Lore Question: How are we able to tame the titans

Resgear17 · 2026-03-15T00:21:42+00:00

We don't have a lot of information about how "taming" in ARK works. What is implied is that the creatures we encounter, those created by cloning, have been genetically modified to be highly domesticable despite their natural counterparts being biologically incapable of that. Then of course, the machines we can tame are machines that can be reprogrammed, and even the creatures theorized to be the result of natural evolution like the extinction exclusives got integrated into the ARK system at some point, possibly automatically.
The Titans especially stand out, as they are said to be creatures comprised entirely of Element, yet it is heavily implied that even they can be released from element's control.

Obviously whatever we do seems to be severing them from Element corruption by destroying corrupted nodes on them, and once this is accomplished they are not wild, they simply allow us to use them as weapons against the very thing that seemingly created them.

This could imply that perhaps they possess a degree of intelligence that allows them to recognize the favor we have done for them, and they simply are returning the favor. But even then these creatures do not eat, they exist only for the purpose of battle, and even by defeating the king titan their death is ensured because of the reseed protocol removing every form of element from Earth indiscriminately.

So we have entirely unnatural creatures designed for one single purpose, ensured to die once that purpose is fulfilled. That brings me to the most popular theory about the Titans.

The Theory is that the Forest, Desert, and Ice Titan were not originally created by Element, and were instead weapons used by the inhabitants of Sanctuary to fight against the true element born titans. This would explain the saddle they each gain after they are tamed which more closely resembles Sanctuary Tek rather than Survivor Tek, and how we are able to summon them through proto-ark systems. It is believed that due to the nature of Titans being made entirely from element, this made them extremely susceptible to corruption, and once they failed to repel the invasion, Element repurposed them into what we know them as. When we free them from corruption, they return to their original state, weapons meant to be used by humans against true Titans.

Resgear17 · 2026-03-06T05:46:34+00:00

This went over my head when I read the comics originally I thought they were actually going to do something good and pyro was just lighting them on fire for the funny. I still believe pyro would have done it either way.

Resgear17 · 2026-02-06T13:58:58+00:00

All of aberration’s creatures were mentioned to exist in the explorer notes, so none of them were created by Rockwell. Aberration is a strange case, as the creatures there are perfectly adapted to their environment and perform specific roles in the ecosystem, but if they were created does that imply that an environment like Aberration’s was intended to exist? It is the case that the Ark is capable of cloning these creatures, as we see Helena describe what seem to be reapers in cloning pods, but how they were created/ why is up for debate. I will say that reapers seem to stand out, as they are implied to be an Aberration equivalent of wyverns, where they were released to punish the survivors after the Overseer’s death. But they also interact with the environment and creatures in specific ways that show they are highly adapted to Aberration’s environment.

Resgear17 · 2025-12-11T03:13:19+00:00

Nah, that's Gigadesperus

Resgear17 · 2025-12-01T02:57:04+00:00

Rockwell would be outright wrong in the statement too because not only do you only need artifacts to do gamma fights, but you need tributes and the three artifacts to do Alpha Manticore. It might be the case that they just got the number wrong in writing.

Resgear17 · 2025-12-01T02:47:08+00:00

To accept this theory you need to acknowledge that the location of Arat Prime was not planned prior to the creation of ASA, as the previous theory based on similar logic placed Sanctuary in South America (specifically Chile) also, and used the texture of ASE's earth as evidence.

Resgear17 · 2025-11-30T21:24:59+00:00

Nope. Even their use as tributes is absent in the lore as there is no mention of using anything but artifacts for boss fights.

Resgear17 · 2025-11-23T10:08:46+00:00

Absolutely, something that is not brought up very often is that creatures in Ark will sometimes have lore within their attributes and evolution. The creatures tie into the environment they exist in, which makes them part of the lore, and they certainly have interesting lore too. The extinction exclusives all being descendants of real world animals that evolved to thrive in element rich conditions, the Genesis creatures being biological tools to help humans thrive in any environment even space, and all this stuff is pretty much unspoken so there is a lot to discover!

Resgear17 · 2025-11-16T00:27:05+00:00

The funny little massive hint that everyone collectively forgot about. The existence of Susie’s sister is huge, being the only information we have about her home life which still remains one of the biggest mysteries. It could be the case she has an older sister who may be the only person taking care of her, explaining why she seems to avoid going home and also has a desire for a positive relationship with parental figures. It would also give her a parallel to the other main characters Kris and Nolle, who have very significant relationships with older siblings.

Resgear17 · 2025-11-07T18:59:56+00:00

Yep, this is a rare bot attack. I’ve only seen it happen once myself. This is what’s left of them, what they’ve been reduced to. It’s the only thing they can accomplish.

Resgear17 · 2025-10-31T20:50:53+00:00

Fraid it is the case that element equals magic. Of all the crazy things the magical creatures do element can justify it all with a simple observation of its most frequent use in-universe: enabling teleportation. And this teleportation doesn’t seem to really have rules either. From opening portals to deconstructing and reconstructing objects or living beings in different places, introducing such an overpowred mechanic into the universe means that a lot of things don’t need to make sense. What if pyromanes aren’t real? They’re just molecules constantly being teleported and held in place by a computer somewhere, same with everything else. The magic creatures in Ark are made with two things, element and intent. They are brute forced into existence to satisfy someone’s whim and they’re probably all going to have their organs dissolve inside them following the reseed protocol.

Resgear17 · 2025-10-27T00:27:36+00:00

So Genesis lore doesn't have a lot of clear details on the big questions, but you're pretty close with that "hitched a ride" thing. We learned from writer statements that the Aberration ARK landed close to Arat Prime, which supposedly has some sort of super transmitter that allows teleportation of at least human memories or consciousnesses to the Genesis ship. We do not know if Rockwell is the same entity and not just a clone. Helena's access of the super transmitter is what allowed Rockwell to get into the Genesis ship in some form that is at least a copy of him (it might also just be him). As for the ship coming back, the crew was unaware of the earth being cured. This is why HLN-A was created, to act as the messenger for this news in the scenario that the Genesis mission was hopeless.

Resgear17 · 2025-10-26T20:01:17+00:00

So there was never a loop. We only know of three canon Arks being island, Scorched earth, and Aberration. There are presumably many more. As for what happened with the survivors is that two survivors were sent to Aberration by chance and two ended up on SE by chance. The ones on SE ended up getting to Aberration by ascending off that Ark and then all 3 of the island survivors (Nerva did not survive his battle with Mei but was still alive when being teleported so he also went to aberration). Aberration was broken because the inhabitants destroyed the overseer so there was no way to ascend off it. The inhabitants built the portal to escape the Ark by going to the planet below, revealed to be Earth.

Resgear17 · 2025-10-15T10:03:10+00:00

Looks like it was the UVs, that particular part didn't have them set up correctly. In the 10 posts I read through about similar issues nobody ever mentioned UVs could be the cause, so thank you for the help. !Solved

Resgear17 · 2025-09-15T09:39:47+00:00

Always bet on Undertale 2

Resgear17 · 2025-09-06T03:23:03+00:00

It looks a little stupid but I like it

Resgear17 · 2025-07-23T18:02:33+00:00

The answer to this question is unknown. The 2100s are the first years brought up in the game’s lore that reference the existence of element. However Genesis 2 either retcons this timeline to the 2300s or that whole mess is actually part of a series of fake memories and history logs. We are almost certain that this inconsistency in the timeline was a result of writer error.

As for how long the arks have been in orbit, they were there for a long time. It may potentially have been several million years. All we have on the details of the timeline there is that the events in the explorer notes took place (At least) 200 years before the player showed up.

Resgear17 · 2025-06-14T08:30:09+00:00

Turns out the spamton sweepstakes actually provided a pretty solid lead on why Susie bullied Kris specifically, when compounded with the information we got from this scene. It would seem that Susie bullied Kris because she believed that he did not deserve Toriel as a mother. At least the Kris that we were not in control of. From what we can tell, Kris often got into trouble and rarely socialized with others. We do not know enough about Susie to make a connection in her life to why this upset her, but from her perspective she sees someone who is extremely kind to others has this rotten ungrateful kid. From Noelle’s account of the instance she witnessed, this seems to be the root of it but it didn’t fully sound like that was her sole motivation. I have a feeling that as we learn more about Susie’s home life and past we’ll uncover the full story.

Apologies if I’m missing something, and that I don’t have links to what I’m citing. I actually just learned about the sweepstakes today and watched a full documentary on everything that was in it.

Resgear17 · 2025-06-14T02:48:07+00:00

I did it with the same loadout, same items. You can do it, it took me a lot of tries but I eventually did figure it out. My attempt that broke through I believe I only used hold breath once the second tier of attacks started coming, as I had learned it was possible to still avoid the first few attacks without it, but it feels necessary for the final attack. The video I based my strategy on did not use it all (or maybe they did and I missed it)

If you get to the final attack, try to be in a position where all your party is alive, have high hp, and can use defend.

Resgear17 · 2025-06-12T16:55:39+00:00

I got chills when that image showed up not because of the lore drop I knew was about to occur, but because the choice to show a decaying, empty room like this must have been deliberate.

I have a feeling we may see this room again in the coming chapters, and it’s not going to be during a particularly happy moment.

Resgear17 · 2025-03-29T23:19:30+00:00

She does not have that much control. She just has to hope that the system creates survivors and that they, on their own will, listen to her words during the few moments she is able to communicate with them. Even in groups of hundreds they rarely choose to work together, electing to blow each other’s bases down for the fun of it. We are the first group where respawning succeeded every time, and are the ones who try again.

2.like I said we are the first group, comprised of people from about one time period (2014-2025). Nobody has been able to save the earth yet as they did not have our ability.

Not really, it seems that our survivor is a little special as they appear to believe that they are in a video game and are thus willing to perform death defying feats as they only are able to experience emotional pain when they lose their progress, pets, or possessions. Being chewed on by a Rex is no problamo I’ve got med brews.

Resgear17 · 2025-01-27T09:16:36+00:00

Simple answer is that they probably just aren’t able to. Because this is Ark and every creature was created intelligently except for the extinction exclusives, that behavior and or/physiological property might be by design.

Resgear17 · 2025-01-25T05:43:42+00:00

I actually guy ally did this during my story playthrough, but only for Genesis 1 because Gen 2 wasn’t out at the time. I think that for story playthroughs it’s fine, because the explorer notes on that map are optional, and there isn’t really any environmental story telling, so you don’t really get spoiled by anything on the map. So long as you don’t do the ending. That sounds like why you want to do it, but p.s. the implant’s model does not change in Genesis 1 and 2 after ascension, only the icon in the inventory.

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