Thodes the Widowmaker Overview

Thodes the Widowmaker is a boss-tier creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, fought in a dedicated arena and one of the toughest endgame challenges in the game. Thodes the Widowmaker cannot be tamed through normal means and engages survivors with 1,200,000 base Health - extraordinarily tanky. Reproduction is by live birth following gestation; juveniles mature at a glacially slow pace - plan for a multi-day commitment. Once tamed it harvests Hide, Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat more efficiently than most player tools. Defeating it stands as a tribe-wide accomplishment and a step toward tek-tier rewards.

Harvesting a dead Thodes the Widowmaker yields Hide, Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat. The corpse has 5,000 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.

The Thodes the Widowmaker's damage profile includes 16 modifiers that alter how much damage it takes from different sources. It resists 9 damage types (up to 100% reduction) and is vulnerable to 6 (up to +200% incoming damage). See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

Aiming matters - the Thodes the Widowmaker has 1 hitbox region with distinct damage modifiers. The Head is the most vulnerable spot at 2.5x damage - aim there for maximum DPS.

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