Astral Tusoteuthis Overview

Astral Tusoteuthis is an aquatic carnivore in ARK: Survival Ascended, cannot be tamed and must be dealt with through combat or avoidance. Untamable in the traditional sense, Astral Tusoteuthis fields 30,000 base Health - extraordinarily tanky when survivors meet it in the wild. It reproduces by laying fertilized eggs that incubate between -75°C and 75°C, with babies maturing over many real-world days, demanding serious time investment. Once tamed it harvests Raw Fish Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat, Keratin more efficiently than most player tools. Players who invest in one tend to keep it long after the early game has been left behind.

The Astral Tusoteuthis's corpse can be harvested for Raw Fish Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat, Keratin. The corpse has 1,600 harvest health, allowing multiple hits before it's fully depleted.

The harvest table below breaks down exact yields per tool. Choose your tool based on which resource you're after - yields vary significantly.

Incoming damage to the Astral Tusoteuthis is modified by 14 different type-specific multipliers. It shrugs off 7 damage types but is weak to 6, with its worst vulnerability at +400%. Focus damage there for maximum efficiency. See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

Damage dealt to the Astral Tusoteuthis varies across 2 hitbox zones. The upper_beak is the most vulnerable spot at 3x damage - aim there for maximum DPS.