Aberrant Moschops
Variant · 14 maps
Overview
The Aberrant Moschops is a passive omnivore variant found in the Aberration biome. It excels at harvesting a wide range of resources while being carried by flying creatures for rapid deployment. It can be airlifted by Argentavis, Desmodus, Karkinos, Megalosaurus, Kaprosuchus, Quetzal, or Tusoteuthis to access remote resource nodes safely.
Players tame it primarily for its exceptional gathering efficiency across diverse resource types, especially in hard-to-reach areas where aerial transport is essential.
Spawn Locations
14 mapsAberrant Moschops spawns in cave systems and fertile zones across 14 ARK maps. It is very rare, making sightings uncommon even in high-density spawn regions. Focus searches in the bioluminescent caves of the Aberration map for the best chance of encounter.
Each shape is a real spawn volume. Click for exact chance and zone info.
Aberrant Moschops is tamed passively by feeding it directly. The best food is Raw Mutton, which provides the fastest taming progress. Raw Prime Meat also works well if Raw Mutton is unavailable. No immobilization or knockout is required. The process takes about 26 minutes with 12 pieces of Raw Mutton at level 224. Use the calculator below for your settings.
| Food | Qty | Time | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
 Raw MuttonBest | 9 | 18:11 | 74 Lvl (224) |
 Raw Prime Meat | 12 | 25:00 | 74 Lvl (224) |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 22 | 47:40 | 74 Lvl (224) |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 28 | 30:41 | 74 Lvl (224) |
  | 2227 | 33:43:25 | 2 Lvl (152) |
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Drops & Harvest Resources
Killing an Aberrant Moschops yields Hide and Raw Meat. The Hatchet yields the most Hide, while the Pick favours Raw Meat.
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
While ridden, Aberrant Moschops gathers efficiently from multiple categories including berries, fiber, chitin, mushrooms, rare flowers, sap, seeds, stone, and thatch. Its melee attack provides a 6× multiplier on Chitin, Fiber, Rare Mushroom, and Mushroom, making it one of the fastest chitin and fiber gatherers. It also harvests Cactus Sap, Clay, Mejoberry, Narcoberry, and various seeds at 5× efficiency.
Damage Resistances
Aberrant Moschops has a strong vulnerability to Instant HurtDinos, taking +120% more damage from such sources. It is highly resistant to Mining Drill Harvest, taking -100% damage, making it immune to drill-based harvesting. It also takes +55% more damage from Melee DmgMetal RaidDino attacks and +50% more from explosions. Level Health and Melee Damage to offset its fragility in combat.
Kill XP
Wild Kill (1.25×)6 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.
| Stat | Base (Lv.1) | Wild +/Lv | Tamed +/Lv |
|---|---|---|---|
 Health | 360.0 | +72.00 | +4.00% |
 Stamina | 300.0 | +30.00 | +2.00% |
 Torpidity | 300.0 | +18.00 | +0.00% |
 Oxygen | 150.0 | +15.00 | +2.00% |
 Food | 300.0 | +30.00 | +2.00% |
 Weight | 200.0 | +4.00 | +0.80% |
 Melee Damage Multiplier | 106.0% | +5.30% | +10.00% |
 Speed Multiplier | 100.0% | +0.00% | +1.00% |
Hitbox Multipliers
The head has a 1.5× damage multiplier, making headshots effective for faster knockout. All other body zones use the base damage multiplier.
Can Damage
Can break Thatch and Wood. Build at least in Stone.
Thatch
Wood
Stone
Metal
Tek| Attack | Base | Thatch | Wood | Stone | Metal | Tek |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BiteMeleeOmnivore Harvest NoRock | 32 | 176.0 | 96.0 | — | — | — |
| HarvestCorpseMeleeOmnivore Harvest NoRock | 32 | 176.0 | 96.0 | — | — | — |
| HarvestTreeMeleeOmnivore Harvest NoRock | 32 | 176.0 | 96.0 | — | — | — |
Numbers reflect base melee at level 1, 100% TE, no imprint. The damage calculator lets you scale by melee %, server multipliers, and pick a specific structure for exact hit counts.
Tools & Guides
Aberrant Moschops Tips & Tricks
The melee attack grants a 6× harvest multiplier on Chitin, Fiber, Mushroom, and Rare Mushroom.
It harvests Berries, Cactus Sap, Clay, Crop Seeds, Mejoberry, Narcoberry, Plant Species X Seed, Plant Species Y Seed, Rare Flower, and Sand at 5× efficiency.
Can be carried by Argentavis, enabling fast travel to distant resource nodes.
Immune to damage from Mining Drill Harvest due to 100% resistance.
Takes 120% more damage from Instant HurtDinos, so avoid areas with spike traps or automated defenses.
This page details the Aberrant Moschops' taming, breeding, harvesting, combat stats, and spawn conditions. For precise planning, refer to the taming calculator, breeding calculator, and spawn map tools available on this site.
