Brontosaurus

HerbivoreKnockout tame

Immobilized by: Large Bear Trap

Spawn command

State
Level

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

Spawn class

Info

Brontosaurus dossier

Base stats

Health
2277
Stamina
240
Oxygen
150
Food
10000
Weight
1600
Melee Damage
100%
Movement Speed
100%
Torpidity
2000

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

Taming calculator

Creature level
Taming speed

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

54Kibble (preferred)· 55m 17s
Effectiveness99.8%Bonus levels+74Tames to level224
Perfect tame
Torpor to knock out19,880Drain rate1.0/s · AverageStays under for5h 20m
Sedatives to keep it under for the full tame
FoodUse / MaxTimeEffectiveness
Kibble (preferred)85 food · 1.9% per item
/54
55m 17s
99.8%
+74 → Lv 224
Crops (Rockarrot, etc.)40 food · 0.2% per item
/532
4h 15m
83.4%
+62 → Lv 212
Mejoberry30 food · 0.1% per item
/709
4h 15m
73.8%
+55 → Lv 205
Berries20 food · 0.1% per item
/1063
4h 15m
55.6%
+41 → Lv 191

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 out19,880
WeaponMin. hitsTorpor / hit
Tranq Arrow (Bow)22190
Tranq Arrow (Compound Bow)164121.5
Tranq Arrow (Crossbow)127157.5
Tranq Dart (Longneck Rifle)90221
Shocking Tranq Dart (Longneck)45442

Minimum hits to knock out a level 150 Brontosaurus, 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
StatWild levelDomesticated levelValue
Health
2,278
Stamina
240
Oxygen
150
Food
10,000
Weight
1,600
Melee Damage
210%
Movement Speed
100%
Torpidity
2,001

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 in3d 20hEgg-layer
Incubation4h 59mHand-feed window9h 15mCuddles for 100%11 × 9%
BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Hand-feed (no trough) for the first 9h 15m — until Tomorrow 11:13 AM.

If the egg is fertilized now
  1. Egg hatchesToday 8:57 PM
    Incubation done+0s
  2. Hand-feed window endsTomorrow 11:13 AM
    Safe to use a trough+14h 15m
  3. Adolescent reachedMon 12:15 AM
    +2d 3h
  4. Adult reachedTue 10:33 PM
    +4d 1h
Imprint cuddle plan100% with all 11 cuddles, one every 8h
CuddleAfterClockTotal
#1+8hTomorrow 4:57 AM9%
#2+16hTomorrow 12:57 PM18%
#3+1dTomorrow 8:57 PM27%
#4+1d 8hSun 4:57 AM36%
#5+1d 16hSun 12:57 PM45%
Mating cooldown18h – 2dEgg temperature28–31°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 Brontosaurus 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
60
Melee damage
60
Drag weight
1000
XP on kill (base)
22
Cloning cost (base)
1975 element shards

Drops on death

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.

Brontosaurus guide

The Brontosaurus is a herbivore in ARK: Survival Ascended. It spawns wild on The Island 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 Brontosaurus

The Brontosaurus 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.

Brontosaurus spawn command

To spawn a wild Brontosaurus, 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 (Sauropod_Character_BP_C) for use with commands like SpawnDino.

Breeding the Brontosaurus

The Brontosaurus 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.