How do you tame a Liopleurodon in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The Liopleurodon is a passive tame. Approach it carefully without startling it and place Giant Bee Honey in your last hotbar slot, then feed it by hand.

What does a Liopleurodon eat in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The best food for taming a Liopleurodon is Giant Bee Honey.

Where can you find Liopleurodon in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Liopleurodon spawn location page for exact spawn zones across all ARK maps. Spawn density and locations vary by map.

Liopleurodon Taming, Breeding & Spawns

Liopleurodon

WATER

Liopleurodon

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

9 mapsFull Map →

The Liopleurodon spawns on 9 maps, typically found in oceans, deep rivers, and underwater caves. 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

Mod Maps

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.

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Liopleurodon Taming Calculator

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PassiveTime: 6m 46s|Effectiveness: 99.5% (+74 Lvl)Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
Giant Bee HoneyBest	7	6:46	74 Lvl (224)

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill954 XP

12 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.

Server XP

Wild Kill

Tamed Kill

Alpha Kill

Cave Kill

Boss Kill

Drops & Harvest Resources

You can gather Raw Fish Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat from a Liopleurodon corpse. The corpse has 520 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.

Harvest Body HP

Melee Damage

Weapon Damage

Harvest Multiplier

Resource	Pick	Sickle	Harvest Weapon
Raw Fish Meat	93%~25~17 hits	93%~25~11 hits	93%~25~18 hits
Raw Prime Fish Meat	0%~0~17 hits	13%~3~11 hits	4%~1~18 hits
Megalodon ToothDrop	—	—	—

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 Liopleurodon's damage profile includes 15 modifiers that alter how much damage it takes from different sources. It resists 8 damage types (up to 100% reduction) and is vulnerable to 6 (up to +200% incoming damage). See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

Melee Dino Carnivore Small Electrocute

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	3200.0	+640.00	+4.00%
Stamina	800.0	+80.00	+2.00%
Torpidity	800.0	+48.00	+0.00%
Food	2000.0	+200.00	+2.00%
Weight	1000.0	+20.00	+0.80%
Melee Damage Multiplier	100.0%	+5.00%	+10.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+1.00%

Hitbox Multipliers

Aiming matters - the Liopleurodon has 1 hitbox region with distinct damage modifiers. Hit the Head (1.5x multiplier) for the highest damage per shot.

Headc_jaw

1.50x

Can Damage

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

Liopleurodon Tips & Tricks

Check out what other players have learned about the Liopleurodon - and contribute your own tips. Tips typically cover approach strategies, recommended food, and how to avoid spooking the Liopleurodon mid-tame.

Everything you need to know about the Liopleurodon 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 Liopleurodon has 3,200 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 1000 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.

The Liopleurodon is a passive tame — approach carefully and hand-feed it Giant Bee Honey without knocking it out. See the taming calculator for exact food counts and timing.

Once tamed, the Liopleurodon can harvest Raw Fish Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat. Visit the information tab for the full harvest table with quantities and efficiency data.

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Liopleurodon as a tamable, aquatic, carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. Classified under the Water group.

Stamina sits at 800 base, providing exceptional endurance. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it respectable melee power. The Liopleurodon has 3,200 base Health - an absolute bullet sponge. A base Weight of 1000 means excellent carrying capacity.

The Liopleurodon is passively tamed - approach it carefully and feed it by hand without knocking it out. Its preferred food is Giant Bee Honey.

Once tamed, the Liopleurodon is a versatile aquatic mount for underwater exploration and resource gathering. Defeating one in the wild grants 12 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0 Element plus 0 Element per level.

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