Ice Elemental
Ice Elemental Overview
Survivors looking at Ice Elemental in ARK: Survival Ascended will find a land-based minerals that is a practical workhorse - it can both gather and haul resources efficiently. It is a minerals tamed through knockout taming, with Sulfur as its top-tier food, and brings 25,000 base Health - extraordinarily tanky to the table. Breeding is disabled for Ice Elemental, so each individual must be obtained directly rather than raised. Survivors lean on it to gather Crystal, Stone, Obsidian along with several other resources at much higher rates than hand tools. Players who invest in one tend to keep it long after the early game has been left behind.
Spawn Locations
1 mapsThe Ice Elemental spawns on 1 map, typically found in most regions of the map. 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.
Each shape is a real spawn volume. Click for exact chance and zone info.
Ice Elemental Taming Calculator
Open Calculator→| 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) |
XP Calculator
Full Calculator→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.
Drops & Harvest Resources
Harvesting a Ice Elemental provides 6 resources - Crystal, Stone, Obsidian among them. The corpse has 3,000 harvest health, allowing multiple hits before it's fully depleted.
The harvest table below breaks down exact yields per tool. Choose your tool based on which resource you're after - yields vary significantly.
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
Harvest Guide →Damage Resistances
The Ice Elemental has 19 damage type modifiers that affect incoming damage. It shrugs off 12 damage types but is weak to 4, with its worst vulnerability at +120%. Focus damage there for maximum efficiency. See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.
Base Stats
Full Stats→| 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
Open damage calculator →The Ice Elemental can damage: Thatch, Wood, Stone. It can break Stone structures, so only Metal-tier builds are fully safe from it.
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
Check out what other players have learned about the Ice Elemental - and contribute your own tips. Common topics include trap designs, preferred knockout weapons, and narcotic management strategies.
Everything you need to know about the Ice Elemental 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 Ice Elemental has 25,000 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 660 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.
The Ice Elemental is a knockout tame - render it unconscious with torpor weapons, then feed it Sulfur for the fastest results. Our taming calculator shows exact food quantities, narcotics needed, and time estimates for every level.
Once tamed, the Ice Elemental can harvest Crystal, Stone, Obsidian, Oil and 2 more resources. Visit the information tab for the full harvest table with quantities and efficiency data.
