Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved Companion
Fjordhawk
To tame a Fjordhawk, you must let it eat creatures you kill (wild or tamed). The taming increase varies depending on the creature it eats.
Based on Dododex's testing of dozens of creatures, it generally prefers larger creatures such as the Brontosaurus, Diplodocus, or Parcer (all three were equal), however the size is not always correlated to how effective the creature is. The Ovis is the most effective creature to feed it. The Phiomia tames it very well in comparison to other easy-to-hunt dinos (even outperforming the Allosaurus and the Therizinosaurus).
Note that the level of the creature it eats does not matter (a level 1 will increase the taming bar just as much as a level 150).
Share which creatures worked best for you using the 'Tips' feature!
Stats
BASE STATS
| Stat | Base (Lvl 1) | Increase Per Lvl (Wild) | Increase Per Lvl (Tamed) | Rank* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Health | 150 | +30 | — | LOW Ranked 119 of 147 |
 Stamina | 150 | +15 | — | LOW Ranked 121 |
 Oxygen | 120 | +12 | — | |
 Food | 1,000 | +100 | — | AVG Ranked 113 |
 Weight | 65 | +1.3 | — | LOW Ranked 132 |
 Melee Damage | 100% | +5% | — | LOW Ranked 171 |
 Movement Speed | 100% | — | — | |
 Torpor | 120 | +7.2 | — | LOW Ranked 120 |
* Rank of the Base Stat of the Fjordhawk vs. all other creatures. (Rank #1 in Health = highest Health creature.) | ||||
Tips & Strategies from the iOS & Android apps
When you are travelling between beds, move into an open area to wait for your fjordhawkβs arrival. This will keep the hawk from dropping your bag into tough-to-get-to places (building roofs, tek generators, tek troughs, etc ). I had to break ceilings and a cliff platform to get my bag recently.
Use beds as TPs for your stuff. When you fast travel having the hawk on your shoulders it brings your stuff for you. Tested a few times.
Send this up the chain!
When they're eating corpses make sure to un-mount your tame (if you're on one) to actually make the hawks taming progress go up, because when on a mount their progress bar doesn't go up.
First one to do this!
It can retrieve your items when you die.
In order to tame you have to let it follow you while you kill creatures. It will then proceed to eat the corpse, the taming bar raises with each bite it takes. Depending on what you kill determines how fast the taming bar rises. Phiomas worked well because it takes several bites. Keep your eye on it so it doesn't fly off and be careful not let it take damage or you will have to start over again.
Do NOT touch the world barrier!!!! Your Fjordhawk will die! Lost 2 this way!
Who wishes this thing to be easier to tame?
Use them to steal wyvern eggs.
Just grab an egg with a hawk on your shoulder, die to a wyvern and it will bring your stuff (with the egg) back to you!
Hard way:
Get a beehive - Make veggie cakes
Tame a flock of high health ovis
Make cryopods - cryo sheep
Get a bat - Make serum elixir
Get a shotgun and shells
Get a flyer
Go to 20/20 ish on fjordur
Find hawks. Slaughter an ovis(s)
Shotgun unwanted hawks
Feed elixir to hawk while feeding
Yay! You did it!
Easy way:
Go to a Genesis 2 server and beg
I would recommend using tamed Ovis as I had used 2 imprinted Ovis with 2k health and managed to tame it.
If your on a pve server (like me) you can use a fire wyvern to kill your Ovis there may be other ways but this worked for me
Resources
Fjordhawk Breeding
Maturation Time Calculator
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The Fjordhawk is a scavenging bird in ARK: Survival Evolved that is included in the free DLC map, Fjordur, on June 12, 2022. It can fetch items and locate injured targets. After dying, the Fjordhawk can retrieve and return your items once you die.
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