How to Tame Exo-Mek in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Exo-Mek: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Unknown
- Temperament
- Unknown
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Exo-Mek Taming Details
Exo-Mek is a knockout tame. Its most effective taming food is Kibble (preferred).
Alternative foods: Species-appropriate food.
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 Exo-Mek on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Exo-Mek 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) in its inventory (alternatives: Species-appropriate food). 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 Exo-Mek.
Exo-Mek 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 | 2000 | +0.0% | +0.0% |
| Weight | 20000 | +0.0% | +0.0% |
| Torpidity | 150 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Exo-Mek variants
- Malfunctioned Mek Knight (Extinction, Genesis: Part 2)
- Mega Mek (Extinction, Genesis: Part 2)
- Mek (Extinction, Genesis: Part 2)
Related tools & resources
Exo-Mek — Background & Lore
The Exo-Mek is a piloted Tek vehicle from Genesis Part 2 in ASE and the successor of the 
Mek. It is not tamed or bred: survivors craft and deploy it, and it is built for utility more than for heavy combat.
How to get one
Defeat Rockwell Prime on any difficulty to unlock the Tek Exo-Mek Tekgram. Then craft it at a 
Tek Replicator, or inside another Exo-Mek, which gives an 
Unassembled Exo-Mek. It runs on 
Element; once that runs out it shuts down for good, though it does not starve like a Mek.
Uses
- Storage Mode: absorbs tribe structures into virtual storage, which helps move or rebuild a base.
- Carry Mode: lifts structures, including filled storage, though not foundations.
- RTS Mode: a top-down view for ordering nearby tames, useful in Titan fights.
- Tek crafting: crafts Tek items like a Tek Replicator.
Tips
Wild creatures ignore it, which makes it good for stealing eggs, reaching taming targets and looting the ocean floor. It also takes no damage in radiation zones.