Mammal
Dire Bear
Arctodus dirus
- Tameable
- Rideable
- Breedable
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Temperament
- Territorial
- Era
- Mid Pleistocene - Early Holocene
- Drag weight
- 295
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 | 400 | +80 | +5.4% |
| Stamina | 500 | +50 | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 270 | +27 | +10.0% |
| Food | 3,000 | +300 | +10.0% |
| Weight | 650 | +13 | +4.0% |
| Melee | 5,065 | +2.53 | +1.7% |
| Move Speed | 100% | — | +1.0% |
| Torpidity | 1,000 | +60 | — |
Dossier
In the wild
Found primarily among the Island's redwood regions, Arctodus dirus is an imposing creature. Many on the island have started calling it a Direbear, a name which is appropriate, both due to its enormity and its territorial nature. The Direbear ignores most non-hostile creatures while going about its daily routine of scavenging for meat and edible plant life... ...that is, until intruders enter the territory it considers its own, at which point the creature ferociously attacks. Most often, it is smartest to just run from an angry Direbear.
Once tamed
Once tamed, the Direbear is a strong and reliable mount. It can carry vast quantities of goods, and can sprint for extremely long, nearly infinite periods. It is not the fastest creature from a hard stop, but after building up momentum, its sustained overland speed builds to among the best of the island. Of course, being able to feed a direbear both meat and plant life makes keeping one fairly convenient regardless of the environment. Arctodus has a fondness for honey and can harvest it without getting stung or destroying the hive. Perhaps more rewarding while you are riding it, those pesky bees will completely ignore you.
Breeding
1 Gestation
3h 58m 5s
2 Baby
4h 37m 46s
3 Juvenile
18h 31m 6s
4 Adolescent
23h 8m 53s
- Fully grown after
- 1d 22h 17m 46s
- Mate again after
- 18h - 2d
Taming
- Method
- Knockout
Saddle
Dire Bear Saddle
Unlocks at level 45, 25 armor
Crafting cost
- Hide
- 300
- Fiber
- 130
- Cementing Paste or Achatina Paste
- 100
Crafted in Inventory
On the ARK Wiki
Technical
- Entity ID
Direbear_Character_BP_C- Cloneable
- No