Alpha Palaeoctopus
CreatureVariant
Alpha Palaeoctopus taming calculatorKnockout
Knock the Alpha Palaeoctopus unconscious using your preferred torpor weapon, then feed it to begin the taming process. Once unconscious, Torpor drains at 0.3/s, so keep Narcotics or Bio Toxin ready.
- Wild level150
- Tamed level224+74
- Max level after leveling297
Taming foods
| Food | Amount | Taming time | Effectiveness | Feeding interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Raw Mutton | 2m 25s | 99.86%+74 Lvl (224) | 19s | |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 3m 46s | 98.67%+74 Lvl (224) | 10s | |
 Exceptional Kibble | 43m 29s | 97.61%+73 Lvl (223) | 1m 17s | |
 Raw Prime Meat | 50m 16s | 91.18%+68 Lvl (218) | 46s | |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 1h 14m 11s | 82.52%+61 Lvl (211) | 45s | |
 Cooked Prime Meat | 1h 39m 39s | 72.24%+54 Lvl (204) | 45s | |
 Raw Fish Meat | 12m 1s | 64.31%+48 Lvl (198) | 5s | |
 Raw Meat | 2h 29m 16s | 53.67%+40 Lvl (190) | 46s | |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 2h 7m 55s | 29.4%+22 Lvl (172) | 24s | |
 Cooked Meat | 2h 29m 16s | 22.45%+16 Lvl (166) | 23s | |
 Cooked Fish Meat | 3h 6m 34s | 4.43%+3 Lvl (153) | 12s |
Required narcotics
0Narcotics
0Narcoberries
0Bio Toxin
0Ascerbic Mushrooms
Knockout weapons
Bow221 Normal hits12% Death chance
Crossbow127 Normal hits12% Death chance
Fabricated Crossbow (Tranq Arrow)127 Normal hits12% Death chance
Tranquilizer Dart90 Normal hits0% Death chance
Shocking Tranquilizer Dart45 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tek Bow60 Normal hits0% Death chance
Compound Bow164 Normal hits12% Death chance
Harpoon Launcher65 Normal hits0% Death chance
Starve & Torpor Timers
More about taming the Alpha Palaeoctopus
The results below show total taming time, effectiveness, and bonus levels for the Alpha Palaeoctopus at your selected level and food. Higher-quality foods yield more bonus levels.
Use the knockout chart to see exactly how many Tranq Arrows, Darts, or other torpor weapons it takes to down the Alpha Palaeoctopus. 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 Alpha Palaeoctopus first with Chain Bola. A Quetzal can also pick it up and drop it into a taming pen for a controlled knockout.
Below are the narcotic requirements for keeping the Alpha Palaeoctopus sedated throughout taming. Bio Toxin is twice as potent as Narcotics (80 vs 40 Torpor per use), while Narcoberries work in a pinch at just 7.5 Torpor each. With Torpor draining at 0.3/s, don't wait until the bar is nearly empty to apply narcotics.
Use the torpor and starve timers to track your Alpha Palaeoctopus tame in real time. Starve taming is recommended for valuable high-level Alpha Palaeoctopus: let the Food stat deplete first, then add food. This way nothing is wasted if something goes wrong.
The Alpha Palaeoctopus is a tamable, carnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Variant classification.
Melee starts at 100% - respectable melee power that scales with level-ups. The Alpha Palaeoctopus has 1,050 base Health - quite durable. Its base Stamina of 400 gives it solid stamina reserves. It carries 1000 base Weight - massive inventory space.
The Alpha Palaeoctopus is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. Feed it Raw Mutton for the fastest tame and highest effectiveness bonus.
Once tamed, the Alpha Palaeoctopus combines solid harvesting capability with generous carrying capacity. A wild Alpha Palaeoctopus is worth 400 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.85 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.
