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

The Ice Wyvern is a knockout tame. Knock it unconscious using Tranq Arrows, Tranq Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts, then feed it Kibble (Argentavis Egg) for the best taming effectiveness. Use a taming calculator to determine the exact food and narcotic quantities needed for your target level.

What does a Ice Wyvern eat in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The best food for taming a Ice Wyvern is Kibble (Argentavis Egg). It also accepts Raw Mutton, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Lamb Chop.

Where can you find Ice Wyvern in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Ice 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 Ice Wyvern?

A baby Ice Wyvern takes 3 days and 20 hours to reach full maturity. Eggs must be incubated between 80°C and 90°C. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Ice Wyvern Taming, Breeding & Spawns - ARK: Survival Ascended

Ice Wyvern

VARIANT

Ice Wyvern

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

2 mapsFull Map →

The Ice Wyvern spawns on 2 maps, typically found in mountains, cliffsides, and elevated terrain. 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

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 mapRagnarok →

Ice Wyvern Taming Calculator

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KnockoutTime: 6h 0m 2s|Effectiveness: 99.5% (+74 Lvl)|Base Torpor: 725Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
Kibble (Argentavis Egg)Best	10	6:00:02	74 Lvl (224)
Raw Mutton	21	7:53:01	73 Lvl (223)
Raw Prime Meat	26	9:45:38	72 Lvl (222)
Cooked Lamb Chop	39	14:37:29	69 Lvl (219)
Raw Meat	78	29:16:54	57 Lvl (207)
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Required Narcotics (Kibble (Argentavis Egg) ×10)

Narcotics2568

Narcoberries7008

Bio Toxin1284

Ascerbic Mushrooms9604

Breeding

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TypeEgg Layer

Incubation Temp80°C – 90°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 Kill9,540 XP

120 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

You can gather Hide, Raw Prime Meat, Sulfur from a Ice Wyvern corpse. The corpse has 520 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
Hide	40%~21~17 hits	60%~32~13 hits
Raw Prime Meat	60%~24~17 hits	40%~16~13 hits
Sulfur	3%~1~17 hits	2%~1~13 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

Damage Resistances

The Ice Wyvern's damage profile includes 15 modifiers that alter how much damage it takes from different sources. With 8 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.

RAG DmgType Projectile Ice

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%

Stone WeaponsClub, slingshot (high torpor)

66%-34%

Base Stats

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Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	1295.0	+194.25	+2.40%
Stamina	315.0	+15.75	+1.00%
Torpidity	725.0	+0.00	+0.00%
Oxygen	150.0	+15.00	+2.00%
Food	1800.0	+180.00	+2.00%
Weight	400.0	+8.00	+0.80%
Melee Damage Multiplier	100.0%	+5.00%	+10.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+1.00%

Hitbox Multipliers

The Ice Wyvern has 1 hitbox zone, each with a different damage multiplier. Hit the Head (1.5x multiplier) for the highest damage per shot.

Headjaw_exp

1.50x

Can Damage

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

Ice Wyvern Tips & Tricks

Check out what other players have learned about the Ice Wyvern - and contribute your own tips. Common topics include trap designs, preferred knockout weapons, and narcotic management strategies.

This page is your complete guide to the Ice Wyvern in ARK: Survival Ascended. Below you'll find a quick overview of its base stats, taming method, breeding data, and harvest capabilities — plus links to dedicated tools like the taming calculator, breeding calculator, and interactive spawn map.

At base level the Ice Wyvern has 1,295 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 400 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.

The Ice Wyvern is a knockout tame — render it unconscious with torpor weapons, then feed it Kibble (Argentavis Egg) for the fastest results. Our taming calculator shows exact food quantities, narcotics needed, and time estimates for every level.

Breeding Ice Wyverns produces fertilized eggs that need incubation between 80°C and 90°C. Full maturation takes 3 days and 20 hours. Use the breeding calculator for imprint timers and food requirements.

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

The Ice Wyvern is a tamable, flying, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Variant classification.

Starting at 1,295 Health, it's among the tougher creatures. Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups. With 315 base Stamina, the Ice Wyvern has average stamina. Weight capacity starts at 400, giving it generous inventory space.

The Ice Wyvern is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. Feed it Kibble (Argentavis Egg) for the fastest tame and highest effectiveness bonus.

After taming, the Ice 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 80°C–90°C temperature window. Killing a wild Ice Wyvern yields 120 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.82 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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