ARK Survival Evolved: All Animals / Dinosaurs rideable, tamed

In the ARK: Survival Evolved there are many types of dinosaurs and other animals such as mammals, reptiles, invertebrates, birds and fish. Some of them you can ride and tame. . The following tables show you which dinosaurs and other animals you encounter in Ark: Survival Evolved and what they eat and whether they are tamed and rideable.

Ark: Survival Evolved - Dinosaurs

In the below table we listed all dinosaurs you encounter in Ark: Survival Evolved. The list is always expanding and when there is a new dinosaur, we will also extend the table. Some of these dinosaurs can tame and even ride.


DinosaursFoodRideableTamed
Alpha CarnoCarnivoreNoNo
Alpha RaptorCarnivoreNoNo
Alpha RexCarnivoreNoNo
AllosaurusCarnivoreYesYes
AnkylosaurusHerbivoreYesYes
BaryonyxFish eaterYesYes
BrontosaurusHerbivoreYesYes
CarnotaurusCarnivoreYesYes
ComposagnathusCarnivoreNoYes
DilosophosaurusCarnivoreNoYes
DimetrodonCarnivoreNoYes
DiplodocusHerbivoreYesYes
GallimimusOmnivoreYesYes
GigantosaurusCarnivoreYesYes
IguanodonHerbivoreYesYes
MicroraptorCarnivoreNoYes
OviraptorCarnivoreNoYes
PachycephalosaurusHerbivoreYesYes
ParasaurolophusHerbivoreYesYes
PegomastaxHerbivoreNoYes
RaptorCarnivoreYesYes
SpinosaurusCarnivoreYesYes
StegosaurusHerbivoreYesYes
TherizinosaurusHerbivoreYesYes
TriceratopsHerbivoreYesYes
TroodonCarnivoreNoYes
Tyrannosaurus RexCarnivore YesYes

Ark: Survival Evolved - Mammals

In Ark: Survival Evolved you can discover a small number of mammals. All these creatures are tamed, except for humans. Not all, however, can ride. 

MammalsFoodRideableTamed
GigantophitecusHerbivoreYesYes
MammothHerbivoreYesYes
HumanOmnivoreNoNo
MesophitecusOmnivoreNoYes
OnchychonycterisOmnivoreNoYes
ParaceratheriumHerbivoreYesYes
PhiomiaHerbivoreYesYes
Saber-tooth tigerCarnivoreYesYes

Ark: Survival Evolved - Reptiles

Some of the reptiles in Ark: Survival Evolved might be dinosaurs and can be almost all tame and ride. In this you will encounter ten reptiles.

ReptilesFoodRideableTamed
CarbonemysHerbivoreYesYes
DimorphodonCarnivoreNoYes
DoedicurusHerbivore NoYes
IchthyosaurusCarnivoreYesYes
MosasaurCarnivoreYesYes
PlesiosaurusCarnivoreYesYes
PteranodonCarnivoreYesYes
QuetzalcoatlusCarnivoreYesYes
SarcosuchusCarnivoreYesYes
TitanoboaCarnivoreNoNo

Ark: Survival Evolved - Invertebrates

In Ark: Survival Evolved, there are of course also insects and spiders. This creepy monsters are mostly not rideable and tamed. But that might not be very inviting.

InvertebratesFoodRideableTamed
AraneomorphusCarnivoreNoNo
MeganeuraCarnivoreNoYes
PulmonoscorpiusCarnivoreYesYes
TitanomyrmaHerbivoreNoNo
TrilobiteCarnivoreNoNo

Ark: Survival Evolved - Birds

Let's be honest: Who would not want to tame a prehistoric bird. Currently you can but only one bird in Ark: Survival Evolved.

BirdsFoodRideableTamed
ArchaeopteryxCarnivoreNoYes
ArgentavisCarnivoreYesYes
DodoHerbivoreNoYes
HesperornisFish eaterNoYes
IchthyornisFish eaterNoYes

Ark: Survival Evolved - Fish

To date, the large water areas have not been fully explored and no one knows what is deep in the oceans. Some monsters and creatures we might not yet know. The fish in Ark: Survival Evolved are listed in this table:

FishFoodRideableTamed
CoelacanthCarnivoreNoNo
DunkleosteusCarnivoreNoYes
MegalodonCarnivoreYesYes
PiranhaCarnivoreNoNo


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