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

The Helicoprion is a passive tame. Approach it carefully without startling it and place Little Ratfish Treats! in your last hotbar slot, then feed it by hand.

What does a Helicoprion eat in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The best food for taming a Helicoprion is Little Ratfish Treats!.

Where can you find Helicoprion in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Helicoprion 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 Helicoprion?

A baby Helicoprion takes 4 days and 6 hours to reach full maturity. Eggs must be incubated between -75°C and 75°C. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Helicoprion Taming, Breeding & Spawns - ARK: Survival Ascended

Helicoprion

WATER

Helicoprion

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

15 mapsFull Map →

The Helicoprion spawns on 15 maps, typically found in oceans, deep rivers, and underwater caves. Green cells indicate high spawn density, red means low. Click a cell to see exact spawn chance. If you can't find any, try clearing creatures nearby to free up the population cap.

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.

Explore full interactive mapAstraeos →

Helicoprion Taming Calculator

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PassiveTime: 2m 0s|Effectiveness: 99.7% (+74 Lvl)Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
Little Ratfish Treats!Best	5	2:00	74 Lvl (224)

Breeding

Open Calculator →

TypeEgg Layer

Incubation Temp-75°C – 75°C

Maturation Time4d 6h

Quick Info

Saddle

Helicoprion SaddleLv.91

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill636 XP

8 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.

Server XP

Wild Kill

Tamed Kill

Alpha Kill

Cave Kill

Boss Kill

Saddle Crafting XP

Helicoprion SaddleBase: 90 XP · Lv.91

360 XP

Base × 1× quality × 4 × 1× server

Drops & Harvest Resources

Harvesting a dead Helicoprion yields Raw Fish Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat. The corpse has 520 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	Sickle	Harvest Weapon
Raw Fish Meat	93%~25~17 hits	93%~25~11 hits	93%~25~18 hits
Raw Prime Fish Meat	0%~0~17 hits	13%~3~11 hits	4%~1~18 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

Metal-50%

Stone-50%

Crystal-50%

Polymer-50%

Obsidian-50%

Black Pearl-50%

Metal Ingot-50%

Ammonite Bile-50%

Raw Fish Meat-50%

Silica Pearls-50%

Raw Prime Fish Meat-50%

Tusoteuthis Tentacle-50%

Alpha Tusoteuthis Eye-50%

Damage Resistances

The Helicoprion has 14 damage type modifiers that affect incoming damage. With 7 resistances and 6 weaknesses, its biggest vulnerability takes +400% extra damage - exploit that for faster kills. See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

MiningDrill Harvest

0%-100%

Dino AttacksStandard dino melee hits

50%-50%

Plant Species XPlant turret projectiles

50%-50%

Herbivore DinoHerbivore dino attacks

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	1300.0	+260.00	+4.50%
Stamina	500.0	+50.00	+2.00%
Torpidity	800.0	+48.00	+0.00%
Food	2000.0	+200.00	+2.00%
Weight	500.0	+12.50	+1.10%
Melee Damage Multiplier	100.0%	+5.00%	+10.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+1.00%

Can Damage

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

Helicoprion Tips & Tricks

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

Everything you need to know about the Helicoprion 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 Helicoprion has 1,300 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 500 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.

The Helicoprion is a passive tame — approach carefully and hand-feed it Little Ratfish Treats! without knocking it out. See the taming calculator for exact food counts and timing.

Breeding Helicoprions produces fertilized eggs that need incubation between -75°C and 75°C. Full maturation takes 4 days and 6 hours. Use the breeding calculator for imprint timers and food requirements.

Once tamed, the Helicoprion can harvest Raw Fish Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat. Visit the information tab for the full harvest table with quantities and efficiency data.

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Helicoprion as a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It belongs to the Water category.

With 500 base Stamina, the Helicoprion has solid stamina reserves. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it decent hitting power. With 1,300 base Health, the Helicoprion is a proper tank. A base Weight of 500 means an enormous weight pool.

The Helicoprion is passively tamed - approach it carefully and feed it by hand without knocking it out. Its preferred food is Little Ratfish Treats!.

Once tamed, the Helicoprion provides safe and efficient underwater traversal with good utility. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a -75°C–75°C temperature window. Defeating one in the wild grants 8 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.7 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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