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ARK 2 keeps getting delayed, so I built the taming database I wish existed

ARK 2 was announced in 2020 and it's still not out. At some point I got tired of refreshing the store page and just started playing ARK 1 again — and immediately remembered why I kept quitting: the taming info scattered across ten different forums is a mess.

Half the answers are outdated, half are for a modded server, and the rest contradict each other. So I did the thing every frustrated player does and started my own notes. Those notes turned into ARK Wiki.

What's actually on it

  • Dinosaur taming database — time, food, and narcotic counts for the ones people actually ask about, not just the popular few
  • Crafting recipes — the full list, searchable, without the autoplay-video nonsense
  • ARK 2 section — what's been confirmed from trailers and dev streams so far (base building, the new creature roster)

The part that matters

It loads fast and doesn't blast you with ads. I know that's a low bar, but for a survival game wiki it's apparently rare. Everything is organized by what you'd actually type into a search bar, not by whatever taxonomy the first editor made up.

If you're still playing ARK 1 or just want to keep tabs on ARK 2 news in one place, give it a look: ark2wiki.net

Real question though — what dino did you waste the most time taming before realizing it wasn't worth it? Mine was a Carno that died to a pack of raptors ten minutes later.

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