How do you tame a Ember Crystal Wyvern in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The Ember Crystal Wyvern is a passive tame. Approach it carefully without startling it and place Primal Crystal in your last hotbar slot, then feed it by hand.

What does a Ember Crystal Wyvern eat in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The best food for taming a Ember Crystal Wyvern is Primal Crystal. It also accepts Crystal.

Where can you find Ember Crystal Wyvern in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Ember Crystal Wyvern 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 Ember Crystal Wyvern?

A baby Ember Crystal Wyvern takes 3 days and 20 hours to reach full maturity. Eggs must be incubated between 75°C and 85°C. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Ember Crystal Wyvern Taming, Breeding & Spawns

Ember Crystal Wyvern

VARIANT

Ember Crystal Wyvern

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

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Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Spawn Locations

Ember Crystal Wyvern does not currently spawn on any ARK: Survival Ascended map, or spawn data is not yet available.

Ember Crystal Wyvern Taming Calculator

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PassiveTime: 2m 20s|Effectiveness: 99.8% (+74 Lvl)Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
Primal CrystalBest	8	2:20	74 Lvl (224)
Crystal	60	19:40	67 Lvl (217)

Breeding

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TypeEgg Layer

Incubation Temp75°C – 85°C

Maturation Time3d 20h

Quick Info

Immobilized By

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill1,193 XP

15 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

Drops & Harvest Resources

Harvesting a dead Ember Crystal Wyvern yields Hide, Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat, Crystal. The corpse has 360 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	Stone Weapon (Extra)
Hide	40%~15~12 hits	60%~22~9 hits	40%~7~12 hits
Raw Meat	60%~17~12 hits	40%~11~9 hits	60%~11~12 hits
Raw Prime Meat	3%~1~12 hits	2%~0~9 hits	3%~1~12 hits
Crystal	5%~1~12 hits	20%~4~9 hits	60%~17~12 hits
Crystal TalonDrop	—	—	—

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 Ember Crystal Wyvern has 16 damage type modifiers that affect incoming damage. With 9 resistances and 6 weaknesses, its biggest vulnerability takes +200% extra damage - exploit that for faster kills. See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

FlameThrower

0%-100%

Projectile Fire

0%-100%

MiningDrill Harvest

0%-100%

Dino AttacksStandard dino melee hits

50%-50%

Plant Species XPlant turret projectiles

50%-50%

Herbivore DinoHerbivore dino attacks

60%-40%

Base Stats

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Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	1295.0	+194.25	+2.40%
Stamina	325.0	+16.25	+1.00%
Torpidity	545.0	+0.00	+0.00%
Oxygen	150.0	+15.00	+2.00%
Food	1500.0	+150.00	+2.00%
Weight	300.0	+6.00	+0.80%
Melee Damage Multiplier	100.0%	+5.00%	+10.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+1.00%

Hitbox Multipliers

The Ember Crystal Wyvern has 1 hitbox zone, each with a different damage multiplier. Its weakest point is the Head at 1.5x - a significant damage bonus when you land your shots there.

Headjaw_exp

1.50x

Can Damage

The Ember Crystal Wyvern can damage: Thatch, Wood. Lower-tier structures are at risk - Stone walls or better will keep the Ember Crystal Wyvern 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

Ember Crystal Wyvern Tips & Tricks

Browse survivor-submitted tips and strategies for the Ember Crystal Wyvern. Tips typically cover approach strategies, recommended food, and how to avoid spooking the Ember Crystal Wyvern mid-tame.

Everything you need to know about the Ember Crystal Wyvern in ARK: Survival Ascended is collected here. Use the stat overview, taming summary, and breeding details below to plan your approach, then explore the dedicated tool pages for step-by-step help.

At base level the Ember Crystal Wyvern has 1,295 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 300 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.

The Ember Crystal Wyvern is a passive tame — approach carefully and hand-feed it Primal Crystal without knocking it out. See the taming calculator for exact food counts and timing.

Breeding Ember Crystal Wyverns produces fertilized eggs that need incubation between 75°C and 85°C. Full maturation takes 3 days and 20 hours. Use the breeding calculator for imprint timers and food requirements.

Once tamed, the Ember Crystal Wyvern can harvest Hide, Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat, Crystal. Visit the information tab for the full harvest table with quantities and efficiency data.

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Ember Crystal Wyvern as a tamable, flying, carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It belongs to the Variant category.

With 1,295 base Health, the Ember Crystal Wyvern is extremely durable. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it solid damage output. Stamina sits at 325 base, providing average stamina. A base Weight of 300 means a solid weight pool.

This is a passive tame: no tranquilizers needed. Get close without startling it, then offer food from your last hotbar slot. Its preferred food is Primal Crystal.

As a tame, the Ember Crystal Wyvern works well as a reconnaissance mount, offering fast travel and a bird's-eye view of the terrain. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 75°C–85°C temperature window. Defeating one in the wild grants 15 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.85 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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