Use a snow owl to deflate the gasbags and keep them from flying away and you heal them so you wont kill them with tranqs.
Gasbags
The Gasbags is a massive, chubby tamable creature in ARK: Extinction. This Gas Boi has a multi-passenger saddle, allowing another survivor to ride on its behind. The Gasbags can inhale and then either float around or propel enemies away.

Stats
| Base | Sprinting (Wild) | Sprinting (Tamed) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walking | 17.6 Very FastRank #24 of 134 | — | — |
| Swimming | 10.8 SlowRank #56 of 150 | — | — |
Race a Gasbags. Compare creature speeds
Recipes
Saddle
Saddles listTips & Strategies from the iOS and Android app
If you wanna fly longer on these bad boys upgrade oxygen
Here’s a great “Utility” for the gasbags.
Step one: Murder one of these
Step two: Make a delivery crate.
Step three: Record your enemy’s base’s coords.
Step four: Attach 10 C4 to your delivery crate.
Step five: Send a little “Gift” to your poor enemy.
This is basically a fat caterpillar. I heard they are like pack mules because they have a lot of weight capacity. They also look adorable.
This is a great tip:
1-Tame a gasbags and any kind of wyvern (not crystal)
2-Tame any farming creature (magmasaurus is the greatest bc it farms everything, metal, crystal, wood, stone...)
3-when your magma (or any massive farming creature) gets encumbered transfer everything…
This is a great tip:
1-Tame a gasbags and any kind of wyvern (not crystal)
2-Tame any farming creature (magmasaurus is the greatest bc it farms everything, metal, crystal, wood, stone...)
3-when your magma (or any massive farming creature) gets encumbered transfer everything to gasbags’ inventory.
4-When gasbags gets encumbered you carry it with the wyvern and wyvern is going to get like only 600kg weight so basically it’s infinite weight.
Resources
Gasbags Breeding
Full breeding calculatorCapabilities & Carrying
Carryable By
5/12ChartCarryable By
0/7ChartAffected By
3/7ChartCan Damage
2/6Chart
Thatch
Wood
Adobe
Stone
Metal
Tek
Fits Through
3/6Chart
The Gasbags can fit through a 1 × 2 wall gap.
Doorframe
Double Door
Dinosaur Gateway
Behemoth Dinosaur Gateway
Hatchframe
Giant Hatchframe
What does a Gasbags eat? In ARK: Survival Evolved, the Gasbags eats Superior Kibble, Archelon Algae, Crops, Mejoberry, Berries, Fresh Barley, Fresh Wheat, or Soybean, and Dried Wheat.
Translations: Sacagaz, Gasinsetto, ガスバッグ, 가스백, Газбагс, Gaz Torbası, 气囊虫, 氣囊蟲, Gasposer, Bolsas de gas, Gaszakken, Bags a gasolina.


