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Kibble
KibbleBasic Kibble
Used to tame creatures around the Arks
Consumable (values pertain to Humans)
Type
Spoils in
3d
Weight
0.1
Stack size
100
Decomposes in
2m
Added in
Purchase yields
3 pieces
Purchased in
Cost
50 × Mixes (Mobile) Mixes (ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile)

Kibble are food items used to tame creatures more quickly and with higher affinity, allowing players to save time and end up with better stats on their tamed pet, but normal raw meat is still much better .


Usage[]

The order of effectiveness (in terms of taming duration) in food for taming creatures is:

Food Taming Speed 1 Taming Effectiveness
Kibble Preferred Kibble class or better 5x Speed ★★★★★
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 3.8x Speed ★★★★☆
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 3x Speed ★★★☆☆
Spoiled Meat Spoiled Meat 2x Speed ★★★☆☆ 2
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat / Prime Meat Jerky Prime Meat Jerky 1.5x Speed ★★☆☆☆
Raw Meat Raw Meat 1x Speed ★☆☆☆☆
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat / Cooked Meat Jerky Cooked Meat Jerky 1x Speed ☆☆☆☆☆
Crops Crops 1x Speed ★★★☆☆
Mejoberry Mejoberries 1x Speed ★★☆☆☆
Berries Other Berries 1x Speed ★☆☆☆☆
Kibble Other Kibble 0.66x Speed ☆☆☆☆☆
  1. Speed values are outdated, just use it as a rough overview
  2. Scorpions, Dung Beetles, Spiders, Vultures, and Karkinos only

The food value of a Kibble depends on the Creature and the type of food. For Kibble it varies between 20 and 135. Non-favorite kibbles gives only 1/8 of the taming progress than the favorite kibbles.

Kibble is also used for imprinting baby dinos. During care, they may want to be hand fed a randomly selected kibble, including any kibble that is not their species' preferred food. For this reason, having as many types of kibble as possible will allow the imprinting rate to increase.

Recipes[]

Learning an Engram is not necessary to create kibbles and there are no Engrams available for them, instead recipes are found throughout the world. Follow the same instructions as when cooking with a Cooking Pot Cooking Pot or Industrial Cooker Industrial Cooker.

In addition to the ingredients listed below, all kibble recipes require a Waterskin Waterskin with at least 25% water in it (any other Water-container works, but will be completely used up regardless of capacity).

When creating Kibbles in an Industrial Cooker Industrial Cooker which is hooked up to a water irrigation system, no waterskin or other water-container is necessary.

Fertilized eggs can also be used to make Kibble. Breeding creatures is a great way to generate eggs on-demand.

Cooking these kibbles requires a lit Cooking Pot so in addition you need fuel for the fire. It takes 30 seconds to cook 1 kibble in a Cooking Pot.

See also Eggs Egg for a list of eggs and their size.

Using as regular food[]

Kibble can be used as regular food for tamed dinos. Kibble takes 3 days to spoil, which makes it last longer than most other food types. It also stacks to 10 and weighs little compared to other foods. Kibble can last for very long periods of time when stacked and preserved in a Preserving Bin or Refrigerator (Refrigerator is recommended as the spoilage time is greatly increased).

The amount of food per kibble depends on the type of kibble and whether the kibble is preferred by a particular dino. Most dinos gain 80 food from their preferred kibble, even if other dinos would gain more. There are exceptions; for instance, Daeodons gain 120 food from their preferred kibble (Iguanadon/Superior), which normally only gives 90.Kibbles will give either 60 or 90 food per kibble. Kibbles that give 90 food generally require Prime Meat Jerky and as of v257 are: Ankylo, Araneo, Archaeopteryx, Argentavis, Ichthyornis, Iguanodon, Kaprosuchus, Mantis, Megalosaurus, Microraptor, Moth, Oviraptor, Pulminoscorpius, Quetzal, Rex, Spino, Stego, and Tapejara. All other kibbles give 60 food, unless preferred, of course.

Due to these traits, using Kibble as regular food can be useful on some occasions. Like when leaving your creatures behind for long periods of time, as you have to fill the creatures' inventories less often.

However, farming Eggs is still very time consuming and expensive, so generally it is not recommended to use as regular Dino food. When using Kibble for this purpose, it is advised to use Kibble types that are easy to make, like the Basic Kibble.

In Mobile[]

Recipes (Mobile)[]

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Although these Kibbles are no longer craftable for PC and Console, they are still craftable in ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile. They can be crafted in the Cooking Pot Cooking Pot, Industrial Cooker Industrial Cooker, or the TEK Kibble Processor (Mobile) TEK Kibble Processor.

The value of the Kibble is used to determined the necessary amount of Kibble needed when using the TEK Kibble Processor (Mobile) TEK Kibble Processor, and the Crafting yield.

Kibble Recipe

In-game recipe for kibbles in general

Creatures (Mobile)[]

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Dilophosaur
Dilophosaur 
Dilophosaur
Doedicurus 
Doedicurus
Dire Bear 
Dire Bear
Ankylosaurus 
Ankylo
Carnotaurus 
Carnotaurus
Triceratops 
Triceratops
Sarco 
Sarco
Stegosaurus 
Stegosaurus
Argentavis 
Argentavis
Spino 
Spino
Megalodon 
Megalodon
Equus 
Equus
Pachy 
Pachy
Paraceratherium 
Paraceratherium
Direwolf 
Direwolf
Pulmonoscorpius
Pulmonoscorpius 
Pulmonoscorpius
Plesiosaur 
Plesiosaur
Mosasaurus 
Mosasaurus
Castoroides 
Castoroides
Rex 
Rex
Quetzal 
Quetzal
Dimetrodon 
Dimetrodon
Gallimimus 
Gallimimus
Terror Bird 
Terror Bird
Woolly Rhino 
Woolly Rhino
Beelzebufo 
Beelzebufo
Giganotosaurus 
Giganoto
Dodo
Dodo 
Dodo
Ichthyosaurus 
Ichthyosaurus
Pteranodon 
Pteranodon
Carbonemys 
Carbonemys
Brontosaurus 
Brontosaurus
Sabertooth 
Sabertooth
Mesopithecus 
Mesopithecus
Titanoboa
Titanoboa 
Titanoboa
Gigantopithecus 
Gigantopithecus
Dunkleosteus 
Dunkleosteus
Lystrosaurus
Lystrosaurus 
Lystrosaurus
Diplodocus 
Diplodocus
Allosaurus 
Allosaurus
Tapejara 
Tapejara
Kaprosuchus 
Kaprosuchus
Compy
Compy 
Compy
Iguanodon 
Iguanodon
Daeodon 
Daeodon
Pelagornis 
Pelagornis
Archaeopteryx 
Archaeopteryx
Diplocaulus 
Diplocaulus
Dimorphodon
Dimorphodon 
Dimorph
Megaloceros 
Megaloceros
Kairuku
Kairuku 
Kairuku
Angler 
Angler
Moschops
Moschops 
Moschops
Purlovia 
Purlovia
Oviraptor
Oviraptor 
Oviraptor
Megalosaurus 
Megalosaurus
Therizinosaur 
Therizinosaur
Basilosaurus 
Basilosaurus
Pachyrhinosaurus
Pachyrhinosaurus 
Pachyrhino
Baryonyx 
Baryonyx
Megatherium 
Megatherium
Parasaur
Parasaur 
Parasaur
Raptor 
Raptor
Mammoth 
Mammoth
Royal Griffin
Royal Griffin 
Royal Griffin
Royal Griffin 
Royal Griffin
Unicorn 
Unicorn
Standalone
Achatina 
Achatina
Arthropluera 
Arthro
Chalicotherium 
Chalico
Dung Beetle 
Dung Beetle
Liopleurodon 
Liopleurodon
Manta 
Manta
Onyc 
Onyc
Phiomia 
Phiomia
Procoptodon 
Procoptodon
Titanosaur 
Titanosaur

Super Kibble (Mobile)[]

Disambig Main article: Super Kibble (Mobile) Super Kibble (ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile)

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Super Kibble (Mobile) Super Kibble is a type of Kibble exclusive to ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile.

These Kibbles can be crafted in a Cooking Pot Cooking Pot or in an Industrial Cooker Industrial Cooker by substituting the normal Eggs Egg with a Super Fertilized Egg (Mobile) Super Fertilized Egg. They can be used to tame Creatures faster and with greater Taming Taming effectiveness.

Notes[]

  • When using Kibble to passive tame by placing it in the last slot of your hotbar, be aware that if a Pegomastax steals it, it will eat the entire stack!
  • If you are trying to make kibble and nothing is being produced with correct ingredients, try making a cooking pot or industrial cooker. Some updates render a crafting station disfunctional in a way.
  • Kibble used to not work on the official Primitive + mod, but now works as intended.
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