How to Tame an Arthropluera in ARK

 

    The Arthropluera is one of ARK's cave-dwelling invertebrates, and its taming method is genuinely different from most tames: a passive, non-violent process, not a knockout job with tranquilizers. ark.wiki.gg's dossier calls it "simple minded and relatively easy to tame," but it's still naturally Aggressive and attacks on sight unless you neutralize that first. This guide covers the passive taming method, the Preferred Food and feeding-count table, the trapping/distraction rules, and what you get once it's tamed. Every number below is quoted straight from the wiki's page; anywhere it doesn't give a figure, this guide says so rather than guessing.

 

Why Arthropluera Taming Is Passive, Not a Knockout

 

    ark.wiki.gg lists the Arthropluera's Taming Method as Passive, and separately marks it Torpor Immune — meaning tranquilizer darts and arrows can't knock it out the way they do most ARK tames. The wiki's Taming Strategy section is explicit: "Arthropluera is tamed non-violently, rather than through the use of tranquilizers. Since it is a naturally aggressive creature, you must first apply Bug Repellant to keep it from attacking you on sight."

 

    Once the repellent is active, it's feed-and-wait: place your chosen food in the rightmost hot bar slot, approach until the feed prompt appears, and it eats one piece at a time, filling a taming bar; you wait until it's hungry again and repeat. Two requirements are easy to miss: "The Arthro will not be tameable if it is trying to attack another creature or is feeding on a corpse, so you must remove any such distractions from the area, or lure the Arthro to a more secluded area" — and if you accidentally touch it, "it will become aggressive and attack, despite the Repellant," so you have to retreat far enough for it to lose interest before resuming.

 

Preferred Food and the Full Feeding Table

 

 

    The wiki's Preferred Food section names exactly two items: Broth of Enlightenment and Spoiled Meat. Its taming-food table (captured for Levels 1, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 specifically — the wiki doesn't publish every level) shows how far a Broth of Enlightenment stretches: a Level 1 Arthropluera needs just 1 Broth of Enlightenment for a total taming time of 0:00:41, rising to 2 Broth of Enlightenment (0:01:21 total) only from Level 90 onward — 2 − 1 = 1 extra Broth of Enlightenment covers the jump all the way from Level 60 to Level 150.

 

    Relying on Spoiled Meat instead scales with level: 5 pieces at Level 1 (0:08:21 total), 9 at Level 30 (0:15:01), 12 at Level 60 (0:20:01), 16 at Level 90 (0:26:41), 19 at Level 120 (0:31:41), and 23 at Level 150 (0:38:21). That's 23 − 5 = 18 more Spoiled Meat at Level 150 than Level 1, and the total time grows by 0:38:21 − 0:08:21 = 0:30:00 — exactly 30 minutes longer. Raw Meat and Raw Fish Meat are also listed as fallback foods (33 and 81 pieces at Level 1) if neither preferred item is on hand.

 

Taming Strategy, Trapping, and Where to Find One

 

 

    The wiki describes habitat broadly rather than pinning exact coordinates: "On The Island and The Center, Arthropluera appears in caves, where they become a very deadly adversary. On all other maps they're more likely to wander to the surface, typically in dune and volcanic environments." No exact spawn coordinates are given, so this guide doesn't invent any.

 

    For a lower-risk approach, the wiki notes an underwater option: "Arthroplueras that are underwater will not aggro on the player but may aggro if touched." To box it in first, the Trapping section gives one method: "Place 4 fence posts around it while you have ghillie or bug repellant active," done while it's calm from the repellent. One caution worth repeating: melee weapons and armor "simply vanish in any battle" with an aggressive Arthropluera thanks to its acidic blood — exactly why the passive method, never provoking a fight, is the documented approach.

 

Saddle Level, Base Stats, and Passive Abilities

 

 

    Once tamed, the Equipment entry lists one saddle: the Arthropluera Saddle, unlocked at Level 54. Base stats at Level 1: Health 500 (+100/level), Stamina 200 (+20/level), Food 1200 (+120/level), Weight 100 (+2/level), Melee Damage 18 wild / 30 tamed (+0.9 / +1.5 per level), and Torpidity 175 (+10.5/level). Drag Weight is listed separately at 110, and Radiation Immune is No.

 

    Three passive abilities carry over once tamed: Damage Reflection, which "returns 20% of the damage received back to its aggressor if it was a creature or a melee weapon, or 40.5% if the attack was from the player's fists"; and Decomposer Diet, which recovers "10 Health for each piece of Spoiled Meat that it consumes" — the same food that can tame it also heals it afterward. It also has Turret Mode, holding position and firing acid at approaching threats. Breeding uses an Arthropluera Egg, with a Total Maturation Time of 2d 3h 26m 25.185s — that's 2 × 24 + 3 = 51 hours plus 26 minutes, roughly 51.4 hours from hatch to fully grown.

 

Apply Bug Repellant before approaching — it's Aggressive by default and the passive method only works once that's active. Clear any nearby corpse or fight it might be distracted by, since the wiki states it "will not be tameable" mid-distraction. Keep Broth of Enlightenment on hand: at 1–2 pieces per tame, it finishes in under a minute and a half at every documented level, versus up to 0:38:21 on Spoiled Meat alone at Level 150.

 

Running your own ARK server

 

    Taming an Arthropluera by the book — clearing distractions, holding a feeding position while it wanders unpredictably, maybe boxing it in with fence posts first — takes patience a random public server rarely gives you. A private, always-on ARK server keeps your trap standing and your Spoiled Meat stockpile safe between sessions, so a multi-stage passive tame doesn't get interrupted by someone else's raid or a server restart mid-feed. It also means your tribe can coordinate the whole thing — repellent, distraction control, feeding rotation — on your own schedule instead of whoever else happens to be logged in.

 

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Conclusion

 

    Taming an Arthropluera in ARK is a passive, not a knockout, process: apply Bug Repellant, clear distractions, and feed it Broth of Enlightenment or Spoiled Meat until the taming bar fills — no tranquilizers involved, since it's Torpor Immune anyway. Broth of Enlightenment finishes in under a minute and a half at every level the wiki lists, while Spoiled Meat scales from 5 pieces at Level 1 up to 23 at Level 150. Once tamed, expect a Saddle at Level 54, a Torpidity stat of 175 (+10.5/level), and three passive abilities — Damage Reflection, Turret Mode, and Decomposer Diet. Anything the wiki doesn't spell out, like exact spawn coordinates or tamed movement speeds, isn't guessed at here.