Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
Accessing report file 1
code name snail
entry one: the achatina is a snail like creature they are located in the deadly swamps of the island they are the base prey and often are killed by the lethal creatures of the biome
entry two: the achatina is a slow non hostile creature and is tamed by veggie cakes it has three special traits when at low health the snail will retreat into its shell this will cease the attackers will lose agro and should any snail killers attack it they will deal very low amounts of damage also they can be picked up by survivors and the final trait is when mobile they will generate organic polymer and cementing paste this is why they are valuable creatures
entry three: when attempting to obtain this creature there are several strategies that will sufice grabbing them with a flying creature to take them to a safer place is the best option when at your home you can make an area to keep them from moving and either tame them or leave them wild and take the paste they make
They are found in and around the swamp biome and can be carried by all mounts with a carry function
Be very carful of health when you tame them because they don’t fight at all you can pick one up from swamp and shoot it once and kill if it was being attacked by something before
When taming thiries make sure to have the Highground
If you just got them and they are on wander, keep them away from each other or a bunch of babies will be born.
Encountering
This section describes how to react to an encounter with the Achatina.
General
If engaged and damaged, the Achatina will retreat into its shell and will neither flee nor fight back. Damage dealt to the Achatina will be heavily reduced for as long as it is inside of its shell. Achatinas do however drop a considerable amount of chitin when harvested, so they are a worthy kill for those looking to collect it, at the expense of the time and effort needed to kill one.
Strategy
Although the Achatina itself is not dangerous, its surroundings are usually filled with dangerous predators. Clear the area of hostile creatures before attempting to tame Achatinas, or pick them up with a flying mount. An Argentavis can carry two Achatina at once when using its claws and beak.
Weaponry
Any weapon or creature will be able to sufficiently kill an Achatina given a little time, though one should shoot the achatina with tranquilizer darts to knock it out for taming, as there is little benefit from exterminating them.
Weaknesses
Wild Achatina sometimes take damage over time randomly as a result of being knocked out by titanoboas, waking up, and having their food lowered to 0 in the process.
Achatina - wild and domesticated - do not and cannot fight back when attacked.
They are also found in the red wood. A lot more safer then going around in the swamp trying to find one
Anyone who says don't take is an idiot... Theses guys aren't hard to take care of. I use to own 20 snails before I left the game a year ago. What's hard is getting bee hives for their honey. Once you have a hive and sap collectors. It's a piece of cake (no pun intended)
Lastly DO NOT GO FOR ANYTHING LOW LEVELED! Just like another wrong person said. Low level is very bad. Go for 110 or greater as it's food will be much higher and that means less feeding of cakes. Mine were so high, I didn't need to feed but ever 10 days or more. So worth the investment.
Lastly, like someone else said. Theses guys are really good at escape. Far worse than dung Beatles 😅 Dino leash works fine for me. Though tried wooden cages in the past and they got out. So either weigh down or dino leash down on the lowest setting (depending on how many snails you got)
So in the end. A worthy investment period. Just a pain on the honey...
Guys ,achatina eat berry only with a mod
I think it's krakens better dino you can't feed it berries in vanilla ark be aware! They will require so much cake so better not tame one . hope this was helpfull it's my first time writing a tip •~•
They are breedable now. Dododex needs to add it!
Line 10 in a half circle. Put stone in inventory so they can't move. Put dino leash down on lowest setting, just incase. They are very good escape artist. Place gacha down and let gacha pick up all the paste. Getting 200 stacks a day. Better than farming. Only upgrade weight in gacha and food in snails.
Flying them back to base with a PT doesn’t work.
I don’t understand why people say tapejara can carry more thing than pteranodon. Tapejara can’t even carry achatina but Pteranodon can so if you wanna carry a snail with a early flyer tame a pteranodon not tapejara.
I Never knew this but I was killing then with my Spino and I got some Angler Gel. They don’t give nearly as much as an angler, but if you ever need a little bit, just kill these guys!