How to Tame Thrall Forgemaster in ARK
Thrall Forgemaster is a creature found in ARK: Survival Ascended.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Unknown
- Temperament
- Neutral to Extremely Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- No
Thrall Forgemaster Taming Details
Thrall Forgemaster is a knockout tame. Its most effective taming food is Kibble (preferred).
Alternative foods: Species-appropriate food.
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 Thrall Forgemaster on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Thrall Forgemaster 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) in its inventory (alternatives: Species-appropriate food). 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, Thrall Forgemaster will follow your commands. It cannot be ridden.
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Related tools & resources
Thrall Forgemaster — Background & Lore
The Thrall Forgemaster is a mini-boss 
Thrall of Lost Colony in ASA. It is a stronger, named 
Red Element Thrall that heads one of the outpost missions.
Where to find it
Lost Colony only, where it appears as a mini-boss of the outpost missions.
How to get one
Thralls cannot be tamed in the wild. They are recruited from the vault of a cleared raid outpost mission, with a random type and a level set by the difficulty.
Tips
Clear the regular Thrall defenders first so the boss fight is one on one, and loot its corpse quickly, as Thrall bodies fade fast.