Best Dinosaurs To Tame In Ark: Survival Evolved

In Ark Survival Evolved, you can tame a large variety of creatures and dinosaurs that, once tamed, can become valuable tools to survive out in the wild. That said, In this guide, we will explain what the ten best dinosaurs to tame in Ark Survival Evolved are.

10 Best Tamable Dinosaurs Ark: Survival Evolved

The following are all of the best dinosaurs to tame for purposes like harvesting resources and combat. Keep reading below to find out where these creatures spawn and what they are the best at doing in Ark.

Beelzebufo 

The Beelzebufo is a sizeable toad-like creature commonly found in swamp biomes, and it is also the best creature for farming cementing paste and chitin. The giant toad will slowly gather enormous amounts of both resources, as long as you farm Meganeura bodies. We recommend killing something in the swamp, and it will draw the Meganeura to it.

Additionally, the toad is also great at harvesting leech blood from leeches and biotoxin from Cnidarias. To harvest biotoxins with a Beelzebufo, you need to lure the Cnidarias inland to shallow waters and then kill them with the frog's tongue. As a side note, Beelzebufo is also a decent tool in the taming of other creatures in Ark. The reason why is because its tongue can knock out other creatures with relatively minimal damage.

Triceratops

Triceratops or trike is your best choice for your very first tamed creature, as you can find them spawning all over the map and in the starting areas. The trike is also a decent harvester and good defense against some of the first predators you will meet in the game. They are best for farming both thatch and berries and transporting goodies because of it's carrying capacity. 

Ankylosaurus

The Ankylo or Anky is the best dinosaur for harvesting metal in Ark, as they have reduced 80% weight for metal. They are also decent to mine underwater oil because they can fend off aquatic predators with their large spikey tail. To oil mine with an Ankylo, we recommend leveling oxygen to make it swim faster and weight to prevent the Ankylo from slowing down underwater. Along with all that, they are also excellent to farm the following resources below.

• Cactus Sap
• Sulfur
• Obsidian
• Rare Flower
• Rare Mushroom
• Crystal
• Flint

If you want to find and tame an Ankylo, we recommend checking around mountain areas as they usually spawn there commonly.

Brontosaurus

Brontosauruses or Brontos are giant long neck creatures that roam many of the starting areas depending on what map you are playing on in Ark. Brontos have loads of health, and so they are best used as a tank. You can also use the transport because of their high weight carrying capacity and as a harvester for the following resources listed below.

• Berries
• Seeds
• Thatch

Additionally, you can also use Brontos as a mobile base via the Bronto platform saddle.

Therizinosaur 

The Therizinosaur is probably going to be one of the first things you are going to die to in Ark. They spawn and roam most of the starting to semi inner parts of the map and are the best at harvesting fiber. However, they can also farm the following resources below with excellent efficiency.

• Seeds
• Hide
• Silk
• Chitin
• Rare Flower
• Keratin
• Wood

Overall, Therizinosaur is a pretty decent creature to have around that significantly saves time on harvesting fiber. 

Castoroides

Castoroides are giant beavers found commonly around rivers in Ark and are the best at harvesting wood because of their 50% weight reduction. You can also use them as a mobile smithy once you made a saddle for them, and you can use them as a Deep seamount because they have a low oxygen drop rate.

Anglerfish

 Anglerfishes are the best deep-sea exploring mount because they have a light source on their head. They are also the best and only silica pearls harvester in the game, so you should, at someone point, track one of these things down and tame them. Additionally, you can use an Angler to track down other Anglerfish because their light attracts them, which results in Angerfishes being useful for harvesting angler gel. 

Doedicurus

Doedicurus is the best at harvesting stone in Ark, so it's beneficial to tame it early on in the game. You can find them spawning around hilly areas. It is also good at repelling attacks from predators and being hard to kill because of its shell. 

T-Rex

T-Rexes are one of the best boss killers in Ark because of their high health and damage outputs. You can also use them as meat gatherers, transporters, and as a tank for damage. They tend to spawn in high-level areas, so if you want to tame one, head deep inland. 

Dunkleosteus

Dunkleosteus is the best underwater node miner and transporter. They also tend to spawn around farther reaches of the ocean in Ark. Because of this, we recommend building rafts and bring creatures like the giant beaver when trying to search for them. The Dunkleosteus also has weight reduction for the following resources listed below, thus making it the best to harvest all of the resources below underwater. 

• Obsidian 75%
• Oil 50%
• Stone 50%
• Black Pearl 50%
• Crystal 50%
• Metal 50%

As a side note, Dunkleosteus is the best underwater oil harvester in the game and perfect if all of the best oil spots on land are occupied by other players.