How to Tame Malfunctioned Tek Raptor in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Malfunctioned Tek Raptor: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- No
Malfunctioned Tek Raptor Taming Details
Malfunctioned Tek Raptor 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 Malfunctioned Tek Raptor on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Malfunctioned Tek Raptor 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, Malfunctioned Tek Raptor will follow your commands. It cannot be ridden.
Malfunctioned Tek Raptor 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 | 200 | +20.0% | +20.0% |
| Stamina | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 1200 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 140 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +1.5% |
| Torpidity | 180 | +0.0% | +0.0% |
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Malfunctioned Tek Raptor variants
- Aberrant Raptor
- Alpha Raptor
- Brute X-Raptor (Genesis: Part 1)
- Corrupted Raptor (Genesis: Part 2)
- Eerie Alpha Raptor
- Eerie Raptor
- Raptor (Astraeos)
- Skeletal Raptor
- Tek Raptor (Genesis: Part 2)
- VR Raptor (Genesis: Part 2)
- X-Raptor (Genesis: Part 2)
Related tools & resources
Malfunctioned Tek Raptor — Background & Lore
The Malfunctioned Tek Raptor is a mission version of the 
Tek Raptor. It is aggressive and fast like any 
Raptor, but it exists only as a mission opponent and cannot be tamed, ridden or bred.
Where to find it
It appears during Genesis: Part 1 missions instead of in normal wild spawns.
Tips
Raptors hit quickly and often come in numbers, so keep moving and fight from a mount or with a ranged weapon. If you want a Tek Raptor of your own, tame the regular Tek alternate instead.