THINGS YOU NEED TO TAME A DRAKELING:

-Exceptional Kibble or higher (last slot of hot bar)

-Torch

-Harvesting tools (pick, hatchet, etc)

-Weapons with ammo (shotgun works best but any will do

1.) Find your Drakeling. Gene Scanner is the best way to do this. They are very small and easy to miss, about the size of a Dimorph.

2.) Equip the torch. The Drakeling will fly up to you and land on your shoulder.

3.) The Drakeling will want you to gain a certain type of experience: kill experience (kill wild animals), harvest experience (collect resources), or crafting experience (craft from engrams).

4.) Once you have gained enough experience from doing those things, press the E button to automatically feed kibble from the hotbar and advance taming progress.

5.) The Drakeling will now want you to gain a different type of experience. Get the EXP and feed more kibble. Repeat until tamed.

I am not sure if taming progress/affinity is affected by kill species/kill level, what resources are harvested or how much is harvested, or if what engrams you craft makes a difference. More research is required. But the EXP requirements are pretty low on 1x official so just use whatever is nearby and focus on speed more than efficiency.

A couple of things to keep in mind.

-Once the Drakeling lands on your shoulder, you will have two minutes to complete the taming. If you fail to tame, it will leave your shoulder and you will have to lure it with the torch again.

-YOU MUST BE ON FOOT THE WHOLE TIME! If you mount a tame at any time, the Drakeling will run away and you will have to start over.

-The taming process is the same regardless of what season the Drakeling is. Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter have different appearances and effects but are all tamed the same way.

-The Drakeling is not hostile to you or your tames, but if there are a lot of wild dinos nearby it can sometimes be hard to get it to come to you.

Once the Drakeling has been tamed, put it on your shoulder like any pet. Open up your inventory and a new item called Attack will be there. Equip this item and the Drakeling will move off your shoulder to become a weapon. From here you can use it in combat, it has a bite attack and a breath attack. You can also use the Drakeling to give buffs to your tames (right click). Unequip sends it back to the shoulder. Also, holding R to bring up the radial menu while it’s on your shoulder will allow you to toggle the parachute and the Drakeling will automatically slow your fall and prevent fall damage.

Enjoy your new pet!