What Bison can harvest - ARK: Survival Ascended

Harvesting

Misc

Bison

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

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Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

What Bison harvests from nodes

Node Harvest Calculator

Calculate expected resource yield per node for any dino. Select a node type and harvester.

Node

Metal Nodes

Metal

Node Type

Harvester

Harvest Rate

Your Melee %

Chart Max %

Node HP: 620Interval: 40DM: 2xHQM: 1xBase Dmg: 50

Best Melee

1000%

50 resource drops · 1 hits

Stone

13–26

avg 19

Metal

34–58

avg 46

Each hit on a node generates resource drops. The game randomly picks a resource from the loot table for each drop. Higher melee depletes the node faster, which can reduce total drops. The "best" melee is where you get the most drops.

What you get harvesting corpses with Bison

Corpse Harvest Calculator

Compare dino harvest yields from creature corpses. Select a corpse and up to 3 harvesters to compare.

Corpse

Harvester

Harvest Rate

Your Melee %

Chart Max %

Corpse HP: 520Interval: 19.5Base Dmg: 400Attack Speed: 0.40s

Best Melee

454%

186.5 drops · 1 hits

Raw Meat

95–122

avg 109

Hide

59–86

avg 72

Raw Prime Meat

1–10

avg 5

Each hit on a corpse generates resource drops based on damage dealt. The game randomly picks a resource from the corpse's loot table for each drop. Higher melee depletes the corpse faster, which can reduce total drops. All dinos get the same resource distribution from a given corpse — the difference is total drops from base damage.

The Bison, a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a notable presence across multiple maps.

Health-wise, the Bison sits at 800 base, making it solidly tanky. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Bison has decent hitting power. Stamina sits at 500 base, providing respectable staying power. Weight capacity starts at 650, giving it an enormous weight pool.

Taming the Bison requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. Superior Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.

After taming, the Bison is a practical workhorse - it can both gather and haul resources efficiently. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. A wild Bison is worth 4 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.39 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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The Bison, a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a notable presence across multiple maps.