How to Tame Wyvern in ARK
Powerful flying predators with elemental breath attacks. Must be raised from stolen eggs. Available in Fire, Lightning, Poison, and Ice variants.
Quick Facts
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Tame Method
- Knockout
- Rideable
- Yes
Wyvern Taming Details
Wyvern is a knockout tame. Its most effective taming food is Kibble (preferred) or Raw Mutton.
Alternative foods: Cooked Lamb Chop, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Prime Meat, Raw Meat.
Harvest yield: a tamed or killed Wyvern drops Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat, Hide.
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 Wyvern on supported maps. Check the spawn map and bring a fast mount or a flyer for transport.
3. Knock it out
Wyvern 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 Raw Mutton in its inventory (alternatives: Cooked Lamb Chop, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Prime Meat, Raw Meat). 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 Wyvern.
Wyvern 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 | 1295 | +15.0% | +16.2% |
| Stamina | 315 | +5.0% | +5.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Food | 1800 | +10.0% | +10.0% |
| Weight | 400 | +2.0% | +4.0% |
| Melee damage | 1 | +5.0% | +10.0% |
| Movement speed | 1 | +0.0% | +1.0% |
| Torpidity | 725 | +6.0% | +0.0% |
Taming & saddle figures
Breeding & movement
Where it spawns & other details
Wyvern spawns on Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Valguero, Astraeos.
Wyvern variants
- Alpha Blood Crystal Wyvern (Crystal Isles)
- Alpha Fire Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Valguero, Lost Island, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Blood Crystal Wyvern (Crystal Isles, Genesis: Part 2)
- Bone Fire Wyvern (Scorched Earth)
- Brute Fire Wyvern (Genesis: Part 1)
- Corrupted Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Crystal Wyvern Queen (Gamma) (Crystal Isles)
- Crystal Wyvern Queen (Beta) (Crystal Isles)
- Crystal Wyvern Queen (Alpha) (Crystal Isles)
- Dodo Wyvern (Scorched Earth)
- Ember Crystal Wyvern (Crystal Isles, Genesis: Part 2)
- Fire Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Forest Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Ice Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Lightning Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Poison Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Tropical Crystal Wyvern (Crystal Isles, Genesis: Part 2)
- Voidwyrm (Genesis: Part 2)
- Zombie Fire Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero)
- Zombie Lightning Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero)
- Zombie Poison Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero)
- Alpha Water Wyvern (Aquatica)
- Crystal Wyvern (Crystal Isles, Genesis: Part 2)
- Crystal Wyvern Queen (Crystal Isles)
- Lightning Fire Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Genesis: Part 2, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Skeletal Fire Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Valguero, Lost Island, Fjordur, Astraeos)
- Water Wyvern (Aquatica)
- Zombie Wyvern (Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero)
Related tools & resources
Wyvern — Background & Lore
The Fire Wyvern is the classic 
Wyvern: a fast flying dragon that breathes a stream of fire. Like every Wyvern it cannot be tamed as an adult, and it cannot be bred. Every tame Fire Wyvern started as a stolen egg.
Where to find it
- Both games: the Wyvern trenches of Scorched Earth and Ragnarok.
- ASA: also Valguero and Astraeos.
- ASE: also Valguero, Lost Island and Fjordur.
How to get one
- Steal an egg: take a fire-colored
Wyvern Egg from a nest. Every Wyvern nearby will attack you. - Keep it hot: the egg needs 80 to 90 °C and hatches in about 5 hours.
- Raise the baby: it drinks
Wyvern Milk from knocked-out wild female Wyverns until it can eat meat. It takes about 3.9 days to mature at 1x.
Uses
Fast flying combat and fire breath against groups, plus 
Raw Meat, 
Raw Prime Meat and 
Hide harvesting.
Tips
Collect Wyvern Milk before the egg hatches. A baby Wyvern without milk starves quickly.