Use the feeding timer to know when the Vulture will accept its next meal. No more guessing between feeds.

Found throughout the ARKs, the Vulture is a tamable, flying, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Shoulder Pet category.

Stamina sits at 150 base, providing average stamina. With 100% base Melee Damage, the Vulture has decent hitting power. Health-wise, the Vulture sits at 125 base, making it extremely fragile. A base Weight of 50 means minimal inventory space.

The Vulture is passively tamed - approach it carefully and feed it by hand without knocking it out. Its preferred food is Spoiled Meat.

Once tamed, the Vulture works well as a reconnaissance mount, offering fast travel and a bird's-eye view of the terrain. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 35°C and 38°C. Defeating one in the wild grants 3 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.32 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

The Vulture is passively tamed - no tranquilizers required. Approach carefully and hand-feed it.

Check the taming results to see how long it takes to tame the Vulture, what effectiveness you'll achieve, and how many bonus levels it gains. Better food means better results.