Turkey
CreatureEvent
Turkey taming calculatorKnockout
The Turkey is a knockout tame - render it unconscious with torpor weapons like Tranq Arrows or Shocking Tranq Darts, then feed it while it's down. The Turkey loses Torpor at 0.3 per second while unconscious - stay on top of narcotics.
- Wild level150
- Tamed level224+74
- Max level after leveling297
Taming foods
| Food | Amount | Taming time | Effectiveness | Feeding interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Archelon Algae | 1m 37s | 98.76%+74 Lvl (224) | 17s | |
 Crops | 6m 25s | 83.23%+62 Lvl (212) | 17s | |
 Mejoberry | 6m 25s | 73.58%+55 Lvl (205) | 13s | |
    Berries | 6m 25s | 55.25%+41 Lvl (191) | 9s | |
 Stimberry | 1h 35m 7s | 0.31%+0 Lvl (150) | 7s | |
 Sweet Vegetable Cake | 2h 6m 49s | 0.31%+0 Lvl (150) | 9s |
Required narcotics
0Narcotics
0Narcoberries
0Bio Toxin
0Ascerbic Mushrooms
Knockout weapons
Bow4 Normal hits0% Death chance
Crossbow2 Normal hits0% Death chance
Fabricated Crossbow (Tranq Arrow)2 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tranquilizer Dart2 Normal hits0% Death chance
Shocking Tranquilizer Dart1 Normal hits0% Death chance
Tek Bow1 Normal hits0% Death chance
Compound Bow3 Normal hits0% Death chance
Harpoon Launcher1 Normal hits0% Death chance
Starve & Torpor Timers
More about taming the Turkey
Check the taming results to see how long it takes to tame the Turkey, what effectiveness you'll achieve, and how many bonus levels it gains. Better food means better results.
Use the knockout chart to see exactly how many Tranq Arrows, Darts, or other torpor weapons it takes to down the Turkey. 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 Turkey first with Bola or Bear Trap.
Below are the narcotic requirements for keeping the Turkey sedated throughout taming. 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. The Turkey bleeds 0.3 Torpor/s, so keep a close eye on the bar and sedate early.
Use the torpor and starve timers to track your Turkey tame in real time. Torpor monitoring prevents premature wakeups. The starve timer is for the starve-tame method - let Food drop, then load all kibble at once to avoid waste.
The Turkey is a tamable, herbivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It falls within the Ignore classification.
Stamina sits at 100 base, providing limited endurance. Melee starts at 100% - respectable melee power that scales with level-ups. Starting at 40 Health, it's extremely fragile. Weight capacity starts at 50, giving it minimal inventory space.
The Turkey is a knockout tame: apply enough torpor to knock it out, then place food in its inventory. Base Veggie is the most effective food for taming, offering the highest affinity per feeding.
As a tame, the Turkey is primarily used for resource harvesting, excelling at gathering specific materials. Breeding produces fertilized eggs that hatch within a 22°C–30°C temperature window. A wild Turkey is worth 0.5 base experience when killed. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0 Element plus 0 Element per level.
