How to Tame Vulcanite in ARK
Complete walkthrough for taming Vulcanite: gear, food, knockout strategy, and tips.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Unknown
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- No
Vulcanite Taming Details
Vulcanite 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 Vulcanite on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Vulcanite 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, Vulcanite will follow your commands. It cannot be ridden.
Vulcanite 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 | 750 | +20.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 300 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 1500 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 275 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +0.0% |
| Torpidity | 375 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Where it spawns & other details
Related tools & resources
Vulcanite — Background & Lore
The Vulcanite is an aggressive aquatic carnivore from the Aquatica expansion map in ASE. Its fire attack still works below the surface, and that fire can hurt its own rider, which makes it an unusual and risky mount.
Where to find it
It lives underwater on Aquatica. Its nests sit in the molten cave region deep under the sea.
How to get one
Adults cannot be tamed. Steal a wild egg from a nest and hatch it. Taking an egg makes nearby Vulcanites aggressive from much farther away, so plan the escape. A 
Kathreptis helps with disguise and getting out, and a 
Tusoteuthis can deal with the parents.
Breeding
- Temperature: the egg needs very hot incubation, 75 to 90 °C.
- Growth: a baby takes about 1 day 22 hours to mature.
Uses
- Riding: rideable since patch 360.4.
- Drops:
Crystal, 
Fish Scale and 
Raw Fish Meat.