How to Tame Purlovia in ARK
A burrowing predator that hides underground and ambushes prey with a stun attack.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Patient
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- No
Purlovia Taming Details
Purlovia 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 Purlovia drops Raw Meat, Hide, Pelt.
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 Purlovia on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Purlovia 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, Purlovia will follow your commands. It cannot be ridden.
Purlovia 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 | 275 | +20.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 300 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 4000 | +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 | 500 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Purlovia spawns on The Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Scorched Earth, Astraeos, Genesis Part 1, Lost Colony, Extinction.
Purlovia variants
- Aberrant Purlovia
- Eerie Purlovia
- Polar Purlovia (Genesis: Part 1)
Related tools & resources
Purlovia — Background & Lore
The Purlovia is a small burrowing predator that hides underground and leaps out to stun its prey. It can knock riders off their mounts. Tamed, it makes a classic hidden guard around a base.
Where to find it
It lives on most maps in both games. It is common on The Island and Extinction, notably frequent on Lost Island in ASE, and well represented on Lost Colony in ASA. In ASA it no longer spawns in the Redwood biome.
Taming
A knockout tame. Wait for it to leave its burrow, knock it out with tranquilizers and feed it meat or kibble. It cannot be ridden.
Breeding
- Birth: live birth after about 4.2 hours of gestation.
- Growth: a baby takes about 2 days to mature at 1x.
Uses
Raw Meat
Hide
PeltTips
A buried Purlovia is invisible, but a 
Tek Helmet, an explosion, a 
Yutyrannus roar or the detection of a 
Parasaur, 
Direwolf or 
Troodon can reveal it. Its stun can leave you open to other predators, so heal right away if you are hit.