Mesopithecus
Shoulder Pet · 20 maps
Overview
The Mesopithecus is a small herbivore tamed as a shoulder pet. It passively gathers a wide variety of plant-based resources while ridden. This creature is primarily used for efficient, hands-free harvesting of berries, seeds, mushrooms, and wood without needing to dismount your mount.
It can be carried by flyers and large creatures such as Argentavis, Quetzal, and Karkinos, allowing for aerial or fast ground deployment while keeping its gathering utility active.
Spawn Locations
20 mapsMesopithecus spawns in city, forest, and jungle biomes. It is rare and appears across 20 ARK maps. Check the green zones on the spawn map for the highest density areas.
Each shape is a real spawn volume. Click for exact chance and zone info.
Mesopithecus is tamed passively by feeding it while near the creature. The best food is Basic Kibble, which provides the fastest taming. Mejoberry also works well.
Taming takes about 1 minute with Basic Kibble at level 150 on official settings. No narcotics are needed. Use the calculator below for your settings.
| Food | Qty | Time | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
 Basic KibbleBest | 5 | 56 | 74 Lvl (224) |
 Archelon Algae | 12 | 2:34 | 72 Lvl (222) |
 Crops | 46 | 10:30 | 52 Lvl (202) |
 Mejoberry | 61 | 14:00 | 42 Lvl (192) |
    | 91 | 21:00 | 27 Lvl (177) |
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Drops & Harvest Resources
Killing a Mesopithecus yields Hide and Raw Meat. The Hatchet yields the Hide, while the Pick favors Raw Meat.
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 mounted, Mesopithecus gathers using its Melee and ThrowPoop attacks, both harvesting the same resources. It excels at collecting berries, seeds, mushrooms, rare flowers, rare mushrooms, stimberries, cactus sap, fiber, and wood. Each of these resources receives a 10× multiplier, with cactus sap and fiber at 8×. This makes it one of the most efficient passive gatherers for plant-based materials.
Damage Resistances
Mesopithecus takes +120% damage from instant-damage sources, making it highly vulnerable to traps and instant-hit weapons. It resists melee attacks with impact effects and explosions by -50%, and ranged turrets by -50%. It is weak to explosion-based demolition damage (+50%) and melee attacks that also deal projectile impact damage (+50%).
| Stat | Base (Lv.1) | Wild +/Lv | Tamed +/Lv |
|---|---|---|---|
 Health | 115.0 | +23.00 | +4.00% |
 Stamina | 100.0 | +10.00 | +2.00% |
 Torpidity | 60.0 | +3.60 | +0.00% |
 Oxygen | 150.0 | +15.00 | +2.00% |
 Food | 450.0 | +45.00 | +2.00% |
 Weight | 70.0 | +1.40 | +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 3× damage multiplier, making it the optimal target for knockouts. Aim for the head using ranged weapons to sedate it quickly.
Can Damage
Can break Thatch. Build at least in Wood.
Thatch
Wood
Stone
Metal
Tek| Attack | Base | Thatch | Wood | Stone | Metal | Tek |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MeleeHerbivore Small | 12 | 66.0 | — | — | — | — |
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
Mesopithecus Tips & Tricks
The Mejoberry and Stimberry harvest rate is multiplied by 10, making Mesopithecus ideal for farming these high-value berries.
It gathers Plant Species Y Seed and Plant Species X Seed at 10× efficiency, useful for kibble and narcotic production.
Pairs well with Argentavis for airborne harvesting runs, retaining full functionality while carried.
Its -85% Wood weight reduction stacks with inventory mods, allowing massive wood loads with minimal encumbrance.
This page details the Mesopithecus's taming, breeding, harvesting, and combat statistics. For precise calculations, refer to the taming calculator, breeding timer, and spawn map tools available below.
