X-Sabertooth
X-Sabertooth Taming Calculator
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 0.1 per second while unconscious - stay on top of narcotics.
| Food | Food Quantity (Current/Max) | Taming Time | Effectiveness |
|---|---|---|---|
 Regular Kibble | 22:23 | 73 Lvl (223) 98.65% | |
 Raw Mutton | 26:15 | 70 Lvl (220) 94.47% | |
 Raw Prime Meat | 31:53 | 68 Lvl (218) 91.83% | |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 48:42 | 62 Lvl (212) 83.19% | |
 Cooked Prime Meat | 1:03:41 | 55 Lvl (205) 73.67% | |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 40:19 | 47 Lvl (197) 63.87% | |
 Raw Meat | 1:35:38 | 41 Lvl (191) 55.37% | |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1:21:53 | 23 Lvl (173) 30.82% | |
 Cooked Meat | 1:35:38 | 17 Lvl (167) 23.62% | |
 Raw Fish Meat | 2:00:00 | 12 Lvl (162) 16.47% | |
 Cooked Fish Meat | 1:59:32 | 3 Lvl (153) 4.73% |
Taming Results
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.
Required Narcotics
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 0.1 Torpor drain per second, apply narcotics proactively - a wakeup mid-tame wastes everything.
Starve & Torpor Timers
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 243 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.