Ark Survival Evolved How to Feed Kibble

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Used to tame creatures around the Arks

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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.

All  Eggs (excluding insect eggs, like  Araneo Egg or  Moth Egg) now have a size and can be used to create a corresponding quality-based Kibble.

In the Mobile and Nintendo Switch versions, most Creatures have a preferred egg-based Kibble that tames the Creature with the greatest taming efficiency and effectiveness. However, using a Kibble that is not preferred by the Creature is even worse than taming with Raw Meat or Berries.

Usage

Kibble can be used as food when taming a creature. Although all Kibble types will technically work to tame all creatures, certain kibbles will work better for certain creatures. Using the wrong kibble will take longer in the best case, but can also be only 2/3 as effective as using the creature's regular food and will instead decrease the taming effectiveness.

Creatures prefer at least one specific class of kibble, but accept also kibbles of a higher class, e.g.  Argentavis can most effectively be tamed with  Superior Kibble and better, but  Basic,  Simple, and  Regular class have worse results than meat.

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

Food	Taming Speed 1	Taming Effectiveness
Preferred Kibble class or better	5x Speed	★★★★★
Raw Mutton	3.8x Speed	★★★★☆
Raw Prime Meat	3x Speed	★★★☆☆
Spoiled Meat	2x Speed	★★★☆☆ 2
Cooked Prime Meat /  Prime Meat Jerky	1.5x Speed	★★☆☆☆
Raw Meat	1x Speed	★☆☆☆☆
Cooked Meat /  Cooked Meat Jerky	1x Speed	☆☆☆☆☆
Crops	1x Speed	★★★☆☆
Mejoberries	1x Speed	★★☆☆☆
Other Berries	1x Speed	★☆☆☆☆
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 Speed values are outdated, just use it as a rough overview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 or  Industrial Cooker.

In addition to the ingredients listed below, all kibble recipes require a  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 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  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 100 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. Aside from being preferred by a dino, 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)

This section is about a feature exclusively available on Mobile

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,  Industrial Cooker, or the  TEK Kibble Processor.

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

In-game recipe for kibbles in general

Creatures (Mobile)

This section is about a feature exclusively available on Mobile

Dilophosaur

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Doedicurus

Dire Bear

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Ankylo

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Carnotaurus

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Triceratops

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Sarco

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Stegosaurus

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Argentavis

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Spino

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Megalodon

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Equus

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Pachy

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Paraceratherium

Direwolf

Pulmonoscorpius

Pulmonoscorpius

Plesiosaur

Mosasaurus

Castoroides

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Rex

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Quetzal

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Dimetrodon

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Gallimimus

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Terror Bird

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Woolly Rhino

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Beelzebufo

Giganoto

Dodo

Dodo		Ichthyosaurus
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	▶	Pteranodon	▶	Carbonemys	▶	Brontosaurus	▶	Sabertooth
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Titanoboa

Lystrosaurus

Lystrosaurus

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Diplodocus

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Allosaurus

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Tapejara

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Kaprosuchus

Compy

Compy	◥	Iguanodon	▶	Daeodon
	◢	Pelagornis	▶	Archaeopteryx	▶	Diplocaulus

Dimorphodon

Kairuku

Moschops

Oviraptor

Oviraptor

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Megalosaurus

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Therizinosaur

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Basilosaurus

Pachyrhinosaurus

Pachyrhino

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Baryonyx

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Megatherium

Parasaur

Parasaur

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Raptor

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Mammoth

Royal Griffin

Standalone

Achatina

Arthro

Chalico

Dung Beetle

Liopleurodon

Manta

Onyc

Phiomia

Procoptodon

Titanosaur

Super Kibble (Mobile)

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This section is about a feature exclusively available on Mobile

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

These Kibbles can be crafted in a  Cooking Pot or in an  Industrial Cooker by substituting the normal  Egg with a  Super Fertilized Egg. They can be used to tame Creatures faster and with greater  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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Plants	Berries Amarberry (Seed)  •  Azulberry (Seed)  •  Mejoberry (Seed)  •  Narcoberry (Seed)  •  Stimberry (Seed)  •  Tintoberry (Seed)  Crops Citronal (Seed)  •  Longrass (Seed)  •  Rockarrot (Seed)  •  Savoroot (Seed)  Mushrooms Aggeravic Mushroom  •  Aquatic Mushroom  •  Ascerbic Mushroom  •  Auric Mushroom  •  Rare Mushroom Other Cactus Sap  •  Plant Species R Seed  •  Plant Species X Seed  •  Plant Species Y Seed  •  Plant Species Z Seed  •  Rare Flower
Creatures	Meat Raw Meat (Cooked, Jerky)  •  Raw Prime Meat (Cooked, Jerky)  •  Raw Mutton (Cooked)  •  Spoiled Meat  Fish Raw Fish (Cooked)  •  Raw Prime Fish (Cooked) Miscellaneous Ambergris  •  Giant Bee Honey  •  Nameless Venom  •  Reaper Pheromone Gland  •  Snow Owl Pellet  •  Wyvern Milk  Feces Human Feces  •  Animal Feces (Small, Medium, Large, Massive)
Eggs	Extra Small Dilo  •  Dodo  •  Featherlight  •  Kairuku  •  Lystro  •  Parasaur  •  Tek Parasaur  •  Vulture  Small Archaeopteryx  •  Camelsaurus  •  Compy  •  Dimorph  •  Gallimimus  •  Glowtail  •  Hesperornis  •  Microraptor  •  Oviraptor  •  Pachycephalosaurus  •  Pegomastax  •  Pteranodon  •  Raptor  •  Tek Raptor  •  Tek Trike  •  Trike  Medium Ankylo  •  Baryonyx  •  Carno  •  Dimetrodon  •  Diplo  •  Ichthyornis  •  Iguanodon  •  Kaprosuchus  •  Kentro  •  Pachyrhino  •  Pelagornis  •  Sarco  •  Stego  •  Tek Stego  •  Terror Bird  •  Thorny Dragon  •  Troodon  •  Turtle  •  Velonasaur  Large Allosaurus  •  Argentavis  •  Megalania  •  Megalosaurus  •  Moschops  •  Snow Owl  •  Spino  •  Tapejara  •  Titanoboa  •  Tropeognathus  Extra Large Basilisk  •  Bronto  •  Giganotosaurus  •  Megachelon  •  Quetzal  •  Rex  •  Tek Quetzal  •  Tek Rex  •  Therizino  Special Crystal Wyvern Egg (Blood, Ember, Tropical)  •  Deinonychus  •  Golden  •  Maewing  •  Magmasaur  •  Rock Drake  •  Voidwyrm  •  Wyvern (Fire, Lightning, Ice, Poison)  •  Yutyrannus Other Angler  •  Arthropluera  •  Araneo  •  Beelzebufo  •  Bloodstalker  •  Diplocaulus  •  Eel  •  Mantis  •  Moth  •  Pulmonoscorpius  •  Tusoteuthis
Kibble	Base Basic  •  Simple  •  Regular  •  Superior  •  Exceptional  •  Extraordinary Augmented Basic  •  Simple  •  Regular  •  Superior  •  Exceptional  •  Extraordinary Egg-based Allosaurus  •  Ankylo  •  Araneo  •  Archaeopteryx  •  Argentavis  •  Baryonyx  •  Bronto  •  Camelsaurus  •  Carbonemys  •  Carno  •  Compy  •  Dilo  •  Dimetrodon  •  Dimorph  •  Diplo  •  Dodo  •  Featherlight  •  Gallimimus  •  Glowtail  •  Ichthyornis  •  Iguanodon  •  Kairuku  •  Kaprosuchus  •  Kentrosaurus  •  Lystrosaurus  •  Mantis  •  Megalania  •  Megalosaurus  •  Microraptor  •  Moth  •  Moschops  •  Oviraptor  •  Pachy  •  Pachyrhino  •  Parasaur  •  Pegomastax  •  Pelagornis  •  Pteranodon  •  Pulmonoscorpius  •  Raptor  •  Rock Drake  •  Quetzal  •  Rex  •  Sarco  •  Spino  •  Stego  •  Tapejara  •  Terror Bird  •  Therizinosaurus  •  Thorny Dragon  •  Titanoboa  •  Trike  •  Troodon  •  Vulture
Cooking/ Chemistry	Dishes Battle Tartare  •  Broth of Enlightenment  •  Cactus Broth  •  Calien Soup  •  Custom Consumable  •  Enduro Stew  •  Focal Chili  •  Fria Curry  •  Lazarus Chowder  •  Mindwipe Tonic  •  Mushroom Brew  •  Shadow Steak Saute Dino Food Sweet Vegetable Cake Medicine Blood Pack  •  Energy Brew  •  Lesser Antidote  •  Medical Brew  •  Narcotic  •  Stimulant Chemicals Bio Toxin  •  Bug Repellant  •  Organic Polymer  •  Re-Fertilizer  •  Soap  Coloring Black  •  Blue  •  Brick  •  Brown  •  Cantaloupe  •  Cyan  •  Forest  •  Green  •  Magenta  •  Mud  •  Navy  •  Olive  •  Orange  •  Parchement  •  Pink  •  Purple  •  Red  •  Royalty  •  Silver  •  Sky  •  Slate  •  Tan  •  Tangerine  •  White  •  Yellow Liquids Waterskin → Water Jar (Iced) → Canteen (Iced, Tek)  •  Beer Liquid (Jar)
Recipes	Rockwell Recipes Battle Tartare  •  Calien Soup  •  Decorative Coloring  •  Egg-based Kibble  •  Enduro Stew  •  Energy Brew  •  Focal Chili  •  Fria Curry  •  Lazarus Chowder  •  Meat Jerky  •  Medical Brew  •  Mindwipe Tonic  •  Shadow Steak Saute Other Custom Recipe  •  Notes on Rockwell Recipes
Event-only	Candy Box o' Chocolates  •  Dino Candy Corn  •  Festive Dino Candy  •  Summer Swirl Taffy  •  Thanksgiving Candy  •  Valentines Dino Candy Cake ARK Anniversary Cake Slice  •  Valentine's Cake

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Plants	Amarberry  •  Azulberry  •  Citronal  •  Longrass  •  Mejoberry  •  Narcoberry  •  Rockarrot  •  Savoroot  •  Stimberry  •  Tintoberry
Meat	Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky)  •  Prime Meat (Raw, Cooked, Jerky)  •  Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked)  •  Prime Fish Meat (Raw, Cooked)  •  Raw Mutton  •  Cooked Lamb Chop  •  Spoiled Meat
Kibble	Base Basic  •  Simple  •  Regular  •  Superior  •  Exceptional  •  Extraordinary Augmented Basic  •  Simple  •  Regular  •  Superior  •  Exceptional  •  Extraordinary Egg-based Allosaurus  •  Ankylo  •  Araneo  •  Archaeopteryx  •  Argentavis  •  Baryonyx  •  Bronto  •  Camelsaurus  •  Carbonemys  •  Carno  •  Compy  •  Dilo  •  Dimetrodon  •  Dimorph  •  Diplo  •  Dodo  •  Featherlight  •  Gallimimus  •  Glowtail  •  Ichthyornis  •  Iguanodon  •  Kairuku  •  Kaprosuchus  •  Kentrosaurus  •  Lystrosaurus  •  Mantis  •  Megalania  •  Megalosaurus  •  Microraptor  •  Moth  •  Moschops  •  Oviraptor  •  Pachy  •  Pachyrhino  •  Parasaur  •  Pegomastax  •  Pelagornis  •  Pteranodon  •  Pulmonoscorpius  •  Raptor  •  Rock Drake  •  Quetzal  •  Rex  •  Sarco  •  Spino  •  Stego  •  Tapejara  •  Terror Bird  •  Therizinosaurus  •  Thorny Dragon  •  Titanoboa  •  Trike  •  Troodon  •  Vulture
Tools	Weapons Slingshot  •  Wooden Club  •  Bow → Crossbow → Compound Bow (Tranq, Flame)  •  Longneck Rifle (Tranq, Shocking)  •  Harpoon Launcher (Tranq)  •  Electric Prod  •  Flamethrower (Ammo)  •  Rocket Launcher (RPG, Homing Missile)  •  Catapult Turret (Boulder)  •  Cannon (Cannon Ball) Armor Ghillie Armor (Mask, Chestpiece, Gauntlets, Leggings, Boots)
Other	Taming Food AnglerGel  •  Beer Jar  •  Black Pearl  •  Broth of Enlightenment  •  Clay  •  Feces  •  Deathworm Horn  •  Eggs  •  Giant Bee Honey  •  Golden Hesperornis Egg  •  Leech Blood  •  Mushroom (Aggeravic, Aquatic, Ascerbic, Auric)  •  Nameless Venom  •  Organic Polymer  •  Plant Species R Seed  •  Plant Species X Seed  •  Plant Species Y Seed  •  Plant Species Z Seed  •  Rare Flower  •  Rare Mushroom  •  Reaper Pheromone Gland  •  Snow Owl Pellet  •  Stone  •  Sulfur  •  Sweet Vegetable Cake  •  Wyvern Milk Narcotics Bio Toxin  •  Narcotic Taming Ingredients Ammonite Bile  •  Chitin  •  Oil  •  Obsidian  •  Sap  •  Sparkpowder Other Bug Repellant

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