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

The Ovis is a passive tame. Approach it carefully without startling it and place Sweet Vegetable Cake in your last hotbar slot, then feed it by hand.

What does a Ovis eat in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The best food for taming a Ovis is Sweet Vegetable Cake.

Where can you find Ovis in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Ovis 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 Ovis?

A baby Ovis takes 2 days to reach full maturity. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Ovis

FARMER

Ovis

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

Official servers currently have boosted rates! You don't need to change settings in our calculator.

Base Settings

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Taming Speed

Ovis Overview

Ovis is a land-based herbivore in ARK: Survival Ascended, earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. Tamed via passive taming (Sweet Vegetable Cake is the optimal food), this herbivore enters service with 100% base Melee Damage, giving it decent hitting power. It gives live birth after a gestation period, with offspring maturing requiring significant patience. Its harvest profile centers on Hide, Raw Mutton, Pelt, making farming runs noticeably faster. Players target Ovis once they need a reliable workhorse beyond the starter mounts.

Spawn Locations

23 maps

Found across 23 maps in beaches, grasslands, and river areas. Green zones have the highest spawn density. Each species has a population cap per area, so wiping out other creatures nearby can trigger new Ovis spawns.

Official

Mod Maps

Map Legend

High spawn density

Medium spawn density

Low spawn density

Cave spawn

Each shape is a real spawn volume. Click for exact chance and zone info.

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Ovis Taming Calculator

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PassiveTime: 0s|Effectiveness: 100.0% (+75 Lvl)Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
Sweet Vegetable CakeBest	1	0	75 Lvl (225)

Breeding

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TypeLive Birth

Maturation Time2d

Quick Info

Carried By

Immobilized By

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill80 XP

1 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

The Ovis's corpse can be harvested for Hide, Raw Mutton, Pelt. The corpse has 35 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.

Creature HPBody HP: 250 (13 events)

Melee Damage

Weapon Damage

Harvest Multiplier

Resource	Pick	Hatchet
Hide	40%~10~8 hits	60%~15~7 hits
Raw Mutton	60%~12~8 hits	40%~8~7 hits
Pelt	40%~10~8 hits	60%~15~7 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

Damage Resistances

Incoming damage to the Ovis is modified by 12 different type-specific multipliers. It shrugs off 7 damage types but is weak to 5, with its worst vulnerability at +120%. Focus damage there for maximum efficiency. See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

FireFlamethrower, fire arrows

40%-60%

Dino AttacksStandard dino melee hits

50%-50%

Plant Species XPlant turret projectiles

50%-50%

ExplosionsC4, Rockets, Grenades

60%-40%

Stone WeaponsClub, slingshot (high torpor)

66%-34%

GenericFall damage, environmental

70%-30%

Base Stats

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Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	100.0	+20.00	+4.00%
Stamina	100.0	+10.00	+2.00%
Torpidity	85.0	+5.10	+0.00%
Oxygen	150.0	+15.00	+2.00%
Food	1200.0	+120.00	+2.00%
Weight	90.0	+1.80	+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 Ovis 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

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The Ovis can damage: Thatch. It can break through Thatch and Wood, so upgrade to Stone at minimum for protection.

Thatch

Wood

Stone

Metal

Tek

Attack	Base	Thatch	Wood	Stone	Metal	Tek
MeleeHerbivore Small LargeTorp	5	550.0	—	—	—	—

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

Taming CalculatorTaming food, time and effectiveness

Breeding CalculatorBreeding, mating cooldown, incubation

Spawn CommandSpawn commands and admin codes

AbilitiesAttacks, harvest specs, unique skills

BuildingsCommunity traps, pens, enclosures

Ovis Tips & Tricks

Read and share community tips for the Ovis in ARK: Survival Ascended. Players share the best approach angles, food recommendations, and tricks for safe passive taming.

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Ovis are quite rare in the wilds but they worth taming due to their exceptional Mutton meats and their cute appearance. Taming them requires Vegetable Cake and I recommend to tame a decent or high level one as it scales the amount of mutton you can get. If you're lucky enough to find and tame pair of them, make a farm and breed them.

However, if you're going to harvest your Sheep, be sure to disable PVE mode in the general settings before harvesting bulks of mutton with pick or chainsaw.

This page is your complete guide to the Ovis 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.

The Ovis starts with 100 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 90 base Weight. These base values scale with each wild and tamed level-up, so check the taming calculator to see exactly what stats you can expect at different levels.

Taming the Ovis is done passively: sneak up and offer Sweet Vegetable Cake from your last hotbar slot. The taming calculator has detailed quantities for each level.

The Ovis gives live birth after a gestation period. Babies mature in 2 days. Check the breeding calculator for detailed imprint schedules and raising costs.

Once tamed, the Ovis can harvest Hide, Raw Mutton, Pelt. Visit the information tab for the full harvest table with quantities and efficiency data.

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