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Aberrant Stegosaurus

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Aberrant Stegosaurus Taming Calculator

The Aberrant Stegosaurus is a knockout tame - render it unconscious with torpor weapons like Tranq Arrows or Shocking Tranq Darts, then feed it while it's down. The Aberrant Stegosaurus loses Torpor at 0.1 per second while unconscious - stay on top of narcotics.

Food	Taming Time	Effectiveness
Regular Kibble	40:56	74 Lvl (224) 99.8%
Archelon Algae	48:01	74 Lvl (224) 98.77%
Crops	3:11:25	62 Lvl (212) 83.37%
Mejoberry	3:11:16	55 Lvl (205) 73.83%
Berries	3:11:24	41 Lvl (191) 55.61%

Taming Results

Check the taming results to see how long it takes to tame the Aberrant Stegosaurus, what effectiveness you'll achieve, and how many bonus levels it gains. Better food means better results.

40m 56s

99.8%

Knockout Weapons

Below is a breakdown of knockout weapon requirements for the Aberrant Stegosaurus across various creature levels. Always pace your shots. Torpor takes time to apply, and over-shooting can be lethal.

To simplify the knockout, immobilize the Aberrant Stegosaurus first with Chain Bola or Bear Trap. A Procoptodon can also pick it up and drop it into a taming pen for a controlled knockout.

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Required Narcotics

Use the narcotic calculator to determine exactly how many Narcotics, Bio Toxin, or Narcoberries you need for the Aberrant Stegosaurus. Your options are Narcotics (40 Torpor), Bio Toxin (80 Torpor, best efficiency), or Narcoberries (7.5 Torpor, cheapest but slowest). With Torpor draining at 0.1/s, don't wait until the bar is nearly empty to apply narcotics.

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Ascerbic Mushrooms

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Starve & Torpor Timers

Use the torpor and starve timers to track your Aberrant Stegosaurus tame in real time. Torpor monitoring prevents premature wakeups. The starve timer is for the starve-tame method - let Food drop, then load all kibble at once to avoid waste.

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Estimated time until optimal feeding point: 40m 56s

Food to consume through starvation: 2728

Target food level: 18272

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ARK: Survival Ascended features the Aberrant Stegosaurus 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 decent hitting power. With 624 base Health, the Aberrant Stegosaurus is impressively tough. Stamina sits at 300 base, providing average stamina. A base Weight of 500 means massive inventory space.

To tame the Aberrant Stegosaurus, you need to knock it unconscious using torpor weapons, then feed it while it's down. For best results, use Regular Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.

Once tamed, the Aberrant Stegosaurus is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 22°C–28°C temperature window. Defeating one in the wild grants 5 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.29 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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