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Thorny Dragon

Thorny Dragon(thorny)

CarnivoreLandRideable

Thorny Dragon, one of the creatures of ARK.

Method

Knock out

Put it to sleep, then feed from its inventory.

  • Some foods are worth different amounts on this creature than usual.
  • Temperament: Territorial.

Your server rates

Official 1x

Saved in this browser, so you only type them once.

TamingSpeedMultiplier. Higher means less food.

DinoCharacterFoodDrainMultiplier. Higher means faster eating.

Stored with your rates. Some taming constants differ between the two, and the numbers here follow whichever the codex has sourced.

Needs 25,500 affinity at level 150. Cheapest run is 16 Regular Kibble in about 31m 59s.

Foods Thorny Dragon will eat, best first, with how many you need at level 150.
FoodNeedNarcoticsTimeEffectivenessLevel after
Best16None31m 59s98.5%223+73
40621h 15m91.5%218+68
50981h 33m87.4%215+65
792022h 27m73.2%204+54
1073033h 20m59.9%194+44
1231391h 55m53%189+39
1604955h40%180+30
2664104h 16m19.4%164+14
3194934h 59m14.3%160+10
3996376h 14m9.7%157+7
7976366h 13m2.6%151+1

On Regular Kibble it stays under on its own: the tame finishes before torpor runs out. Slower foods are a different story, so check the column before you set off.

  • Food counts are rounded up. The last item is only partly needed, but you cannot carry part of one.

Where it spawns