How to Tame Tidepup in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Tidepup: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Unknown
- Temperament
- Unknown
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- No
Tidepup Taming Details
Tidepup 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 Tidepup on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Tidepup 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, Tidepup will follow your commands. It cannot be ridden.
Where it spawns & other details
Related tools & resources
Tidepup — Background & Lore
The Tidepup is an axolotl-like amphibian in ASA, part of the Tides of Fortune content. It starts as a fragile shoulder pet that heals its owner, and with enough good deeds it grows into a large, rideable healer.
Where to find it
The small form spawns on Genesis Part 1 and Astraeos.
Taming
A passive tame that works through healing. Bring it near a player or tame whose health is below 10%, for example after using a 
Blood Extraction Syringe. The Tidepup heals the injured target, then naps, and that is the moment to feed it. Repeat until the bar fills. It prefers 
Cooked Lamb Chop, 
Raw Meat, 
Raw Mutton or 
Regular Kibble.
Breeding
It lays a Tidepup Egg.
Uses
- Small form: rides on your shoulder, boosts health regeneration and cuts oxygen use, and can clear the first negative status effect.
- Large form: a mount with area healing and infinite oxygen for the rider. The saddle unlocks at level 36.
Tips
Neotenic Stabilization keeps it in the small form with stronger abilities, if you prefer the shoulder pet.