Aberrant Dire Bear
Aberrant Dire Bear Taming Calculator
To tame the Aberrant Dire Bear, you need to knock it unconscious first. Tranq Arrows, Tranq Darts, and Shocking Tranq Darts all work. The Aberrant Dire Bear loses Torpor at 0.9 per second while unconscious - stay on top of narcotics.
| Food | Food Quantity (Current/Max) | Taming Time | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
 Giant Bee Honey | 42:15 | 74 Lvl (224) 98.84% | |
 Superior Kibble | 45:02 | 74 Lvl (224) 98.84% | |
 Raw Mutton | 54:35 | 71 Lvl (221) 95.08% | |
 Raw Prime Meat | 1:06:54 | 69 Lvl (219) 92.65% | |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 1:40:14 | 63 Lvl (213) 85% | |
 Cooked Prime Meat | 2:13:39 | 56 Lvl (206) 75.88% | |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 1:23:37 | 50 Lvl (200) 66.8% | |
 Raw Meat | 3:20:41 | 43 Lvl (193) 58.28% | |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 2:51:50 | 25 Lvl (175) 33.44% | |
 Mejoberry | 3:20:41 | 25 Lvl (175) 33.44% | |
 Cooked Meat | 3:20:41 | 19 Lvl (169) 25.86% | |
 Raw Fish Meat | 4:10:51 | 13 Lvl (163) 18.25% | |
    Berries | 3:20:41 | 13 Lvl (163) 18.25% | |
 Cooked Fish Meat | 4:10:25 | 3 Lvl (153) 5.3% | |
 Archelon Algae | 16:41:17 | 0 Lvl (150) 0.89% |
Taming Results
Check the taming results to see how long it takes to tame the Aberrant Dire Bear, what effectiveness you'll achieve, and how many bonus levels it gains. Better food means better results.
Required Narcotics
The table shows how many sedatives you'll need to keep the Aberrant Dire Bear unconscious through the full taming duration. Your options are Narcotics (40 Torpor), Bio Toxin (80 Torpor, best efficiency), or Narcoberries (7.5 Torpor, cheapest but slowest). The Aberrant Dire Bear bleeds 0.9 Torpor/s, so keep a close eye on the bar and sedate early.
Starve & Torpor Timers
The real-time timers below help you monitor Torpor drain and Food depletion during the tame. The torpor timer alerts you when narcotics are needed. The starve timer tracks Food depletion for starve-taming, where you let the food bar drop before placing all food at once.
The Aberrant Dire Bear, a tamable, omnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is well-known across multiple maps. It falls within the Variant classification.
At 384 base HP, the Aberrant Dire Bear is reasonably durable. With 106% base Melee Damage, the Aberrant Dire Bear has solid damage output. Stamina sits at 500 base, providing good endurance. Weight capacity starts at 650, giving it massive inventory space.
Taming the Aberrant Dire Bear requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. For best results, use Giant Bee Honey - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
As a tame, the Aberrant Dire Bear pulls double duty as both a capable resource harvester and pack animal. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. A wild Aberrant Dire Bear is worth 4 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.66 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.