How do you tame a Rhyniognatha Drone in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The Rhyniognatha Drone is a passive tame. Approach it carefully without startling it and place its preferred food in your last hotbar slot, then feed it by hand.

Where can you find Rhyniognatha Drone in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Rhyniognatha Drone spawn location page for exact spawn zones across all ARK maps. Spawn density and locations vary by map.

Rhyniognatha Drone Taming, Breeding & Spawns

Rhyniognatha Drone

FLYER

Rhyniognatha Drone

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Spawn Locations

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The Rhyniognatha Drone spawns on 1 map, typically found in mountains, cliffsides, and elevated terrain. Green cells indicate high spawn density, red means low. Click a cell to see exact spawn chance. If you can't find any, try clearing creatures nearby to free up the population cap.

Official

Map Legend

High spawn density

Medium spawn density

Low spawn density

Cave spawn

Click any cell for exact spawn chance and nearby spawn groups. Zoom in for detail.

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Rhyniognatha Drone Taming Calculator

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PassiveLv.150

Quick Info

Saddle

Rhyniognatha SaddleLv.90

Immobilized By

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill239 XP

3 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

Saddle Crafting XP

Rhyniognatha SaddleBase: 25 XP · Lv.90

100 XP

Base × 1× quality × 4 × 1× server

Drops & Harvest Resources

Harvesting a dead Rhyniognatha Drone yields Chitin, Organic Polymer. The corpse has 520 harvest health, allowing multiple hits before it's fully depleted.

Different tools yield different quantities - check the table below to pick the right tool for the resource you need. Generally, a Pick favors meat while a Hatchet favors hide and secondary materials.

Harvest Body HP

Melee Damage

Weapon Damage

Harvest Multiplier

Resource	Pick	Hatchet
Chitin	40%~21~17 hits	70%~37~13 hits
Organic Polymer	60%~24~17 hits	40%~16~13 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.

Damage Resistances

The Rhyniognatha Drone has 15 damage type modifiers that affect incoming damage. With 6 resistances and 7 weaknesses, its biggest vulnerability takes +400% extra damage - exploit that for faster kills. See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

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%

Player MeleeSwords, pikes, fists

80%-20%

Base Stats

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Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	900.0	+122.40	+2.08%
Stamina	350.0	+17.50	+1.20%
Torpidity	800.0	+48.00	+0.00%
Oxygen	800.0	+80.00	+2.00%
Food	1600.0	+160.00	+2.00%
Weight	1100.0	+22.00	+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 Rhyniognatha Drone varies across 1 hitbox zone. Its weakest point is the Head at 1.5x - a significant damage bonus when you land your shots there.

Headc_head

1.50x

Can Damage

The Rhyniognatha Drone can damage: Thatch, Wood. Lower-tier structures are at risk - Stone walls or better will keep the Rhyniognatha Drone out.

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

Rhyniognatha Drone Tips & Tricks

Browse survivor-submitted tips and strategies for the Rhyniognatha Drone. Tips typically cover approach strategies, recommended food, and how to avoid spooking the Rhyniognatha Drone mid-tame.

This page is your complete guide to the Rhyniognatha Drone 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 Rhyniognatha Drone has 900 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 1100 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.

The Rhyniognatha Drone is a passive tame — approach carefully and hand-feed it without knocking it out. See the taming calculator for exact food counts and timing.

Once tamed, the Rhyniognatha Drone can harvest Chitin, Organic Polymer. Visit the information tab for the full harvest table with quantities and efficiency data.

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Rhyniognatha Drone as a tamable, flying, omnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. Classified under the Flyer group.

Starting at 900 Health, it's quite durable. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it solid damage output. Its base Stamina of 350 gives it solid stamina reserves. Weight capacity starts at 1100, giving it an enormous weight pool.

This is a passive tame: no tranquilizers needed. Get close without startling it, then offer food from your last hotbar slot.

As a tame, the Rhyniognatha Drone excels at carrying heavy loads through the air, making base-to-base logistics much faster. Killing a wild Rhyniognatha Drone yields 3 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.98 Element plus 0.1 Element per level.

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