How to Tame Grand Tortugar in ARK
Grand Tortugar is a creature in ARK: Survival Evolved / Ascended. Detailed stats and taming info will be added in a future data update.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Temperament
- Neutral
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Grand Tortugar Taming Details
Grand Tortugar 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 Grand Tortugar on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Grand Tortugar 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 Grand Tortugar.
Grand Tortugar 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 | 1050 | +20.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 260 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 3500 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 2250 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +1.0% |
| Torpidity | 1000 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Grand Tortugar spawns on Astraeos.
Related tools & resources
Grand Tortugar — Background & Lore
The Grand Tortugar is a giant tortoise from ASA's Astraeos with a tall shell whose sides open and close. Tamed, it is an armored carrier that walks the seabed. It shelters its passengers and gathers 
Black Pearls quickly.
Where to find it
It lives only on Astraeos, along the reef shores of Pyranthos and on small islands in the southwest of the map.
Taming
A knockout tame. Use a 
Longneck Rifle with 
Tranquilizer Darts or 
Shocking Tranquilizer Darts and aim for the head or soft underbelly, not the shell. It does not drown while unconscious, so knocking it out in water works. Feed it 
Raw Meat, 
Raw Mutton, 
Raw Prime Meat or 
Superior Kibble.
Breeding
- Egg: hatches in about 3.5 hours.
- Temperature: 54 to 60 °C in our data.
- Growth: a baby matures in about 3.2 days at 1x.
Uses
- Transport: one rider and three passengers. A closed shell protects them from dismounts, most projectiles and oxygen loss.
- Pearls: its bite harvests Black Pearls from black clams and cuts their weight by 90%.
- Tank: soaks damage while others attack from range.
Tips
The saddle unlocks at level 43 and the Platform Saddle at level 52. Underwater it walks at 80% speed without using oxygen.