The Gier 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 Gier, what effectiveness you'll achieve, and how many bonus levels it gains. Better food means better results.

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

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

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

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

Once tamed, the Gier 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.