Ocean Megalodon

CarnivoreKnockout tame

Spawn command

State
Level

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

Spawn class

Base stats

Health
600
Stamina
320
Oxygen
150
Food
2000
Weight
250
Melee Damage
100%
Movement Speed
100%
Torpidity
800

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.

11Kibble (preferred)· 42m 14s
Effectiveness98.7%Bonus levels+74Tames to level224
Perfect tame
Torpor to knock out7,952Drain rate1.0/s · AverageStays under for2h 8m
Sedatives to keep it under for the full tame
FoodUse / MaxTimeEffectiveness
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 out7,952
WeaponMin. hitsTorpor / hit
Tranq Arrow (Bow)8990
Tranq Arrow (Compound Bow)66121.5
Tranq Arrow (Crossbow)51157.5
Tranq Dart (Longneck Rifle)36221
Shocking Tranq Dart (Longneck)18442

Minimum hits to knock out a level 150 Ocean Megalodon, 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
600
Stamina
320
Oxygen
150
Food
2,300
Weight
250
Melee Damage
280%
Movement Speed
100%
Torpidity
801

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 23hLive birth
Gestation6h 6mHand-feed window7h 7mCuddles for 100%8 × 13%
BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Hand-feed (no trough) for the first 7h 7m — until Tomorrow 10:13 AM.

If the egg is fertilized now
  1. BirthToday 8:59 PM
    Gestation done+0s
  2. Hand-feed window endsTomorrow 10:13 AM
    Safe to use a trough+13h 13m
  3. Adolescent reachedSun 2:42 PM
    +1d 17h
  4. Adult reachedTue 2:19 AM
    +3d 5h
Imprint cuddle plan100% with all 8 cuddles, one every 8h
CuddleAfterClockTotal
#1+8hTomorrow 4:59 AM13%
#2+16hTomorrow 12:59 PM25%
#3+1dTomorrow 8:59 PM38%
#4+1d 8hSun 4:59 AM50%
#5+1d 16hSun 12:59 PM63%
Mating cooldown18h – 2d

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.

Combat & handling

Base melee damage
40
None damage
40
Drag weight
250
XP on kill (base)
12
Cloning cost (base)
925 element shards

Drops on death

Survivor<0.1% of rolls

Apex Drop100% of rolls

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.

Ocean Megalodon guide

The Ocean Megalodon is a carnivore 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 Ocean Megalodon

The Ocean Megalodon 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.

Ocean Megalodon spawn command

To spawn a wild Ocean Megalodon, 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 (Ocean_Megalodon_Character_BP_C) for use with commands like SpawnDino.