How to Tame Rock Drake in ARK
A versatile creature that can turn invisible, climb walls, and glide. Must be raised from stolen eggs found in the Radiation Zone.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Rock Drake Taming Details
Rock Drake 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 Rock Drake drops Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat, Hide.
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 Rock Drake on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Rock Drake 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, equip a saddle (unlocks via the engram tab) to ride your Rock Drake.
Rock Drake 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 | 1950 | +8.5% | +20.3% |
| Stamina | 450 | +5.0% | +5.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 2000 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 400 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +0.0% |
| Torpidity | 725 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Rock Drake spawns on Aberration, Valguero, Astraeos.
Rock Drake variants
- Corrupted Rock Drake (Aberration, Extinction, Fjordur, Valguero, Lost Colony)
- Astral Rock Drake (Aberration, Extinction, Fjordur, Valguero, Lost Colony)
- Lightning Rock Drake (Aberration, Extinction, Fjordur, Valguero, Lost Colony)
Related tools & resources
Rock Drake — Background & Lore
The Rock Drake is Aberration's reptilian mount. It climbs walls and ceilings, glides, pounces and can turn almost invisible, which makes it one of the most mobile creatures in ARK. Adults cannot be tamed: every Rock Drake comes from a stolen egg.
Where to find it
- Aberration: its main home, in both games.
- Other maps: the Aberration-style zones of Valguero, and Fjordur in ASE.
How to get one
- Steal an egg: take a
Rock Drake Egg from a nest in Aberration's radiation zone. - Keep it cold: the egg needs −90 to −80 °C. It hatches in about 6 hours 15 minutes.
- Raise the baby: it eats
Nameless Venom while it grows, about 3.9 days at 1x in ASE.
Saddles
The 
Rock Drake Saddle unlocks at level 75. There is also a Tek saddle that costs 185 
Black Pearls.
Tips
- Venom: stockpile Nameless Venom before the egg hatches. It comes from killing
Nameless, which spawn in the dark. - Climbing: climbing uses stamina, so level stamina early.