How to Tame Therizinosaur in ARK
An incredibly versatile herbivore. Can harvest wood, thatch, fiber, berries, and meat depending on attack type. Top-tier boss fighter.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Therizinosaur Taming Details
Therizinosaur is a knockout tame. Its most effective taming food is Kibble (preferred) or Crops.
Alternative foods: Mejoberry, Other berries, Fresh Vegetables.
Harvest yield: a tamed or killed Therizinosaur drops Raw Meat, Hide, Keratin, Organic Polymer.
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 Therizinosaur on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Therizinosaur 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 Crops in its inventory (alternatives: Mejoberry, Other berries, Fresh Vegetables). 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 Therizinosaur.
Therizinosaur 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 | 870 | +20.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 300 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 3000 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 365 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +1.0% |
| Torpidity | 925 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Therizinosaur spawns on The Island, Ragnarok, Valguero, Lost Colony, Genesis Part 1, The Center, Astraeos, Extinction.
Therizinosaur variants
- Eerie Therizinosaur
- Abyssal Therizinosaur
- Revenant Therizinosaur
- Succumbed Revenant Therizinosaur
Related tools & resources
Therizinosaur — Background & Lore
The Therizinosaurus is a tall herbivore with long scythe claws. It is one of ARK's best all-round harvesters and a dangerous fighter. Its different attacks favor different resources, so one creature can farm fiber, berries, wood and thatch, or tear through other creatures.
Where to find it
It lives in forests and redwoods on most maps in both games, including The Island, Ragnarok, Valguero, Extinction, Genesis Part 1 and Fjordur. In ASA it is especially common on Astraeos and Lost Colony.
Taming
A knockout tame. It is territorial and hits very hard, so it is a bad target for an early-game tamer without a good escape. Knock it out with tranquilizer arrows from height, then feed it crops, berries or herbivore kibble. Use the taming calculator.
Breeding
- Egg: hatches in about 1 hour 40 minutes.
- Temperature: 26 to 32 °C in ASE.
- Growth: a baby takes about 4.8 days to mature at 1x.
Uses
Fiber, berries, wood and thatch farming, and 
Rare Flowers and 
Rare Mushrooms, where it is among the best gatherers. It is also a strong combat creature.
Tips
Put level points into its melee damage. Its harvesting yield grows with melee, just as its damage does.