Bird
Argentavis
Argentavis atrocollum
- Tameable
- Rideable
- Breedable
- Diet
- Carrion-Feeder
- Temperament
- Short-Tempered
- Era
- Late Miocene
- Drag weight
- 150
Where it spawns
- Very common
- Common
- Uncommon
- Very uncommon
- Rare
- Very rare
Spawn areas mined from the game files by the ARK Wiki; Ascended data where the wiki has it. Creatures roam a little outside their areas.
Base stats and growth
| Stat | Base | Per wild level | Per tamed level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 365 | +73 | +6.1% |
| Stamina | 400 | +20 | +7.5% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +15 | +10.0% |
| Food | 2,000 | +200 | +10.0% |
| Weight | 400 | +8 | +5.5% |
| Melee | 2,512 | +1.25 | +2.5% |
| Move Speed | 100% | — | +0.0% |
| Torpidity | 600 | +36 | — |
Dossier
In the wild
Lording over the skies across the Island, Argentavis atrocollum has few aerial rivals. It is a small consolation for the Island's other avian creatures, then, that Argentavis seems to have little interest in anything alive. Quite apart from what I would have guessed, Argentavis does not have the stooped neck typical of modern buzzards and vultures. I don't know if it adapted this stronger neck to deal with the predators on the Island, or if its lineage derives from before the stooped neck became common in carrion-eating birds. Whichever it might be, it has enabled Argentavis to carry smaller creatures with its beak.
Once tamed
Argentavis is actually slower than the Island's far more common Pteranodon, but it possesses significantly more stamina and can sustain flight for approximately three times as long. Its weighty stature, in comparison to the Pteranodon, allows it to utilize its talons to support the weight of an additional passenger. Considering its saddle doubles as a mobile crafting station, it makes Argentavis an excellent creature for traveling and hauling cargo over long distances.
Breeding
1 Incubation
2h 56m 27s
2 Baby
5h 26m 47s
3 Juvenile
21h 47m 11s
4 Adolescent
1d 3h 13m 59s
- Fully grown after
- 2d 6h 27m 58s
- Mate again after
- 18h - 2d
- Incubation temperature
- 12 - 13.5 °C / 54 - 56 °F
- Egg incubator setting
- 13 °C / 55 °F
- Egg
- Argentavis Egg
Taming
- Method
- Knockout
Saddle
Argentavis Saddle
Unlocks at level 62, 25 armor
Crafting cost
- Hide
- 350
- Fiber
- 185
- Chitin, Keratin, or Shell Fragment
- 150
Crafted in Inventory
On the ARK Wiki
Technical
- Entity ID
Argent_Character_BP_C- Cloneable
- No