or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/ScorchedEarth/Dinos/Vulture/Vulture_Character_BP.Vulture_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Vulture (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Vulture_Character_BP_STA_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Vulture_Character_BP_STA.Vulture_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
Yes
No
Common
Rare
Untameable
Cave
The Vulture is one of the Creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.
Basic Info[]
Dossier[]
This section is intended to be an exact copy of what the survivor Helena Walker, the author of the dossiers, has written. There may be some discrepancies between this text and the in-game creature.
Torgos arcam
TimeEarly Pleistocene
DietCarrion-Feeder
TemperamentDocile
- Wild
Torgos arcam appears to be a relative of Torgos tracheliotos and Torgos negevensis – commonly called lappet-faced vultures – which are native to the sands of the Sahara, Sahel, and Negev deserts. Like them, it is a carrion bird that feeds on the decaying corpses of other animals, and is only aggressive when defending its meal. As such, survivors should take note when they see groups of Torgos arcam circling above. It means that a wounded creature or a bloody battle may be somewhere below.
- Domesticated
Despite its impressive wingspan, Torgos arcam is not suitable as a pack animal, and is surprisingly light. Some survivors have even been known to keep a tame Torgos arcam perched on their shoulder. Interestingly, Torgos arcam is capable of storing raw meat in a separate stomach where it will decay at a slower rate. Tribes could, in theory, utilize this feature to preserve meat for recipes.
Behavior[]
Since the Vulture lives most commonly in the hottest areas of the desert, any food it eats rots quickly. Thus you can mostly see them grouped around a carcass, even if the meat is spoiled. They will get defensive of anything they're eating, so they will attack any animals and players that wander too close.
Appearance[]
Trogos Acram resembles many modern age vultures found in our world such as lappet-faced and griffon vultures, with a stooped neck and sharp tipped beak for tearing open carcasses. Being much smaller than its Miocene relative Argentavis , Trogos Acram cannot be ridden, but can perch on a survivor's shoulder.
Color Scheme and Regions[]
This section displays the Vulture's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Vulture. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Vulture will randomly spawn with to provide an overall range of its natural color scheme. Hover your cursor over a color to display its name and ID.
This information can be used to alter the Vulture's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Vulture's "body" magenta.
Body
Head Highlights
Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.
Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.
Skin
Feather Tips
Drops[]
Base Stats and Growth[]
| Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild | Tamed | Additive | Multiplicative | ||
 Health |
125 | +25 | +5.4% | 0.07 | |
 Stamina |
150 | +15 | +10% | ||
 Oxygen |
150 | +15 | +10% | ||
 Food |
900 | +90 | +10% | ||
 Weight |
50 | +1 | +4% | ||
 Melee Damage |
23 | +1.15 | +1.7% | 7% | 17.6% |
 Movement Speed |
100% | N/A | +1% | ||
 Torpidity |
100 | +6 | N/A | 0.5 | |
- For a comparison of the stats of all creatures, see Base Creature Statistics.
- For an explanation of exactly how the levelup calculation works, see Creature Stats Calculation.
| Movement [u/s] |
Base Speed | Sprinting Speed | Stamina | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild | Tamed1 | Tamed2 | Wild | Tamed1 | Tamed2 | ||
| Walking | 70 | ? | ? | 108.5 | 108.5 | 108.5 | 5 |
| Swimming | 400 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Flying | 450 | ? | ? | 697.5 | 697.5 | 697.5 | 3 |
- 1These are the base speeds of the creature at 100% Movement Speed.
- 2These are the speeds of the creature tamed and non-imprinted.
- For a comparison of the speeds of all creatures, see Base Creature Speeds.
| Bite | Stamina Cost | Attack Range | Description | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Minimum | Activation | The Vulture bites the target. | ||||||||||
| 0 | 550 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Attack Type | Damage | Projectile Values | Torpor Values | Status Effect: Stamina | Status Effect: Torpidity | ||||||||
| Life | Impulse | Radius | Base | Mult | Duration | Damage Mult | Amount | Duration | Damage Mult | Amount | |||
| Melee | 23 | ||||||||||||
Wild Stats Level-up
Type in values of a wild creature to see on which stats it's emphasized. Green values on a high-level creature are very good for breeding. If you have already tamed your creature you can try to recover the breeding stats with an external tool.[1]
The stat-calculator does not work in the mobile-view, see here for alternatives: Apps
Note that after the creature is tamed it gets bonuses on some stats depending on the taming effectiveness. This makes it hard to retrieve the levels on a tamed creature, so this tool is only for wild ones, but gives a first impression, how well the stats are distributed.
Combat[]
General[]
They will attack you when there is a corpse in the vicinity.
Strategy[]
As they will attack the rider and not the Dino, it is best to fight them with a pike as most tames have a hard time hitting them.
Weaponry[]
Ranged weapons like bows can be used while they are chasing after you, but when they come close, shooting them is less effective. Spears or a pike can be helpful as well.
Dangers[]
They will attack when a corpse is in the vicinity. They will target you even on your mount and will swarm when more vultures are present.
Weakness[]
They are fairly slow when flying and a player can run away even at base speed.
Taming[]
The Vulture is unable to be tamed through the standard tranquilize-and-feed methods, and must be tamed non-violently, but this can be difficult as they become aggressive at the presence of a corpse.
To feed it, place Raw or Spoiled Meat on the last slot of your hotbar, then approach and press use (default E) to feed it. You cannot feed them all the meat required for taming at one time, you must wait every couple of minutes until it is hungry again to feed it more until its taming meter is filled. The vulture will fly off every once in a while, and can easily be lost if one is not paying attention.
- A set of
Ghillie Armor may help during taming, as it the Vulture will become aggressive if you are near a corpse. This will also reduce the chance of roaming predators catching sight of you and attacking. - Nearby wild predators may try to attack the Vulture while you are feeding it. If the Vulture enters combat while being tamed, the taming progress will stall.
- Vultures aggro when attacked or any time there is a corpse nearby. If you are attacked by another creature, the vulture won't react until you kill the offending creature, at which point it will attack due to you being near a corpse. However, it will not attack if you are near an unconscious creature, so if you are taming a Vulture and are attacked by another creature, you can tranquilize the attacker without upsetting the Vulture.
 Level 1
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Spoiled Meat
|
2 | 02:14 | 0:02:14 |
 Raw Meat
|
8 | 00:23 | 0:02:41 |
 Raw Fish Meat
|
19 | 00:10 | 0:03:11 |
| Level 30
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spoiled Meat
|
4 | 01:29 | 0:04:27 |
| Raw Meat
|
21 | 00:21 | 0:07:01 |
| Raw Fish Meat
|
53 | 00:10 | 0:08:51 |
| Level 60
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spoiled Meat
|
6 | 01:20 | 0:06:41 |
| Raw Meat
|
35 | 00:20 | 0:11:41 |
| Raw Fish Meat
|
88 | 00:10 | 0:14:41 |
| Level 90
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spoiled Meat
|
8 | 01:16 | 0:08:54 |
| Raw Meat
|
50 | 00:20 | 0:16:41 |
| Raw Fish Meat
|
123 | 00:10 | 0:20:31 |
| Level 120
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spoiled Meat
|
10 | 01:14 | 0:11:07 |
| Raw Meat
|
64 | 00:20 | 0:21:21 |
| Raw Fish Meat
|
158 | 00:10 | 0:26:21 |
| Level 150
|
Feeding Interval | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spoiled Meat
|
12 | 01:12 | 0:13:21 |
| Raw Meat
|
78 | 00:20 | 0:26:01 |
| Raw Fish Meat
|
193 | 00:10 | 0:32:11 |
Note that the values are for optimal cases, always bring extra supplies!
For a level-dependent count of resources needed, try an external taming calculator.
Utility[]
Roles[]
- Bodyguard: A Vulture perched on your shoulder can attack enemies that are close enough to the player, providing extra protection from attackers.(Level Melee Damage)
- Meat Harvester: While the Vulture is perched on your shoulder, it automatically harvests meat when you stand in front of a corpse. Unlike other creatures, having the meat in the Vulture's inventory quadruples the spoil time, which, on Scorched Earth, cancels out the global halved spoil time. Because Vultures' inventories will not accept transfers of any item except Spoiled Meat, any fresh meat you want them to carry must be harvested directly by them.
- Living Missile: The Vulture, thankfully a passive tame, is an outright dangerous creature. Tamed Vultures will not initiate combat with living targets even if set to Aggressive or whistled to "Attack my Target," but these beaked terrors become fierce combatants when an ally is attacked. They are capable of harassing enemy flyers in mid-air dog fights or being released on the ground to run down a fleeing foe. (Level Melee Damage and Health)
- Swarmers: A swarm of Vultures can be one of the most devastating things in the game. A pack of just 6-8 can make very light work of Iceworm and can easily kill Araneo, Pulmonoscorpius and everything else you find in the caves (Note: these creatures can spawn at level 200 and above), making them great for artifact gathering. (Level Melee Damage and Health)
- Pet: Vultures may seem an ugly and undesirable pet to many, but they are as loyal and affectionate as any shoulder-mounted pet, and they can be the perfect spooky accessory to a macabre aesthetic outfit.
- Damage:
Collectibles[]
| Resource | Efficiency |
|---|---|
 Chitin
|
? |
 Raw Meat
|
? |
 Raw Prime Meat
|
? |
 Spoiled Meat
|
? |
 Hide
|
? |
Spotlight[]
Notes/Trivia[]
For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Vulture, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
- The Vulture is one of if not the most accurate recreation of it's real life counterpart as things like the Dung Beetle, Mantis and Thorny Dragon are very exaggerated in size. The only other competition it has for an accurate modern animal would be the leech (if compared to the Giant Amazon Leech)
- The Vulture seems to extend the duration of raw meat and spoiled meat in its inventory. You cannot place raw meat (or anything else other than rotten meat) into its inventory but if you let it harvest any dead bodies, it will store the raw meat in its inventory and make it last longer.
- The Vulture is capable of doing melee damage while on your shoulder even while you are riding another mount.
- While it is apparent that the Vulture is too small to ride, Helena decided to add a saddle with a x in her notes to let people know it can't be ridden.
- Real Vultures are social animals that live in flocks, Ark's Vultures are occasionally seen in groups but can also be found on their own.
- Much like other creatures, the Vulture can spawn out of the map
- Vultures can be knocked out like other passive tames however if they are knocked out they cannot be tamed.
- Because Helena's notes say that the fossil records of the vulture date back to the Pleistocene era it could be possible that the vultures in the Ark franchise could be Coragyps occidentalis.
- The reason why Ark's vultures could possibly be Coragyps occidentalis because they existed during the pleistocene era which is the same time period mentioned in Helena's notes about Ark's vultures.
Changelog[]
| Patch | Changes |
|---|---|
| 246.0 Scorched Earth Expansion Release |  Vulture is added to the game
|
| 329.5 Genesis: Part 2 Expansion Release | Vulture is added to Genesis: Part 2
|
Gallery[]
Original teaser image
