Where can you find Carcharodontosaurus in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Carcharodontosaurus spawn location page for exact spawn zones across all ARK maps. Spawn density and locations vary by map.

How long does it take to raise a baby Carcharodontosaurus?

A baby Carcharodontosaurus takes 10 days and 3 hours to reach full maturity. Eggs must be incubated between 37°C and 39°C. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Carcharodontosaurus Taming, Breeding & Spawns

Carcharodontosaurus

DMG

Carcharodontosaurus

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

Official servers currently have boosted rates! You don't need to change settings in our calculator.

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Spawn Locations

13 mapsFull Map →

The Carcharodontosaurus spawns on 13 maps, typically found in forests, swamps, and mountain regions. Green cells indicate high spawn density, red means low. Click a cell to see exact spawn chance. If you can't find any, try clearing creatures nearby to free up the population cap.

Official

Mod Maps

Map Legend

High spawn density

Medium spawn density

Low spawn density

Cave spawn

Click any cell for exact spawn chance and nearby spawn groups. Zoom in for detail.

Explore full interactive mapAstraeos →

Taming

To tame a Carcharodontosaurus in Ark Survival Evolved, begin by trapping the creature.Then, bring dinosaur corpses to your captive Carcharodontosaurus, which it will consume.As it eats, a trust progress meter will materialize above the creature.When this meter is full, mount the Carcharodontosaurus to reveal a taming progress bar.Achieve full taming by huntingand killing other creatures while riding it.

Breeding

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TypeEgg Layer

Incubation Temp37°C – 39°C

Maturation Time10d 3h

Quick Info

Saddle

Immobilized By

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill59,625 XP

750 base × 15.9 level × 4 × 1.25× wild kill × 1× server

Server Settings(Game.ini)

Official servers use non-1× defaults for kill-type multipliers. Adjust these if your server uses custom Game.ini values.

Server XP

Wild Kill

Tamed Kill

Alpha Kill

Cave Kill

Boss Kill

Saddle Crafting XP

Carcharo SaddleBase: 300 XP · Lv.96

1,200 XP

Base × 1× quality × 4 × 1× server

Drops & Harvest Resources

You can gather Hide, Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat from a Carcharodontosaurus corpse. The corpse has 520 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.

Harvest Body HP

Melee Damage

Weapon Damage

Harvest Multiplier

Resource	Pick	Hatchet
Hide	40%~21~17 hits	60%~32~13 hits
Raw Meat	60%~24~17 hits	40%~16~13 hits
Raw Prime Meat	3%~1~17 hits	2%~1~13 hits
Giganotosaurus HeartDrop	—	—

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

Damage Resistances

Incoming damage to the Carcharodontosaurus is modified by 14 different type-specific multipliers. It resists 7 damage types (up to 100% reduction) and is vulnerable to 6 (up to +400% incoming damage). See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

MiningDrill Harvest

0%-100%

Dino AttacksStandard dino melee hits

50%-50%

Plant Species XPlant turret projectiles

50%-50%

Herbivore DinoHerbivore dino attacks

60%-40%

Stone WeaponsClub, slingshot (high torpor)

66%-34%

GenericFall damage, environmental

70%-30%

Base Stats

Full Stats →

Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	70000.0	+56.00	+0.08%
Stamina	480.0	+2.88	+0.50%
Torpidity	6000.0	+0.00	+0.00%
Oxygen	150.0	+0.37	+0.50%
Food	4000.0	+10.00	+0.50%
Weight	650.0	+13.00	+0.20%
Melee Damage Multiplier	100.0%	+5.00%	+5.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+0.31%

Hitbox Multipliers

Damage dealt to the Carcharodontosaurus varies across 1 hitbox zone. Its weakest point is the Head at 1.5x - a significant damage bonus when you land your shots there.

Headc_jaw

1.50x

Can Damage

The Carcharodontosaurus can damage: Thatch, Wood, Stone. It can break Stone structures, so only Metal-tier builds are fully safe from it.

Thatch

Wood

Stone

Metal

Tek

Tools & Guides

Taming CalculatorFood, narcotics, and time for any level

Breeding CalculatorMaturation, imprint timers, raising costs

BuildingsCommunity traps, pens, enclosures

AbilitiesAttacks, harvest specs, unique skills

Tips & TricksCommunity strategies and advice

Spawn LocationInteractive maps with spawn zones

Spawn CommandAdmin commands, all variants

Carcharodontosaurus Tips & Tricks

Check out what other players have learned about the Carcharodontosaurus - and contribute your own tips.

Welcome to the full Carcharodontosaurus guide for ARK: Survival Ascended. Here you can quickly review its stats, taming requirements, breeding info, and resource gathering potential, then dive into our detailed calculators and maps for more depth.

At base level the Carcharodontosaurus has 70,000 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 650 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.

Breeding Carcharodontosauruss produces fertilized eggs that need incubation between 37°C and 39°C. Full maturation takes 10 days and 3 hours. Use the breeding calculator for imprint timers and food requirements.

Once tamed, the Carcharodontosaurus can harvest Hide, Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat. Visit the information tab for the full harvest table with quantities and efficiency data.

The Carcharodontosaurus is a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the DMG category.

At 70,000 base HP, the Carcharodontosaurus is extraordinarily tanky. Melee starts at 100% - respectable melee power that scales with level-ups. With 480 base Stamina, the Carcharodontosaurus has good endurance. It carries 650 base Weight - massive inventory space.

Once tamed, the Carcharodontosaurus pulls double duty as both a capable resource harvester and pack animal. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 37°C–39°C temperature window. A wild Carcharodontosaurus is worth 750 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.99 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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