Saddles

See also: Tek Saddles and Platform Saddles

Saddles allow you to ride various creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved. Riding a creature requires crafting the correct saddle and equipping it from the creature's inventory. Some saddles have 'special abilities'.

Saddle Stats

Most Saddles made with Engrams have 25 Armor. Carbonemys, Trike, Pachyrhinosaurus, Diplodocus, Paracer, Paracer Platform and Bronto(not platform) have 20 Armor. The Titanosaur Platform Saddle has 1.0 Armor. All Tek Saddles made from Tekgrams have 45 Armor. Saddles made with Blueprints can have better stats.

In ARK: Survival Evolved, with the exception of the Roll Rat Saddle, saddles don't lose Durability, and it is not visible on tooltips.

Briefly at launch of ARK: Survival Ascended, saddles had a Durability stat and thus had to be repaired after having taken damage. However, this has been removed shortly after.

Crafting Information

Name	Level	EP	Ingredients	Work Area	Prerequisite	XP Gain
Astrocetus Tek Saddle	0	0	× 750 × 3250 × 606 × 82 × 210	Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	344
Dodo Cultivator Bit	64	52	× 30 × 10 × 20	Inventory	None	0
Dodo Decimation Bit	86	130	× 50 × 20 × 10	Inventory	None	0
Phiomia Saddle	5	6	× 20 × 15 × 5	Inventory	None	14.4
Parasaur Saddle	9	9	× 80 × 50 × 15	Inventory	None	48
Carbonemys Saddle	10	12	× 170 × 95 × 10	Inventory	None	99.2
Monodon Saddle	10	12	× 75 × 125 × 100	Inventory Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	0
Morellatops Saddle	11	11	× 140 × 80 × 30	Inventory	None	80
Ichthyosaurus Saddle	13	8	× 55 × 50 × 20 × 10 × 8	Inventory	None	52.4
Pachy Saddle	14	9	× 110 × 65 × 20	Inventory	None	70.4
Malleocephalus Saddle	15	12	× 15 × 75 × 150 × 5 × 10	Inventory Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator	None	0
Ocepechelon Saddle	15	12	× 25 × 90 × 100 × 10 × 12	Inventory Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	0
Trike Saddle	16	12	× 140 × 80 × 25	Inventory	None	88.8
Raptor Saddle	18	9	× 110 × 65 × 20	Inventory	None	70.4
Hyaenodon Meatpack	19	14	× 290 × 155 × 20	Inventory	None	251.2
Maewing Saddle	19	24	× 320 × 170 × 30	Smithy Exo-Mek	None	289.6
Equus Saddle	20	22	× 240 × 160 × 85 × 80	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	88.8
Pulmonoscorpius Saddle	22	12	× 170 × 95 × 30	Inventory	None	107.2
Procoptodon Saddle	23	35	× 500 × 150 × 200 × 70	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	344
Stego Saddle	26	15	× 200 × 110 × 35	Inventory	None	125.6
Pachyrhinosaurus Saddle	27	18	× 140 × 80 × 25	Inventory	None	88.8
Velonasaur Saddle	27	8	× 150 × 185 × 350	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	289.6
Manta Saddle	28	16	× 100 × 70 × 25 × 35 × 12	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	52.4
Gallimimus Saddle	29	20	× 240 × 160 × 120 × 25	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	88.8
Iguanodon Saddle	30	12	× 80 × 50 × 15	Inventory	None	52
Megaloceros Saddle	30	20	× 200 × 110 × 5	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	113.6
Onchopristis Saddle	30	12	× 110 × 280 × 8 × 10 × 20	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	28
Seahorse Saddle	30	20	× 175 × 10 × 215 × 35	Inventory Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator	None	0
Mammoth Saddle	31	18	× 260 × 140 × 10	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	188.8
Deinonychus Saddle	32	30	× 65 × 110 × 20	Inventory	None	70.4
Diplodocus Saddle	32	30	× 850 × 600 × 250 × 200	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	88.8
Terror Bird Saddle	33	15	× 110 × 65 × 20	Inventory	None	66.4
Doedicurus Saddle	34	20	× 200 × 110 × 15 × 5	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	125.6
Sarco Saddle	35	15	× 230 × 75 × 20	Inventory	None	144
Ankylo Saddle	36	18	× 260 × 140 × 10	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	158.4
Lymantria Saddle	36	12	× 130 × 125 × 95	Inventory	None	240
Sabertooth Saddle	37	18	× 290 × 155 × 20	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	251.2
Gacha Saddle	38	6	× 350 × 185 × 150	Inventory	None	289.6
Pteranodon Saddle	38	15	× 230 × 125 × 75	Inventory	None	172
Kaprosuchus Saddle	39	28	× 165 × 120 × 65	Inventory	None	70.4
Araneo Saddle	40	18	× 260 × 140 × 100	Inventory	None	206.4
Beelzebufo Saddle	40	16	× 170 × 95 × 30 × 5	Inventory	None	115.2
Thorny Dragon Saddle	40	18	× 270 × 150 × 35 × 85 × 125	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	280
Paracer Saddle	41	18	× 200 × 110 × 10	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	297.6
Chalicotherium Saddle	42	30	× 265 × 180 × 45	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	88.8
Gasbags Saddle	43	6	× 150 × 185 × 350	Inventory	None	289.6
Pelagornis Saddle	43	30	× 230 × 125 × 75	Inventory	None	172
Dunkleosteus Saddle	44	20	× 300 × 180 × 120 × 80	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	204.8
Archelon Saddle	45	44	× 850 × 600 × 250 × 200	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	0
Dire Bear Saddle	45	24	× 300 × 130 × 100	Inventory	None	88.8
Mantis Saddle	45	18	× 120 × 75 × 35	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	280
Megachelon Platform Saddle	45	35	× 312 × 260 × 76 × 42 × 28 × 22	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	535.2
Carno Saddle	46	21	× 320 × 170 × 30	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	289.6
Megalodon Saddle	47	18	× 290 × 155 × 30	Inventory	None	204.8
Ravager Saddle	47	20	× 285 × 125 × 110	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	0
Baryonyx Saddle	49	24	× 225 × 25 × 350	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	70.4
Homarus Saddle	49	22	× 225 × 10 × 170 × 80	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	0
Bison Saddle	50	22	× 75 × 150 × 275 × 50	Smithy	None	0
Yi Ling Saddle	50	35	× 65 × 20 × 110	Smithy Tek Replicator Thorny Dragon Saddle Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle	None	0
Thylacoleo Saddle	51	18	× 290 × 155 × 20	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	251.2
Megatherium Saddle	52	24	× 325 × 130 × 100 × 55	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	88.8
Woolly Rhino Saddle	53	24	× 250 × 130 × 100 × 60	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	88.8
Arthropluera Saddle	54	30	× 80 × 50 × 20 × 30 × 8 × 15 × 35	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	52.4
Amargasaurus Saddle	55	18	× 225 × 140 × 30 × 6	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator	None	160
Tapejara Saddle	55	21	× 260 × 180 × 120 × 45	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	88.8
Megalosaurus Saddle	57	50	× 320 × 170 × 30	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	289.6
Roll Rat Saddle	58	26	× 270 × 150 × 425 × 85 × 45	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	220
Daeodon Saddle	59	24	× 290 × 155 × 20	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	251.2
Basilosaurus Saddle	60	30	× 200 × 250 × 55	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	70.4
Ceratosaurus Saddle	60	40	× 270 × 130 × 20	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator	None	0
Megaraptor Saddle	60	22	× 200 × 50 × 350	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator	None	0
Xiphactinus Saddle	60	40	× 50 × 290 × 15 × 155	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	0
Castoroides Saddle	61	50	× 290 × 200 × 100 × 180 × 140	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	Smithy	206
Snow Owl Saddle	61	6	× 150 × 185 × 350	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	289.6
Argentavis Saddle	62	21	× 350 × 185 × 150	Inventory	None	289.6
Bronto Saddle	63	21	× 350 × 185 × 40	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	444
Plesiosaur Saddle	64	40	× 400 × 250 × 65 × 40	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	464
Karkinos Saddle	65	28	× 170 × 225 × 200 × 80	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	107.2
Tropeognathus Saddle	65	21	× 120 × 450 × 325 × 600 × 250	Fabricator Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	88.8
Managarmr Saddle	66	8	× 150 × 185 × 350	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	289.6
Allosaurus Saddle	67	35	× 320 × 170 × 30	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	289.6
Gigantoraptor Saddle	69	40	× 120 × 55 × 160 × 285	Smithy	None	0
Therizinosaurus Saddle	69	40	× 285 × 160 × 120 × 55	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	88.8
Fasolasuchus Saddle	70	40	× 200 × 30 × 150 × 100	Smithy	None	0
Rock Golem Saddle	70	40	× 270 × 150 × 35	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	280
Spino Saddle	71	40	× 380 × 200 × 45 × 25	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	356
Megalania Saddle	73	65	× 315 × 215 × 45	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	251.2
Andrewsarchus Saddle	74	45	× 290 × 155 × 20	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator	None	251.2
Deinosuchus Saddle	74	0	× 380 × 200 × 50	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	0
Desmodus Saddle	74	45	× 260 × 180 × 120 × 45	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator	None	88.8
Rex Saddle	74	40	× 380 × 200 × 50	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	344
Rock Drake Saddle	75	26	× 350 × 225 × 125 × 85	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	280
Dakosaurus Saddle	76	50	× 140 × 600 × 800 × 400 × 100	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	0
File:Ossidon Saddle.png Ossidon Saddle	76	40	× 380 × 150 × 200	Smithy	None	0
Quetz Saddle	76	44	× 750 × 500 × 100 × 85	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	464
Mosasaur Saddle	78	60	× 800 × 600 × 140 × 100 × 400	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	464
Yutyrannus Saddle	80	50	× 425 × 350 × 135 × 125	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	344
Basilisk Saddle	85	28	× 85 × 150 × 45 × 270 × 425	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	220
Deinotherium Saddle	85	50	× 150 × 570 × 150 × 20 × 350	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator	None	289.6
Dakosaurus Platform Saddle	86	80	× 180 × 720 × 960 × 1200 × 320	Smithy Argentavis Saddle Castoroides Saddle Thorny Dragon Saddle Tek Replicator Exo-Mek	None	0

Armor's effect on damage

The general formulas for damage reduction caused by armor are as follows:

$D a m a g e M u l t i p l i e r = \frac{100}{100 + A r m o r R a t i n g \cdot G l o b a l A r m o r R a t i n g M u l t i p l i e r \cdot A r m o r C o e f f i c i e n t}$ ^[1]
$D a m a g e R e d u c t i o n = (1 - D a m a g e M u l t i p l i e r) \cdot 100 %$
$A b s o r b e d D a m a g e = D a m a g e \cdot D a m a g e R e d u c t i o n$
$A l l o w e d D a m a g e = D a m a g e \cdot D a m a g e M u l t i p l i e r$

Armor coefficient

The armor coefficient is a property that each damage source has, representing how much of the attack is absorbed by armor. There are two distinguished types of this coefficient depending on the recipient and (in a simplification) attack impact area:

Point (direct) damage armor effectiveness: occurs when an attack hits a creature or a player at a specific part (point) of their body, like with most melee attacks or firearm bullets.^[2]
General damage armor effectiveness: occurs when an attack affects a "general" area (like explosions, spikes).^[3]

Please note that it may not always be obvious based on the animation whether an attack is treated as "at point" or "general". Furthermore, some attacks (such as Tek Railgun projectiles or certain Wyvern beams) may apply damage in two instances (one direct, and one projectile).

Possibly generalizes the armor coefficient in a way that skews the data: This graph demonstrates the diminishing returns of damage reduction from saddle armor. (request verification of vs Turret calculation)

Global armor rating multiplier

This multiplier is game-wide and, while it cannot be changed by server administrators, it may be changed by game modifications (although in a way incompatible with other such mods). The exact value depends on the damage recipient and impact area, like with the armor coefficient:

For point damage received by players, this multiplier is 6.5^[4].
For general damage received by players, this multiplier is 2.0^[5].
For all damage received by creatures, regardless of the impact area, this multiplier is 2.0^[6].

Armor durability degradation

The durability of the player's armor is reduced by an amount proportional to the damage absorbed and additionally affected by also a global multiplier, and by a degradation coefficient specific to the damage source (typically 1.0).

$L o s t A r m o r D u r a b i l i t y = A b s o r b e d D a m a g e \cdot G l o b a l A r m o r D e g r a d a t i o n M u l t i p l i e r \cdot A r m o r D e g r a d a t i o n C o e f f i c i e n t$

The characteristics of the global degradation multiplier are identical to the global armor rating multiplier:

For point damage, the value is 0.3125^[7].
For general damage, the value is 0.0625^[8].

The damage-specific degradation coefficient^[9], unlike the armor coefficient or either of the global multipliers, is not dependent on the impact area type.

Effective health

Effective player/creature Health (i.e. the equivalent amount of health points without armor) against a specific damage source can be calculated when the armor coefficient is known:

$E f f e c t i v e H e a l t h = H e a l t h P o i n t s \cdot \frac{100 + A r m o r C o e f f i c i e n t \cdot A r m o r R a t i n g}{100}$

Because the armor coefficient is tied to a damage source, it is not possible (nor would it make sense to) to calculate a "general" effective health value.

Examples

Assuming a creature wearing a saddle with a rating of 25 and attacked by a Rex's bite for 62 raw damage:

The attack is treated as point damage. Rex's bite has an armor coefficient of 2 for point damage. The global armor rating multiplier is 2.0 as the recipient is a dinosaur.
$D a m a g e M u l t i p l i e r = \frac{100}{100 + 2.0 \cdot 2.0 \cdot 25} = 0.5$
$D a m a g e R e d u c t i o n = (1 - 0.5) \cdot 100 % = 50 %$
$A b s o r b e d D a m a g e = 62 \cdot 50 % = 31$
$A l l o w e d D a m a g e = 62 \cdot (1 - 0.5) = 31$
No saddle durability is lost, as saddles do not have a durability stat.

Assuming a player wearing armor with a total rating of 25 and attacked by a Rex's bite for 62 raw damage:

The attack is treated as point damage. Rex's bite has an armor coefficient of 2 for point damage. The damage-specific degradation coefficient is 1. The global armor rating multiplier is 6.5 for point damage received by a player. The global armor degradation multiplier for point damage is 0.3125.
$D a m a g e M u l t i p l i e r = \frac{100}{100 + 6.5 \cdot 2.0 \cdot 25} \approx 0.235$
$D a m a g e R e d u c t i o n = (1 - 0.235) \cdot 100 % \approx 76.4 %$
$A b s o r b e d D a m a g e = 62 \cdot 76.4 % = 47.43$
$A l l o w e d D a m a g e = 62 \cdot 0.235 = 14.57$
$L o s t A r m o r D u r a b i l i t y = 47.43 \cdot 0.3125 \cdot 1.0 \approx 14.82$

Explosives

For explosive damage against saddles, the Armor Coefficient has a value of 1.

DamageMultiplier = 100 / (100 + 1 * Armor)

Example using 750 explosive damage (Grenades and rockets from a primitive Rocket Launcher) against a creature:

Armor	Damage Multiplier	Total Damage	Damage Reduction
0	1	750	0%
25	0.8	600	20%
30	0.769230 (repeating)	576.92	23.08%
40	0.714285 (repeating)	535.71	28.57%
50	0.666666 (repeating)	500	33.33%

Firearms and Melee Weapons

For bullet damage and player melee weapon against saddles, the Armor Coefficient has a value of 4.

DamageMultiplier = 100 / (100 + 4 * Armor)

Example using 60 bullet damage (bullet from a Simple Pistol) against a creature:

Armor	Damage Multiplier	Total Damage	Damage Reduction
0	1	60	0%
25	0.5	30	50%
30	0.454545 (repeating)	27.27	55%
40	0.384615 (repeating)	23.08	61.54%
50	0.333333 (repeating)	20	66.66%

As of patch 231.4 turrets do 2.2x damage vs. all dinos.

Dino Attacks

For dino damage, the Armor Coefficient against saddle varies on the attacker. It is usually 4, but there are some exception. It can vary widely with some examples are shown below:

Melee attacks from most of regular dinos (Rexes, Giga, Trike, Brontos and etc): 4 (50% damage reduction from a 25 armor saddle)
Attacks from Alpha Raptors: 1 (20% damage reduction from a 25 armor saddle)
Attacks from Mantas and Therizinosaur: 0.4 (9.09% damage reduction from a 25 armor saddle)
Attacks from Lighting Wyvern's breath: 0.1 (2.5% damage reduction from a 25 armor saddle)
Attacks from the poison breath of Poison Wyvern and Basilisk: 0 (Completely ignore saddle armor)

Ranged Attack

Some saddles have the ability to shoot bullets out due to the way its designed. Most of them requires Engram/Tekgram learnt in order to be utilized (activated with Ctrl and presssed with right click.)

Megalodon Tek Saddle - Requires its Tekgram to shoot with Element
Rex Tek Saddle - Requires its Tekgram to shoot with Element
Tapejara Tek Saddle - Requires its Tekgram to shoot with Element
Mosasaur Tek Saddle - Requires its Tekgram to shoot with Element
Rock Drake Tek Saddle - Requires its Tekgram to shoot with Element
Astrocetus Tek Saddle - Requires its Tekgram to shoot with Element in other turret seats; not required however for rider seat
Tropeognathus Saddle - Does not require its Engram to shoot with Grenade whilst in Jet mode.
Astrodelphis Starwing Saddle - Requires its Engram to utilize Starwing mode with Element to shoot
Andrewsarchus Saddle - Does not require its Engram to shoot with Advanced Rifle Bullet whilst in Turret mode

Notes

Tek Saddles have the ability to shoot bullets with Element when activated with Ctrl and pressed with right click. However, to utilize such ability, the saddle has to be learnt from beating Bosses containing such tekgram. Riding on creatures with Tek Saddle does not require the Tekgram, however.

Changelog

Patch	ARK: Survival Evolved Changes
177.0	Dino Saddle's have had their armor reduced by 50%.
180.4	You can't mount dinos thru walls anymore.
215.0	Saddled Dinos can now accept SCUBA gear, equipments etc into their Inventories.
241.1	Fixed critical issue with Flyer Saddles Disappearing.
242.0	Multi-Seat Saddles (Galli, Diplodocus, etc) Dinos now have an option to Enable Public Seating.
259.0	Fixed issue where player appeared to be floating above the saddle when boarding a dino while crouching.
264.5	Slight decrease to saddle armor value for tank dinos (i.e. Turtle, Bronto, Paracer, Trike, Diplo).
287.103	Fix for saddle dupe method.
312.47	Fixed Saddles not respecting the armor clamp when releasing them from cryopods.
332.11	Fixed a bug where some saddle engrams were missing from their respective crafting stations.

References

↑ Formula confirmed on 26/11/2025 for both ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, versions to date.
↑ DevKit: property PointDamageArmorEffectiveness of a UShooterDamageType subclass.
↑ DevKit: property GeneralDamageArmorEffectiveness of a UShooterDamageType subclass.
↑ DevKit: property GlobalSpecificArmorRatingMultiplier of UPrimalGameData - for regular play, unless overridden by mods, the relevant asset is /Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/PrimalGameDataARKNX_BP.
↑ DevKit: property GlobalGeneralArmorRatingMultiplier of UPrimalGameData - for regular play, unless overridden by mods, the relevant asset is /Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/PrimalGameDataARKNX_BP.
↑ DevKit: See GlobalGeneralArmorRatingMultiplier.
↑ DevKit: property GlobalSpecificArmorDegradationMultiplier of UPrimalGameData - for regular play, unless overridden by mods, the relevant asset is /Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/PrimalGameDataARKNX_BP.
↑ DevKit: property GlobalSpecificArmorDegradationMultiplier of UPrimalGameData - for regular play, unless overridden by mods, the relevant asset is /Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/PrimalGameDataARKNX_BP.
↑ DevKit: property ArmorDurabilityDegradationMultiplier of a UShooterDamageType subclass.

[1] Formula confirmed on 26/11/2025 for both ARK: Survival Evolved and ARK: Survival Ascended, versions to date.

[2] DevKit: property PointDamageArmorEffectiveness of a UShooterDamageType subclass.

[3] DevKit: property GeneralDamageArmorEffectiveness of a UShooterDamageType subclass.

[4] DevKit: property GlobalSpecificArmorRatingMultiplier of UPrimalGameData - for regular play, unless overridden by mods, the relevant asset is /Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/PrimalGameDataARKNX_BP.

[5] DevKit: property GlobalGeneralArmorRatingMultiplier of UPrimalGameData - for regular play, unless overridden by mods, the relevant asset is /Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/PrimalGameDataARKNX_BP.

[6] DevKit: See GlobalGeneralArmorRatingMultiplier.

[7] DevKit: property GlobalSpecificArmorDegradationMultiplier of UPrimalGameData - for regular play, unless overridden by mods, the relevant asset is /Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/PrimalGameDataARKNX_BP.

[8] DevKit: property GlobalSpecificArmorDegradationMultiplier of UPrimalGameData - for regular play, unless overridden by mods, the relevant asset is /Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/PrimalGameDataARKNX_BP.

[9] DevKit: property ArmorDurabilityDegradationMultiplier of a UShooterDamageType subclass.

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Basic	Allosaurus Amargasaurus Andrewsarchus Ankylosaurus Araneo Arthropluera Baryonyx Basilisk Basilosaurus Beelzebufo Brontosaurus Carbonemys Carcharo Carnotaurus Ceratosaurus Chalicotherium Daeodon Dakosaurus Deinonychus Deinosuchus Desmodus Direbear Doedicurus Dunkleosteus Fasolasuchus Fenrir Gacha Giganotosaurus Gigantoraptor Homarus Ichthyosaurus Iguanodon Kaprosuchus Karkinos Lymantria Maeguana Maewing Magmasaur Malleocephalus Manta Mantis Megalania Megaloceros Megalodon Megalosaurus Megatherium Monodon Morellatops Mosasaurus Onchopristis Pachy Paracer Parasaur Pelagornis Phiomia Plesiosaur Procoptodon Pteranodon Pulmonoscorpius Quetzal Raptor Ravager Rex Rock Golem Sabertooth Sarco Seahorse Shadowmane Snow Owl Spinosaurus Stego Terror Bird Therizino Thylacoleo Trike Tropeognathus Tusoteuthis Velonasaur Woolly Rhino Xiphactinus Yi Ling Yutyrannus
Platform	Bronto Platform Saddle Dakosaurus Platform Saddle Dreadnoughtus Platform Saddle Megachelon Platform Saddle Mosasaur Platform Saddle Paracer Platform Saddle Platform Cart Plesiosaur Platform Saddle Quetz Platform Saddle Titanosaur Platform Saddle
Utility	Argentavis Armadoggo (Bait Trap, Battle-Spikes, Camping Gear, Oxygen Tank, Speed Booster, Medpack, Spykit, Picnic Set, Extra Armor, Chibi-Carrier, Rucksack, Ammo Box) Castoroides Equus Hyaenodon Meatpack Ocepechelon Thorny Dragon
Multi-Passenger	Archelon Diplodocus Gasbags Gallimimus Mammoth Managarmr Pachyrhinosaurus Rhyniognatha Rock Drake Roll Rat Tapejara
Tek	Astrocetus Astrodelphis Megalodon Mosasaur Rex Shastasaurus Tapejara Rock Drake
Rigs	Head Rigs (Excavation, Pulse Cannon, Silence Cannon, Radar) Body Rigs (Phase Cannon, Resource Attractor, Shield Generator, Shield Projector)
Modules	M.D.S.M. M.O.M.I. M.R.L.M. M.S.C.M.

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