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

With 100% base Melee Damage, the Buitre has decent hitting power. Health-wise, the Buitre sits at 125 base, making it extremely fragile. Stamina sits at 150 base, providing moderate endurance. A base Weight of 50 means not built for hauling.

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

Once tamed, the Buitre is primarily used for resource harvesting, excelling at gathering specific materials. 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.