VR Stegosaurus
CreatureVariant
VR Stegosaurus taming calculatorKnockout
Taming the VR Stegosaurus requires applying enough torpor to knock it out. Use tranquilizer projectiles, then place food in its inventory. The VR Stegosaurus loses Torpor at 0.3 per second while unconscious - stay on top of narcotics.
- Wild level150
- Tamed level224+74
- Max level after leveling297
Taming foods
| Food | Amount | Taming time | Effectiveness | Feeding interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Regular Kibble | 20m 28s | 99.95%+74 Lvl (224) | 1m 17s | |
 Archelon Algae | 24m 1s | 99.69%+74 Lvl (224) | 37s | |
 Crops | 1h 35m 25s | 95.27%+71 Lvl (221) | 37s | |
 Mejoberry | 1h 35m 25s | 91.88%+68 Lvl (218) | 28s | |
    Berries | 1h 35m 6s | 83.46%+62 Lvl (212) | 18s |
Required narcotics
0Narcotics
0Narcoberries
0Bio Toxin
0Ascerbic Mushrooms
Knockout weapons
Bow56 Normal hits0% Death chance
Crossbow32 Normal hits0% Death chance
Fabricated Crossbow (Tranq Arrow)32 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tranquilizer Dart23 Normal hits0% Death chance
Shocking Tranquilizer Dart12 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tek Bow15 Normal hits0% Death chance
Compound Bow41 Normal hits0% Death chance
Harpoon Launcher17 Normal hits0% Death chance
Starve & Torpor Timers
VR Stegosaurus taming video guide
More about taming the VR Stegosaurus
Check the taming results to see how long it takes to tame the VR Stegosaurus, what effectiveness you'll achieve, and how many bonus levels it gains. Better food means better results.
Use the knockout chart to see exactly how many Tranq Arrows, Darts, or other torpor weapons it takes to down the VR Stegosaurus. Space your shots to let torpor accumulate - rapid firing risks killing it before knockout.
To simplify the knockout, immobilize the VR Stegosaurus first with Chain Bola or Bear Trap. Alternatively, use a Quetzal to airlift it into a pre-built trap.
Use the narcotic calculator to determine exactly how many Narcotics, Bio Toxin, or Narcoberries you need for the VR Stegosaurus. Your options are Narcotics (40 Torpor), Bio Toxin (80 Torpor, best efficiency), or Narcoberries (7.5 Torpor, cheapest but slowest). With Torpor draining at 0.3/s, don't wait until the bar is nearly empty to apply narcotics.
The real-time timers below help you monitor Torpor drain and Food depletion during the tame. The torpor timer alerts you when narcotics are needed. The starve timer tracks Food depletion for starve-taming, where you let the food bar drop before placing all food at once.
Found throughout the ARKs, the VR Stegosaurus is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Variant classification.
The VR Stegosaurus has 650 base Health - quite durable. With 100% base Melee Damage, the VR Stegosaurus has decent hitting power. Stamina sits at 300 base, providing average stamina. A base Weight of 500 means massive inventory space.
Taming the VR Stegosaurus requires rendering it unconscious first - use Tranq Arrows, Darts, or Shocking Tranq Darts to apply torpor. For best results, use Regular Kibble - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
Once tamed, the VR Stegosaurus fills a general-purpose role, adaptable to whatever your tribe currently needs. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 22°C and 28°C. Killing a wild VR Stegosaurus yields 5 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.29 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.
