Dire Bear
CreatureDMG
Dire Bear taming calculatorKnockout
The Dire Bear is a knockout tame - render it unconscious with torpor weapons like Tranq Arrows or Shocking Tranq Darts, then feed it while it's down. Once unconscious, Torpor drains at 0.9/s, so keep Narcotics or Bio Toxin ready.
- Wild level150
- Tamed level224+74
- Max level after leveling297
Taming foods
| Food | Amount | Taming time | Effectiveness | Feeding interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giant Bee Honey | 22m 32s | 99.69%+74 Lvl (224) | 2m 49s | |
 Superior Kibble | 24m 1s | 99.69%+74 Lvl (224) | 3m 1s | |
 Raw Mutton | 28m 10s | 98.68%+74 Lvl (224) | 1m 46s | |
 Raw Prime Meat | 33m 27s | 98.06%+73 Lvl (223) | 1m 46s | |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 49m 15s | 95.85%+71 Lvl (221) | 1m 46s | |
 Cooked Prime Meat | 1h 6m 50s | 92.65%+69 Lvl (219) | 1m 46s | |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 42m 15s | 88.86%+66 Lvl (216) | 53s | |
 Raw Meat | 1h 40m 21s | 84.84%+63 Lvl (213) | 1m 46s | |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1h 25m 55s | 66.8%+50 Lvl (200) | 55s | |
 Mejoberry | 1h 40m 21s | 66.8%+50 Lvl (200) | 1m 4s | |
 Cooked Meat | 1h 40m 21s | 58.28%+43 Lvl (193) | 53s | |
 Raw Fish Meat | 2h 4m 59s | 47.28%+35 Lvl (185) | 53s | |
    Berries | 1h 40m 0s | 47.28%+35 Lvl (185) | 43s | |
 Cooked Fish Meat | 2h 4m 33s | 18.35%+13 Lvl (163) | 27s | |
 Archelon Algae | 8h 18m 32s | 3.47%+2 Lvl (152) | 43s | |
 Crops | 33h 11m 59s | 0.23%+0 Lvl (150) | 43s |
Required narcotics
0Narcotics
0Narcoberries
0Bio Toxin
0Ascerbic Mushrooms
Knockout weapons
Bow111 Normal hits62% Death chance
Crossbow64 Normal hits62% Death chance
Fabricated Crossbow (Tranq Arrow)64 Normal hits62% Death chance
Tranquilizer Dart45 Normal hits0% Death chance
Shocking Tranquilizer Dart23 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tek Bow30 Normal hits0% Death chance
Compound Bow82 Normal hits62% Death chance
Harpoon Launcher33 Normal hits0% Death chance
Starve & Torpor Timers
Dire Bear taming video guide
More about taming the Dire Bear
The results below show total taming time, effectiveness, and bonus levels for the Dire Bear at your selected level and food. Higher-quality foods yield more bonus levels.
Use the knockout chart to see exactly how many Tranq Arrows, Darts, or other torpor weapons it takes to down the Dire Bear. Space your shots to let torpor accumulate - rapid firing risks killing it before knockout.
To simplify the knockout, immobilize the Dire Bear first with Chain Bola or Bear Trap. A Quetzal can also pick it up and drop it into a taming pen for a controlled knockout.
The table shows how many sedatives you'll need to keep the Dire Bear unconscious through the full taming duration. Bio Toxin is twice as potent as Narcotics (80 vs 40 Torpor per use), while Narcoberries work in a pinch at just 7.5 Torpor each. At 0.9 Torpor drain per second, apply narcotics proactively - a wakeup mid-tame wastes everything.
Use the torpor and starve timers to track your Dire Bear tame in real time. Starve taming is recommended for valuable high-level Dire Bear: let the Food stat deplete first, then add food. This way nothing is wasted if something goes wrong.
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.
