Ice Elemental
Variant · 1 map
Overview
The Ice Elemental is a large, mineral-eating variant creature. It excels at harvesting a wide range of resources from nodes using its melee and swipe attacks. Players tame it primarily for its exceptional gathering efficiency across multiple high-tier materials. It can be airlifted by Quetzal or Karkinos for fast deployment.
It does not breed and must be tamed via knockout. Its inventory reduces weight for several key resources, enhancing transport logistics when paired with flying carriers.
Spawn Locations
1 mapsIce Elemental spawns in desert biomes. It is very rare and appears on only one ARK map. Focus your search in arid, open zones where spawn density is highest.
Each shape is a real spawn volume. Click for exact chance and zone info.
Tame the Ice Elemental using knockout methods. Use a Bow, Crossbow, or Compound Bow with Tranq Arrows to sedate it safely. The best food is Sulfur, which provides the fastest taming affinity. Clay can also be used if Sulfur is unavailable. The process takes around 503 minutes and requires approximately 407 Narcotics. Use the calculator below for your settings.
| Food | Qty | Time | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
 SulfurBest | 277 | 4:12:04 | 16 Lvl (166) |
 Clay | 461 | 6:59:30 | 7 Lvl (157) |
 Stone | 987 | 29:56:15 | 1 Lvl (151) |
Drops & Harvest Resources
Killing an Ice Elemental yields Crystal, Stone, Obsidian, Oil, Metal, and Sulfur. The Pick is the best tool for harvesting all of these resources from its corpse.
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, the Ice Elemental gathers efficiently from multiple resource categories including crystal, metal, obsidian, oil, and sulfur. Its Melee Attack and Swipe harvest at 9× multiplier on resources like Crystal, Metal, Obsidian, Oil, Blue Gem, and Green Gem. It also gathers Cementing Paste, Condensed Gas, and Organic Polymer at the same high rate.
Damage Resistances
The Ice Elemental has a strong weakness to Instant HurtDinos, taking +120% more damage from them. It is highly resistant to fire, taking -100% damage from FlameThrower and Projectile Fire. It also resists melee and instant damage by -90%. Level Health and Melee Damage to maximize durability and gathering output.
Kill XP
Wild Kill (1.25×)50 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 | 25000.0 | +312.50 | +2.00% |
 Stamina | 300.0 | +30.00 | +2.00% |
 Torpidity | 5000.0 | +300.00 | +0.00% |
 Food | 6000.0 | +600.00 | +2.00% |
 Weight | 660.0 | +13.20 | +0.80% |
 Melee Damage Multiplier | 100.0% | +5.00% | +10.00% |
 Speed Multiplier | 100.0% | +0.00% | +1.00% |
Can Damage
Can break Thatch, Wood, and Stone. Build at least in Metal to resist its structural damage.
Thatch
Wood
Stone
Metal
Tek| Attack | Base | Thatch | Wood | Stone | Metal | Tek |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melee AttackDmgStone ExtraHarvest | 120 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 22.5 | — | — |
| SwipeDmgStone ExtraHarvest | 80 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 15.0 | — | — |
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
Ice Elemental Tips & Tricks
The Melee Attack and Swipe gather resources at 9× efficiency on Crystal, Metal, Obsidian, Oil, and Gems.
It is highly vulnerable to Instant HurtDinos, making spike walls very effective for defense.
It cannot be bred and must be tamed each time through knockout.
Weight reductions apply to Crystal, Metal, Oil, Obsidian, and Sulfur, improving cargo efficiency.
It can be carried by Quetzal or Karkinos for rapid deployment to resource fields.
This page details the Ice Elemental's taming, harvesting, damage modifiers, and utility. Refer to the taming calculator, spawn map, and breeding calculator for further planning.
