Desmodus
Flyer · 4 maps
Desmodus Taming Calculator
A Desmodus tames on blood, not food. Let it grab something carrying Blood Packs and leave it to drain without interruption. That can be you or a teammate, but a high-health creature loaded with packs is easier and safer, because it drinks the packs instead of the health. It needs the same stretch of uninterrupted draining at every level, and it opens well short of full effectiveness however cleanly you play, so a perfect attempt still lands around 57 per cent.
How this tame works
No feedingAbout 3 minutes at level 150.
- Give the survivor being carried a stack of Blood Packs and it drinks those instead of their health. That finishes in about 38 seconds instead of the full drain and the survivor takes no damage at all. Budget around 39 packs for a wild one, more if it has been eating well.
- The progress it gains is a share of what it needs, so the level cancels out. Every Desmodus takes the same 2:40 of uninterrupted draining.
- It opens at 57.1% effectiveness rather than 100%, so even a flawless tame lands well short of a perfect one.
The Desmodus is a tamable, flying, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Flyer classification.
Melee starts at 100% - respectable melee power that scales with level-ups. At 325 base HP, the Desmodus is reasonably durable. Its base Stamina of 500 gives it solid stamina reserves. It carries 350 base Weight - generous inventory space.
Once tamed, the Desmodus works well as a reconnaissance mount, offering fast travel and a bird's-eye view of the terrain. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. A wild Desmodus is worth 3 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.67 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.