Parrot
Shoulder Pet
Parrot Taming Calculator
The Parrot is passively tamed - no tranquilizers required. Approach carefully and hand-feed it. There's a ~10-second cooldown between feedings, so patience is essential.
| Food | Food Quantity (Current/Max) | Taming Time | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
 Basic Kibble | 30 | 74 Lvl (224) 99.67% | |
 Raw Mutton | 1:10 | 73 Lvl (223) 98.6% | |
 Raw Prime Meat | 1:30 | 73 Lvl (223) 97.83% | |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 2:20 | 71 Lvl (221) 95.31% | |
 Cooked Prime Meat | 3:00 | 69 Lvl (219) 92.23% | |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 3:50 | 66 Lvl (216) 88.25% | |
 Raw Meat | 4:40 | 62 Lvl (212) 83.8% | |
  Cooked Prime Fish Meat, Mejoberry | 7:50 | 48 Lvl (198) 65.16% | |
 Cooked Meat | 9:20 | 42 Lvl (192) 56.73% | |
    Raw Fish Meat, Amarberry, Azulberry, Tintoberry, Cianberry, Magenberry, Verdberry | 11:40 | 34 Lvl (184) 45.68% | |
 Cooked Fish Meat | 23:30 | 13 Lvl (163) 17.35% | |
 Archelon Algae | 59:00 | 2 Lvl (152) 3.26% | |
 Crops | 3:56:20 | 0 Lvl (150) 0.21% |
Taming Results
The results below show total taming time, effectiveness, and bonus levels for the Parrot at your selected level and food. Higher-quality foods yield more bonus levels.
Starve & Torpor Timers
The timer below tracks feeding intervals for your passive Parrot tame - it tells you exactly when the next feeding window opens.
The Parrot is a tamable, flying, omnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Shoulder Pet category.
Starting at 150 Health, it's relatively fragile. Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups. Stamina sits at 150 base, providing average stamina. A base Weight of 65 means minimal inventory space.
This is a passive tame: no tranquilizers needed. Get close without startling it, then offer food from your last hotbar slot. Its preferred food is Basic Kibble.
As a tame, the Parrot works well as a reconnaissance mount, offering fast travel and a bird's-eye view of the terrain. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 24°C–28°C temperature window. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.28 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.