How to Tame Forest Wyvern in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Forest Wyvern: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Forest Wyvern Taming Details
Forest 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 Forest Wyvern on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Forest 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, equip a saddle (unlocks via the engram tab) to ride your Forest Wyvern.
Forest 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 | 1295 | +15.0% | +16.2% |
| Stamina | 315 | +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 | 725 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Where it spawns & other details
Forest Wyvern variants
- Alpha Blood Crystal Wyvern (Crystal Isles)
- Alpha Fire Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Valguero, Lost Island, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Blood Crystal Wyvern (Crystal Isles, Genesis: Part 2)
- Bone Fire Wyvern (Scorched Earth)
- Brute Fire Wyvern (Genesis: Part 1)
- Corrupted Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Crystal Wyvern Queen (Gamma) (Crystal Isles)
- Crystal Wyvern Queen (Beta) (Crystal Isles)
- Crystal Wyvern Queen (Alpha) (Crystal Isles)
- Dodo Wyvern (Scorched Earth)
- Ember Crystal Wyvern (Crystal Isles, 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)
- Poison Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Tropical Crystal Wyvern (Crystal Isles, Genesis: Part 2)
- Voidwyrm (Genesis: Part 2)
- Zombie Fire Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero)
- Zombie Lightning Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero)
- Zombie Poison Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero)
Related tools & resources
Forest Wyvern — Background & Lore
The Forest Wyvern is a short-lived minion that appears during the 
Forest Titan fight on Extinction. Unlike other 
Wyverns it does not attack survivors. It is there to be ridden against the Titan.
Where to find it
It only spawns inside the Forest Titan arena in the Crater Forest, while the fight is running.
How to get one
It cannot be tamed and it lays no eggs. You can mount it during the battle, but it disappears after a while and after it uses its breath.
Uses
Its fire breath burns away the poisonous trees the Forest Titan spreads across the arena. In our data its bite hits for 80 and it can grab smaller targets. Flying also keeps you clear of the root attacks that drag riders off ground mounts.
Tips
Use its breath on the trees first, since it vanishes once the breath has been used. For a permanent Wyvern, raise one from an egg stolen from a wild nest.