ARK Archelon Spawn Command

Deals 10x damage against Cnidarias (jellyfish) and is fully immune to their stuns. After killing a jellyfish it gains a 90-second buff granting 250% damage increase and 25% damage reduction. It also passively generates Archelon Algae over time, and its four-person saddle provides oxygen to all passengers. Archelon is a herbivore (bio toxin and superior kibble for taming; berries post-tame). Completely immune to torpor and tranquilization — knockout taming is impossible. Babies must remain fully submerged for the first 5 minutes after birth or they die. Saddle seats up to four players. Genesis Ascended (July 2026) added an X-Archelon biome variant — wiki-verified spawn class, not yet tested in-game.

The jellyfish damage bonus and stun immunity are entirely passive — simply engage Cnidarias and the bonuses apply automatically. The Algae generation is passive; production rate scales with the Food stat. Vertical movement underwater uses the Jump key to ascend and Special 1 to descend. The four-seat saddle is equipped like any saddle; additional players can board and are protected from oxygen loss. Level the Food stat to accelerate Archelon Algae production. For its jellyfish-killing role, prioritize Damage to maximize the multiplicative bonus during the 90-second post-kill buff window — chain jellyfish kills to keep the buff rolling. Level Health for its tank role. Its enormous health pool and 50% baseline shell damage reduction make it extremely durable. Non-violent tame only: feed Bio Toxin or Superior Kibble from the last hotbar slot by pressing E — lure it onto shore for a safer feeding approach since it is slow on land.

Bio Toxin farming (kills jellyfish for it), multi-passenger underwater transport, underwater tanking, taming dangerous aquatic creatures with its stun immunity.

Open the console with ~ and enter cheat summon Archelon_Character_BP_ASA_C to spawn a wild Archelon in ARK: Survival Ascended. For a tamed one at a level you choose, use cheat gmsummon "Archelon_Character_BP_ASA_C" 150. On a server, run enablecheats <ServerAdminPassword> first and keep the cheat prefix.

Use the builder above, or cheat gmsummon "Archelon_Character_BP_ASA_C" <level>. The number is the pre-tame level. ARK adds up to a 50% taming bonus, so a value of 100 ends up around level 150. To hit a target level, divide it by 1.5. A gmsummon creature still needs a saddle to ride.

Yes. The builder above generates a single SpawnExactDino command that bakes the level and the imprint into one copy-paste line. The saddle comes as a separate cheat gfi command (it can't ride inside the spawn). To set its colours, spawn it first, then use the ARK Dino Color Builder to build the SetTargetDinoColor commands (with a live preview).

summon drops a wild Archelon at a random level. SummonTamed gives you a tamed one but at a random level you can't set. gmsummon spawns it tamed at the level you specify, the one most people want.

Yes. In single player the cheat prefix is optional and no password is needed. On a dedicated or non-dedicated session you must run enablecheats <ServerAdminPassword> once, then prefix each spawn with cheat. Set that admin password without hand-editing files using our free ARK config generators.

Yes. Archelon has 1 spawnable variant (X-Archelon). Each has its own class name, in the builder's Variant dropdown and the variants table.