How to Tame Triceratops in ARK
An excellent early-game tame. Great for gathering berries and defending against small predators with its charge attack.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Temperament
- Neutral
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Triceratops Taming Details
Triceratops 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 Triceratops drops Raw Meat, Hide, Keratin.
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 Triceratops on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Triceratops 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 Triceratops.
Triceratops 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 | 375 | +20.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 150 | +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% | +1.5% |
| Torpidity | 250 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Triceratops spawns on The Island, Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Valguero, Astraeos, The Center, Extinction, Lost Colony, Genesis Part 1.
Triceratops variants
- Aberrant Triceratops
- Alpha X-Triceratops (Genesis: Part 1)
- Corrupted Triceratops (Genesis: Part 2)
- Eerie Triceratops
- Enraged Triceratops (Extinction)
- Malfunctioned Tek Triceratops (Genesis: Part 2)
- Skeletal Trike
- Tek Triceratops (Genesis: Part 2)
- VR Triceratops (Genesis: Part 2)
- X-Triceratops (Genesis: Part 1)
- Enraged Lightning Triceratops (Extinction)
Related tools & resources
Triceratops — Background & Lore
The Triceratops is a sturdy early herbivore that defends itself well. Its horns and charge knock smaller predators back, and it collects berries, thatch and seeds quickly. That makes it one of the best first tames for a new base.
Where to find it
It grazes in open grassland on The Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero and Extinction in both games, and on Astraeos, Lost Colony and Genesis Part 1 in ASA. Valguero has many of them.
Taming
A knockout tame. It is neutral and fights back when hit, so knock it out from range and feed it crops, berries or herbivore kibble. Its saddle unlocks at level 16. See the taming calculator.
Breeding
- Egg: hatches in about 2.5 hours.
- Temperature: 22 to 28 °C.
- Growth: a baby matures in about 1.9 days at 1x.
Uses
- Gathering: berries,
Thatch and seeds. - Defense: a tough early fighter against carnivores.
Tips
Keep one near the base as a berry gatherer for taming food. It also drops 
Keratin when harvested.