How do you tame a Woolly Rhino in ARK: Survival Ascended?

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

The best food for taming a Woolly Rhino is Superior Kibble. It also accepts Base Veggie, Mejoberry, Amarberry.

Where can you find Woolly Rhino in ARK: Survival Ascended?

Check the interactive spawn map on the Woolly Rhino 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 Woolly Rhino?

A baby Woolly Rhino takes 1 day and 22 hours to reach full maturity. Use a breeding calculator for imprint timing and food requirements.

Woolly Rhino Taming, Breeding & Spawns

Woolly Rhino

DMG

Woolly Rhino

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 Woolly Rhino spawns on 18 maps, typically found in beaches, grasslands, and river areas. 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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Woolly Rhino Taming Calculator

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KnockoutTime: 21m 1s|Effectiveness: 99.7% (+74 Lvl)|Base Torpor: 600Lv.150

Food	Qty	Time	Effectiveness
Superior KibbleBest	7	21:01	74 Lvl (224)
Archelon Algae	18	25:21	73 Lvl (223)
Crops	70	1:38:35	58 Lvl (208)
Mejoberry	93	1:38:14	50 Lvl (200)
Berries	139	1:37:53	35 Lvl (185)
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Required Narcotics (Superior Kibble ×7)

Narcotics0

Narcoberries0

Bio Toxin0

Ascerbic Mushrooms0

Breeding

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TypeLive Birth

Maturation Time1d 22h

Quick Info

Saddle

Woolly Rhino SaddleLv.53

Carried By

Immobilized By

XP Calculator

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Kill XP

Wild Kill (1.25×)

Creature Level

Kill Count

Per Kill318 XP

4 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

Woolly Rhino SaddleBase: 22.2 XP · Lv.53

89 XP

Base × 1× quality × 4 × 1× server

Drops & Harvest Resources

The Woolly Rhino's corpse can be harvested for Hide, Raw Meat, Keratin, Pelt. The corpse has 420 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%~17~14 hits	60%~26~11 hits
Raw Meat	60%~19~14 hits	40%~13~11 hits
Keratin	10%~4~14 hits	15%~6~11 hits
Pelt	22%~17~14 hits	35%~26~11 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

The Woolly Rhino's damage profile includes 13 modifiers that alter how much damage it takes from different sources. It resists 7 damage types (up to 60% reduction) and is vulnerable to 6 (up to +120% incoming damage). See the full breakdown in the table below. Values under 100% indicate resistance, above 100% indicate weakness.

FireFlamethrower, fire arrows

40%-60%

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

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Stat	Base (Lv.1)	Wild +/Lv	Tamed +/Lv
Health	500.0	+100.00	+4.00%
Stamina	120.0	+12.00	+2.00%
Torpidity	600.0	+36.00	+0.00%
Oxygen	100.0	+10.00	+2.00%
Food	3000.0	+300.00	+2.00%
Weight	750.0	+15.00	+0.80%
Melee Damage Multiplier	100.0%	+5.00%	+10.00%
Speed Multiplier	100.0%	+0.00%	+1.00%

Hitbox Multipliers

Aiming matters - the Woolly Rhino has 1 hitbox region with distinct damage modifiers. Hit the Head (1.5x multiplier) for the highest damage per shot.

Headc_jaw

1.50x

Can Damage

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

Woolly Rhino Tips & Tricks

Read and share community tips for the Woolly Rhino in ARK: Survival Ascended. Look for taming trap blueprints, ammo counts, and advice on avoiding accidental kills during knockout.

Welcome to the full Woolly Rhino 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 Woolly Rhino has 500 base Health, 100% base Melee Damage, 750 base Weight. Use the taming calculator to project how these stats grow through wild levels and taming effectiveness.

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

The Woolly Rhino gives live birth after a gestation period. Babies mature in 1 day and 22 hours. Check the breeding calculator for detailed imprint schedules and raising costs.

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

The Woolly Rhino is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the DMG classification.

Melee starts at 100% - respectable melee power that scales with level-ups. The Woolly Rhino has 500 base Health - decently sturdy. With 120 base Stamina, the Woolly Rhino has limited endurance. Weight capacity starts at 750, giving it excellent carrying capacity.

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

As a tame, the Woolly Rhino pulls double duty as both a capable resource harvester and pack animal. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. A wild Woolly Rhino is worth 4 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.39 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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