Kentrosaurus
Misc · 21 maps
Overview
The Kentrosaurus is a herbivorous creature with a role focused on miscellaneous utility. It reduces the weight of harvested resources in its inventory, making it efficient for gathering trips. It can be airlifted by Quetzal or Tusoteuthis for fast deployment to remote resource nodes.
Players typically tame Kentrosaurus to optimize long-distance harvesting runs while preserving inventory capacity.
Spawn Locations
21 mapsKentrosaurus spawns in desert mountains, forests, mountains, and oases. It is considered uncommon and appears across 21 ARK maps. The green zones on the spawn map indicate areas with the highest spawn density.
Each shape is a real spawn volume. Click for exact chance and zone info.
Kentrosaurus must be knocked out before taming. Use a Chain Bola, Bear Trap, or Large Bear Trap to immobilize it. Then apply tranquilizing weapons such as the Bow, Crossbow, or Fabricated Sniper Rifle using Tranq Arrows or Tranquilizer Darts.
The best food is Regular Kibble, with Base Veggie as a viable alternative. Taming takes about 40 minutes and requires 31 units of Regular Kibble at level 150 on Official settings. No narcotics are needed. Use the calculator below for your settings.
| Food | Qty | Time | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
 Regular KibbleBest | 31 | 39:39 | 74 Lvl (224) |
 Archelon Algae | 76 | 45:37 | 74 Lvl (224) |
 Crops | 302 | 3:01:13 | 63 Lvl (213) |
 Mejoberry | 1207 | 9:03:10 | 18 Lvl (168) |
  | 1724 | 8:37:12 | 10 Lvl (160) |
| +1 more in calculator→ | |||
Drops & Harvest Resources
Killing a Kentrosaurus yields Hide, Raw Meat, and Keratin. The Hatchet yields the most Hide and Keratin, while the Pick maximizes Raw Meat harvest.
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, Kentrosaurus gathers using its Bite attack. It harvests Berries, Seeds, Mushrooms, Rare Flowers, Rare Mushrooms, Wood, Cactus Sap, and Fiber. The Bite attack yields 10× multipliers on most berries, seeds, and wood, making it highly efficient for plant-based resource farming. Tail attacks do not gather resources.
Damage Resistances
Kentrosaurus has a strong weakness to Instant HurtDinos, taking +120% damage, and to SpikeWall, taking +100% damage. It is highly resistant to fire, taking 60% less damage. Melee attacks with projectile impact effects are also 50% less effective. Exploiting its vulnerability to spike walls is effective in base defense setups.
Kill XP
Wild Kill (1.25×)5 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 | 650.0 | +130.00 | +4.00% |
 Stamina | 300.0 | +30.00 | +2.00% |
 Torpidity | 500.0 | +30.00 | +0.00% |
 Oxygen | 150.0 | +15.00 | +2.00% |
 Food | 6000.0 | +600.00 | +2.00% |
 Weight | 500.0 | +10.00 | +0.80% |
 Melee Damage Multiplier | 100.0% | +5.00% | +10.00% |
 Speed Multiplier | 100.0% | +0.00% | +1.00% |
Hitbox Multipliers
The head has a 1.5× damage multiplier, making headshots effective for faster knockout. All other body zones have standard damage multipliers.
Can Damage
Kentrosaurus can break Thatch and Wood structures. Build at least in Stone to protect against its structural damage.
Thatch
Wood
Stone
Metal
Tek| Attack | Base | Thatch | Wood | Stone | Metal | Tek |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BiteHerbivore Medium | 10 | 55.0 | 30.0 | — | — | — |
| TailSwipeCarnivore Medium Piercing NoHarvest Impale | 42 | 231.0 | 126.0 | — | — | — |
| TailSlamCarnivore Medium Piercing NoHarvest Impale | 42 | 231.0 | 126.0 | — | — | — |
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
Kentrosaurus Tips & Tricks
The Bite attack provides a 10× harvest multiplier on most berries, seeds, and wood.
It takes +120% damage from Instant HurtDinos, making it vulnerable to certain environmental hazards.
Spike walls deal +100% damage to Kentrosaurus, making them effective in defensive perimeters.
It is 60% resistant to fire damage, so flame-based weapons are not recommended.
It can be carried by Quetzal, enabling rapid deployment to distant gathering zones.
The weight reduction applies only to resources in its inventory, not its own weight.
This page details the Kentrosaurus's stats, taming process, breeding conditions, harvest output, and combat characteristics. For precise planning, refer to the taming calculator, breeding calculator, and spawn map tools available on the site.
