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How To Make Kibble In Ark Survival Evolved

Are you constantly spending hours attempting to tame a mighty dinosaur only to have it eat all your meat and spoil the effort? That frustration ends now. Mastering the art of kibble production is the single biggest idea for successful survival in Ark: Survival Evolved. It is the most effective food to feed any high-level creature.

Kibble is the essential ingredient for maximum taming effectiveness and is vital for raising strong baby dinos. It provides stat bonuses that no other foods can match, giving you a massive edge in your Ark survival. This guide will explain how to make kibble by crafting the six different tiers with a cooking pot or industrial cooker.

This guide is for beginners who want to skip the time consuming frustration of low-efficiency tame runs. We will show you all the ingredients needed, how to cook them at a cooking station, and tips for automating your kibble supply for guaranteed survival and evolved success in 2026.

What Is Kibble and Why It Matters

Kibble is a produced food item specifically designed to tame creatures in Ark: Survival Evolved at maximum efficiency. It is the most effective food option for tame runs, far exceeding the quality of other foods like regular meat or berries. Kibble is the foundation of the high-efficiency taming process.

Efficient taming and imprinting benefits

The kibble system is based on a quality hierarchy, meaning there are six different tiers of kibble ranging from basic to extraordinary.

  • Taming dinosaurs faster: Using a dinosaur's preferred kibble significantly speeds up the taming process, meaning you will spend less time consuming hours and fewer resources overall. Using kibble increases the taming efficiency, which results in better post-tame stats for the final tamed creature.

  • Imprinting baby dinos: Kibble is essential for imprinting your baby dinos. Baby dinos may request a random kibble type during their growth, and feeding them their preferred kibble grants the best bonus.

  • Storage: Kibble has a long shelf life of three days and stacks up to 100, making it efficient for long-term storage and minimizing the need to worry about meat spoiling.

Materials Needed

To make kibble, you need a base egg type, specific ingredients, and common filler stuff like fiber and water. You must have all the ingredients ready before you start to cook.

Eggs from specific dinos

The kibble recipe requires a specific size of egg or a special egg for the highest tier, which determines the tier of kibble produced. Eggs are the base ingredient of all kibble recipes.

  • Small egg: Used for basic kibble. Dinos that drop small eggs are generally small, early-game dinos like the Dodo or Parasaur.

  • Medium egg: Used for regular kibble. Dinos that drop medium eggs are generally mid-tier dinos like the Raptor or Trike.

  • Large egg: Used for superior kibble.

  • Extra-large egg: Used for exceptional kibble.

  • Special egg: Used for extraordinary kibble. This special egg includes eggs from specialized creatures like Deinonychus eggs or the Rock Drake egg.

Vegetables, berries, meat jerky, fiber, water

Beyond eggs, you need specific secondary ingredients that you must gather.

Kibble Tier Secondary Ingredient Additional Key Ingredients
Basic kibble Cooked meat Amarberry, Mejoberry, Tintoberry, Fiber, Water
Simple Cooked fish meat Fiber, Mejoberry, Water
Regular kibble Meat jerky Longrass, Savoroot, Fiber, Water
Superior kibble Prime meat jerky Citronal, Sap, Rare flower, Fiber, Water
Exceptional kibble Focal Chili Rare flower, Mejoberry, Fiber, Water
Extraordinary kibble Giant Bee Honey Lazarus Chowder, Mejoberry, Fiber, Water
Fiber and Mejoberry are generally used ingredients in kibble recipes. You also need water, which is added to the cooking pot or industrial cooker via waterskins or by placing the cooking station near a water source.

Crafting Kibble

The actual process to cook kibble is done at a cooking station. You need the correct cooking station and fuel to create the kibble.

Using Cooking Pot or Industrial Cooker

You need a cooking pot or an industrial cooker to make kibble. You cannot craft it in your inventory.

  • Cooking Pot: This is the early-game cooking station. It requires fuel like wood or thatch to operate and can cook a small batch of kibble. The cooking pot must be connected to a water source or filled with water containers.

  • Industrial Cooker: This is the preferred, advanced cooking station for mass production of kibble. It is powered by gasoline, requires a water connection, and can cook large quantities of kibble quickly. Using the industrial cooker is the best way to automate kibble production. A pot or industrial cooker is required to cook kibble.

Step-by-step recipe process

Each kibble recipe yields one kibble unit. Players can produce kibble in significant quantities by using multiple cooking stations.

  1. Place the Cooking Station: Place the cooking pot or industrial cooker and ensure it has a water supply. Water is a necessary ingredient for making kibble.

  2. Add Fuel: Power the cooking pot or industrial cooker with fuel like wood or gasoline. Both cooking pots and industrial cookers require fuel to start their fires.

  3. Add Ingredients: Place all the ingredients for the kibble tier you want to cook into the cooking pot or industrial cooker. You cannot manufacture kibble without a cooking station.

  4. Cook: Activate the cooking station to cook the kibble. Kibble production can be time consuming in a standard cooking pot.

Note: Using the wrong type of egg or forgetting to add meat can prevent kibble from cooking. If you are having issues with kibble production, check that you have all the ingredients listed in the recipe.

Types of Kibble

The kibble system in Ark: Survival Evolved is based on a quality hierarchy. A creature will accept its preferred kibble class or any higher tier kibble with the same maximum effectiveness.

Basic

Basic kibble is the lowest tier. It requires a small egg, cooked meat, berries, and fiber. Basic kibble is preferred by small dinosaurs like Dilophosaurs and Dodos.

Simple

Simple kibble is made with a small egg and cooked fish meat. Simple kibble benefits creatures such as Raptors, Triceratops, and Iguanodons.

Regular

Regular kibble is a mid-tier kibble that uses a medium egg and meat jerky. Regular kibble is preferred by mid-tier utility creatures like the Ankylosaurus, Carbonemys, and Diplodocus.

Superior

Superior kibble is essential for powerful mid-to-late game dinosaurs like Argentavis and Spinosaurus. It requires a large egg and prime meat jerky to cook. Superior kibble is preferred by larger dinosaurs.

Exceptional

Exceptional kibble is used for apex predators and giants, such as Rexes and Quetzals. It requires an extra large egg and rare flower as ingredients. Exceptional kibble is preferred by very large dinosaurs like Basilisk, Bronto, and Giga.

Extraordinary

Extraordinary kibble is the highest tier. It requires a special egg, such as Deinonychus eggs, along with Giant Bee Honey. Extraordinary kibble can be used to tame any dinosaur that accepts kibble, provided it is of a higher tier than the dinosaur's preferred kibble.

How to Use Kibble

Using kibble correctly is crucial to achieving maximum efficiency in Ark: Survival Evolved.

Taming dinosaurs faster

When you tame dinosaurs, you should always feed them their preferred kibble.

  • Preferred kibble significantly speeds up the taming process compared to non-kibble foods.

  • Using a higher tier kibble will yield the same maximum taming effectiveness as using the preferred kibble tier.

  • Extraordinary kibble can be used to tame any creature that prefers lower tiers of kibble.

Imprinting baby dinos

Kibble is essential for imprinting baby dinos.

  • Baby dinos may request a specific kibble type during their imprinting phase.

  • Feed the baby dino the requested kibble to grant a powerful imprinting bonus, which is essential for optimizing post-tame stats.

Tips for Efficient Kibble Production

To handle the demands of tame runs and imprinting, you need mass kibble production.

Building an egg farm

Since eggs are the most crucial ingredient, you need a dedicated egg farm. Egg layers are essential for high-volume kibble production.

  • Build separate enclosures for female dinos to lay eggs.

  • Include a male creature of the same dino type nearby to increase the egg production rate.

  • The Dodo is a great starter dino for small egg production and basic kibble.

Best dinos for egg supply

To cook all tiers of kibble, you need a variety of eggs.

Kibble Tier Example Egg Layers
Basic kibble Dodo, Lystrosaurus, Parasaur (small egg)
Regular kibble Allosaurus, Ankylosaurus, Carnotaurus (medium egg)
Superior kibble Argentavis, Spinosaurus, Sarcosuchus (Large egg)
Exceptional kibble Brontosaurus, Giganotosaurus, Quetzal (Extra Large egg)
Extraordinary kibble Deinonychus eggs, Rock Drake egg (special egg)

Automating cooking

For large-scale kibble needs, automation is required.

  • Use an industrial cooker instead of a cooking pot. The industrial cooker is much faster, uses gasoline as fuel, and is automatically supplied with water when placed correctly.

  • Use a separate cooking station to cook the necessary prime meat into prime meat jerky or cooked meat into meat jerky before cooking the kibble. This avoids using raw meat, which can spoil.

  • You can produce kibble in large quantities by using multiple cooking stations and storing all the ingredients.

Conclusion

Kibble is the single most important food item for any serious player in Ark: Survival Evolved. Mastering the kibble recipe and the kibble system ensures your efficiency in tame runs and your success with imprinting. Whether you are cooking basic kibble or the coveted extraordinary kibble, using a cooking pot or an industrial cooker to create the correct preferred kibble will save you countless hours. Start collecting those eggs and fiber today to make kibble and revolutionize your survival experience.