Where can you find Rhyniognatha in ARK: Survival Ascended?

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

Rhyniognatha Taming, Breeding & Spawns

Rhyniognatha

SOAKER

Rhyniognatha

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

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Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Spawn Locations

13 mapsFull Map →

The Rhyniognatha spawns on 13 maps, 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

Mod Maps

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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Taming

To tame a Rhyniognatha, first dispatch one, collecting the Rhyniognatha Pheromone it drops. Transfer this pheromone to a larger dinosaur’s inventory and allow it to ingest it. Next, seek out a female Rhyniognatha, reducing her health to under 10%. This will lead her to impregnate your dinosaur. During the gestation period, provide your dino with its desired foods. After a while, your new Rhyniognatha will emerge.

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 for kill-type multipliers. Adjust these if your server uses custom Game.ini values.

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

The Rhyniognatha's corpse can be harvested for Chitin, Raw Meat. The corpse has 520 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.

Harvest Body HP

Melee Damage

Weapon Damage

Harvest Multiplier

Resource	Pick	Hatchet
Chitin	40%~21~17 hits	70%~37~13 hits
Raw Meat	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 has 15 damage type modifiers that affect incoming damage. It shrugs off 6 damage types but is weak to 7, with its worst vulnerability at +400%. Focus damage there for maximum efficiency. 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	+0.00	+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

The Rhyniognatha has 1 hitbox zone, each with a different damage multiplier. 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 can damage: Thatch, Wood. Lower-tier structures are at risk - Stone walls or better will keep the Rhyniognatha 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 Tips & Tricks

Read and share community tips for the Rhyniognatha in ARK: Survival Ascended.

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Not true Giga has 950 and Bronto has 1000

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The dino's level is influenced by its weight class. Giga or higher is ideal for Rhyniognatha impregnation due to higher drag weight, maximizing effectiveness. Ensure the dino has high health, as it will take damage when its food stat hits 0 during cravings. Successfully feed it 5 times for full taming effectiveness—failure drops it by 20% per missed feeding. Note that Brontos have less drag weight than Gigas, making Gigas the better choice for this purpose.

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Everything you need to know about the Rhyniognatha in ARK: Survival Ascended is collected here. Use the stat overview, taming summary, and breeding details below to plan your approach, then explore the dedicated tool pages for step-by-step help.

At base level the Rhyniognatha 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.

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

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

Its base Stamina of 350 gives it respectable staying power. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it decent hitting power. At 900 base HP, the Rhyniognatha is quite durable. A base Weight of 1100 means an enormous weight pool.

After taming, the Rhyniognatha is prized as a flying transport, capable of hauling large inventories over long distances. Defeating one in the wild grants 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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