What does a Magmasaur eat in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The best food for taming a Magmasaur is Raw Prime Fish Meat. It also accepts Raw Mutton, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Lamb Chop.

Where can you find Magmasaur in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Magmasaur 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 Magmasaur?

A baby Magmasaur takes 7 days and 17 hours to reach full maturity. Eggs must be incubated between 90°C and 110°C. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Magmasaur Taming, Breeding & Spawns - ARK: Survival Ascended

Magmasaur

FARMER

Magmasaur

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

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

Taming

Magmasaur is tamable by stealing an Egg.

Breeding

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TypeEgg Layer

Incubation Temp90°C – 110°C

Maturation Time7d 17h

Quick Info

Saddle

Magmasaur SaddleLv.95

Carried By

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

Saddle Crafting XP

Magmasaur SaddleBase: 150 XP · Lv.95

600 XP

Base × 1× quality × 4 × 1× server

Drops & Harvest Resources

The Magmasaur's corpse can be harvested for Hide, Raw Prime Meat, Sulfur. The corpse has 520 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%~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

Weight Reduction

Metal-75%

Metal Ingot-75%

Ambergris-50%

Damage Resistances

Incoming damage to the Magmasaur is modified by 15 different type-specific multipliers. It shrugs off 8 damage types but is weak to 6, with its worst vulnerability at +400%. Focus damage there for maximum efficiency. See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

Projectile Fire

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

Full Stats →

Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	3000.0	+150.00	+2.00%
Stamina	500.0	+25.00	+1.00%
Torpidity	725.0	+0.00	+0.00%
Oxygen	200.0	+20.00	+2.00%
Food	2000.0	+200.00	+2.00%
Weight	550.0	+11.00	+0.80%
Melee Damage Multiplier	100.0%	+3.00%	+3.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+0.50%

Can Damage

The Magmasaur 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

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

Magmasaur Tips & Tricks

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This page is your complete guide to the Magmasaur 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 Magmasaur has 3,000 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 550 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.

Breeding Magmasaurs produces fertilized eggs that need incubation between 90°C and 110°C. Full maturation takes 7 days and 17 hours. Use the breeding calculator for imprint timers and food requirements.

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

The Magmasaur is a tamable, omnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Farmer classification.

Starting at 3,000 Health, it's one of the toughest creatures in the game. Melee starts at 100% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups. Stamina sits at 500 base, providing respectable staying power. A base Weight of 550 means massive inventory space.

After taming, the Magmasaur is a practical workhorse - it can both gather and haul resources efficiently. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 90°C–110°C temperature window. Killing a wild Magmasaur 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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