Boaratos
CreatureDMG
Boaratos taming calculatorKnockout
Taming the Boaratos requires applying enough torpor to knock it out. Use tranquilizer projectiles, then place food in its inventory. Once unconscious, Torpor drains at 100/s, so keep Narcotics or Bio Toxin ready.
- Wild level150
- Tamed level224+74
- Max level after leveling297
Taming foods
| Food | Amount | Taming time | Effectiveness | Feeding interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Extraordinary Kibble | 3m 28s | 99.69%+74 Lvl (224) | 30s | |
 Raw Mutton | 21m 42s | 73.43%+55 Lvl (205) | 18s | |
 Raw Prime Meat | 27m 12s | 63.81%+47 Lvl (197) | 18s | |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 40m 11s | 44.56%+33 Lvl (183) | 18s | |
 Cooked Prime Meat | 54m 3s | 30.67%+23 Lvl (173) | 18s | |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 33m 51s | 22.04%+16 Lvl (166) | 9s | |
 Raw Meat | 1h 21m 1s | 16.45%+12 Lvl (162) | 18s | |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1h 9m 25s | 6.62%+4 Lvl (154) | 9s | |
 Cooked Meat | 1h 21m 1s | 4.7%+3 Lvl (153) | 9s | |
 Raw Fish Meat | 1h 41m 16s | 3.06%+2 Lvl (152) | 9s | |
 Cooked Fish Meat | 1h 41m 12s | 0.78%+0 Lvl (150) | 5s |
Required narcotics
12Narcotics
30Narcoberries
6Bio Toxin
44Ascerbic Mushrooms
Knockout weapons
Bow553 Normal hits99% Death chance
Crossbow316 Normal hits99% Death chance
Fabricated Crossbow (Tranq Arrow)316 Normal hits99% Death chance
Tranquilizer Dart225 Normal hits62% Death chance
Shocking Tranquilizer Dart113 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tek Bow148 Normal hits0% Death chance
Compound Bow410 Normal hits99% Death chance
Harpoon Launcher163 Normal hits62% Death chance
Starve & Torpor Timers
More about taming the Boaratos
The results below show total taming time, effectiveness, and bonus levels for the Boaratos at your selected level and food. Higher-quality foods yield more bonus levels.
Use the knockout chart to see exactly how many Tranq Arrows, Darts, or other torpor weapons it takes to down the Boaratos. Space your shots to let torpor accumulate - rapid firing risks killing it before knockout.
To simplify the knockout, immobilize the Boaratos first with Chain Bola or Bear Trap. Alternatively, use a Quetzal to airlift it into a pre-built trap.
Use the narcotic calculator to determine exactly how many Narcotics, Bio Toxin, or Narcoberries you need for the Boaratos. Narcotics provide 40 Torpor each and are the standard choice. Bio Toxin offers 80 Torpor but is harder to farm. Narcoberries at 7.5 each are a last resort. At 100 Torpor drain per second, apply narcotics proactively - a wakeup mid-tame wastes everything.
The real-time timers below help you monitor Torpor drain and Food depletion during the tame. Starve taming is recommended for valuable high-level Boaratos: let the Food stat deplete first, then add food. This way nothing is wasted if something goes wrong.
The Boaratos, a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a notable presence across multiple maps. It falls within the DMG classification.
Health-wise, the Boaratos sits at 1,050 base, making it quite durable. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Boaratos has decent hitting power. Its base Stamina of 400 gives it solid stamina reserves. It carries 500 base Weight - an enormous weight pool.
You'll need to knock the Boaratos unconscious before taming it. Tranquilizers are the standard approach. Extraordinary Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.
After taming, the Boaratos is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. Killing a wild Boaratos yields 18 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.26 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.
