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

The Aberrant Anglerfish is a knockout tame. Knock it unconscious using Tranq Arrows, Tranq Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts, then feed it Regular Kibble 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 Anglerfish eat in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The best food for taming a Aberrant Anglerfish is Regular Kibble. It also accepts Raw Mutton, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Lamb Chop.

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

Check the interactive spawn map on the Aberrant Anglerfish 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 Anglerfish?

A baby Aberrant Anglerfish takes 1 day and 13 hours to reach full maturity. Eggs must be incubated between -75°C and 75°C. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Aberrant Anglerfish Taming, Breeding & Spawns

Aberrant Anglerfish

VARIANT

Aberrant Anglerfish

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

Official servers currently have boosted rates! You don't need to change settings in our calculator.

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Spawn Locations

5 mapsFull Map →

The Aberrant Anglerfish spawns on 5 maps, typically found in oceans, deep rivers, and underwater caves. 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.

Official

Mod Maps

Map Legend

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 Anglerfish Taming Calculator

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KnockoutTime: 25m 35s|Effectiveness: 99.6% (+74 Lvl)|Base Torpor: 900Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
Regular KibbleBest	5	25:35	74 Lvl (224)
Raw Mutton	11	33:00	73 Lvl (223)
Raw Prime Meat	13	39:00	73 Lvl (223)
Cooked Lamb Chop	19	56:57	70 Lvl (220)
Raw Meat	39	1:57:00	60 Lvl (210)
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Required Narcotics (Regular Kibble ×5)

Narcotics67

Narcoberries209

Bio Toxin34

Ascerbic Mushrooms183

Breeding

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TypeEgg Layer

Incubation Temp-75°C – 75°C

Maturation Time1d 13h

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill636 XP

8 base × 15.9 level × 4 × 1.25× wild kill × 1× server

Server Settings(Game.ini)

Official servers use non-1× defaults; the values above already reflect official rates.

Server XP

Wild Kill

Tamed Kill

Alpha Kill

Cave Kill

Boss Kill

Drops & Harvest Resources

The Aberrant Anglerfish's corpse can be harvested for AnglerGel, Raw Fish Meat. The corpse has 550 harvest health, allowing multiple hits before it's fully depleted.

Consult the harvest breakdown table to optimize your tool choice. Resource quantities depend on the tool used, the creature's harvest health, and your server's harvest rate.

Harvest Body HP

Melee Damage

Weapon Damage

Harvest Multiplier

Resource	Pick	Hatchet
AnglerGel	40%~34~18 hits	60%~51~14 hits
Raw Fish Meat	60%~25~18 hits	40%~17~14 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.

Gathering Abilities

Harvest Guide →

Black Pearl

Silica Pearls

Damage Resistances

The Aberrant Anglerfish has 14 damage type modifiers that affect incoming damage. It shrugs off 7 damage types but is weak to 6, with its worst vulnerability at +120%. Focus damage there for maximum efficiency. See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

MiningDrill Harvest

0%-100%

Dino AttacksStandard dino melee hits

50%-50%

Plant Species XPlant turret projectiles

50%-50%

Herbivore DinoHerbivore dino attacks

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	432.0	+86.40	+4.00%
Stamina	240.0	+24.00	+2.00%
Torpidity	900.0	+54.00	+0.00%
Food	1500.0	+150.00	+2.00%
Weight	350.0	+7.00	+0.80%
Melee Damage Multiplier	106.0%	+5.30%	+10.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+1.00%

Hitbox Multipliers

The Aberrant Anglerfish has 4 hitbox zones, each with a different damage multiplier. Hit the c_bait7 (2x multiplier) for the highest damage per shot.

Headc_jaw

1.50x

l_eyel_eye

1.50x

r_eyer_eye

1.50x

c_bait7c_bait7

2.00x

Can Damage

The Aberrant Anglerfish can damage: Thatch, Wood. Lower-tier structures are at risk - Stone walls or better will keep the Aberrant Anglerfish out.

Thatch

Wood

Stone

Metal

Tek

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 Anglerfish Tips & Tricks

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Everything you need to know about the Aberrant Anglerfish in ARK: Survival Ascended is collected here. Use the stat overview, taming summary, and breeding details below to plan your approach, then explore the dedicated tool pages for step-by-step help.

At base level the Aberrant Anglerfish has 432 base Health, 106% base Melee Damage, 350 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.

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

Breeding Aberrant Anglerfishs produces fertilized eggs that need incubation between -75°C and 75°C. Full maturation takes 1 day and 13 hours. Use the breeding calculator for imprint timers and food requirements.

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

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Aberrant Anglerfish as a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It belongs to the Variant category.

Its base Stamina of 240 gives it decent staying power. Its base Melee Damage sits at 106%, giving it decent hitting power. Health-wise, the Aberrant Anglerfish sits at 432 base, making it reasonably durable. It carries 350 base Weight - a solid weight pool.

To tame the Aberrant Anglerfish, you need to knock it unconscious using torpor weapons, then feed it while it's down. Regular Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.

After taming, the Aberrant Anglerfish is well-suited for deep-sea exploration, cave diving, and ocean resource runs. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a -75°C–75°C temperature window. Defeating one in the wild grants 8 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.17 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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