Malwyn
CreatureDMG
Malwyn taming calculatorKnockout
The Malwyn is a knockout tame - render it unconscious with torpor weapons like Tranq Arrows or Shocking Tranq Darts, then feed it while it's down. Once unconscious, Torpor drains at 0.5/s, so keep Narcotics or Bio Toxin ready.
- Wild level150
- Tamed level220+70
- Max level after leveling293
Taming foods
| Food | Amount | Taming time | Effectiveness | Feeding interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Raw Mutton | 26m 15s | 94.47%+70 Lvl (220) | 1m 53s | |
 Raw Prime Meat | 31m 53s | 91.83%+68 Lvl (218) | 1m 53s | |
 Cooked Lamb Chop | 48m 42s | 83.19%+62 Lvl (212) | 1m 53s | |
 Cooked Prime Meat | 1h 3m 41s | 73.67%+55 Lvl (205) | 1m 53s | |
 Raw Prime Fish Meat | 40m 19s | 63.87%+47 Lvl (197) | 57s | |
 Raw Meat | 1h 35m 38s | 55.37%+41 Lvl (191) | 1m 53s | |
 Cooked Prime Fish Meat | 1h 21m 53s | 30.82%+23 Lvl (173) | 58s | |
 Cooked Meat | 1h 35m 38s | 23.62%+17 Lvl (167) | 57s | |
 Raw Fish Meat | 1h 59m 4s | 16.58%+12 Lvl (162) | 57s | |
 Cooked Fish Meat | 1h 59m 4s | 4.74%+3 Lvl (153) | 29s |
Required narcotics
0Narcotics
0Narcoberries
0Bio Toxin
0Ascerbic Mushrooms
Knockout weapons
Bow271 Normal hits88% Death chance
Crossbow155 Normal hits88% Death chance
Fabricated Crossbow (Tranq Arrow)155 Normal hits88% Death chance
Tranquilizer Dart111 Normal hits0% Death chance
Shocking Tranquilizer Dart56 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tek Bow73 Normal hits0% Death chance
Compound Bow201 Normal hits88% Death chance
Harpoon Launcher80 Normal hits0% Death chance
Starve & Torpor Timers
More about taming the Malwyn
The results below show total taming time, effectiveness, and bonus levels for the Malwyn 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 Malwyn at different levels. Always pace your shots. Torpor takes time to apply, and over-shooting can be lethal.
To simplify the knockout, immobilize the Malwyn first with Chain Bola or Bear Trap. 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 Malwyn. Your options are Narcotics (40 Torpor), Bio Toxin (80 Torpor, best efficiency), or Narcoberries (7.5 Torpor, cheapest but slowest). With Torpor draining at 0.5/s, don't wait until the bar is nearly empty to apply narcotics.
Track the taming process with the timers below - they monitor both Torpor and starvation progress. The torpor timer alerts you when narcotics are needed. The starve timer tracks Food depletion for starve-taming, where you let the food bar drop before placing all food at once.
ARK: Survival Ascended features the Malwyn as a tamable, carnivore creature that survivors will encounter in the wild. It belongs to the DMG category.
The Malwyn has 850 base Health - solidly tanky. Its base Melee Damage sits at 100%, giving it decent hitting power. With 350 base Stamina, the Malwyn has solid stamina reserves. It carries 425 base Weight - a solid weight pool.
To tame the Malwyn, you need to knock it unconscious using torpor weapons, then feed it while it's down. For best results, use Raw Mutton - it gives the highest taming efficiency.
Once tamed, the Malwyn is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. It gives live birth after a gestation period, making breeding straightforward. Defeating one in the wild grants 6 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.58 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.
