How to Tame a Beelzebufo in ARK

 

    The Beelzebufo — "bee-el-zeh-boo-fo," described on the wiki as meaning "Devil Toad" — is a knockout (KO) tame documented as Tameable, Rideable, and Breedable, with Torpor Immune: No. The wiki's infobox lists its creature group as "Amphibious, Amphibians," its diet as Carnivore, and its temperament as Languorous; it was added to ARK: Survival Evolved "on the 28th of September, 2015." This guide covers the KO method the wiki documents, the kibble and food it prefers, the torpidity/KO figures given per level, and its saddle, base stats, and breeding data — with an explicit "undocumented" note anywhere the source page doesn't give a figure, rather than a guess.

 

The Knockout (KO) Taming Method

 

    The page lists the Beelzebufo's Taming Method simply as "Knockout." Its own KO Strategy section says "the standard procedure with Tranquilizer Arrows works just fine," but adds a specific warning: "be careful as its attack has a long range and can tranquilize you." The page's suggested workaround is to fight from elevation — "standing on top of a large rock can protect you from this," or shooting from a cliff high enough to dodge its tongue but low enough that you can still "easily slide the cliff to feed it" once it's down. As an alternative to a straight tranq fight, the page notes the Beelzebufo "can also be picked up with a tamed Argentavis and dropped into a taming pen," and that "since it only attacks horizontally, you can shoot it on a platform and you will be safe from its attacks."

 

    For trapping it before or instead of tranquing, the page's Immobilized By list gives four options: Bola, Bear Trap, Plant Species Y Trap, and Net Projectile. The source doesn't spell out exactly how long each immobilization method holds a Beelzebufo in place, so this guide doesn't put a number on that — pick whichever tool matches what you're carrying and be ready to follow up fast.

 

Best Food and Kibble for Taming a Beelzebufo

 

 

    The page's Domestication section lists Preferred Kibble as "Regular Kibble" and "Kibble (Pulmonoscorpius Egg)," and Preferred Food as "Raw Mutton" and "Raw Prime Meat." The page's own per-level taming-food tables list entries in this order: Regular Kibble, Raw Mutton, Cooked Lamb Chop, Raw Prime Meat, Cooked Prime Meat, Raw Prime Fish Meat, Raw Meat, Cooked Prime Fish Meat, Cooked Meat, Raw Fish Meat, and Cooked Fish Meat — that's the sequence exactly as the source table lists it, not re-sorted or scored by this guide. The page doesn't state a taming-effectiveness or feeding-speed gap between these tiers, so this guide doesn't estimate one; use the highest item on that list you have access to.

 

    If you're crafting Regular Kibble yourself, the page's recipe is: 1x Cooked Meat Jerky, 1x Medium Egg, 5x Fiber, 2x Longrass, 2x Savoroot, 1x Water.

 

Torpidity and KO Figures by Level

 

 

    The wiki gives separate taming tables for Level 1, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 Beelzebufos. Each level lists a Torpidity-depletion rate and a Time until all torpidity is depleted: Level 1 — 0.67/s, 00:05:00; Level 30 — 1.11/s, 00:08:14; Level 60 — 1.45/s, 00:10:28; Level 90 — 1.75/s, 00:12:05; Level 120 — 2.04/s, 00:13:21; Level 150 — 2.31/s, 00:14:24. The depletion rate climbs with level — the arithmetic on the two ends of the range: 2.31/s at Level 150 is 1.64/s faster than 0.67/s at Level 1 (2.31 − 0.67 = 1.64), meaning higher-level Beelzebufos give you noticeably less margin once you stop landing hits.

 

    Each level entry also lists a row of six bare figures labeled only "KO," for example Level 1: ×20, ×9, ×3, ×2, ×1, ×1, and Level 150: ×199, ×82, ×23, ×13, ×9, ×5. The captured page text does not identify which weapon or ammo type each of those six numbers corresponds to, so this guide deliberately does not map them to specific tools — treat them as documented-but-unlabeled rather than guessing a Bow/Crossbow/Dart breakdown that isn't in the source.

 

Saddle, Base Stats, and Breeding

 

 

    The Beelzebufo Saddle unlocks at Level 40, per the page's Equipment field. Base stats at Level 1, with per-level increase in parentheses: Health 220 (+44), Stamina 190 (+19), Oxygen 150 (+15), Food 1500 (+150), Weight 160 (+3.2), Melee Damage 12 wild / 20 tamed (+0.6 / +1), Torpidity 200 (+12).

 

    Breeding figures from the page: Incubation Range "0 - 50 °C / 32 - 122 °F" (Egg Incubator at 25 °C / 77 °F), Incubation Time 4h 59m 58.561s, Baby Time 3h 42m 13.333s, Juvenile Time 14h 48m 53.331s, Adolescent Time 18h 31m 6.664s, and Total Maturation Time listed as "1d 13h 2m 13.328s" — that's 24h (the 1 day) plus 13h 2m 13s, or 37h 2m 13s total, worked out rather than dropping the day. Breeding Interval is listed as "18h - 2d." The page also lists Drops as Hide and Raw Meat, with Loot of Frog Legs, and notes the Beelzebufo is documented across multiple maps including The Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Extinction, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, Crystal Isles, Genesis: Part 2, Lost Island, Fjordur, Midgard, Vanaheim, and Aberration.

 

Fight and tame from a rock or cliff edge — the page is explicit that the Beelzebufo's tongue attack has long range and can tranq you first. If you'd rather skip the tranq fight, a tamed Argentavis can pick a Beelzebufo up and drop it straight into a pen. Load Regular Kibble or Raw Mutton the moment it's down, and keep Bola, Bear Traps, Plant Species Y Traps, or a Net Projectile on hand in case you need to immobilize it instead.

 

Running your own ARK server

 

    Taming a Beelzebufo across a full torpidity-depletion window — especially a high-level one draining at over 2 torpidity per second — goes a lot smoother on a dedicated, always-on world than racing a shared host's session. A private ARK server keeps your trap, your kibble stockpile, and your half-tamed Beelzebufo exactly where you left them, with no risk of another tribe wandering into your taming pen mid-tranq. It also means you can time a multi-person taming run — useful given how quickly this creature's torpidity can run out at higher levels — around your own group's schedule instead of whoever else is online.

 

Conclusion

 

    Taming a Beelzebufo in ARK comes down to what the wiki actually documents: it's a knockout tame, best fought from a rock or cliff to dodge its long-range tongue, fed Regular Kibble or Raw Mutton once it's down, and equipped with a saddle at Level 40. Torpidity-depletion rates run from 0.67/s at Level 1 up to 2.31/s at Level 150, and breeding takes a documented 37h 2m 13s from egg to full adult. What the source doesn't spell out — which weapon or ammo each of the six per-level "KO" numbers refers to, and exactly how long each immobilization tool holds it — isn't guessed here.

 

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