon in ASA that rides on its owner's shoulder. It came with the paid ARK Fantastic Tames DLC released alongside Ragnarok, in four seasonal variants: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, each with its own buff and utility.
Taming
A passive tame. Hold a torch, since Drakelings are drawn to fire. One lands on your shoulder and asks for harvesting, crafting or kill experience; fill that bar, then feed it from the last hotbar slot, and repeat until it is tamed. Mounting a creature pauses the process. 
Cooked Prime Meat and 
Exceptional Kibble are its preferred foods.
Breeding
It lays eggs that hatch in about 5 hours. Seasonal variants can be crossed, but a baby keeps only one seasonal ability.
Uses
- Spring: turns seeds into
Rare Flowers. - Summer: cooks raw meat in its inventory.
- Autumn: its breath harvests resource nodes.
- Winter: food spoils much more slowly in its inventory.
Tips
It halves the weight of what it carries for you, slows your falls and stores experience from kills, which can be turned into 
Dragon Hoard Keys for hoard chests.