What does a Rock Drake eat in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The best food for taming a Rock Drake is Raw Mutton. It also accepts Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Lamb Chop, Cooked Prime Meat.

Where can you find Rock Drake in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Rock Drake 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 Rock Drake?

A baby Rock Drake takes 3 days and 20 hours to reach full maturity. Eggs must be incubated between -90°C and -80°C. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Rock Drake Taming, Breeding & Spawns - ARK: Survival Ascended

Rock Drake

CLIMBER

Rock Drake

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

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Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Spawn Locations

11 mapsFull Map →

The Rock Drake spawns on 11 maps, typically found in forests, swamps, and mountain regions. 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

Rock Drake is tamable by stealing an Egg.

Breeding

Open Calculator →

TypeEgg Layer

Incubation Temp-90°C – -80°C

Maturation Time3d 20h

Quick Info

Saddles

Rock Drake SaddleLv.75

Rock Drake Tek SaddleLv.?Tek

Carried By

Immobilized By

XP Calculator

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Saddle Crafting XP

Rock Drake SaddleBase: 70 XP · Lv.75

280 XP

Rock Drake Tek SaddleTekBase: 86 XP

344 XP

Base × 1× quality × 4 × 1× server

Drops & Harvest Resources

Harvesting a dead Rock Drake yields Hide, Raw Meat. The corpse has 20 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
Hide	40%~1~1 hits	60%~1~1 hits
Raw Meat	60%~1~1 hits	40%~1~1 hits
Rock Drake FeatherDrop	—	—

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

Incoming damage to the Rock Drake is modified by 14 different type-specific multipliers. It resists 7 damage types (up to 100% reduction) and is vulnerable to 6 (up to +400% incoming damage). 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%

GenericFall damage, environmental

70%-30%

Base Stats

Full Stats →

Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	1950.0	+165.75	+3.00%
Stamina	450.0	+22.50	+1.00%
Torpidity	725.0	+0.00	+0.00%
Oxygen	150.0	+15.00	+2.00%
Food	2000.0	+200.00	+2.00%
Weight	400.0	+8.00	+0.80%
Melee Damage Multiplier	100.0%	+5.00%	+10.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+1.00%

Hitbox Multipliers

Aiming matters - the Rock Drake has 1 hitbox region with distinct damage modifiers. Hit the Head (1.5x multiplier) for the highest damage per shot.

HeadJaw

1.50x

Can Damage

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

Rock Drake Tips & Tricks

Browse survivor-submitted tips and strategies for the Rock Drake.

Welcome to the full Rock Drake guide for ARK: Survival Ascended. Here you can quickly review its stats, taming requirements, breeding info, and resource gathering potential, then dive into our detailed calculators and maps for more depth.

At base level the Rock Drake has 1,950 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 400 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.

Breeding Rock Drakes produces fertilized eggs that need incubation between -90°C and -80°C. Full maturation takes 3 days and 20 hours. Use the breeding calculator for imprint timers and food requirements.

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

The Rock Drake is a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Climber category.

Its base Stamina of 450 gives it good endurance. Melee starts at 100% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups. The Rock Drake has 1,950 base Health - extremely durable. It carries 400 base Weight - generous inventory space.

Once tamed, the Rock Drake is primarily used for resource harvesting, excelling at gathering specific materials. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a -90°C–-80°C temperature window. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.82 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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