X-Sabertooth
CreatureVariant
X-Sabertooth taming calculatorKnockout
The X-Sabertooth is a knockout tame - render it unconscious with torpor weapons like Tranq Arrows or Shocking Tranq Darts, then feed it while it's down. The X-Sabertooth loses Torpor at 0.3 per second while unconscious - stay on top of narcotics.
- Wild level150
- Tamed level223+73
- Max level after leveling296
Taming foods
| Food | Amount | Taming time | Effectiveness | Feeding interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Regular Kibble | 22m 23s | 98.65%+73 Lvl (223) | 3m 12s | |
 Raw Mutton | 26m 15s | 94.47%+70 Lvl (220) | 1m 53s | |
 Raw Prime Meat | 31m 53s | 91.83%+68 Lvl (218) | 1m 53s | |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 48m 42s | 83.19%+62 Lvl (212) | 1m 53s | |
 Cooked Prime Meat | 1h 3m 41s | 73.67%+55 Lvl (205) | 1m 53s | |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 40m 19s | 63.87%+47 Lvl (197) | 57s | |
 Raw Meat | 1h 35m 38s | 55.37%+41 Lvl (191) | 1m 53s | |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1h 21m 53s | 30.82%+23 Lvl (173) | 58s | |
 Cooked Meat | 1h 35m 38s | 23.62%+17 Lvl (167) | 57s | |
 Raw Fish Meat | 1h 59m 4s | 16.58%+12 Lvl (162) | 57s | |
 Cooked Fish Meat | 1h 59m 4s | 4.74%+3 Lvl (153) | 29s |
Required narcotics
0Narcotics
0Narcoberries
0Bio Toxin
0Ascerbic Mushrooms
Knockout weapons
Bow56 Normal hits18% Death chance
Crossbow32 Normal hits18% Death chance
Fabricated Crossbow (Tranq Arrow)32 Normal hits18% Death chance
Tranquilizer Dart23 Normal hits0% Death chance
Shocking Tranquilizer Dart12 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tek Bow15 Normal hits0% Death chance
Compound Bow41 Normal hits18% Death chance
Harpoon Launcher17 Normal hits0% Death chance
Starve & Torpor Timers
X-Sabertooth taming video guide
More about taming the X-Sabertooth
Check the taming results to see how long it takes to tame the X-Sabertooth, what effectiveness you'll achieve, and how many bonus levels it gains. Better food means better results.
The table below shows how many hits from each torpor weapon are needed to knock out the X-Sabertooth at different levels. Always pace your shots. Torpor takes time to apply, and over-shooting can be lethal.
To simplify the knockout, immobilize the X-Sabertooth first with Bola or Bear Trap. A Argentavis can also pick it up and drop it into a taming pen for a controlled knockout.
Use the narcotic calculator to determine exactly how many Narcotics, Bio Toxin, or Narcoberries you need for the X-Sabertooth. Narcotics provide 40 Torpor each and are the standard choice. Bio Toxin offers 80 Torpor but is harder to farm. Narcoberries at 7.5 each are a last resort. At 0.3 Torpor drain per second, apply narcotics proactively - a wakeup mid-tame wastes everything.
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.
ARK: Survival Ascended features the X-Sabertooth as a tamable, carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It belongs to the Variant category.
With 250 base Health, the X-Sabertooth is relatively fragile. Its base Melee Damage sits at 105%, giving it decent hitting power. Its base Stamina of 200 gives it decent staying power. Weight capacity starts at 200, giving it average weight tolerance.
To tame the X-Sabertooth, you need to knock it unconscious using torpor weapons, then feed it while it's down. Regular Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.
After taming, the X-Sabertooth earns its keep through resource gathering, making tedious farming runs much faster. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Defeating one in the wild grants 5 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.48 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.
