Coelacanth
Survivors looking at Coelacanth in ARK: Survival Ascended will find an aquatic carnivore that roams the ARK as a wild, untamable creature. Untamable in the traditional sense, Coelacanth fields 100% base Melee Damage, giving it respectable melee power when survivors meet it in the wild. Reproduction is by live birth following gestation; juveniles mature over an extremely long period, one of the longest in the game. Its harvest profile centers on Raw Fish Meat, making farming runs noticeably faster. Treat encounters with situational awareness rather than taming intent.
The Coelacanth spawns on 23 maps, typically found in oceans, deep rivers, and underwater caves. 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.
Each shape is a real spawn volume. Click for exact chance and zone info.
Coelacanth is tamable using a Fish Basket.
0.5 base × 15.9 level × 4 × 1.25× wild kill × 1× server
Official servers use non-1× defaults; the values above already reflect official rates.
You can gather Raw Fish Meat from a Coelacanth corpse. The corpse has 50 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.
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.
The Coelacanth has 15 damage type modifiers that affect incoming damage. With 8 resistances and 6 weaknesses, its biggest vulnerability takes +900% extra damage - exploit that for faster kills. See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.
| Stat | Base (Lv.1) | Wild +/Lv | Tamed +/Lv |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30.0 | +6.00 | +4.00% | |
| 100.0 | +10.00 | +2.00% | |
| 15.0 | +0.90 | +0.00% | |
| 100.0 | +10.00 | +2.00% | |
| 8.0 | +0.16 | +0.80% | |
| 100.0% | +5.00% | +10.00% | |
| 100.0% | +0.00% | +1.00% |
Damage dealt to the Coelacanth varies across 1 hitbox zone. The Head is the most vulnerable spot at 1.5x damage - aim there for maximum DPS.
The Coelacanth can damage: Thatch. Lower-tier structures are at risk - Stone walls or better will keep the Coelacanth out.
| Attack | Base | Thatch | Wood | Stone | Metal | Tek |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack 1Carnivore Small | 5 | 27.5 | — | — | — | — |
Numbers reflect base melee at level 1, 100% TE, no imprint. The damage calculator lets you scale by melee %, server multipliers, and pick a specific structure for exact hit counts.
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Everything you need to know about the Coelacanth in ARK: Survival Ascended is collected here. Use the stat overview, taming summary, and breeding details below to plan your approach, then explore the dedicated tool pages for step-by-step help.
At base level the Coelacanth has 30 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 8 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.
The Coelacanth gives live birth after a gestation period. Babies mature in 3 days and 20 hours. Check the breeding calculator for detailed imprint schedules and raising costs.
Once tamed, the Coelacanth can harvest Raw Fish Meat. Visit the information tab for the full harvest table with quantities and efficiency data.