How do you tame a Aberrant Achatina in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The Aberrant Achatina is a knockout tame. Knock it unconscious using Tranq Arrows, Tranq Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts, then feed it Sweet Vegetable Cake for the best taming effectiveness. Use a taming calculator to determine the exact food and narcotic quantities needed for your target level.

What does a Aberrant Achatina eat in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The best food for taming a Aberrant Achatina is Sweet Vegetable Cake.

Where can you find Aberrant Achatina in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Aberrant Achatina spawn location page for exact spawn zones across all ARK maps. Spawn density and locations vary by map.

How long does it take to raise a baby Aberrant Achatina?

A baby Aberrant Achatina takes 3 days and 20 hours to reach full maturity. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Aberrant Achatina Taming, Breeding & Spawns

Aberrant Achatina

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Aberrant Achatina

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Base Settings

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Taming Speed

Spawn Locations

7 mapsFull Map →

The Aberrant Achatina spawns on 7 maps, typically found in beaches, grasslands, and river areas. Green cells indicate high spawn density, red means low. Click a cell to see exact spawn chance. If you can't find any, try clearing creatures nearby to free up the population cap.

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Mod Maps

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High spawn density

Medium spawn density

Low spawn density

Cave spawn

Click any cell for exact spawn chance and nearby spawn groups. Zoom in for detail.

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Aberrant Achatina Taming Calculator

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KnockoutTime: 44m 27s|Effectiveness: 100.0% (+74 Lvl)|Base Torpor: 50Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
Sweet Vegetable CakeBest	8	44:27	74 Lvl (224)

Required Narcotics (Sweet Vegetable Cake ×8)

Narcotics14

Narcoberries70

Bio Toxin7

Ascerbic Mushrooms24

Breeding

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TypeLive Birth

Maturation Time3d 20h

Quick Info

Carried By

Immobilized By

Drops & Harvest Resources

You can gather Chitin, Raw Meat from a Aberrant Achatina corpse. The corpse has 120 harvest health, allowing multiple hits before it's fully depleted.

Different tools yield different quantities - check the table below to pick the right tool for the resource you need. Generally, a Pick favors meat while a Hatchet favors hide and secondary materials.

Harvest Body HP

Melee Damage

Weapon Damage

Harvest Multiplier

Resource	Pick	Hatchet
Chitin	40%~5~4 hits	70%~9~3 hits
Raw Meat	60%~6~4 hits	30%~3~3 hits

Estimates based on game-extracted data (weights, quantities, harvest multipliers, damage type chains). Each harvest event independently rolls each resource - higher weight = higher drop chance. Actual yields vary with RNG.

Weight Reduction

Achatina Paste-90%

Organic Polymer-90%

Sweet Vegetable Cake-90%

Damage Resistances

The Aberrant Achatina has 13 damage type modifiers that affect incoming damage. With 7 resistances and 5 weaknesses, its biggest vulnerability takes +120% extra damage - exploit that for faster kills. See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

Spike WallSpike wall traps

50%-50%

Dino AttacksStandard dino melee hits

50%-50%

Plant Species XPlant turret projectiles

50%-50%

ExplosionsC4, Rockets, Grenades

60%-40%

Stone WeaponsClub, slingshot (high torpor)

66%-34%

GenericFall damage, environmental

70%-30%

Base Stats

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Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	72.0	+14.40	+4.00%
Stamina	100.0	+10.00	+2.00%
Torpidity	50.0	+0.00	+0.00%
Oxygen	150.0	+15.00	+2.00%
Food	450.0	+45.00	+2.00%
Weight	60.0	+1.20	+0.80%
Melee Damage Multiplier	106.0%	+5.30%	+10.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+1.00%

Hitbox Multipliers

Aiming matters - the Aberrant Achatina has 3 hitbox regions with distinct damage modifiers. Avoid the joint17 (0.1x) - it's the most armored zone.

Headc_neck4

1.00x

Tailc_tail1

0.50x

joint17joint17

0.10x

Tools & Guides

Taming CalculatorFood, narcotics, and time for any level

Breeding CalculatorMaturation, imprint timers, raising costs

BuildingsCommunity traps, pens, enclosures

AbilitiesAttacks, harvest specs, unique skills

Tips & TricksCommunity strategies and advice

Spawn LocationInteractive maps with spawn zones

Spawn CommandAdmin commands, all variants

Aberrant Achatina Tips & Tricks

Check out what other players have learned about the Aberrant Achatina - and contribute your own tips. Players often share optimal trap layouts and torpor weapon comparisons for the Aberrant Achatina.

This page is your complete guide to the Aberrant Achatina in ARK: Survival Ascended. Below you'll find a quick overview of its base stats, taming method, breeding data, and harvest capabilities — plus links to dedicated tools like the taming calculator, breeding calculator, and interactive spawn map.

At base level the Aberrant Achatina has 72 base Health, 106% base Melee Damage, 60 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.

The Aberrant Achatina is a knockout tame — render it unconscious with torpor weapons, then feed it Sweet Vegetable Cake for the fastest results. Our taming calculator shows exact food quantities, narcotics needed, and time estimates for every level.

The Aberrant Achatina gives live birth after a gestation period. Babies mature in 3 days and 20 hours. Check the breeding calculator for detailed imprint schedules and raising costs.

Once tamed, the Aberrant Achatina can harvest Chitin, Raw Meat. Visit the information tab for the full harvest table with quantities and efficiency data.

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Aberrant Achatina as a tamable, herbivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. Classified under the Variant group.

Its base Melee Damage sits at 106%, giving it solid damage output. Starting at 72 Health, it's glass-cannon fragile. With 100 base Stamina, the Aberrant Achatina has low stamina reserves. Weight capacity starts at 60, giving it very limited carrying capacity.

To tame the Aberrant Achatina, you need to knock it unconscious using torpor weapons, then feed it while it's down. Feed it Sweet Vegetable Cake for the fastest tame and highest effectiveness bonus.

After taming, the Aberrant Achatina is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.69 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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