Bison
Spawn command
GMSummon spawns a creature already tamed to you at the chosen level.
Spawn class
Info
Base stats
- Health
- 800
- Stamina
- 500
- Oxygen
- 150
- Food
- 3250
- Weight
- 650
- Melee Damage
- 100%
- Movement Speed
- 100%
- Torpidity
- 500
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 · 6.2% per item | /17 | 54m 23s | 98.7% +74 → Lv 224 |
 Crops (Rockarrot, etc.)40 food · 0.6% per item | /161 | 4h 1m | 44.3% +33 → Lv 183 |
 Mejoberry30 food · 0.5% per item | /215 | 4h 1m | 30.9% +23 → Lv 173 |
 Berries20 food · 0.3% per item | /322 | 4h 1m | 16.6% +12 → Lv 162 |
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) | 56 | 90 |
 Tranq Arrow (Compound Bow) | 41 | 121.5 |
 Tranq Arrow (Crossbow) | 32 | 157.5 |
 Tranq Dart (Longneck Rifle) | 23 | 221 |
 Shocking Tranq Dart (Longneck) | 12 | 442 |
Minimum hits to knock out a level 150 Bison, 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 | 801 | ||
| Stamina | 500 | ||
| Oxygen | 150 | ||
| Food | 3,250 | ||
| Weight | 650 | ||
| Melee Damage | 210% | ||
| Movement Speed | — | 223% | |
| Torpidity | — | 501 |
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 4h 12m — until Tomorrow 4:44 AM.
- BirthToday 8:55 PMGestation done+0s
- Hand-feed window endsTomorrow 4:44 AMSafe to use a trough+7h 48m
- Adolescent reachedTomorrow 9:34 PM+1d
- Adult reachedSun 6:37 PM+1d 21h
| Cuddle | After | Clock | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | +8h | Tomorrow 4:55 AM | 20% |
| #2 | +16h | Tomorrow 12:55 PM | 40% |
| #3 | +1d | Tomorrow 8:55 PM | 60% |
| #4 | +1d 8h | Sun 4:55 AM | 80% |
| #5 | +1d 16h | Sun 12:55 PM | 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.
Bison guide
The Bison is a herbivore in ARK: Survival Ascended. This page covers its spawn commands, base stats, taming and breeding — with interactive calculators you can drive by level.
How to tame the Bison
The Bison is a knockout (violent) tame. Render it unconscious with tranquilizer arrows or darts, then feed it berries, crops and mejoberries — with its preferred kibble taming fastest and at higher effectiveness. 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.
Bison spawn command
To spawn a wild Bison, 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 (Bison_Character_BP_C) for use with commands like SpawnDino.