Elderclaw
Support · 19 maps
Overview
The Elderclaw is a medium-sized omnivore support creature. It features a unique passive taming process involving planting a seed and nurturing it to maturity. Once tamed, it excels at gathering a wide variety of plant-based resources efficiently. It can be airlifted by Tusoteuthis for rapid deployment to remote biomes.
This creature is primarily used for automated farming and resource collection in challenging environments.
Spawn Locations
19 mapsElderclaw spawns uncommonly across 19 ARK maps. It inhabits caves, fertile zones, forests, jungles, and redwood areas. Look for it in dense foliage or underground systems where plant nodes are abundant.
Each shape is a real spawn volume. Click for exact chance and zone info.
Taming
Elderclaw is tamed using a special passive method. Kill a wild adult to obtain an Elderclaw Seed, then plant it in a Large Crop Plot with at least 300% greenhouse effect, irrigation, and fertilizer. The growing seedling will request one of six resources: Sap, Giant Bee Honey, Black Pearls, Biotoxin, Ammonite Bile, or Leech Blood. You have 5 minutes to provide each resource or taming effectiveness drops. Once matured into a baby, raise and imprint it normally. Use the calculator below for your settings.
To tame an Elderclaw, kill a wild adult to obtain an Elderclaw Seed from its inventory. Plant the seed in a Large Crop Plot with at least 300% greenhouse effect, irrigation, and fertilizer. As the seedling grows it will periodically request one of six resources: Sap, Giant Bee Honey, Black Pearls, Biotoxin, Ammonite Bile, or Leech Blood. You have 5 minutes to provide each resource or taming effectiveness drops. Once the seedling matures into a baby Elderclaw, raise and imprint it like any other baby creature.
Drops & Harvest Resources
Killing an Elderclaw yields Wood, Thatch, Fiber, Rare Flower, and Rare Mushroom. The Hatchet yields the most Wood, while the Pick maximizes Thatch, Fiber, Rare Flower, and Rare Mushroom.
| Resource |  Pick |  Hatchet |
|---|---|---|
| 40%~11~9 hits | 60%~17~7 hits | |
| 60%~13~9 hits | 40%~9~7 hits | |
| 20%~11~9 hits | 20%~11~7 hits | |
| 5%~1~9 hits | 5%~1~7 hits | |
| 5%~1~9 hits | 5%~1~7 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
While ridden, Elderclaw gathers a broad range of plant resources with all its attacks. It harvests Fiber, Rare Flower, Rare Mushroom, Citronal, Longrass, Mejoberry, Mejoberry Seed, Narcoberry, Narcoberry Seed, Organic Polymer, Plant Species X Seed, Plant Species Y Seed, and Rockarrot at 10× efficiency. Its Lunge (Empowered) attack deals 80 damage and maintains full gather efficiency.
Damage Resistances
Elderclaw has a strong vulnerability to Instant HurtDinos, taking +120% more damage. It is also weak to Spike Walls (+100%) and Melee DmgMetal RaidDino (+55%). Explosions and melee attacks with impact effects deal increased damage. It is highly resistant to Mining Drill Harvest, taking -100% damage, and resists Ranged Turret Small DefensePlant and certain melee-projectile combos by -50%.
Kill XP
Wild Kill (1.25×)4 base × 15.9 level × 4 × 1.25× wild kill × 1× server
Server Settings(Game.ini)
Official servers use non-1× defaults; the values above already reflect official rates.
| Stat | Base (Lv.1) | Wild +/Lv | Tamed +/Lv |
|---|---|---|---|
 Health | 800.0 | +160.00 | +4.00% |
 Stamina | 350.0 | +35.00 | +2.00% |
 Torpidity | 1000.0 | +60.00 | +0.00% |
 Oxygen | 250.0 | +25.00 | +2.00% |
 Food | 2800.0 | +280.00 | +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
The Elderclaw has a head hitbox multiplier. Targeting the head deals 1.5× damage, making it effective for faster knockouts or combat.
Can Damage
Can break Thatch and Wood. Build at least in Stone.
Thatch
Wood
Stone
Metal
Tek| Attack | Base | Thatch | Wood | Stone | Metal | Tek |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| swipe leftOmnivore Medium MineWood | 35 | 192.5 | 105.0 | — | — | — |
| swipe rightOmnivore Medium MineWood | 35 | 192.5 | 105.0 | — | — | — |
| FallingBiteOmnivore Medium MineWood | 30 | 165.0 | 90.0 | — | — | — |
| swipe left (empowered, keep syncd)Omnivore Medium MineWood | 60 | 330.0 | 180.0 | — | — | — |
| swipe right (empowered, keep syncd)Omnivore Medium MineWood | 60 | 330.0 | 180.0 | — | — | — |
| FallingBite (Empowered, keep syncd)Omnivore Medium MineWood | 55 | 302.5 | 165.0 | — | — | — |
Numbers reflect base melee at level 1, 100% TE, no imprint. The damage calculator lets you scale by melee %, server multipliers, and pick a specific structure for exact hit counts.
Tools & Guides
Elderclaw Tips & Tricks
The Elderclaw Seed must be planted in a Large Crop Plot with 300% greenhouse effect, irrigation, and fertilizer to grow. Each resource request must be fulfilled within 5 minutes or taming effectiveness decreases. All melee attacks gather plant resources at 10× efficiency, making it ideal for rapid farming. The empowered Lunge attack deals 80 damage while maintaining full harvest output. It can be carried by Tusoteuthis, enabling aerial transport to isolated areas.
This page details the Elderclaw's taming, breeding, harvesting, combat stats, and spawn conditions. For precise calculations, refer to the taming calculator, breeding planner, and spawn map tools available on-site.
