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Megatherium

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Megatherium Taming Calculator

Knock the Megatherium unconscious using your preferred torpor weapon, then feed it to begin the taming process. Once unconscious, Torpor drains at 0.9/s, so keep Narcotics or Bio Toxin ready.

Food	Taming Time	Effectiveness
Superior Kibble	24:01	74 Lvl (224) 99.69%
Giant Bee Honey	30:59	74 Lvl (224) 99.43%
Raw Mutton	29:56	73 Lvl (223) 98.6%
Raw Prime Meat	36:58	73 Lvl (223) 97.86%
Cooked Lamb Chop	54:31	71 Lvl (221) 95.43%
Cooked Prime Meat	1:12:06	69 Lvl (219) 92.12%
Raw Prime Fish Meat	45:47	66 Lvl (216) 88.05%
Raw Meat	1:49:09	62 Lvl (212) 83.73%
Cooked Prime Fish Meat	1:33:09	48 Lvl (198) 64.99%
Mejoberry	1:48:48	48 Lvl (198) 64.99%
Cooked Meat	1:48:16	42 Lvl (192) 56.42%
Raw Fish Meat	2:15:33	33 Lvl (183) 45.26%
Berries	1:48:27	33 Lvl (183) 45.26%
Cooked Fish Meat	2:15:07	12 Lvl (162) 17.17%
Archelon Algae	8:59:22	2 Lvl (152) 3.22%

Taming Results

The results below show total taming time, effectiveness, and bonus levels for the Megatherium at your selected level and food. Higher-quality foods yield more bonus levels.

24m 1s

99.69%

Knockout Weapons

Below is a breakdown of knockout weapon requirements for the Megatherium across various creature levels. Always pace your shots. Torpor takes time to apply, and over-shooting can be lethal.

To simplify the knockout, immobilize the Megatherium first with Chain Bola or Bear Trap. A Procoptodon can also pick it up and drop it into a taming pen for a controlled knockout.

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Required Narcotics

The table shows how many sedatives you'll need to keep the Megatherium unconscious through the full taming duration. Your options are Narcotics (40 Torpor), Bio Toxin (80 Torpor, best efficiency), or Narcoberries (7.5 Torpor, cheapest but slowest). The Megatherium bleeds 0.9 Torpor/s, so keep a close eye on the bar and sedate early.

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Bio Toxin

Ascerbic Mushrooms

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Starve & Torpor Timers

Use the torpor and starve timers to track your Megatherium tame in real time. Torpor monitoring prevents premature wakeups. The starve timer is for the starve-tame method - let Food drop, then load all kibble at once to avoid waste.

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Estimated time until optimal feeding point: 24m 1s

Food to consume through starvation: 682

Target food level: 9818

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The Megatherium is a tamable, omnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. Classified under the DMG group.

Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups. With 740 base Health, the Megatherium is impressively tough. Its base Stamina of 400 gives it good endurance. Weight capacity starts at 725, giving it excellent carrying capacity.

The Megatherium is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. For best results, use Superior Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.

As a tame, the Megatherium pulls double duty as both a capable resource harvester and pack animal. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Defeating one in the wild grants 4 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.67 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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