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Sabertooth
Sabertooth
Steam
Jun 2, 2015
Xbox One 729.0
Dec 16, 2015
PS 501.0
Dec 6, 2016
Logo Mobile 1.0
May 24, 2018
Nintendo Switch 599.0
Nov 30, 2018
Epic Games 311.74
Jun 11, 2020
Stadia 678.15
Sep 1, 2021
Spawn Command
cheat summon Saber_Character_BP_C
or
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Saber/Saber_Character_BP.Saber_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Taming Method
Preferred Food
Preferred Food ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile
Equipment
Sabertooth Saddle Sabertooth Saddle (Level ?)
Gestation Time
4h 10m 37.593s
Baby Time
4h 52m 23.859s
Juvenile Time
19h 29m 35.438s
Adolescent Time
1d 21m 59.297s
Total Maturation Time
2d 43m 58.594s
Breeding Interval
18h - 2d
Habitat
Disambig This article is about Sabertooth, not to be confused with Sabertooth Salmon Sabertooth Salmon

The Smilodon, or simply Sabertooth, 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.

NoteHelena
Wild

Smilodon brutalis is a solitary hunter, generally found in cold, lightly wooded areas. The Island's mountains are the perfect habitat, as the mammal's fur keeps it safe from the bitter temperature. While its huge fangs are excellent for delivering deathblows, the creature's claws can be just as deadly. Despite normally being a solitary creature, Smilodon brutalis are not opposed to hunting in small packs. In fact, they have to do this to take down larger prey such as Mammoths. Enough Sabertooths can take down a Carnotaurus, perhaps even a Tyrannosaurus. Either way, Smilodon brutalis should not be underestimated.

Domesticated

While not as fast as Raptors, there's no denying the Sabertooth's increased resilience and power. In addition, well-trained Sabertooth can be taught to use their claws to flay corpses. This may sound morbid, but it is among the best ways to quickly gather large quantities of hide from the giant beasts of the Island.

Behavior

These large cats are mostly common around mountains and survive well in cold surroundings. As they are highly aggressive they will immediately try to pounce at you once you come in their sights. As they inhabit most of the "higher level" area' it is best to avoid them until you are able to fend for yourself. They mostly walk in pairs but can in rare cases be found in groups of up to six. Those that spawn closer to the shorelines (mostly near beaches around the mountains) will tend to spawn alone, though sometimes come in pairs. This comes in handy if you are thinking about taming one, but you should still proceed with caution. As they spawn near the most dangerous environments once one does appear it will start attacking almost anything nearby, usually resulting in their demise. Packs can often be found and are a decimating force on both other mountain wildlife and unequipped players.

Appearance

The Saber appears as a large cat with well-developed forelimbs and exceptionally long canines. The differences between it and its cousins in the fossil records are that it sports a longer, panther-like tail, its snout is seemingly shorter, and its head is more hunched to the ground. The ears are pointy like that of house cats. The fur on its head, upper torso, shoulders, and back is thicker and longer than the rest of its fur, which is textured with tiger-like stripes. The eyes are lime green with cat-like pupils. The nose is pink and panther-like. The snout also has noticeable whiskers. Also only males have a mane, females do not.


This section displays the Sabertooth's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Sabertooth. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Sabertooth 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 Sabertooth's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID> in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6 would color the Sabertooth's "body" magenta.

Saber PaintRegion0
Region 0:
Body
13
14
22
24
33
34
35
X mark

Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.

X mark

Region 2 is not used
for this Creature.

X mark

Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.

Saber PaintRegion4
Region 4:
Mane and Face
8
14
21
23
32
33
Saber PaintRegion5
Region 5:
Stripes
8
13
14
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36

Drops

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute Base Value Level Increase Taming Bonus
Wild Tamed Additive Multiplicative
Health Health 250 +50 +5.4% 0.07
Stamina Stamina 200 +20 +10%
Oxygen Oxygen 150 +15 +10%
Food Food 1200 +120 +10% 15%
Weight Weight 200 +4 +4%
Melee Damage Melee Damage 29 +1.45 +1.7% 5.6% 15.4%
Movement Speed Movement Speed 100% N/A +1% 32%
Torpidity Torpidity 500 +30 N/A 0.5
Movement
[u/s]
Base Speed Sprinting Speed Stamina
Wild Tamed1 Tamed2 Wild Tamed1 Tamed2
Walking 230 ? ? 920 1150 1518 7
Swimming 300 ? ? ? ? ? ?
  • 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.
Attack Values
Melee Stamina Cost Attack Range Description
Base Minimum Activation Using the Left Mousebutton (PC), R2 Button (PS), RT Button (Xbox One), the Sabertooth bites the target.
0 280 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 29

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]

Sabertooth

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.

Taming

Disambig Main article: Taming Taming

Sabertooth Level 1 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 1 0 0 0 0:02:00
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 2 0 0 0 0:03:45
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 4 0 0 0 0:07:30
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 3 0 0 0 0:05:38
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 5 0 0 0 0:09:22
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 6 0 0 0 0:05:38
Raw Meat Raw Meat 7 0 0 0 0:13:08
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 11 0 0 0 0:10:36
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 13 0 0 0 0:12:12
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 16 0 0 0 0:15:00
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 32 0 0 0 0:15:00
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 50; Slingshot Hits × 21; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 6; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 4; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 3; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 2
Torpidity-depletion: 0.3 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:27:46
Sabertooth Level 30 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 2 0 0 0 0:04:00
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 4 0 0 0 0:07:30
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 8 0 0 0 0:15:00
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 5 0 0 0 0:09:23
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 10 0 0 0 0:18:44
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 13 0 0 0 0:12:12
Raw Meat Raw Meat 15 0 0 0 0:28:08
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 25 0 0 0 0:24:05
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 30 0 0 0 0:28:08
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 38 0 0 0 0:35:38
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 75 0 0 0 0:35:10
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 137; Slingshot Hits × 56; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 16; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 9; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 7; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 4
Torpidity-depletion: 0.5 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:45:49
Sabertooth Level 60 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 3 0 0 0 0:06:00
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 7 0 0 0 0:13:08
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 12 0 0 0 0:22:29
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 8 0 0 0 0:15:00
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 16 0 0 0 0:29:59
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 20 0 0 0 0:18:45
Raw Meat Raw Meat 24 0 0 0 0:45:00
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 40 0 0 0 0:38:32
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 48 0 0 0 0:45:00
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 60 0 0 0 0:56:15
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 120 0 0 0 0:56:15
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 227; Slingshot Hits × 93; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 26; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 15; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 11; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 6
Torpidity-depletion: 0.66 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:58:11
Sabertooth Level 90 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 5 0 0 0 0:10:00
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 9 0 0 0 0:16:53
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 17 0 0 0 0:31:51
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 11 0 0 0 0:20:38
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 22 0 0 0 0:41:13
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 28 0 0 0 0:26:15
Raw Meat Raw Meat 33 0 0 0 1:01:53
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 55 0 0 0 0:52:59
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 66 0 0 0 1:01:53
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 83 52 11 6 1:17:49
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 165 49 11 6 1:17:21
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 317; Slingshot Hits × 130; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 36; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 21; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 15; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 8
Torpidity-depletion: 0.79 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:07:09
Sabertooth Level 120 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 6 0 0 0 0:12:00
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 12 0 0 0 0:22:30
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 21 0 0 0 0:39:20
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 14 0 0 0 0:26:15
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 28 0 0 0 0:52:27
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 35 0 0 0 0:32:49
Raw Meat Raw Meat 42 25 6 3 1:18:45
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 70 0 0 0 1:07:26
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 84 25 6 3 1:18:45
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 105 130 29 15 1:38:27
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 210 130 29 15 1:38:27
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 407; Slingshot Hits × 167; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 46; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 26; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 19; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 10
Torpidity-depletion: 0.92 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:14:12
Sabertooth Level 150 Narcoberry Narcotic Bio Toxin Time
Regular Kibble Regular Kibble 7 0 0 0 0:14:00
Raw Mutton Raw Mutton 14 0 0 0 0:26:15
Cooked Lamb Chop Cooked Lamb Chop 26 0 0 0 0:48:42
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat 17 0 0 0 0:31:53
Cooked Prime Meat Cooked Prime Meat 34 0 0 0 1:03:41
Raw Prime Fish Meat Raw Prime Fish Meat 43 0 0 0 0:40:19
Raw Meat Raw Meat 51 92 21 11 1:35:38
Cooked Prime Fish Meat Cooked Prime Fish Meat 85 11 3 2 1:21:53
Cooked Meat Cooked Meat 102 92 21 11 1:35:38
Raw Fish Meat Raw Fish Meat 128 235 52 26 2:00:00
Cooked Fish Meat Cooked Fish Meat 255 232 51 26 1:59:32
KO: Wooden Club Hits × 497; Slingshot Hits × 203; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Bow × 56; Tranquilizer Arrows with a Crossbow × 32; Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 23; Shocking Tranquilizer Dart Shots × 12
Torpidity-depletion: 1.04 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 01:20:01

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.


KO Strategy

After you knock out a Sabertooth, be aware that there are usually at least 3 or 5 that travel in packs. However, if you are lucky you can pick one off on its own.

They can be picked up by a Quetzal or Argentavis, making it easy to separate one from a pack and put it in a small box with windows to shoot arrows through. However, if you find one by itself you can also just bola it and tame it right there.

When taming a Sabertooth in the mountains, make it (probably them) aggro you, then run past them uphill. Depending on the steepness of the slope, they may get caught trying to follow you. When you notice that they've stopped running, you can then easily shoot them with tranq arrows.

Combat

This section describes how to fight against the Sabertooth.

General

Sabertooths are fast creatures that are capable of getting the jump on you if you don't see them coming. If you encounter a pack, try to get them stuck or get up to a higher spot and pick them off one by one.

Strategy

Get to higher ground and shoot at the Saber, or use a bola and hit the back of it with a melee weapon.

Weaponry

Bolas are very effective with only a few sabertooths. Long range weapons are very effective. If fighting only one or a few, use melee weapons on the back of a restrained saber tooth, so they don’t attack, but the max damage is applied for easy killing.

Dangers

Sabertooths usually travel in packs. If you encounter one you are likely to encounter its 2-5 friends as well. Keep this in mind. If you encounter them on a mountainside be careful not to end up downhill of them. They have a significant knockback and can easily send you flying down the mountain to your demise. Their high speed makes them difficult to flee from.

Weakness

Head shots do 3x damage so aim for the head. They are also susceptible to bolas and bear traps, so use those to your advantage.

Utility

Roles

  • Hunter: Excellent hide and pelts as of patch v260 and keratin/chitin farming capability. (Level up in Damage, Health and Stamina slightly)
  • Scout: Very good base speed and stamina, also has the capacity to jump over rocks and other obstacles, as well as sprint-jump to increase overall speed. It also does not have to worry as much about fall damage since Sabertooths take reduced fall damage (this was added when the model was overhauled in patch v260.) While not boasting the best carrying capacity, the Sabertooth can carry slightly more weight than a Raptor, thus making the Sabertooth a slightly better pack animal. (Level up in Weight, Speed, and Stamina)
  • Damage: Though not boasting the raw power of either the T-Rex or the Spino, the Sabertooth is a relatively quick attacker and has a good base damage compared to other small predators. Unlike many dinos, it can easily outrun stronger opponents in case the fight turns out badly. (Level up in Damage, Health, Stamina and Speed slightly)

Collectibles

Resource Efficiency
Chitin Chitin ★★★★★
Keratin Keratin ★★★★★
Hide Hide ★★★★★
Leech Blood Leech Blood ★★★★☆
Pelt Pelt ★★★★☆
Raw Prime Meat Raw Prime Meat ★★★☆☆
Raw Meat Raw Meat ★★★☆☆
Organic Polymer Organic Polymer ★★☆☆☆
Oil Oil ★☆☆☆☆

Notes/Trivia

For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Sabertooth, see the relevant Wikipedia article.

  • Very useful to hunt for keratin, chitin and hides with the Sabertooth.
  • While some believe that the saber is faster than the raptor (despite what the dossier says), they are indeed slower when not carrying a load. Not only does a mounted saber only walk by default unless sprinting, but an unburdened raptor will outrun them with ease. It is important to note that the base weight capacity of the Sabertooth is 200 vs the 150 for a Raptor. This causes a Sabertooth to move faster than a Raptor under certain loads, because of their ability to carry more weight (and ultimately a rider) before becoming slowed due to encumbrance. It can also sprint jump to catch up with raptors very easily, but this will quickly deplete stamina. So which one is fastest in the field will depend on the conditions.
  • Smilodon means "knife tooth", brutalis means "cruel"
  • The Smilodon in the game have long tails similar to modern big cats such as tigers and leopards. In real life, Smilodon and other saber-toothed cats have very short tails like those of bobcats or lynxes.
  • The Sabertooth is the first creature to ever receive a complete overhaul in its appearance.

Gallery

References

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