Dinopithecus
Climber
Dinopithecus Taming Calculator
Find a troop and pick out the alpha, the highest level one with a glowing yellow-orange aura on its back. Kill every other baboon in the troop, juveniles included, then bring the alpha below the health it will accept food at and feed it by hand. Exceptional Kibble or better is worth the trouble here: berries and crops work but turn this into a very long fight.
How this tame works
No knockoutBring 8 Archelon Algae. About 5 minutes at level 150.
- Kill the rest of its troop until only one is left, then bring that survivor below 85% health. There is no fixed troop size: it is however many spawned together.
- Once it accepts you the window stays open. Healing back up does not close it again, so you only have to hit that health mark once.
| Food | Food Quantity (Current/Max) | Taming Time | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
 Archelon Algae | 4:41 | 74 Lvl (224) 99.22% | |
 Exceptional Kibble | 12:47 | 74 Lvl (224) 98.79% | |
 Raw Mutton | 15:51 | 71 Lvl (221) 95.04% | |
Raw Prime Meat | 20:01 | 69 Lvl (219) 92.45% | |
 Crops | 19:21 | 67 Lvl (217) 89.48% | |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 29:59 | 63 Lvl (213) 84.8% | |
 Cooked Prime Meat | 40:48 | 56 Lvl (206) 75.34% | |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 25:51 | 49 Lvl (199) 65.96% | |
 Raw Meat | 1:01:41 | 43 Lvl (193) 57.54% | |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 53:06 | 24 Lvl (174) 32.76% | |
 Mejoberry | 1:02:01 | 24 Lvl (174) 32.76% | |
 Cooked Meat | 1:02:06 | 18 Lvl (168) 25.27% | |
 Raw Fish Meat | 1:17:56 | 13 Lvl (163) 17.75% | |
    Berries | 1:02:20 | 13 Lvl (163) 17.75% | |
 Cooked Fish Meat | 1:17:56 | 3 Lvl (153) 5.14% |
Starve & Torpor Timers
Found throughout the ARKs, the Dinopithecus is a tamable, omnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the Climber group.
Starting at 775 Health, it's quite durable. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Dinopithecus has decent hitting power. Stamina sits at 800 base, providing outstanding staying power. It carries 350 base Weight - a solid weight pool.
After taming, the Dinopithecus earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. Defeating one in the wild grants 3 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.68 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.