ARK Vulture Spawn Command

The Vulture passively extends the spoil timer of meat in its inventory by 15x (4x for meat it harvests directly from corpses), functioning as a mobile meat preservation unit. It can be worn as a shoulder pet, where it attacks threats and auto-harvests meat from nearby corpses. Vulture is a carnivore (prefers spoiled meat; also accepts raw meat and raw fish meat). Passive tame only — place meat in a hotbar slot and press the Use key (E) when near it; must wait for its hunger bar to drop between feedings. Spawns in desert and arid biomes on Scorched Earth, Ragnarok, Crystal Isles, Genesis Part 2, Lost Island, and Fjordur.

Passive — no activation key required. Equip as a shoulder pet via the radial menu or by walking up and pressing the interact key. Once shoulder-mounted, it automatically harvests meat from corpses and attacks nearby enemies. You can also whistle it to attack specific targets. Ensure its behavior is NOT set to Passive if you want auto-harvesting. The 15x spoil timer on meat stored in its inventory makes it vastly superior to standard storage for preserving meat without a Preserving Bin or Salt. Keep it shoulder-mounted during long hunts to passively collect and preserve raw meat. A group of 6-8 Vultures can efficiently clear cave fauna including Araneo and Pulmonoscorpius. It restores 10 HP per spoiled meat it consumes, giving it passive self-sustain.

Meat preservation (Raw Meat, Raw Prime Meat), auto-harvesting meat from kills, cave runs (clearing small threats), shoulder combat companion for player defense.

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

Use the builder above, or cheat gmsummon "Vulture_Character_BP_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 Vulture 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.