The Pyromane is not a vanilla creature, and the first thing to know about it is where it comes from.
The Pyromane requires a purchased mod. You must buy and install the mod first, and without it the creature does not exist in your game at all — you cannot encounter it, interact with it, or tame it. If you have seen Pyromane content and cannot find one on your map, the mod is the missing piece.
Once you have the mod, the tame itself is one of the most mechanical in Ark: water, weakness, a mount, and a flame you have to absorb.
Why you want it
The dual form. The Pyromane is an aggressive, dual-form feline. In the wild it attacks on sight, and its two forms are central to both its behaviour and its breeding.
The theme. A fire-themed big cat that has to be weakened with water and tamed by absorbing flame is one of the more distinctive creature designs in Ark’s mod ecosystem.
The mount. Once tamed it is a rideable carnivore with a flame-based toolkit, and it fills a role no vanilla feline does.
The numbers
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| Group | Mammals |
| Diet | Carnivore |
| Temperament | Aggressive |
| Taming Method | Passive (mount and absorb flame) |
| Tameable | Yes — requires the mod |
The taming method
Step 1: get it wet
To gain the ability to interact with the Pyromane at all, it must first acquire the wet debuff.
Kite it to a body of water, or use a water source, until it is wet. Without the debuff, the rest of the method cannot start.
Step 2: weaken it below 50 percent
Continue to attack it to bring its health down to below 50 percent.
Do not kill it. Once it is sufficiently weakened, you can interact with it to mount it.
Step 3: burn and absorb
Once mounted, the taming mechanic begins:
Attack nearby creatures to apply a burning effect to them, then use Flame Absorb to absorb the flame. Absorbing the flame progresses the taming meter.
Repeat the cycle — burn something, absorb the flame — until the meter fills and the Pyromane is tamed.
The Scorched Earth problem
On Scorched Earth, Pyromanes spawn in the wyvern trench, and there are no bodies of water anywhere near it.
The workaround: a wyvern can carry a Pyromane. Pick up your target and drop it into the nearest body of water — for example, around the Red or Blue Obelisk — to tame it.
That means the Scorched Earth version of this tame requires a wyvern, which itself requires stealing an egg and raising it first. Plan accordingly.
A breeding note
Female Pyromane can only mate while in large form. Turning them into small form with mating enabled will disable the mating ability, so if you are building a breeding pair, keep the female in her large form when you want eggs.
Practical advice
Buy the mod first. Everything about this page assumes the creature exists in your game. Confirm the mod is installed before you plan anything else.
Bring a mount that can survive the weaken phase. The Pyromane is aggressive and attacks on sight, and you have to get it under 50 percent health while wet. That is a real fight, not a formality.
On Scorched Earth, bring a wyvern. The nearest water may be a long flight from the trench, and the Pyromane does not swim there on its own.
Absorb promptly. The burning effect on nearby creatures is what fuels the meter, so keep targets coming and absorb each flame as it appears rather than waiting.