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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips
What is a terror bird used for? terror bird battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
They can glide by holding down the jump button, stopping fall damage and allowing them to traverse across canyons and steep mountains with ease.
If you don’t have a Thylaceo or Megalania, these are the go to mounts for the Carno Island and Lava caves as they can glide over gaps and glide down steep drops.
The Terror bird is hands down the best tame to use to clear the lava caves. Their gliding ability allows them to easily cross gaps with little worry of falling in. Good base stats for a cave runner terror bird is 2000 Hp and 300 melee. After imprinting pump Hp between 3000-5000 and pump the rest into melee.
Terror birds are by far one of the most efficient, and fun land mounts one can own. Not only do they have a great run speed, but their glide ability can save you from everyone's greatest enemy, gravity. That all said, the Terror bird is not a mount that can trade blows. It is best utilized for ambushes and covering rough terrain. UPGRADE: HEALTH, SPEED, STAMINA.