How do you tame a Rock Elemental in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The Rock Elemental is a knockout tame. Knock it unconscious using Tranq Arrows, Tranq Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts, then feed it Sulfur for the best taming effectiveness. Use a taming calculator to determine the exact food and narcotic quantities needed for your target level.

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

The best food for taming a Rock Elemental is Sulfur. It also accepts Clay, Stone.

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

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

Rock Elemental Taming, Breeding & Spawns

Rock Elemental

SOAKER

Rock Elemental

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

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Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Spawn Locations

12 mapsFull Map →

The Rock Elemental spawns on 12 maps, typically found in most regions of the map. 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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Rock Elemental Taming Calculator

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KnockoutTime: 4h 12m 4s|Effectiveness: 22.3% (+16 Lvl)|Base Torpor: 5,000Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
SulfurBest	277	4:12:04	16 Lvl (166)
Clay	461	6:59:30	7 Lvl (157)
Stone	987	29:56:15	1 Lvl (151)

Required Narcotics (Sulfur ×277)

Narcotics8

Narcoberries35

Bio Toxin4

Ascerbic Mushrooms15

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill3,975 XP

50 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

Drops & Harvest Resources

Harvesting a Rock Elemental provides 6 resources - Crystal, Stone, Obsidian among them. The corpse has 3,000 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
Crystal	40%~36~94 hits	40%~36~75 hits
Stone	60%~72~94 hits	60%~72~75 hits
Obsidian	40%~42~94 hits	40%~42~75 hits
Oil	40%~36~94 hits	40%~36~75 hits
Metal	40%~36~94 hits	40%~36~75 hits
Sulfur	3%~2~94 hits	2%~1~75 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 Rock Elemental is modified by 19 different type-specific multipliers. It shrugs off 12 damage types but is weak to 4, 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.

FlameThrower

0%-100%

Projectile Fire

0%-100%

Passive GasMaskable

0%-100%

Melee Wyvern ElectricBeam

0%-100%

MiningDrill Harvest

0%-100%

Melee (Generic)General melee damage

10%-90%

Base Stats

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Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	25000.0	+312.50	+2.00%
Stamina	300.0	+30.00	+2.00%
Torpidity	5000.0	+0.00	+0.00%
Oxygen	150.0	+15.00	+2.00%
Food	6000.0	+600.00	+2.00%
Weight	660.0	+13.20	+0.80%
Melee Damage Multiplier	100.0%	+5.00%	+10.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+1.00%

Can Damage

The Rock Elemental can damage: Thatch, Wood, Stone. It can break Stone structures, so only Metal-tier builds are fully safe from it.

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 Elemental Tips & Tricks

Check out what other players have learned about the Rock Elemental - and contribute your own tips. Players often share optimal trap layouts and torpor weapon comparisons for the Rock Elemental.

Welcome to the full Rock Elemental 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 Elemental has 25,000 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 660 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.

The Rock Elemental is a knockout tame — render it unconscious with torpor weapons, then feed it Sulfur for the fastest results. Our taming calculator shows exact food quantities, narcotics needed, and time estimates for every level.

Once tamed, the Rock Elemental can harvest Crystal, Stone, Obsidian, Oil and 2 more resources. Visit the information tab for the full harvest table with quantities and efficiency data.

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Rock Elemental as a tamable, minerals creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It belongs to the Soaker category.

With 25,000 base Health, the Rock Elemental is an absolute bullet sponge. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it solid damage output. Stamina sits at 300 base, providing decent staying power. Weight capacity starts at 660, giving it excellent carrying capacity.

To tame the Rock Elemental, you need to knock it unconscious using torpor weapons, then feed it while it's down. Feed it Sulfur for the fastest tame and highest effectiveness bonus.

After taming, the Rock Elemental is a practical workhorse - it can both gather and haul resources efficiently. A wild Rock Elemental is worth 50 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.88 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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