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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
When taming be careful when using tranq arrows because you can easily kill the argy. Wait several seconds between shots
Looking for the safest way to tame an Argy in the Redwoods? Here's your guide!
Step 1, grab a Pteranodon and fly over to the Red Peak.
Step 2, set up a little camp and build your trap, I used the 5 stone gateframes and the reinforced gates with a bit of space between each
Step 3, find your Argy
Step 4, lead them to the trap
Step 5, hover at the entrance and wait for them to be right behind you
Step 6, fly in
Step 7, the Argy should be in there, and if you have any other tames, aggro onto your other tames until the gate starts to close
Step 8, close the gate
Step 9, knock it out, or do the starve feeding glitch
Step 10, give it any meat, raw meat gives about 10% per feeding so it's not that bad
Step 11, wait for a bit
Step 12, name your new Argy!
Good luck and use this info how you will! I tamed my two Argies, Kokichi and Shuichi, with this
Happy and safe hunting! ^^
~Meteor, Oct. 5, 2020
they are not only found in mountain areas but on fjordur they are also found on balhemir island
Run or walk around in a circle and they will not be able to hit you, easy way to kill or tame.
For high level argys you will need to build a trap using 3 dinosaur gateways and 2 gates, but for low levels you can just dart them and wait for them to fall.
I saw this YouTuber make a trap with one foundation, with double doorways placed two high on every side topped with a ceiling. Just make sure before the argy gets in you need to have only six or seven of the doorways placed so the big bird can get in. Once it’s in, place the last doorways and it will be trapped. Hope this is helpful.
Okey I know probably nobody cares but I just got so lucky: My argie was on low health (100/950 ) and could get easily killed by a Rex. There is the thing, while flying out of the volcano mountain, I miss clicked and went out of my argie. Just in front of a level 120 Rex. I thought we would just die ( me and my Argie ) but I managed somehow to jump on it and get away of the Rex. ( the point is that the Rex was attacking a ptera so it didn’t attack me directly which gave me the time to escape. If this ptera wasn’t there my argie would be probably gone )
Here’s a recommendation for easy mode players.
1. Find a good argy
2. Shoot near 15 tranq arrows at it
3. Put a stack or two of cooked or raw meat inside
4. Sleep in a sleeping bag and give the argy some narcotics
5. Wait a few more minutes
Congratulate yourself
If you build I trap with four Dino gateways and on both sides put door you can trap them as long as you lead them in a close the door behind them. After that search up how many tranqs it’s gonna take to knock it out then do like 3 less then that amount. Afterwards bring a dead body to it and let it eat it. Once it’s done eating it should have a green aura then you knock it out. This makes it so it’s food drains faster.
Extremely effective for resource gathering. After you get a Pteranadon, taming an Argy is your next priority.
To tame an Argy, I highly recommend prime meat, but just regular meat will do. If it's a high level you can build a trap, but if your a real man like me, you can go up against it face to face
Do not use an Argy for flying distances. Argys are terribly slow and are made for resource gathering. Do the traveling with a pteranadon.
An argentavis can't fit through a ceiling with one tile missing, but a pteranadon or lymantria can. Build a trap with one corner ceiling missing, aggro the argentavis, fly in one side and out the missing ceiling tile, and land. Dismount, run around, and close the entry door. Tame safely at your leisure.
I killed a lvl 50 alpha raptor in under 2 mins
On one of these
They’re amazing
MONSTER LOG
Argentavis
Behavior: Aggressive
The Argentavis is the bully of the sky. It is find on every map, but Abbreviation (I probably misspelled that). It is recognizable by it’s giant eagle structure, while it’s a giant vulture. It comes in pretty colors, but don’t be fooled, it will think your a McDonald advertisement Big Mac. Once tamed, it was but one of your most useful mounts. It has great energy and can kill medium dinos with ease. It also regains health fast if it eats a corpse, which make it a great battle bird. Not to mention the fact it can carry medium dinos in it’s talon and small ones in it’s beak. If you want to tame one, it was be worth your time.
HOW TO TAME
You will need: 5 wooden/stone dinosaur gateways, 2 wooden/stone dinosaur gateway doors, 1 crossbow/longneck, Tranq arrows/darts, and taming food (Mutton is recommended)
Pre-make the trap by spacing the gateways in a way so you can get out but the argy can’t. Add the doors.
I will be referring to the island for locations
First, go to the volcano and find the argy you desire
Second, get it’s attention by shooting it
Third, make it follow you into the trap
Fourth, shut the doors
Lastly, Knock it out and feed it the taming food
Happy taming!
-Dodo
Havent played in ark since flyer nerf, last time I saw the argy it was just a cheaper and expendable, worse but faster quetzal. Now it looks like a completely brand new creature, it looks so amazing now, and it has so useful again, and the fact that you regenerate stamina by eating corpse can make you fly forever. Truly a jack of all trades, I loved it before the nerf, now I love it again and I love it even more now
How to tame an argentavis:
A lot of people like to build traps for this, but I just don’t get why
Materials:
A high level pt or another good health Dino if u have cryopods.
A bow or crossbow. Doing the hunt dilo mission will give u a good bow and I use it instead of crossbow.
40 tranqs is enough for crossbow
Process:
1. Find a high level argy
2. Feed it until full health with corpses
3. Use your tanky Dino to tank while you shoot the argy. If the argy’s about to die lead it to a corpse and it regens insanely fast.
4. Leave prime in its inventory. U do not need narcs but if u tame on normal meat then bring some narcs.
Uses:
Super useful weight reductions on I think metal crystal and other late game high tech stuff.
Carries medium-sized animals such as doedic anky and beaver so u can farm with them.
Has high damage and great stamina.
Looks very cool basically collect on the island.
Enjoy your argy!
Easy Trap works with wood best with stone
What you need 1Foundation 1Celing and 8 door frames
1place foundation
2 place door frames around the foundation 2 up 3 around make sure there’s a gap on one side
3 place ceiling
4 Then lead the argentavis in the trap and place doorframes over the hole. Haven’t tested on ASA yet