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

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

The best food for taming a Turkey is Base Veggie. It also accepts Mejoberry, Amarberry, Azulberry.

Where can you find Turkey in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Turkey 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 Turkey?

A baby Turkey takes 15 hours and 25 minutes to reach full maturity. Eggs must be incubated between 22°C and 30°C. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Turkey Taming, Breeding & Spawns - ARK: Survival Ascended

Turkey

IGNORE

Turkey

Spawn Command

Information

Level

Preset

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Spawn Locations

Turkey does not currently spawn on any ARK: Survival Ascended map, or spawn data is not yet available.

Turkey Taming Calculator

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KnockoutTime: 1m 37s|Effectiveness: 98.8% (+74 Lvl)|Base Torpor: 30Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
Archelon AlgaeBest	6	1:37	74 Lvl (224)
Crops	24	6:25	62 Lvl (212)
Mejoberry	32	6:25	55 Lvl (205)
Berries	48	6:25	41 Lvl (191)
Stimberry	957	1:35:43	0 Lvl (150)
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Required Narcotics (Archelon Algae ×6)

Narcotics0

Narcoberries0

Bio Toxin0

Ascerbic Mushrooms0

Breeding

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TypeEgg Layer

Incubation Temp22°C – 30°C

Maturation Time15h 25m

Quick Info

Immobilized By

Bola

Bear Trap

Plant Species Y Trap

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill40 XP

0.5 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

Drops & Harvest Resources

The Turkey's corpse can be harvested for Hide, Raw Meat. The corpse has 50 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
Hide	40%~2~2 hits	60%~3~2 hits
Raw Meat	60%~2~2 hits	40%~2~2 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 Turkey is modified by 13 different type-specific multipliers. It resists 7 damage types (up to 50% reduction) and is vulnerable to 5 (up to +120% incoming damage). See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

Spike WallSpike wall traps

50%-50%

Dino AttacksStandard dino melee hits

50%-50%

Plant Species XPlant turret projectiles

50%-50%

ExplosionsC4, Rockets, Grenades

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	40.0	+8.00	+4.00%
Stamina	100.0	+10.00	+2.00%
Torpidity	30.0	+1.80	+0.00%
Oxygen	150.0	+15.00	+2.00%
Food	450.0	+45.00	+2.00%
Weight	50.0	+1.00	+0.80%
Melee Damage Multiplier	100.0%	+5.00%	+10.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+1.00%

Hitbox Multipliers

The Turkey has 1 hitbox zone, each with a different damage multiplier. Its weakest point is the Head at 3x - a significant damage bonus when you land your shots there.

Headc_neck3

3.00x

Can Damage

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

Turkey Tips & Tricks

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

Welcome to the full Turkey 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 Turkey has 40 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 50 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.

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

Breeding Turkeys produces fertilized eggs that need incubation between 22°C and 30°C. Full maturation takes 15 hours and 25 minutes. Use the breeding calculator for imprint timers and food requirements.

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

The Turkey is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Ignore classification.

Stamina sits at 100 base, providing limited endurance. Melee starts at 100% - respectable melee power that scales with level-ups. Starting at 40 Health, it's extremely fragile. Weight capacity starts at 50, giving it minimal inventory space.

The Turkey is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. Base Veggie is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.

As a tame, the Turkey is primarily used for resource harvesting, excelling at gathering specific materials. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 22°C–30°C temperature window. A wild Turkey is worth 0.5 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0 Element plus 0 Element per level.

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