How to Tame Phiomia in ARK
Easy to tame early-game mount. When fed stimberries, produces large amounts of feces for making fertilizer.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Temperament
- Passive
- Tame Method
- Passive
- Rideable
- Yes
Phiomia Taming Details
Phiomia is a passive tame — feed it Kibble (preferred) or Crops by hand or from its inventory without knocking it out. Its most effective taming food is Kibble (preferred) or Crops.
Alternative foods: Mejoberry, Other berries, Fresh Vegetables.
Harvest yield: a tamed or killed Phiomia drops Raw Meat, Hide.
Taming Steps
1. Prepare your gear
Bring Kibble (preferred) or Crops, bug repellent (if applicable), and a shield for emergencies.
2. Locate the creature
Find a wild Phiomia on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Approach passively
Phiomia is a passive tame. Approach slowly with no weapons drawn, drop or hand-feed its preferred food, and avoid sudden movements.
4. Feed the right food
Place Kibble (preferred) or Crops in its inventory (alternatives: Mejoberry, Other berries, Fresh Vegetables). Higher-tier food gives faster taming and higher level bonuses.
5. Maintain torpor
Keep wild predators away — passive tames are vulnerable while feeding.
6. Claim & saddle
Once tamed, equip a saddle (unlocks via the engram tab) to ride your Phiomia.
Phiomia 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 | 300 | +20.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 300 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 3000 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 200 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +1.0% |
| Torpidity | 240 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Phiomia spawns on The Island, Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Valguero, Astraeos, Lost Colony, Genesis Part 1, The Center, Extinction.
Phiomia variants
- Eerie Phiomia
Related tools & resources
Phiomia — Background & Lore
The Phiomia is a small early herbivore. It is one of the first creatures you can ride, and fed with Stimberries it produces a lot of feces, which makes fertilizer for crops.
Where to find it
It is common on The Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Extinction and Genesis Part 1 in both games, on Astraeos and Lost Colony in ASA, and on Crystal Isles, Fjordur, Lost Island and Genesis Part 2 in ASE.
Taming
A knockout tame and an easy one. Feed it berries or herbivore kibble. Its saddle unlocks at level 5. See the taming calculator.
Breeding
- Birth: a live birth, about 9 hours 55 minutes of gestation in our ASA data.
- Growth: a baby matures in about 2 days at 1x.
Uses
An early mount, and feces for fertilizer and dung beetles.
Tips
Keep a few near your crop plots and feed them Stimberries for a steady fertilizer supply.