Aberrant Megalania
CreatureVariant
Aberrant Megalania taming calculatorKnockout
Knock the Aberrant Megalania unconscious using your preferred torpor weapon, then feed it to begin the taming process. Once unconscious, Torpor drains at 3.6/s, so keep Narcotics or Bio Toxin ready.
- Wild level150
- Tamed level223+73
- Max level after leveling296
Taming foods
| Food | Amount | Taming time | Effectiveness | Feeding interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Extraordinary Kibble | 45m 2s | 97.65%+73 Lvl (223) | 4m 6s | |
 Raw Mutton | 55m 13s | 90.27%+67 Lvl (217) | 2m 25s | |
 Raw Prime Meat | 1h 7m 13s | 85.89%+64 Lvl (214) | 2m 25s | |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 1h 40m 43s | 73.22%+54 Lvl (204) | 2m 24s | |
 Cooked Prime Meat | 2h 14m 17s | 60.27%+45 Lvl (195) | 2m 24s | |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 1h 24m 1s | 49.23%+36 Lvl (186) | 1m 13s | |
 Raw Meat | 3h 21m 38s | 40.22%+30 Lvl (180) | 2m 25s | |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 2h 51m 25s | 19.6%+14 Lvl (164) | 1m 14s | |
 Cooked Meat | 3h 20m 26s | 14.47%+10 Lvl (160) | 1m 13s | |
 Raw Fish Meat | 4h 10m 51s | 9.76%+7 Lvl (157) | 1m 13s | |
 Cooked Fish Meat | 4h 10m 15s | 2.64%+1 Lvl (151) | 37s |
Required narcotics
211Narcotics
642Narcoberries
106Bio Toxin
614Ascerbic Mushrooms
Knockout weapons
Bow78 Normal hits0% Death chance
Crossbow45 Normal hits1% Death chance
Fabricated Crossbow (Tranq Arrow)45 Normal hits1% Death chance
Tranquilizer Dart32 Normal hits0% Death chance
Shocking Tranquilizer Dart16 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tek Bow21 Normal hits0% Death chance
Compound Bow58 Normal hits0% Death chance
Harpoon Launcher23 Normal hits0% Death chance
Starve & Torpor Timers
Aberrant Megalania taming video guide
More about taming the Aberrant Megalania
The results below show total taming time, effectiveness, and bonus levels for the Aberrant Megalania at your selected level and food. Higher-quality foods yield more bonus levels.
The table below shows how many hits from each torpor weapon are needed to knock out the Aberrant Megalania at different levels. Wait between shots for torpor to tick up. Firing too fast can kill the creature before it goes down.
To simplify the knockout, immobilize the Aberrant Megalania first with Bola or Chain Bola. A Argentavis can also pick it up and drop it into a taming pen for a controlled knockout.
Use the narcotic calculator to determine exactly how many Narcotics, Bio Toxin, or Narcoberries you need for the Aberrant Megalania. Narcotics provide 40 Torpor each and are the standard choice. Bio Toxin offers 80 Torpor but is harder to farm. Narcoberries at 7.5 each are a last resort. At 3.6 Torpor drain per second, apply narcotics proactively - a wakeup mid-tame wastes everything.
Use the torpor and starve timers to track your Aberrant Megalania tame in real time. Starve taming is recommended for valuable high-level Aberrant Megalania: let the Food stat deplete first, then add food. This way nothing is wasted if something goes wrong.
The Aberrant Megalania is a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Variant category.
Starting at 461 Health, it's moderately tough. Melee starts at 106% - decent hitting power that scales with level-ups. With 400 base Stamina, the Aberrant Megalania has good endurance. A base Weight of 400 means good carrying capacity.
The Aberrant Megalania is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. Extraordinary Kibble is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.
After taming, the Aberrant Megalania is primarily used for resource harvesting, excelling at gathering specific materials. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 29°C–35°C temperature window. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.85 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.
