How do you tame a Equus in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The Equus is a passive tame. Approach it carefully without startling it and place Rockarrot in your last hotbar slot, then feed it by hand.

What does a Equus eat in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The best food for taming a Equus is Rockarrot. It also accepts Base Veggie, Mejoberry, Amarberry.

Where can you find Equus in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Equus 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 Equus?

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

Equus Taming, Breeding & Spawns - ARK: Survival Ascended

Equus

BREEDING

Equus

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 →

Found across 19 maps in beaches, grasslands, and river areas. Green zones have the highest spawn density. Each species has a population cap per area, so wiping out other creatures nearby can trigger new Equus spawns.

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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Equus Taming Calculator

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PassiveTime: 4m 24s|Effectiveness: 99.8% (+74 Lvl)Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
RockarrotBest	12	4:24	74 Lvl (224)
Archelon Algae	12	8:48	74 Lvl (224)
Crops	48	37:36	72 Lvl (222)
Mejoberry	299	2:58:48	34 Lvl (184)
Berries	479	3:11:12	18 Lvl (168)
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Breeding

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TypeLive Birth

Maturation Time1d 22h

Quick Info

Saddle

Carried By

Immobilized By

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill80 XP

1 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

Equus SaddleBase: 22.2 XP · Lv.20

89 XP

Base × 1× quality × 4 × 1× server

Drops & Harvest Resources

Harvesting a dead Equus yields Hide, Raw Meat, Pelt. The corpse has 320 harvest health, allowing multiple hits before it's fully depleted.

Consult the harvest breakdown table to optimize your tool choice. Resource quantities depend on the tool used, the creature's harvest health, and your server's harvest rate.

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

Weight Reduction

Clay-80%

Sand-80%

Cactus Sap-80%

Cementing Paste-80%

Stone-50%

Chitin/Keratin-50%

Damage Resistances

The Equus's damage profile includes 13 modifiers that alter how much damage it takes from different sources. With 7 resistances and 6 weaknesses, its biggest vulnerability takes +120% extra damage - exploit that for faster kills. See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

FireFlamethrower, fire arrows

40%-60%

Dino AttacksStandard dino melee hits

50%-50%

Plant Species XPlant turret projectiles

50%-50%

ExplosionsC4, Rockets, Grenades

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	240.0	+48.00	+4.00%
Stamina	560.0	+56.00	+2.00%
Torpidity	420.0	+0.00	+0.00%
Oxygen	150.0	+15.00	+2.00%
Food	1500.0	+150.00	+2.00%
Weight	350.0	+7.00	+0.80%
Melee Damage Multiplier	100.0%	+5.00%	+10.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+1.75%

Hitbox Multipliers

Damage dealt to the Equus varies across 1 hitbox zone. Its weakest point is the Head at 2x - a significant damage bonus when you land your shots there.

Headc_neck3

2.00x

Can Damage

The Equus can damage: Thatch, Wood, Stone, Metal, Tek. Its ability to break Metal structures makes the Equus a serious raid threat - account for it in base defense.

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

Equus Tips & Tricks

Browse survivor-submitted tips and strategies for the Equus. Players share the best approach angles, food recommendations, and tricks for safe passive taming.

Welcome to the full Equus guide for ARK: Survival Ascended. Here you can quickly review its stats, taming requirements, breeding info, and resource gathering potential, then dive into our detailed calculators and maps for more depth.

The Equus starts with 240 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 350 base Weight. These base values scale with each wild and tamed level-up, so check the taming calculator to see exactly what stats you can expect at different levels.

Taming the Equus is done passively: sneak up and offer Rockarrot from your last hotbar slot. The taming calculator has detailed quantities for each level.

The Equus 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 Equus can harvest Hide, Raw Meat, Pelt. Visit the information tab for the full harvest table with quantities and efficiency data.

The Equus, a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is a common sight across multiple maps. It falls within the Breeding classification.

Its base Stamina of 560 gives it solid stamina reserves. Dealing 100% base Melee Damage, the Equus brings decent hitting power to the table. At 240 base HP, the Equus is relatively fragile. Weight capacity starts at 350, giving it generous inventory space.

The Equus is passively tamed - approach it carefully and feed it by hand without knocking it out. Its preferred food is Rockarrot.

Once tamed, the Equus is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. Breeding is via live birth rather than eggs, simplifying the process. A wild Equus is worth 1 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.44 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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