How to Tame Sabertooth in ARK
A fast and deadly predator excellent at harvesting chitin and keratin. Great cave mount.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Sabertooth Taming Details
Sabertooth 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 Sabertooth drops Raw Meat, Raw Prime 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 Sabertooth on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Sabertooth 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 Sabertooth.
Sabertooth 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 | 250 | +20.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 200 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 1200 | +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 | 500 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Sabertooth spawns on The Island, Ragnarok, Valguero, Scorched Earth, Astraeos, Genesis Part 1, The Center, Lost Colony, Extinction.
Sabertooth variants
- Eerie Sabertooth
- X-Sabertooth (Genesis: Part 1)
- Rare X-Sabertooth Salmon (Genesis: Part 1)
- Revenant Sabertooth
- Sabertooth Salmon (Genesis: Part 1)
- X-Sabertooth Salmon (Genesis: Part 1)
Related tools & resources
Sabertooth — Background & Lore
The Sabertooth is a fast, agile cat that jumps well and turns quickly in tight spaces. It is a favorite cave mount, and it harvests 
Chitin and 
Keratin from carcasses better than most mid-game tames.
Where to find it
It prowls hills and snowy areas on The Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero, Extinction and Scorched Earth in both games, on Astraeos, Lost Colony and Genesis Part 1 in ASA, and on Crystal Isles, Fjordur, Lost Island and Genesis Part 2 in ASE.
Taming
A knockout tame and a carnivore. It is aggressive and fast, so knock it out from a safe position, then feed it meat or carnivore kibble. Its saddle unlocks at level 37. See the taming calculator.
Breeding
- Birth: a live birth, about 4 hours 11 minutes of gestation.
- Growth: a baby matures in about 2 days at 1x.
Uses
- Caves: fast and nimble in narrow tunnels.
- Harvesting: Chitin and Keratin from carcasses.
- Drops:
Raw Prime Meat, 
Hide and 
Pelt.
Tips
Its jump gets you over obstacles that stop larger mounts. Level its health before you take it into deep caves.