The calamaro is one of ARK: Survival Ascended's boss creatures, fought in its own arena with a prepped team. It falls under the Boss category.

Melee starts at 100% - solid damage output that scales with level-ups. With 960 base Health, the calamaro is impressively tough. With 300 base Stamina, the calamaro has moderate endurance. A base Weight of 800 means excellent carrying capacity.

After taming, the calamaro is a powerful boss creature encountered in a dedicated arena fight. Killing a wild calamaro gives 70 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.87 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.