How to Tame Lightning Wyvern in ARK
A lightning-breathing dragon. Its breath attack fires a continuous beam of electricity.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Lightning Wyvern Taming Details
Lightning 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.
Harvest yield: a tamed or killed Lightning Wyvern drops Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat, Hide, Lightning Talon.
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 Lightning Wyvern on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Lightning 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 Lightning Wyvern.
Lightning 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% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Lightning Wyvern spawns on Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Valguero, Astraeos.
Related tools & resources
Lightning Wyvern — Background & Lore
The Lightning Wyvern is a fast, deadly flyer that breathes a continuous beam of electricity. Like all wyverns, it cannot be tamed from the wild: you raise one from a stolen egg.
Where to find it
Wyvern trenches on Scorched Earth and Ragnarok in both games, Astraeos in ASA, and Fjordur and Lost Island in ASE.
Getting one
Steal a Lightning Wyvern egg from a nest in the trench and escape the adults. Hatch it in a very hot place, 80 to 90 °C in our ASA data, and feed the baby 
Wyvern Milk until it can eat meat.
Uses
Fast flight and strong damage from range.
Tips
Bring a fast flyer and a plan to escape before you take an egg: every adult in the area will chase you.