Where can you find Lightning Rock Drake in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Lightning Rock Drake 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 Lightning Rock Drake?

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

Lightning Rock Drake Taming, Breeding & Spawns

Lightning Rock Drake

VARIANT

Lightning Rock Drake

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Spawn Locations

Lightning Rock Drake does not currently spawn on any ARK: Survival Ascended map, or spawn data is not yet available.

Taming

Lightning Rock Drake is not tamable.

Breeding

Open Calculator →

TypeEgg Layer

Incubation Temp-90°C – -80°C

Maturation Time3d 20h

Quick Info

Saddles

Rock Drake SaddleLv.75

Rock Drake Tek SaddleLv.?Tek

Carried By

Immobilized By

XP Calculator

Full Calculator→

Saddle Crafting XP

Rock Drake SaddleBase: 70 XP · Lv.75

280 XP

Rock Drake Tek SaddleTekBase: 86 XP

344 XP

Base × 1× quality × 4 × 1× server

Drops & Harvest Resources

Harvesting a dead Lightning Rock Drake yields Hide, Raw Meat, Corrupted Nodule. The corpse has 230 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	Hatchet
Hide	40%~9~8 hits	60%~14~6 hits
Raw Meat	60%~11~8 hits	40%~7~6 hits
Corrupted Nodule	6%~1~8 hits	8%~1~6 hits
Rock Drake FeatherDrop	—	—

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.

Damage Resistances

The Lightning Rock Drake's damage profile includes 19 modifiers that alter how much damage it takes from different sources. It resists 7 damage types (up to 98% reduction) and is vulnerable to 11 (up to +300% incoming damage). See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

Explosion TekTurret

2%-98%

Anti-DinoDirect damage targeting dinos

4%-96%

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

Full Stats →

Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	1950.0	+165.75	+3.00%
Stamina	450.0	+22.50	+1.00%
Torpidity	725.0	+43.50	+0.00%
Oxygen	150.0	+15.00	+2.00%
Food	2000.0	+200.00	+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

Damage dealt to the Lightning Rock Drake varies across 1 hitbox zone. Its weakest point is the Head at 1.5x - a significant damage bonus when you land your shots there.

HeadJaw

1.50x

Can Damage

The Lightning Rock Drake can damage: Thatch, Wood, Stone, Metal, Tek. Its ability to break Metal structures makes the Lightning Rock Drake a serious raid threat - account for it in base defense.

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

Lightning Rock Drake Tips & Tricks

Browse survivor-submitted tips and strategies for the Lightning Rock Drake.

This page is your complete guide to the Lightning Rock Drake 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 Lightning Rock Drake has 1,950 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.

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

Once tamed, the Lightning Rock Drake can harvest Hide, Raw Meat, Corrupted Nodule. Visit the information tab for the full harvest table with quantities and efficiency data.

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Lightning Rock Drake as a carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. Classified under the Variant group.

Its base Stamina of 450 gives it good endurance. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it decent hitting power. The Lightning Rock Drake has 1,950 base Health - extremely durable. It carries 400 base Weight - a solid weight pool.

The Lightning Rock Drake is a wild creature that cannot be tamed through conventional methods. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a -90°C–-80°C temperature window. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.82 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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