How do you tame a Dire Bear in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The Dire Bear is a knockout tame. Knock it unconscious using Tranq Arrows, Tranq Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts, then feed it Giant Bee Honey for the best taming effectiveness. Use a taming calculator to determine the exact food and narcotic quantities needed for your target level.

What does a Dire Bear eat in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The best food for taming a Dire Bear is Giant Bee Honey. It also accepts Superior Kibble, Raw Mutton, Raw Prime Meat.

Where can you find Dire Bear in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Dire Bear 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 Dire Bear?

A baby Dire Bear takes 1 day and 22 hours to reach full maturity. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Dire Bear Taming, Breeding & Spawns - ARK: Survival Ascended

Dire Bear

DMG

Dire Bear

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 →

The Dire Bear spawns on 19 maps, typically found in most regions of the map. 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.

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Dire Bear Taming Calculator

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KnockoutTime: 22m 32s|Effectiveness: 99.7% (+74 Lvl)|Base Torpor: 1,000Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
Giant Bee HoneyBest	8	22:32	74 Lvl (224)
Superior Kibble	8	24:01	74 Lvl (224)
Raw Mutton	16	28:10	74 Lvl (224)
Raw Meat	57	1:40:21	63 Lvl (213)
Berries	143	1:40:42	35 Lvl (185)
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Required Narcotics (Giant Bee Honey ×8)

Narcotics0

Narcoberries0

Bio Toxin0

Ascerbic Mushrooms0

Breeding

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TypeLive Birth

Maturation Time1d 22h

Quick Info

Saddle

Dire Bear SaddleLv.45

Carried By

Immobilized By

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill318 XP

4 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

Dire Bear SaddleBase: 22.2 XP · Lv.45

89 XP

Base × 1× quality × 4 × 1× server

Drops & Harvest Resources

You can gather Hide, Raw Meat, Pelt from a Dire Bear corpse. The corpse has 320 harvest health, allowing multiple hits before it's fully depleted.

Different tools yield different quantities - check the table below to pick the right tool for the resource you need. Generally, a Pick favors meat while a Hatchet favors hide and secondary materials.

Harvest Body HP

Melee Damage

Weapon Damage

Harvest Multiplier

Resource	Pick	Hatchet
Hide	40%~13~10 hits	60%~20~8 hits
Raw Meat	60%~15~10 hits	40%~10~8 hits
Pelt	40%~13~10 hits	60%~20~8 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 Dire Bear's damage profile includes 14 modifiers that alter how much damage it takes from different sources. It resists 7 damage types (up to 100% reduction) and is vulnerable to 6 (up to +120% 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

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Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	400.0	+80.00	+4.00%
Stamina	500.0	+50.00	+2.00%
Torpidity	1000.0	+0.00	+0.00%
Oxygen	270.0	+27.00	+2.00%
Food	3000.0	+300.00	+2.00%
Weight	650.0	+13.00	+0.80%
Melee Damage Multiplier	100.0%	+5.00%	+10.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+1.00%

Hitbox Multipliers

Damage dealt to the Dire Bear varies across 1 hitbox zone. The Head is the most vulnerable spot at 1.5x damage - aim there for maximum DPS.

Headc_jaw

1.50x

Can Damage

The Dire Bear can damage: Thatch, Wood. Lower-tier structures are at risk - Stone walls or better will keep the Dire Bear out.

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

Dire Bear Tips & Tricks

Check out what other players have learned about the Dire Bear - and contribute your own tips. Look for taming trap blueprints, ammo counts, and advice on avoiding accidental kills during knockout.

This page is your complete guide to the Dire Bear in ARK: Survival Ascended. Below you'll find a quick overview of its base stats, taming method, breeding data, and harvest capabilities — plus links to dedicated tools like the taming calculator, breeding calculator, and interactive spawn map.

At base level the Dire Bear has 400 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.

The Dire Bear is a knockout tame — render it unconscious with torpor weapons, then feed it Giant Bee Honey for the fastest results. Our taming calculator shows exact food quantities, narcotics needed, and time estimates for every level.

The Dire Bear gives live birth after a gestation period. Babies mature in 1 day and 22 hours. Check the breeding calculator for detailed imprint schedules and raising costs.

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

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Dire Bear as a tamable, omnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It falls within the DMG classification.

At 400 base HP, the Dire Bear is moderately tough. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it solid damage output. With 500 base Stamina, the Dire Bear has good endurance. A base Weight of 650 means excellent carrying capacity.

To tame the Dire Bear, you need to knock it unconscious using torpor weapons, then feed it while it's down. Feed it Giant Bee Honey for the fastest tame and highest effectiveness bonus.

After taming, the Dire Bear pulls double duty as both a capable resource harvester and pack animal. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Killing a wild Dire Bear yields 4 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.66 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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