How to Tame Rare X-Sabertooth Salmon in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Rare X-Sabertooth Salmon: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Evasive, Aggressive when attacked
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- No
Rare X-Sabertooth Salmon Taming Details
Rare X-Sabertooth Salmon 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 Rare X-Sabertooth Salmon on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Rare X-Sabertooth Salmon 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, Rare X-Sabertooth Salmon will follow your commands. It cannot be ridden.
Where it spawns & other details
Related tools & resources
Rare X-Sabertooth Salmon — Background & Lore
The Rare X-Sabertooth Salmon is a rarer form of the 
X-Sabertooth Salmon, the Genesis Part 1 version of the Sabertooth Salmon. It lives in the Lunar biome. Most players meet it as part of a school of salmon.
Where to find it
It spawns in the Lunar biome on Genesis Part 1 in ASA and ASE, and it also appears on Fjordur in ASE. It is uncommon on every map.
Taming
Sabertooth Salmon are not ridden or bred. They are kept by catching them in a 
Fish Basket.
Tips
- Schools: salmon flee, but if you attack one the others swarm you.
- Bite: their bite drains stamina and oxygen, which is dangerous on a long dive.