How to Make and Use Kibble in ARK

Taming creatures in ARK Survival Evolved servers is an essential part of progressing in the game. It helps you build a team, explore safely, and defend your base. Many players choose to use kibble because it makes the process faster and more effective.

In this article, you’ll learn about the main types of kibble, how to make them, and when to use each one. Whether you’ve just started playing or already have experience, understanding how kibble works can make taming smoother and more successful.

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What is Kibble?

So, what exactly is kibble? Kibble is made from specific eggs mixed with vegetables, berries, meat, and other ingredients. Each creature usually prefers a certain kind. Using the right kibble can reduce taming time and improve the creature’s stats once it’s on your team.

Choosing kibble instead of other foods lets you use fewer tranquilizers, spend less time watching over the creature, and get better chances of taming something powerful - ready to help you in combat, resource gathering, or exploring.

How to cook Kibble

To cook kibble in ARK: Survival Evolved, you need a Cooking Pot or an Industrial Cooker. The Cooking Pot requires you to manually add a filled Waterskin, Water Jar, or Canteen, while the Industrial Cooker can be connected to a water pipe for automatic supply.

Each kibble type has its own recipe, but most include the following ingredients:

• A specific size of dinosaur egg (Extra Small to Special)

• Cooked meat or jerky, depending on the kibble tier

• Vegetables like Rockarrot, Longrass, Savoroot, or Citronal

• Mejoberries and other berries

• Fiber

• Water

Place all the ingredients into the cooking station, ignite the fire or activate the cooker, and wait about 30 seconds for the kibble to finish. Make sure no unrelated items like charcoal are inside, as they can interfere with the recipe and create dyes instead of kibble.

The Six Tiers of Kibble

The kibble system is divided into six quality tiers, each suited for different categories of creatures. Here’s an overview of each:

Basic Kibble

Used for: Early-game creatures like dodos, parasaurs, and phiomias.

• Ingredients:

  • Extra small egg

  • Cooked meat

  • Amarberries, Mejoberries, Tintoberries

  • Fiber

  • Water

This is the simplest form of kibble, ideal for taming small, low-threat creatures.

Simple Kibble

Used for: Mid-tier dinos like trikes, raptors, and ichthyosaurs.

• Ingredients:

  • Small egg

  • Cooked fish meat

  • Rockarrots

  • Mejoberries

  • Fiber

  • Water

Simple Kibble is a great choice when you're expanding your tribe with versatile tames.

Regular Kibble

Used for: Utility creatures like anky, doedicurus, pteranodon, and stegos.

• Ingredients:

  • Medium egg

  • Cooked meat jerky

  • Savoroot, Longrass

  • Fiber

  • Water

Regular Kibble is where things get serious. It's the backbone of most standard tames.

Superior Kibble

Used for: Larger creatures such as argentavis, direwolf, mammoth, and tapejara.

• Ingredients:

  • Large egg

  • Prime meat jerky

  • Citronal

  • Rare mushrooms

  • Sap

  • Fiber

  • Water

This tier is essential for taming strong allies that will aid in gathering, flying, or fighting.

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Exceptional Kibble

Used for: Massive tames like brontos, rex, and spinosaurus.

• Ingredients:

  • Extra large egg

  • Focal chili

  • Rare flower

  • Mejoberries

  • Fiber

  • Water

Exceptional Kibble is crucial when taming apex predators that dominate the battlefield.

Extraordinary Kibble

Used for: Exotic and rare creatures such as griffins, rock elementals, and yutyrannus.

• Ingredients:

  • Special egg (from golden creatures or rare spawns)

  • Giant bee honey

  • Lazarus chowder

  • Mejoberries

  • Fiber

  • Water

This rare kibble is reserved for the most unique and high-tier creatures in the game.

How to Use Kibble

To use kibble during taming:

1) Knock out the creature (or approach for passive tames if applicable).

2) Open its inventory and place the correct kibble type inside.

3) The creature will automatically eat the kibble as it gets hungry, increasing its taming progress.

Why Use Kibble?

• Faster taming times

• Higher taming effectiveness

• More bonus levels after taming

• Less risk from predators during tame

For competitive players, especially on PvP servers, kibble gives an edge by securing stronger tames quicker than rivals. In PvE, it simply makes the taming process smoother and more enjoyable.

How to Make a Kibble Farm

Building a sustainable kibble system requires planning:

Keep a Breeding Stock - Maintain egg-laying creatures for each egg size category.

Use Oviraptors - Oviraptors boost egg production, especially when set to wander near your egg farms.

Automate Your Cooking - Install an Industrial Cooker with a water pipe and place storage bins nearby for fast crafting.

Grow Your Crops - Rockarrots, savoroot, citronal, and longrass should always be growing in your greenhouse.

Hunt for Special Ingredients - Items like honey, rare mushrooms, and flowers can be harder to collect but are necessary for advanced recipes.

Result

Kibble in ARK is a specialized food crafted from eggs, vegetables, berries, and meat, used to tame creatures faster and more effectively. To make it, cook the correct ingredients in a Cooking Pot or Industrial Cooker, then use the preferred kibble type during taming for better results and higher efficiency.

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