Ark Basic Kibble
Kibble is a food item in Ark used to tame creatures faster and with
higher affinity. They are the most efficient way to tame a creature.
Most creatures prefer a specific type of kibble, which will be more
effective in taming them. Using the wrong kibble will decrease the
taming effectiveness. This kibble chart shows each creature's kibble
preference and the kibble recipe.
Basic Kibble
Crafted in
Cooking Pot
Industrial CookerEgg type
Extra Small Egg
In-game description
This pet food recipe has been carefully designed to give balanced nutrition to many smaller creatures. Includes plant fibers to help with digestion and egg to bind the mix. Humans have difficulty digesting this.
This type of Kibble has the "glow" of Primitive items.
Recipe
 | × 10 | Amarberry |
 | × 1 | Cooked Meat, Cooked Fish Meat, or Cooked Meat Jerky |
 | × 1 | Extra Small Egg |
 | × 5 | Fiber |
 | × 5 | Mejoberry |
 | × 10 | Tintoberry |
 | × 1 | Water |
| Food | 16 |
| Spoils in | 3 days |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Stack size | 100 |
| Decomposes in | 2 minutes |
| Crafting XP | 4 |
| Crafted in | Cooking PotIndustrial Cooker |
Preferred by
Dilophosaur
Dodo
Kairuku
Parasaur
Phiomia
Mesopithecus
Eggs with the size of extra small
Dilo Egg
Dodo Egg
Featherlight Egg
Kairuku Egg
Lystro Egg
Parasaur Egg
Tek Parasaur Egg
Vulture Egg
Kibble category
These kibbles can be used in place of Basic Kibble. They will provide the same taming progress. However, they may have different food values, which will affect the length of the taming.
Basic Augmented Kibble
Kibble (Compy Egg)
Kibble (Dilo Egg)
Kibble (Dodo Egg)
Kibble (Featherlight Egg)
Kibble (Glowtail Egg)
Kibble (Kairuku Egg)
Kibble (Lystrosaurus Egg)
Kibble (Microraptor Egg)
Kibble (Parasaur Egg)
Kibble (Vulture Egg)
Substitute kibble
Creatures will also accept a higher quality kibble. The following can be used as a substitute to Basic Kibble.