How to Tame Woolly Rhino in ARK
A powerful charging mount. Its charge attack does more damage the longer it charges. Sometimes used as a boss DPS option.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Temperament
- Neutral
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Woolly Rhino Taming Details
Woolly Rhino 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 Woolly Rhino drops Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat, Hide, Pelt, 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 Woolly Rhino on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Woolly Rhino 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 Woolly Rhino.
Woolly Rhino 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 | 500 | +20.0% | +27.0% |
| Stamina | 120 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 100 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 3000 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 750 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +1.0% |
| Torpidity | 600 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Woolly Rhino spawns on The Island, Ragnarok, Valguero, Lost Colony, The Center, Astraeos, Extinction.
Woolly Rhino variants
- Eerie Woolly Rhinoceros
- X-Woolly Rhino (Genesis: Part 1)
Related tools & resources
Woolly Rhino — Background & Lore
The Woolly Rhino is a heavy herbivore with a devastating charge: the longer it runs, the harder its horn hits. It is a strong attacker and a good 
Keratin source.
Where to find it
It lives in cold regions on The Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Valguero and Extinction in both games, on Astraeos and Lost Colony in ASA, and on Crystal Isles, Fjordur, Lost Island and Genesis Part 2 in ASE. The Center has many.
Taming
A knockout tame. It charges when threatened, so stay out of its path. Feed it berries, crops or herbivore kibble. Its saddle unlocks at level 53. See the taming calculator.
Breeding
- Birth: a live birth, about 3 hours 58 minutes of gestation.
- Growth: a baby matures in about 1.9 days at 1x.
Uses
Charge attacks in combat, and Keratin, 
Pelt and 
Raw Prime Meat when harvested.
Tips
Give it a straight line to build up speed before it hits.