Archaeopteryx
Immobilized by: Bola, Bear Trap, Plant Species Y
Spawn command
GMSummon spawns a creature already tamed to you at the chosen level.
Spawn class
Info
Base stats
- Health
- 125
- Stamina
- 150
- Oxygen
- 150
- Food
- 900
- Weight
- 30
- Melee Damage
- 100%
- Movement Speed
- 100%
- Torpidity
- 100
Wild base values at level 1. Stats not shown use the game default.
Taming calculator
Rates come from your server profile — set them once and every calculator updates.
| Food | Use / Max | Time | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kibble (preferred)85 food · 41.3% per item | /3 | 2m 51s | 99.8% +74 → Lv 224 |
 Raw Mutton50 food · 19.4% per item | /6 | 3m 20s | 98.9% +74 → Lv 224 |
 Raw Prime Meat50 food · 15.5% per item | /7 | 3m 54s | 98.5% +73 → Lv 223 |
 Cooked Lamb Chop50 food · 10.5% per item | /10 | 5m 34s | 96.8% +72 → Lv 222 |
 Spoiled Meat50 food · 10.3% per item | /10 | 5m 34s | 96.8% +72 → Lv 222 |
 Cooked Prime Meat50 food · 7.7% per item | /13 | 7m 14s | 94.5% +70 → Lv 220 |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat25 food · 6.2% per item | /17 | 4m 44s | 91.4% +68 → Lv 218 |
 Raw Meat50 food · 5.2% per item | /20 | 11m 7s | 88.2% +66 → Lv 216 |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat25 food · 3.1% per item | /33 | 9m 10s | 73.2% +54 → Lv 204 |
 Cooked Meat25 food · 2.6% per item | /39 | 10m 50s | 65.8% +49 → Lv 199 |
 Raw Fish Meat25 food · 2.1% per item | /49 | 13m 37s | 55% +41 → Lv 191 |
 Cooked Fish Meat25 food · 1.0% per item | /97 | 26m 57s | 23.6% +17 → Lv 167 |
Knockout tame. Edit the Use column to mix foods — the game eats the best food first, so the summary feeds your kibble/prime before filling the rest with meat. Sedatives shown keep it under for the whole tame; bring spares.
Minimum to knock out
| Weapon | Min. hits | Torpor / hit |
|---|---|---|
 Tranq Arrow (Bow) | 12 | 90 |
 Tranq Arrow (Compound Bow) | 9 | 121.5 |
 Tranq Arrow (Crossbow) | 7 | 157.5 |
 Tranq Dart (Longneck Rifle) | 5 | 221 |
 Shocking Tranq Dart (Longneck) | 3 | 442 |
Minimum hits to knock out a level 150 Archaeopteryx, using primitive (100%-quality) weapons. This is a floor — it ignores the torpor a creature regenerates between shots, so bring a few spare. Land hits on the head where possible for bonus damage, and watch torpor doesn't drain faster than you raise it.
Stat calculator
| Stat | Wild level | Domesticated level | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 126 | ||
| Stamina | 150 | ||
| Oxygen | 150 | ||
| Food | 900 | ||
| Weight | 30 | ||
| Melee Damage | 210% | ||
| Movement Speed | — | 100% | |
| Torpidity | — | 101 |
Forward calculator. Enter the wild points a creature rolled (and domesticated points you spend after taming) to get each stat's value. Uses official-server rates with no imprint bonus. Melee and movement speed are shown as a percentage; taming effectiveness only boosts stats with a taming bonus (such as melee).
Breeding calculator
Rates come from your server profile — set them once and every calculator updates.
Hand-feed (no trough) for the first 1h 32m — until Tomorrow 2:19 AM.
- Egg hatchesToday 10:09 PMIncubation done+0s
- Hand-feed window endsTomorrow 2:19 AMSafe to use a trough+4h 10m
- Adolescent reachedTomorrow 8:30 AM+10h 20m
- Adult reachedTomorrow 4:13 PM+18h 3m
| Cuddle | After | Clock | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | +8h | Tomorrow 6:09 AM | 100% |
Raising. The Baby phase (0–10%) is the dangerous window — the baby can't eat from a feeding trough and must be hand-fed until it reaches Juvenile. Imprint at each cuddle interval for the full bonus. Wall-clock times assume the egg is fertilized now and rescale with your server profile; mating cooldown is unaffected. Imprint counts assume the default imprint amount — tune that on the imprint calculator.
Where to find
Wild Archaeopteryx spawn zones across the catalogued maps. Each dot is a spawn cluster — open the full interactive map for exact GPS and a teleport command.
Combat & handling
- Base melee damage
- 5
- Melee damage
- 5
- Drag weight
- 50
- XP on kill (base)
- 0.5
- Cloning cost (base)
- 325 element shards
Archaeopteryx guide
The Archaeopteryx is a carnivore in ARK: Survival Ascended. It spawns wild on The Island, Scorched Earth and Extinction. This page covers its spawn commands, base stats, taming and breeding — with interactive calculators you can drive by level.
How to tame the Archaeopteryx
The Archaeopteryx is a knockout (violent) tame. Render it unconscious with tranquilizer arrows or darts, then feed it raw meat — with raw prime meat, cooked meat or its preferred kibble taming faster and keeping effectiveness higher. Keep its Torpor topped up with Narcotics or Narcoberries while it eats — use the taming calculator above to see exact food counts, taming time and the effectiveness you'll land at your target level.
Aim for the head where you can — most creatures take extra torpor from headshots — and don't let Torpor drain faster than you raise it. The knockout estimator above lists the minimum tranq arrows and darts for any level.
Archaeopteryx spawn command
To spawn a wild Archaeopteryx, open the console and run its Summon command. To spawn one already tamed at a chosen level, use GMSummon instead — both are copy-ready in the Spawn commands panel above, along with the raw spawn class (Archa_Character_BP_C) for use with commands like SpawnDino.
Breeding the Archaeopteryx
The Archaeopteryx can be bred. Fertilized eggs must be incubated at the right temperature before they hatch. Use the breeding calculator above to plan mating cooldowns, incubation or gestation time, and the maturation timeline from baby to adult, including the imprinting schedule.
Why tame an Archaeopteryx
The Archaeopteryx is a small, skittish glider that lives in redwood and jungle canopy. It can't fly under its own power, but when you ride one and jump from height it spreads its wings to glide long distances — handy for crossing ravines without a flyer, and for harvesting tree sap and rare flowers from the treetops.
It's fragile and bolts the moment it's startled, so most survivors tranq it from a distance rather than chasing it through the trees.