How to Tame Giganotosaurus in ARK
The largest carnivorous land creature in ARK. Extremely dangerous when enraged. Loses taming effectiveness rapidly.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Giganotosaurus Taming Details
Giganotosaurus 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.
Harvest yield: a tamed or killed Giganotosaurus drops Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat, Hide, Keratin.
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 Giganotosaurus on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Giganotosaurus 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 Giganotosaurus.
Giganotosaurus 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 | 80000 | +0.1% | +0.2% |
| Stamina | 400 | +0.1% | +1.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +0.3% | +2.5% |
| Food | 4000 | +0.3% | +2.5% |
| Weight | 700 | +1.0% | +1.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +5.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +0.3% |
| Torpidity | 10000 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Giganotosaurus spawns on The Island, Ragnarok, Valguero, The Center, Astraeos, Extinction.
Giganotosaurus variants
- Brute Malfunctioned Tek Giganotosaurus (Genesis: Part 1)
- Corrupted Giganotosaurus
- Eerie Giganotosaurus
- Experimental Giganotosaurus (Genesis: Part 2)
- Malfunctioned Tek Giganotosaurus (Genesis: Part 1)
- R-Giganotosaurus (Genesis: Part 2)
- Skeletal Giganotosaurus
- Lightning Giganotosaurus (Astraeos)
- Tek Giganotosaurus (Genesis: Part 1)
Related tools & resources
Giganotosaurus — Background & Lore
The Giganotosaurus is the largest land carnivore in ARK, with the highest raw damage of the classic creatures. When it takes damage it can enrage and hit even harder, which makes it as dangerous to its rider as to its enemies.
Where to find it
It has its own spawn zones, which hold only Giganotosaurs, on The Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero and Astraeos in ASA. In ASE it also has them on Crystal Isles, Lost Island and Genesis Part 2. Extinction has it in mixed spawns.
Taming
- Method: a knockout tame, and one of the hardest.
- Torpor: it loses torpor extremely fast, about 120 per second in the ASE files, so you need a large stock of
Narcotics or Biotoxin ready before it drops. - Effectiveness: taming effectiveness falls quickly with every hit. Use the strongest tranquilizers you have.
- Food: feed it meat or kibble, and check the taming calculator first.
Breeding
- Egg: takes about 50 hours to hatch at default rates.
- Temperature: it needs a hot, narrow range, 43 to 44 °C in ASE.
- Growth: a baby takes about 10 days to mature at 1x.
Uses
Raw damage for fights and raids, and fast 
Raw Meat, 
Raw Prime Meat and 
Hide harvesting. In our data it has the top meat yield.
Tips
The saddle needs level 96. Keep its health topped up, and back off when it enrages.