ARK: guides, tier lists, and reference tables

Start ARK without wasting your first week. The resources and items that matter most, explained plainly.

Small ARK habits around resources and items that compound into fewer deaths and faster progress.

How fights actually work in ARK, and which resources give you the edge when the pressure is on.

The daily loop that keeps you alive in ARK: the resources you need and the order to secure them.

Layout, defence, and the resources you should keep near your ARK base for fast crafting.

What to craft first in ARK, and how the resources you make change your early game.

Every ARK resources in the wiki dataset, with what each one is and where it fits.

Every ARK resources sorted for fast lookup, so you can plan a run without scrolling forever.

The complete ARK items reference, drawn from the game wiki so the data is real.

All ARK items in one sorted list for fast planning and quick lookups.

How to use ARK resources well: reading the set, and building around what the data shows.

Turning the ARK items list into a loadout that fits the fights you take.

How to scout ARK safely, using the resources and items data to plan each trip.

The deeper ARK systems and resources decisions that separate a settled player from a struggling one.

How taming works step by step, and what raises taming effectiveness.

There is no knockout. Steal a Valguero egg, hatch it at 176-194F, and you get wall climbing with no fall damage.

Crafted gear does nothing. Drop looted loot to start its feeding frenzy, ride out the prompts, then feed Ratfish Treats.

10,934 torpor at level 150. A crossbow carries a 78% kill risk, shocking darts carry none. Trap build and food table inside.

The Summon and GMSummon syntax that works, plus a class-name table of the most-requested creature IDs for ASA and ASE.

TamingSpeedMultiplier, HarvestAmountMultiplier and XPMultiplier explained, plus the Game.ini lines that shape a solo game.

The right creature for every job: harvesting, hauling, travel, and fighting.

No. It has 1,100 torpor and 2,000 HP but is flagged untameable. Headshots do 3.5x, and the tameable ape is one cave away.

The Stone Pick is the worst tool on the table at two stars. Ankylo, Gacha and Mantis hit five, and 2 Stone grinds into 1 Flint.

Eggs, imprinting, and mutations, and how to build a stronger line.

How bosses are summoned, what each punishes, and the prep that clears them.

What makes a good base spot, and when hidden beats strong.

The free map with the Dinopithecus, Amargasaurus and Sinomacrops: unique creatures, best base locations, and the Dinopithecus King.

The free map that owns the Deinonychus and an Aberration trench: nest locations, best base spots, and what to tame first.

The free realm-system map with the Andrewsarchus, Desmodus and Fjordhawk: unique creatures, base locations, and the portals.

The free desert map that owns the Wyvern trenches and the Rock Elemental: unique creatures, base locations, and the Manticore.

The free no-flyer map with Rock Drakes, Reapers and glow caves: unique creatures, base locations, and the Rockwell boss.

The free ruined-Earth map with the Snow Owl, Gacha and Managarmr, plus the Titan bosses and King Titan.

The free all-biome map with Ice Wyverns, a breedable Griffin and the Bison, and the Ice Wyvern Queen boss.

The free five-biome simulation map with the Magmasaur, Bloodstalker and Megachelon, and the Rockwell finale.

The paid Greek-myth map by Nekatus with the Maeguana, Grand Tortugar and built-in teleport travel.

The free ASE map with Crystal Wyverns and floating islands, and its current ASA remaster status.

The final ASE map with the Maewing, Shadowmane and Tek Stryder, and its current ASA remaster status.

Every ASA map and major DLC with release dates and free or paid status, from The Island through Genesis Part 1 and the 2026–2027 roadmap.

Pteranodon, Parasaurus, Trike, Raptor, Dodo and Lystrosaurus — the six tames that fix the early game, in the order to knock them out.

Ranked by job, with real database figures: C4 at 6899 damage, grenades at 175 with the largest radius, and the assault rifle as the everyday pick.

Ankylosaurus for metal, Doedicurus for stone, Castoroides for wood — with the weight-reduction numbers that decide the trip.

The first flyer that changes the map: bola it, feed Regular Kibble or a Dodo-egg kibble, and mind the stamina.

A 400-weight bird with a level 62 saddle — the trap, the Superior Kibble, and the Ankylo metal run it unlocks.

Exceptional Kibble or raw mutton, a trap it cannot escape, and why two bites end you. Level 74 saddle.

Knockout tame with Regular Kibble or crops. The metal gatherer with a level 36 saddle and a shell that shrugs off hits.

Knockout tame with Regular Kibble or crops. The stone-rolling gatherer with a level 34 saddle and a habit of bowling itself away.

Knockout tame with Exceptional Kibble or crops. The all-round harvester with a level 69 saddle and claws that double as a weapon.

Knockout tame a fleeing flyer with Exceptional Kibble or raw mutton. Level 76 saddle, level 97 platform saddle, and an aerial base.

Knockout tame with Extraordinary Kibble or raw mutton. The fear-roar support with a level 80 saddle and a pack problem.

The easiest tame in Ark: 30 torpor, a herbivore you knock out with a boomerang, and a weather forecast that saves desert runs.

The 1,200 HP crab that carries two creatures. You knock it out with blunt siege force on the body — tranq arrows will not work.

A non-violent tame with Simple Kibble that crafts on the move and lassos creatures. Level 20 saddle.

The rare Equus variant, usually one per map. Same passive tame, but clear the predators first.

Passive tame with Rare Flowers: break a hive, wear Ghillie and Bug Repellant, and feed from the last slot for endless honey.

You cannot tame it — let a Reaper Queen impregnate you in the radioactive zone, then raise the baby. 2,000 HP, 85 damage.

Non-violent tame with fertilized eggs. An 800-weight hauler that burrows through the ground.

Feed it eggs, then its aura makes nearby creatures lay eggs faster. A kibble-farm multiplier.

Knockout tame with Exceptional Kibble. The best support flyer in Ark: it freeze-heals and revives tames.

A passive deep-sea brawler that grabs creatures with its tentacles. Level 91 saddle gate.

The cheapest ocean mount: a passive tame you feed from the last slot, with a level 13 saddle.

Every oil source ranked: snow rocks, underwater veins, Tusoteuthis, dung beetles, and the Hesperornis egg trick.

Cave nodes, mountain clusters, and the rare mushroom drop. Real weight, stack and hexagon data.

Caves and mountain peaks, plus the polymer link that makes obsidian a mid-game bottleneck.

Mountain nodes, Ankylo runs, and the smelting step beginners skip. Real stack and beacon data.

Underwater nodes and clams at 0.02 weight, and why the Ichthyosaurus changes the trip.

Ammonites and Tusoteuthis, and the 2.0 weight that makes every run a logistics problem.

The verified Fabricator recipe, organic polymer, and the Achatina that halves your chore list.

Redwood taps, the Tree Sap Tap blueprint, and the 30-stack cap that shapes your collection loop.

Shards, Extinction nodes, and the 100-to-1 craft. The endgame currency explained.

Five hide plus six oil in a Refining Forge, and every consumer that keeps your base powered.

Bushes, the Moschops that farms passively, and the 300 stack that fixes early crafting.

Mangroves, beaver dams and crystal nodes — the three confirmed sources from the wiki data.

Arthropod farms, the keratin substitute, and the cementing paste chain chitin starts.

The Mortar and Pestle recipe, beaver dam raids, and why paste caps your polymer.

Gamma 324,000 HP, the three artifacts, four trophy types, and a spider-add fight that rewards mobility.

Gamma 180,000 HP — the friendliest first boss. Real tribute list and level gates from the wiki data.

432,000 HP on Gamma, 972,000 on Alpha. Four artifacts, five trophy types, and the hardest Island wall.

The Tek Cave finale: alpha boss trophies instead of artifacts, and the lowest-health arena in the game.

1,500,000 HP, an 80% damage cut while kneeling, and a trophy chain that locks Beta behind Gamma. The centre-of-arena rule decides it.

Aberration's end boss: 115,000 HP on Alpha and a tribute of nameless venom, reaper glands and drake feathers.

Scorched Earth's portal boss: three talons, three artifacts, and a teleporting fight with add waves.

The full progression path: beach tames, industry, artifact caves, three bosses in order, then the Tek Cave.

The 0/20 rule, the +2-per-mutation math, and the clean-stable stacking method the pros use.

Work out mutations needed, levels added, and clean females consumed. Free client-side calculator.

The six tiers, the real recipe pattern from the item data, and which tier each dino wants.

Tekgrams, the replicator-first craft order, and the element economy that funds the endgame.

Honeycomb, layered turret coverage, soak dinos, and why the offline raid window decides everything.

Stat spreads, the server settings that matter, and the kit that wins before the fight starts.

Corrupted data and the uninstall prompt: the fix order that works, from file verification to service reinstall.

Hibernation, wild dino wipes, and spawn multipliers — how to tell which one emptied your map.

Unconscious tames stay where they fell, the tribe log records deaths, and trackers prevent the rest.

The twenty-minute baseline, the no-replenish radius rule, and the server multiplier that changes both.

Adults cannot be tamed. The Pteranodon dive, the two-player grab, the force method, and the level trap that costs you stats.

Hatch the stolen egg at 80-90 °C, feed the baby Wyvern Milk and nothing else, and the feeding math that keeps it alive.

The metal gateway trap with the bear trap inside, crossbow versus longneck narcotic math, and the level 96 saddle gate.

Immune to tranquilizers — feed it narcotics during the roar, then tank alpha hits with the shield stance and adrenaline buff.

Passive tame: wait for the basking window, bring a ghillie suit, and hand-feed Superior Kibble to the titanic crocodilian.

Distract the parent with fertilized eggs, hide in the nest, and copy the baby's spin, bow and flap inside two seconds.

A torch, an altar, and perfect timing against an invisible attacker. Exceptional Kibble finishes the ritual.

Non-violent feeding with Bio Toxin, lured onto shore away from Megalodons — and you can stand on its shell while you feed.

Shoot the soft parts with tranq darts, keep the shell intact, and plan the Sweet Vegetable Cake supply before you commit.

Deathworm Horns fed one at a time on an aggressive invertebrate, and the four-wall trap that removes the need for repellent.

Hemogoblin Cocktails from venom spines, a sacrifice tame that gets blood-drunk, and a ten-minute passive feeding window.

Shotgun it to 20 percent, let it scoop you up, and clear the Simon Says, beacon and diving challenges while riding.

The one-hour trust-based shoulder pet: emote it onto your shoulder, then kill alphas and dig treasure caches for affinity.

A paid mod creature that needs the wet debuff, a sub-50 percent health window, and Flame Absorb to fill the bar.

KO in Ascended, bug-repellent passive in Evolved. Where the swarms nest and how to isolate one target.

The nocturnal trap that wakes at sunset. Day-only knockout, the mutton it actually eats, and why narcotics do not save a night tame.

No knockout, no combat: feed feces from your last hotbar slot, cage it, set it to wander, and it farms fertilizer and oil forever.

Cannon headshots only, 25,000 health, and 550 sulfur. Why body shots kill it and arrows do nothing at all.

The element tame: no knockout, feed during the smell window, and never do it in the open. Transforms into a sabertooth.

The sleeping stealth tame: ghillie, rear approach, and a fish basket with 1.0x fish or larger. Teleporting, cloaking, charge combat.

The corpse-eating passive tame: kill creatures next to it and let it feed. Why raw meat alone will not tame it, plus the rage buff.

The only tame that breeds a host first: pheromone, a donor creature, and the egg with the host stats it produces.

The ocean’s largest knockout: the underwater trap, Exceptional Kibble, and the oxygen clock that ends attempts.

The burrowing crocodilian: bait it into a pit, knock it out, and stop it burying mid-tame.

The skittish feathered flyer: a calm passive feed, and why you never chase it once it bolts.

The Extinction sauropod passive: a staged feed, the interrupt that resets it, and its 100,000-HP bulk.

The desert well that walks: a passive tame tied to water and shade, and why the spot matters.

The heat-wave passive: only tameable during a super heat wave, and the clock that ends the attempt.

The friendly whale: a passive tame nothing in the ocean attacks. Exceptional Kibble and the safest water mount.

The night sacrifice knockout: it eats nearby creatures, so use fodder, not your real tames.

The Genesis Space Whale knockout: cannons at range, Extraordinary Kibble, and a drifting torpor bar.

The quill-turret knockout: trap it first, Regular Kibble, and the spine attack you avoid.

The crystal-making passive on Extinction: feed it junk from your inventory, get Gacha crystals.

The knockout bruiser: a trap, the preferred food, and the heavy claw attack to avoid.

The ocean apex knockout: the underwater trap, Exceptional Kibble, and the oxygen problem that ends attempts.

Copy your breeding line for element instead of days: the cost model, what it copies, and why mutation stacks run on cloned clean females.

The hidden stat that decides how strong your tame is: the bonus-level formula, what drains it, and the feeding habits that protect it.

Claiming orphans with no knockout: the pacifier prompt, the parent problem, and the first-minute feeding that decides everything.

The 30% damage and resistance bonus most players never finish: cuddle requests, the three baby stages, and why missed windows are gone.

Carry an army in your inventory: how to get cryopods, the deployment cooldown, and why every cave tame ends with one.

Two separate games: UE5 visuals, the building rework, the independent mutation counter, and the DLC map schedule through 2027.

Part 7 of the ARK items reference, entries 541 to 630, with real data from the game wiki.

Part 8 of the ARK items reference, entries 631 to 720, with real data from the game wiki.

Part 9 of the ARK items reference, entries 721 to 810, with real data from the game wiki.

144 resources, each with how you get it.

1,000 items, each with a line on what it does.