The Glowbug is an oversized lightning bug found in Ark: Aberration. They belong to the class of passive creatures and tend to flee whenever attacked. When approaching these glow bugs, players must take caution because of their fast speed, which could throw them into harm’s way.
In this guide, we will cover everything there is to know about Glowbugs in Ark: Aberration, including where they are found and how you can tame them. Additionally, we will also cover their stats and drops.
How To Tame A Glowbug?
To tame a Glowbug in Ark: Aberration activate the admin menu, using TAB if you’re on PC, RB, LB, X, and Yif you’re on Xbox and L1, R1, Square, and Triangle if you’re on PlayStation. A bar will then appear on your screen. Select it, simply type in “forcetame” and hit enter.
Once tamed, if you pick up these bugs, you will receive a charging station. This charging station can recharge your wireless devices, including the ineffective Tek generator and your light pets. Little glow bugs will be all around everything that is powered by this.
Aside from this method, you cannot tame a Glowbug.
Glowbug Drops in Ark: Survival Ascended
The Glowbug drops a few items when you kill it. Below, we’ve given all of them along with their spawn commands.
| Item | Spawn Command |
|---|---|
| Raw Prime Meat | cheat giveitemnum 248 1 0 0 |
| Raw Meat | cheat gfi rawmeat 1 0 0 |
| Chitin | cheat gfi Chitin 1 0 0 |
| Cementing Paste | cheat gfi ChitinPaste 1 0 0 |
Glowbug Stats
The Glowbug has the following stats in Ark: Survival Ascended.
| Attribute | Glowbug | Wild Glowbug |
|---|---|---|
| Health | 75 | 90 |
| Charge Capacity | 100 | 110 |
| Charge Regeneration | 150 | 165 |
| Food | 450 | 495 |
| Weight | 50 | 51 |
| Charge Emission Range | 18 | 18.9 |
| Movement Speed | 100% | |
| Torpidity | 100 | 106 |
Ark Aberration Glowbug Location
In the world of Ark Abberation, the Glow bug is one of the creatures that is found almost everywhere. This species is very frequent across the map of Aberration. However, various caves in aberration are the best places to find these bugs.
The highlighted area in the map image above indicates that Glowbugs can spawn at these places. Thus, locating a glow bug isn’t a tough job to do.
Glowbug Spawn Command
If you’re having trouble finding a Glowbug you can use a spawn command to summon it. To do this, first open the console command box by pressing TAB, if you’re playing on a PC, if you’re playing on PlayStation, you’ll need to hold down L1, R1, Square, and Triangle at once, and similarly, on Xbox, hold down, LB, RB, X, and Y at once.
Once the console opens, simply type in: “cheat summon Lightbug_Character_BaseBP_C” and press enter. If you come across a situation where this command does not work, try using this one instead: “cheat SpawnDino “Blueprint’/Game/Aberration/Dinos/Lightbug/Lightbug_Character_BaseBP.Lightbug_Character_BaseBP'” 500 0 0 35”.
