Argentavis

CarnivoreKnockout tameFlyer

Immobilized by: Chain Bola, Bear Trap, Large Bear Trap, Plant Species Y

Spawn command

State

Level

GMSummon spawns a creature already tamed to you at the chosen level.

Spawn class

Info

Base stats

Health: 365
Stamina: 400
Oxygen: 150
Food: 2000
Weight: 400
Melee Damage: 100%
Movement Speed: 100%
Torpidity: 600

Wild base values at level 1. Stats not shown use the game default.

Taming calculator

Creature level

Taming speed

Sanguine Elixir+30%

Rates come from your server profile — set them once and every calculator updates.

11Kibble (preferred)· 42m 14s

Effectiveness98.7%Bonus levels+74Tames to level224

Perfect tame

Torpor to knock out5,964Drain rate1.0/s · AverageStays under for1h 36m

Sedatives to keep it under for the full tame

0Narcoberries

0Narcotics

0Bio Toxin

Food	Use / Max	Time	Effectiveness
Kibble (preferred)85 food · 9.4% per item	/11	42m 14s	98.7% +74 → Lv 224
Raw Mutton50 food · 4.4% per item	/23	51m 46s	94.6% +70 → Lv 220
Raw Prime Meat50 food · 3.5% per item	/29	1h 5m	91.7% +68 → Lv 218
Cooked Lamb Chop50 food · 2.4% per item	/42	1h 34m	83.7% +62 → Lv 212
Spoiled Meat50 food · 2.4% per item	/43	1h 36m	83.2% +62 → Lv 212
Cooked Prime Meat50 food · 1.8% per item	/57	2h 8m	73.7% +55 → Lv 205
Raw Prime Fish Meat25 food · 1.4% per item	/71	1h 19m	64.3% +48 → Lv 198
Raw Meat50 food · 1.2% per item	/85	3h 11m	55.7% +41 → Lv 191
Cooked Prime Fish Meat25 food · 0.7% per item	/142	2h 39m	31.1% +23 → Lv 173
Cooked Meat25 food · 0.6% per item	/170	3h 11m	23.9% +17 → Lv 167
Raw Fish Meat25 food · 0.5% per item	/213	3h 59m	16.7% +12 → Lv 162
Cooked Fish Meat25 food · 0.2% per item	/425	7h 58m	4.8% +3 → Lv 153

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

Creature level

Torpor to knock out5,964

Weapon	Min. hits	Torpor / hit
Tranq Arrow (Bow)	67	90
Tranq Arrow (Compound Bow)	50	121.5
Tranq Arrow (Crossbow)	38	157.5
Tranq Dart (Longneck Rifle)	27	221
Shocking Tranq Dart (Longneck)	14	442

Minimum hits to knock out a level 150 Argentavis, 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

State

Taming effectiveness

Creature level1

Server max wild level150

Stat	Wild level	Domesticated level	Value
Health			366
Stamina			400
Oxygen			150
Food			2,000
Weight			400
Melee Damage			210%
Movement Speed	—		100%
Torpidity		—	601

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

Egg hatch speed

Baby mature speed

Rates come from your server profile — set them once and every calculator updates.

Matures in2d 6hEgg-layer

Incubation2h 56mHand-feed window5h 26mCuddles for 100%6 × 17%

BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Hand-feed (no trough) for the first 5h 26m — until Tomorrow 6:31 AM.

If the egg is fertilized now

Egg hatchesToday 10:08 PM
Incubation done+0s
Hand-feed window endsTomorrow 6:31 AM
Safe to use a trough+8h 23m
Adolescent reachedSun 4:19 AM
+1d 6h
Adult reachedMon 7:33 AM
+2d 9h

Imprint cuddle plan100% with all 6 cuddles, one every 8h

Cuddle	After	Clock	Total
#1	+8h	Tomorrow 6:08 AM	17%
#2	+16h	Tomorrow 2:08 PM	33%
#3	+1d	Tomorrow 10:08 PM	50%
#4	+1d 8h	Sun 6:08 AM	67%
#5	+1d 16h	Sun 2:08 PM	83%

Mating cooldown18h – 2dEgg temperature12–13.5°C

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 Argentavis spawn zones across the catalogued maps. Each dot is a spawn cluster — open the full interactive map for exact GPS and a teleport command.

The Island129 zones

Scorched Earth119 zones

Extinction186 zones

Combat & handling

Base melee damage: 25
None damage: 25
Grab Claws damage: 12
Grab Beak damage: 12
Drag weight: 150
XP on kill (base): 7
Cloning cost (base): 1700 element shards

Drops on death

Survivor<0.1% of rolls

Apex Drop100% of rolls

Argentavis Talon100%

Percentages are the odds of each pick within its loot set, not a guaranteed per-kill rate — a kill can roll a set several times.

Argentavis guide

The Argentavis 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 Argentavis

The Argentavis 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.

Argentavis spawn command

To spawn a wild Argentavis, 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 (Argent_Character_BP_C) for use with commands like SpawnDino.