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Dire Bear

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Dire Bear Taming Calculator

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.

Food	Taming Time	Effectiveness
Giant Bee Honey	42:15	74 Lvl (224) 98.84%
Superior Kibble	45:02	74 Lvl (224) 98.84%
Raw Mutton	54:35	71 Lvl (221) 95.08%
Raw Prime Meat	1:06:54	69 Lvl (219) 92.65%
Cooked Lamb Chop	1:40:14	63 Lvl (213) 85%
Cooked Prime Meat	2:13:39	56 Lvl (206) 75.88%
Raw Prime Fish Meat	1:23:37	50 Lvl (200) 66.8%
Raw Meat	3:20:41	43 Lvl (193) 58.28%
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	2:51:50	25 Lvl (175) 33.44%
Mejoberry	3:20:41	25 Lvl (175) 33.44%
Cooked Meat	3:20:41	19 Lvl (169) 25.86%
Raw Fish Meat	4:10:51	13 Lvl (163) 18.25%
Berries	3:20:41	13 Lvl (163) 18.25%
Cooked Fish Meat	4:10:25	3 Lvl (153) 5.3%
Archelon Algae	16:41:17	0 Lvl (150) 0.89%

Taming Results

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.

42m 15s

98.84%

Knockout Weapons

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 Procoptodon can also pick it up and drop it into a taming pen for a controlled knockout.

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Required Narcotics

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.

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Narcoberries

Bio Toxin

Ascerbic Mushrooms

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Dire Bear Taming - Video Guide

Take a look at this short video guide on how to tame a Dire Bear.

Starve & Torpor Timers

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.

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Estimated time until optimal feeding point: 42m 15s

Food to consume through starvation: 1200

Target food level: 9300

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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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