How do you tame a Thylacoleo in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The Thylacoleo is a knockout tame. Knock it unconscious using Tranq Arrows, Tranq Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts, then feed it Extraordinary Kibble 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 Thylacoleo eat in ARK: Survival Ascended?

The best food for taming a Thylacoleo is Extraordinary Kibble. It also accepts Raw Meat, Cooked Meat, Cooked Prime Meat.

Where can you find Thylacoleo in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Thylacoleo 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 Thylacoleo?

A baby Thylacoleo takes 2 days to reach full maturity. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Thylacoleo Taming, Breeding & Spawns - ARK: Survival Ascended

Thylacoleo

DMG

Thylacoleo

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

Official servers currently have boosted rates! You don't need to change settings in our calculator.

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Spawn Locations

18 mapsFull Map →

The Thylacoleo spawns on 18 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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Thylacoleo Taming Calculator

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KnockoutTime: 12m 48s|Effectiveness: 99.6% (+74 Lvl)|Base Torpor: 700Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
Extraordinary KibbleBest	4	12:48	74 Lvl (224)
Cooked Prime Meat	41	1:16:48	51 Lvl (201)
Cooked Meat	71	1:06:34	31 Lvl (181)
Raw Prime Meat	71	2:13:08	31 Lvl (181)
Raw Meat	141	4:24:23	11 Lvl (161)

Required Narcotics (Extraordinary Kibble ×4)

Narcotics0

Narcoberries0

Bio Toxin0

Ascerbic Mushrooms0

Breeding

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TypeLive Birth

Maturation Time2d

Quick Info

Saddle

Thylacoleo SaddleLv.51

Carried By

Immobilized By

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill398 XP

5 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

Thylacoleo SaddleBase: 62.8 XP · Lv.51

251 XP

Base × 1× quality × 4 × 1× server

Drops & Harvest Resources

The Thylacoleo's corpse can be harvested for Keratin, Raw Meat, Hide. The corpse has 230 harvest health, allowing multiple hits before it's fully depleted.

The harvest table below breaks down exact yields per tool. Choose your tool based on which resource you're after - yields vary significantly.

Harvest Body HP

Melee Damage

Weapon Damage

Harvest Multiplier

Resource	Pick	Hatchet
Keratin	40%~9~8 hits	70%~17~6 hits
Raw Meat	60%~11~8 hits	40%~7~6 hits
Hide	40%~9~8 hits	50%~12~6 hits
Thylacoleo Hook-ClawDrop	—	—

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

The Thylacoleo has 14 damage type modifiers that affect incoming damage. With 7 resistances and 6 weaknesses, its biggest vulnerability takes +120% 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%

GenericFall damage, environmental

70%-30%

Base Stats

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Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	700.0	+140.00	+2.80%
Stamina	400.0	+40.00	+2.00%
Torpidity	700.0	+42.00	+0.00%
Oxygen	200.0	+20.00	+2.00%
Food	1500.0	+150.00	+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

The Thylacoleo 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.

HeadJaw

1.50x

Can Damage

The Thylacoleo can damage: Thatch, Wood, Stone, Metal, Tek. Its ability to break Metal structures makes the Thylacoleo a serious raid threat - account for it in base defense.

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

Thylacoleo Tips & Tricks

Read and share community tips for the Thylacoleo in ARK: Survival Ascended. Players often share optimal trap layouts and torpor weapon comparisons for the Thylacoleo.

Welcome to the full Thylacoleo 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 Thylacoleo has 700 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.

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

The Thylacoleo gives live birth after a gestation period. Babies mature in 2 days. Check the breeding calculator for detailed imprint schedules and raising costs.

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

ARK: Survival Ascended features the Thylacoleo as a tamable, carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It belongs to the DMG category.

Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it respectable melee power. The Thylacoleo has 700 base Health - quite durable. With 400 base Stamina, the Thylacoleo has solid stamina reserves. It carries 400 base Weight - a solid weight pool.

To tame the Thylacoleo, you need to knock it unconscious using torpor weapons, then feed it while it's down. Extraordinary Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.

As a tame, the Thylacoleo is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. A wild Thylacoleo is worth 5 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.5 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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