How to Tame Mantis Shrimp in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Mantis Shrimp: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Unknown
- Temperament
- Territorial
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- No
Mantis Shrimp Taming Details
Mantis Shrimp 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 Mantis Shrimp on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Mantis Shrimp 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, Mantis Shrimp will follow your commands. It cannot be ridden.
Mantis Shrimp 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 | 40 | +20.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 180 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 600 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 350 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 45 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +4.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +0.0% |
| Torpidity | 1000 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Where it spawns & other details
Related tools & resources
Mantis Shrimp — Background & Lore
The Mantis Shrimp is a small territorial crustacean added to ASE with the Aquatica expansion. It cannot be ridden, but you can carry it, and while you do it cuts your oxygen drain underwater in half.
Where to find it
It lives on the Aquatica map.
Taming
A passive tame, similar to a 
Hesperornis. Kill fish and drag their corpses to it. Since a later patch it can also be tamed with 
Monodon Horns.
Breeding
- Egg: hatches in about 7 hours 56 minutes.
- Temperature: 25 to 30 °C.
- Growth: a baby matures in about 21 hours at 1x.
Uses
A diving helper. Carried on a survivor, it halves oxygen loss underwater, which makes longer dives possible early on. It drops 
Chitin and 
Raw Meat.