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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips
How do I tame a ichthyornis? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a ichthyornis.
Bola it and don't use an mastercraft bow with high melee damage use tranqu darts and a long-neck
There is Ichthyornis kibble for mobile and the dossier for it but I don’t find any of those versions of seagulls that lived millions of years ago in real life. Only Pelagornises
Tamed one, level 85 on Genesis. The regular kibble was giving about 8-9% each feed. Supposedly the 2x evo event was active aswell.
Slingshots kill just so you know
Never a good idea to tame these guys without a bola, they are pegomastix with wings and once they take food they eat it by the stack. If your weapon dissapears from your hands it is on the ground.
If over the water, use an aquatic or semi-aquatic mount you can stand on or shoot from, use a slingshot to piss them off and get them to chase you to shore.
As with most small tames… Darts are highly recommended as arrows might end up killing them.
Bola it, then use a slingshot to body shot it. Don't head shot it; it'll die within 5 hit of the slingshot. I used a crossbow and two headshots and dead. Use fists, sling, or boomerang to knock it out. Good luck, 2 2.5x Coels should suffice for the taming.
I recommend taming a low level one first and then using it to get prime fish meat for a high level one.
I finally tamed this b***** and stupidly throw him off my and look away ten minutes later he’s in the ocean trying to kill a carbonmys
its can also eat cooked fish meat
Just bola it, and use tranq arrow or dart, be careful on doing it tho because of their low health, i took level 24 using around 3-4 tranq arrow with 5 seconds each shot to make sure it wont die. And once it tamed, this pecker is amazing prime meat source, prime fish or normal prime meat. You can get prime meat from creatures sizes around dodo and lystro and you can get prime fish from any fish.
Bring extra narcs or narcoberries, these need more than the info says they do. I used more than twice the amount stated, but then again, I don’t want it waking up and attacking me.
If you see one that you want to tame walking around on land, throw a tent on top of it, and get your bola ready. It can help keep them trapped. However they can escape if you're not quick enough with the bola, also they can destroy the tent if they start to attack it. I've tamed them many times this way, so it can be done.
Fill them with lead or if you want to tame it, dont use tranq arrows, use darts
Honestly a highly useful and interesting shoulder tame. Use darts and COOKED fish.
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Do not use a ramshackle crossbow to tranq it, especially at low levels. You will kill it every time
Snipe with a crossbow and off you tag one it will fly off and drop. Just hope it didn't steal the fish you were gonna use lolz
Very hard to tame. Absolutely worth it though. I managed to tame one, and it's my primary source for meat and fish, especially prime.
But I've wasted 20+ tranq arrows with confirmed hits on a flying one, with the arrows sticking out on a level 24. Eventually I died.
So bola first. Or it must be a new bug.
Do NOT try to tranq a level 44 with a primitive crossbow, it killed instantly when I tried.