How do you tame a Chalicotherium in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The Chalicotherium is a passive tame. Approach it carefully without startling it and place Beer Jar in your last hotbar slot, then feed it by hand.

What does a Chalicotherium eat in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The best food for taming a Chalicotherium is Beer Jar. It also accepts Stimberry.

Where can you find Chalicotherium in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Chalicotherium 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 Chalicotherium?

A baby Chalicotherium takes 3 days and 10 hours to reach full maturity. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Chalicotherium Taming, Breeding & Spawns

Chalicotherium

MISC

Chalicotherium

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

19 mapsFull Map →

Found across 19 maps in beaches, grasslands, and river areas. Green zones have the highest spawn density. Each species has a population cap per area, so wiping out other creatures nearby can trigger new Chalicotherium spawns.

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 →

Chalicotherium Taming Calculator

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PassiveTime: 6m 6s|Effectiveness: 100.0% (+74 Lvl)Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
Beer JarBest	10	6:06	74 Lvl (224)

Breeding

Open Calculator →

TypeLive Birth

Maturation Time3d 10h

Quick Info

Saddle

Chalicotherium SaddleLv.42

Carried By

Immobilized By

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill477 XP

6 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

Chalicotherium SaddleBase: 22.2 XP · Lv.42

89 XP

Base × 1× quality × 4 × 1× server

Drops & Harvest Resources

Harvesting a dead Chalicotherium yields Hide, Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat. The corpse has 520 harvest health, allowing multiple hits before it's fully depleted.

Consult the harvest breakdown table to optimize your tool choice. Resource quantities depend on the tool used, the creature's harvest health, and your server's harvest rate.

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

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

The Chalicotherium has 13 damage type modifiers that affect incoming damage. It shrugs off 7 damage types but is weak to 6, with its worst vulnerability at +120%. Focus damage there for maximum efficiency. See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

FireFlamethrower, fire arrows

40%-60%

Dino AttacksStandard dino melee hits

50%-50%

Plant Species XPlant turret projectiles

50%-50%

ExplosionsC4, Rockets, Grenades

60%-40%

Stone WeaponsClub, slingshot (high torpor)

66%-34%

GenericFall damage, environmental

70%-30%

Base Stats

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Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	600.0	+120.00	+4.00%
Stamina	300.0	+30.00	+2.00%
Torpidity	500.0	+0.00	+0.00%
Oxygen	150.0	+15.00	+2.00%
Food	4000.0	+400.00	+2.00%
Weight	400.0	+8.00	+0.80%
Melee Damage Multiplier	100.0%	+5.00%	+10.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+1.00%

Hitbox Multipliers

Aiming matters - the Chalicotherium has 1 hitbox region with distinct damage modifiers. Hit the Head (1.5x multiplier) for the highest damage per shot.

Headc_jaw

1.50x

Can Damage

The Chalicotherium can damage: Thatch, Wood, Stone. Stone walls won't hold - upgrade to Metal if the Chalicotherium is in your area.

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

Chalicotherium Tips & Tricks

Browse survivor-submitted tips and strategies for the Chalicotherium. Players share the best approach angles, food recommendations, and tricks for safe passive taming.

Welcome to the full Chalicotherium 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.

The Chalicotherium starts with 600 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 400 base Weight. These base values scale with each wild and tamed level-up, so check the taming calculator to see exactly what stats you can expect at different levels.

Taming the Chalicotherium is done passively: sneak up and offer Beer Jar from your last hotbar slot. The taming calculator has detailed quantities for each level.

The Chalicotherium gives live birth after a gestation period. Babies mature in 3 days and 10 hours. Check the breeding calculator for detailed imprint schedules and raising costs.

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

Found throughout the ARKs, the Chalicotherium is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Misc category.

With 100% base Melee Damage, the Chalicotherium has decent hitting power. Starting at 600 Health, it's impressively tough. With 300 base Stamina, the Chalicotherium has decent staying power. It carries 400 base Weight - good carrying capacity.

The Chalicotherium is passively tamed - approach it carefully and feed it by hand without knocking it out. Its preferred food is Beer Jar.

Once tamed, the Chalicotherium earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. A wild Chalicotherium is worth 6 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.27 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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