Bird
Snow Owl
Bubo chinookus
Also known as Owl
- Tameable
- Rideable
- Breedable
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Temperament
- Aggressive
- Era
- Post-Holocene
- Drag weight
- 35
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 | 325 | +65 | +5.4% |
| Stamina | 350 | +35 | +10.0% |
| Oxygen | 150 | +15 | +10.0% |
| Food | 2,000 | +200 | +10.0% |
| Weight | 375 | +7.5 | +4.0% |
| Melee | 25 | +1.25 | +1.7% |
| Move Speed | 100% | — | +0.0% |
| Torpidity | 600 | +36 | — |
Dossier
In the wild
Discovering Bubo chinookus was a pleasant surprise. Owls are remarkable creatures, but they're not the type that could survive an extinction level event on their own. Since it never strays from the patch of frozen tundra we encountered, I believe the Obelisk was the key to its survival. Clearly a descendant of modern Strigdae, Bubo shares many traits with its smaller ancestors. For example, it excretes waste in the form of pellets, which make excellent fertilizer, and their large wings let them save energy during long, silent flights. They even hunt in the same way: by diving towards the ground to attack their prey with powerful talons. However, these talons also secrete a chemical with a high freezing point to slow down their prey, and they can even unleash this chemical in a wide cloud, temporarily freezing their foes.
Once tamed
With its swift flying and frigid attacks, Bubo makes an excellent single-rider support mount or scout. The latter is helped by its tremendous vision, which it can share with its rider via its antenna. Not only does this make enemies easier to see, but Bubo can also spot Element veins with ease, even when they're underground.
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
- Snow Owl Egg
Taming
- Method
- Knockout
Saddle
Snow Owl Saddle
Unlocks at level 61, 25 armor
Crafting cost
- Chitin, Keratin, or Shell Fragment
- 150
- Fiber
- 185
- Hide
- 350
Crafted in Smithy, Argentavis Saddle, Castoroides Saddle, Thorny Dragon Saddle, Tek Replicator, Exo-Mek
On the ARK Wiki
Technical
- Entity ID
Owl_Character_BP_C- Cloneable
- No