Compsognathus

CarnivoreKnockout tame

Immobilized by: Bola, Bear Trap, Plant Species Y

Spawn command

State
Level

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

Spawn class

Info

Compsognathus dossier

Base stats

Health
50
Stamina
100
Oxygen
150
Food
450
Weight
25
Melee Damage
100%
Movement Speed
100%
Torpidity
25

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.

7Kibble (preferred)· 6m 39s
Effectiveness96.5%Bonus levels+72Tames to level222
Perfect tame
Torpor to knock out249Drain rate4.5/s · HighStays under for55s
Sedatives to keep it under for the full tame
FoodUse / MaxTimeEffectiveness
Kibble (preferred)85 food · 15.6% per item
/7
6m 39s
96.5%
+72 → Lv 222
Raw Mutton50 food · 7.3% per item
/14
7m 47s
86.5%
+64 → Lv 214
Raw Prime Meat50 food · 5.9% per item
/18
10m 0s
80%
+60 → Lv 210
Cooked Lamb Chop50 food · 4.0% per item
/26
14m 27s
65.1%
+48 → Lv 198
Spoiled Meat50 food · 3.9% per item
/26
14m 27s
64.9%
+48 → Lv 198
Cooked Prime Meat50 food · 2.9% per item
/35
19m 27s
50.7%
+38 → Lv 188
Raw Prime Fish Meat25 food · 2.3% per item
/43
11m 57s
40.1%
+30 → Lv 180
Raw Meat50 food · 2.0% per item
/52
28m 54s
31.6%
+23 → Lv 173
Cooked Prime Fish Meat25 food · 1.2% per item
/86
23m 54s
14.3%
+10 → Lv 160
Cooked Meat25 food · 1.0% per item
/103
28m 37s
10.4%
+7 → Lv 157
Raw Fish Meat25 food · 0.8% per item
/129
35m 50s
6.9%
+5 → Lv 155
Cooked Fish Meat25 food · 0.4% per item
/257
1h 11m
1.8%
+1 → Lv 151

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 out249
WeaponMin. hitsTorpor / hit
Tranq Arrow (Bow)390
Tranq Arrow (Compound Bow)3121.5
Tranq Arrow (Crossbow)2157.5
Tranq Dart (Longneck Rifle)2221
Shocking Tranq Dart (Longneck)1442

Minimum hits to knock out a level 150 Compsognathus, 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
51
Stamina
100
Oxygen
150
Food
518
Weight
25
Melee Damage
280%
Movement Speed
200%
Torpidity
26

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 in21h 2mEgg-layer
Incubation50mHand-feed window2h 6mCuddles for 100%2 × 50%
BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Hand-feed (no trough) for the first 2h 6m — until Today 11:53 PM.

If the egg is fertilized now
  1. Egg hatchesToday 8:57 PM
    Incubation done+0s
  2. Hand-feed window endsToday 11:53 PM
    Safe to use a trough+2h 56m
  3. Adolescent reachedTomorrow 8:18 AM
    +11h 21m
  4. Adult reachedTomorrow 6:50 PM
    +21h 52m
Imprint cuddle plan100% with all 2 cuddles, one every 8h
CuddleAfterClockTotal
#1+8hTomorrow 4:57 AM50%
#2+16hTomorrow 12:57 PM100%
Mating cooldown18h – 2dEgg temperature24–32°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 Compsognathus 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
4
Melee damage
4
Drag weight
20
XP on kill (base)
0.5
Cloning cost (base)
175 element shards

Compsognathus guide

The Compsognathus is a carnivore 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 Compsognathus

The Compsognathus 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.

Compsognathus spawn command

To spawn a wild Compsognathus, 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 (Compy_Character_BP_C) for use with commands like SpawnDino.

Breeding the Compsognathus

The Compsognathus 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.