Ichthyornis

CarnivoreKnockout tameFlyer

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

Ichthyornis dossier

Base stats

Health
50
Stamina
150
Oxygen
150
Food
1000
Weight
55
Melee Damage
100%
Movement Speed
100%
Torpidity
120

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.

10Kibble (preferred)· 42m 39s
Effectiveness98.1%Bonus levels+73Tames to level223
Perfect tame
Torpor to knock out1,193Drain rate1.0/s · AverageStays under for19m 12s
Sedatives to keep it under for the full tame
FoodUse / MaxTimeEffectiveness
Kibble (preferred)85 food · 11.0% per item
/10
42m 39s
98.1%
+73 → Lv 223
Raw Mutton50 food · 5.2% per item
/20
50m 0s
92.3%
+69 → Lv 219
Raw Prime Meat50 food · 4.1% per item
/25
1h 2m
88.5%
+66 → Lv 216
Cooked Lamb Chop50 food · 2.8% per item
/36
1h 30m
78.3%
+58 → Lv 208
Spoiled Meat50 food · 2.8% per item
/37
1h 32m
77.6%
+58 → Lv 208
Cooked Prime Meat50 food · 2.1% per item
/49
2h 2m
66.2%
+49 → Lv 199
Raw Prime Fish Meat25 food · 1.7% per item
/61
1h 16m
55.7%
+41 → Lv 191
Raw Meat50 food · 1.4% per item
/73
3h 2m
46.7%
+35 → Lv 185
Cooked Prime Fish Meat25 food · 0.8% per item
/121
2h 31m
24.1%
+18 → Lv 168
Cooked Meat25 food · 0.7% per item
/145
3h 1m
18.1%
+13 → Lv 163
Raw Fish Meat25 food · 0.6% per item
/182
3h 47m
12.3%
+9 → Lv 159
Cooked Fish Meat25 food · 0.3% per item
/363
7h 33m
3.4%
+2 → Lv 152

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 out1,193
WeaponMin. hitsTorpor / hit
Tranq Arrow (Bow)1490
Tranq Arrow (Compound Bow)10121.5
Tranq Arrow (Crossbow)8157.5
Tranq Dart (Longneck Rifle)6221
Shocking Tranq Dart (Longneck)3442

Minimum hits to knock out a level 150 Ichthyornis, 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
150
Oxygen
150
Food
1,150
Weight
55
Melee Damage
231%
Movement Speed
137%
Torpidity
121

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 in1d 13hEgg-layer
Incubation1h 40mHand-feed window3h 42mCuddles for 100%4 × 25%
BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Hand-feed (no trough) for the first 3h 42m — until Tomorrow 2:19 AM.

If the egg is fertilized now
  1. Egg hatchesToday 8:57 PM
    Incubation done+0s
  2. Hand-feed window endsTomorrow 2:19 AM
    Safe to use a trough+5h 22m
  3. Adolescent reachedTomorrow 5:08 PM
    +20h 11m
  4. Adult reachedSun 11:39 AM
    +1d 14h
Imprint cuddle plan100% with all 4 cuddles, one every 8h
CuddleAfterClockTotal
#1+8hTomorrow 4:57 AM25%
#2+16hTomorrow 12:57 PM50%
#3+1dTomorrow 8:57 PM75%
#4+1d 8hSun 4:57 AM100%
Mating cooldown18h – 2dEgg temperature29–32°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 Ichthyornis 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
16
Grab damage
1
Bite damage
5
Steal damage
10
Chew damage
24
Drag weight
70
XP on kill (base)
3
Cloning cost (base)
750 element shards

Ichthyornis guide

The Ichthyornis 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 Ichthyornis

The Ichthyornis 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.

Ichthyornis spawn command

To spawn a wild Ichthyornis, 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 (Ichthyornis_Character_BP_C) for use with commands like SpawnDino.

Breeding the Ichthyornis

The Ichthyornis 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.