Aberrant Parasaur
Variant · 14 maps
Overview
The Aberrant Parasaur is a herbivorous variant creature from the Aberration map. It excels at gathering a wide variety of plant-based resources while being carried by larger creatures for rapid deployment. It can be airlifted by Argentavis, Karkinos, Megalosaurus, Quetzal, or Tusoteuthis for fast deployment.
This variant is primarily used for efficient resource farming in dangerous or hard-to-reach areas, leveraging its aerial transportability and broad harvest range.
Spawn Locations
14 mapsThe Aberrant Parasaur spawns in cave systems and fertile zones across 14 ARK maps. It is considered rare, with the highest concentration typically found in the green zones of the spawn map. These areas often indicate optimal environmental conditions for its appearance.
Each shape is a real spawn volume. Click for exact chance and zone info.
Taming an Aberrant Parasaur requires a knockout method. Use a Bola, Bear Trap, or Plant Species Y to immobilize it first. Then, apply sedation using weapons like the Bow, Crossbow, or Compound Bow with Tranq Arrows, or the Longneck Rifle with Tranquilizer Darts.
The best food is Basic Kibble, which maximizes taming effectiveness. Mejoberry also works well if kibble is unavailable. The process takes about 7 minutes with Basic Kibble and requires no Narcotics. Use the calculator below for your settings.
| Food | Qty | Time | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
 Basic KibbleBest | 8 | 6:50 | 74 Lvl (224) |
 Archelon Algae | 20 | 8:00 | 74 Lvl (224) |
 Crops | 80 | 32:00 | 62 Lvl (212) |
 Mejoberry | 107 | 32:06 | 55 Lvl (205) |
    | 160 | 32:00 | 41 Lvl (191) |
Drops & Harvest Resources
Killing an Aberrant Parasaur yields Hide and Raw Meat. The Hatchet yields the most Hide, while the Pick maximizes Raw Meat harvest.
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, the Aberrant Parasaur gathers using its Melee attack, which harvests multiple resources at 10× efficiency. This includes Berries, Crop Seeds, Mejoberry, Mejoberry Seed, Mushroom, Narcoberry, Narcoberry Seed, Plant Species X Seed, Plant Species Y Seed, Rare Flower, Rare Mushroom, Stimberry, Stimberry Seed, and Wood. It also harvests Cactus Sap and Fiber at 8× efficiency.
Damage Resistances
The Aberrant Parasaur has a strong vulnerability to Instant HurtDinos, taking +120% more damage from them. It is also weak to Spike Wall and explosion-based damage. On the other hand, it has a -60% resistance to fire damage, making it highly resilient in fire-heavy environments. Level Health and Melee Damage for survivability.
Kill XP
Wild Kill (1.25×)1 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 | 192.0 | +38.40 | +4.00% |
 Stamina | 450.0 | +45.00 | +2.00% |
 Torpidity | 150.0 | +9.00 | +0.00% |
 Oxygen | 150.0 | +15.00 | +2.00% |
 Food | 1500.0 | +150.00 | +2.00% |
 Weight | 480.0 | +9.60 | +0.80% |
 Melee Damage Multiplier | 106.0% | +5.30% | +10.00% |
 Speed Multiplier | 100.0% | +0.00% | +1.00% |
Hitbox Multipliers
The Aberrant Parasaur has a head hitbox multiplier, with the Head taking 2× damage. Target the head for faster knockouts.
Can Damage
Can break Thatch. Build at least in Wood.
Thatch
Wood
Stone
Metal
Tek| Attack | Base | Thatch | Wood | Stone | Metal | Tek |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeleeHerbivore Small | 12 | 66.0 | — | — | — | — |
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 Parasaur Tips & Tricks
The Aberrant Parasaur gathers Berries, Wood, and Seeds at 10× efficiency with its Melee attack.
It is weak to Instant HurtDinos, so avoid areas with high concentrations of such damage sources.
Fire damage is highly ineffective against it, taking -60% less damage than normal.
It can be carried by Argentavis or Quetzal for aerial transport, enabling access to remote gathering zones.
Its Frighten ability has a 15m range and a 120-second cooldown, useful for deterring nearby threats.
It is immobilized effectively by Bola, Bear Trap, or Plant Species Y.
This page details the Aberrant Parasaur's taming, breeding, harvesting, and combat characteristics. For precise calculations, refer to the taming calculator, breeding calculator, and spawn map located on this page.
