- Main use for this tame is using the Angler as a "lure" for other anglers kill anglers for their gel. The gel is the longest burning fuel in the game at approx. 6 minutes per 1 gel

- secondly use is a light source underwater

Good day! Today I'll be looking at the anglerfish.

Contents:

What kind of creature is it?

How to tame it;

Usefulness;

Loot;

Controls.

- What kind of creature is it? -

The anglerfish is a predatory and aggressive fish that lives on the bottom of the water. Its bulb emits a weak light, which attracts other anglers. It's small and has low health, so it's easy to kill it with any underwater creature. (However, without a tamed underwater creature, it can be problematic.)

There are two types of anglerfish:

Normal anglerfish

Aberrant anglerfish (found on the Aberration map)

- How to tame it? -

Since the anglerfish lives in the depths, it can only be knocked out with a crossbow equipped with tranq arrows. For an easy stun, you can bring along an underwater creature with high health and set it to passive. While the anglerfish is biting your creature, you gradually stun it (slowly, because if you shoot at it too often, you can accidentally kill it). After stunning it, place mutton in its inventory (or feed it if you have it) and wait for it to tame. I recommend taking plenty of drugs, as the stun fades quickly.

- Usefulness -

The anglerfish is an excellent pearl gatherer. Although it's small, you can craft a saddle and ride it in the water. The anglerfish collects 5★ worth of pearls, making it an excellent source of this resource, essential for crafting many items. It also has a lamp that can be used to attract other anglers and farm anglerfish gel. It's not ideal for traveling, so use it for pearl gathering. (You can also ride an anglerfish without a saddle, which makes resource consumption easier.)

- Loot -

The anglerfish's loot is meager, but it does provide resources for crafting some items.

Raw fish (meat)

Anglerfish gel (that's the resource)

- Controls -

I tamed an anglerfish, but it was a long time ago, so I only know this:

Bite - LMB

Most likely, either RMB or C lights up the anglerfish's light.

ADDMENT FROM THE AUTHOR OF THIS ARTICLE

If you have any further questions about the anglerfish, you can ask me personally: tg @shomyaFloppa . You can find more information online by searching for "Ark anglerfish wiki"

- A. Velonasaur🦖

5 Tips for Anglers

#1 They are found a bit deeper in the water

#2 They are a pain to kill you might want to have a dolphin with very high melle to kill these guys

#3 You will mostly find them in big groups

#4 They are calm until you hit 1 of them

#5 They are creepy and are all around Herb Island on mobile

Thanks for reading. I'm Lilly and I do tips every week but they are all only mobile tips

DO NOT use a crossbow for knocking out! Not for all shots anyway.

Use half to 60% of what Dododex recommends for crossbow, then finish the rest with harpoon tranq to avoid killing these guys.

I feel like Dododex is way off with their approximation of a 19% chance of death with a crossbow tranq. I'd say it's more of a 80%+ chance you will kill these with tranq only.

Use an dolphin to tame because you can shoot off the back and nothing will agro it 👍

They are usually aggressive, but once hurt, they will become skittish and try swim away from you.

The tek cave update gave the anglers the ability to gather pears, according to the wiki

You tame it by knocking it out with tranq arrows what more is there to say other than WATCH OUT FOR THAT HUGE SQUID

It seems there is a strange circular underwater hill near herbivore island that is apsolutely crawling with anglers, how many does that mran? Well I've seen about the entire rest of the ocean's population of anglers all at that hill

There tend to be quite a lot of angler spawns in North zone near Carno Island

SCUBA GEAR OR YOU WILL DIE BECAUSE IT IS TOO DEEP

Within 10 minutes, I can get 5k pearls with him. Provides lots of light, and he lights my underwater base. Very fast. A must have tame

Angler fish have the bright antenna, so look out for that whe. Trying to locate one.

Very useful for exploring underwater caves

- Main use is after tamed they will attract more anglers which can be harvest for gel

- Secondary use would be a mobile underwater tame that also has a built in light

- Lastly they can be harvested for gel which tames Manta's

(Angeler gel is the longest burning fuel source at 6 min per gel)

If only they could lure in other fish with their light.

In crystal islesyou can tames them in the bubble. Stand outside and shoot them with your longneck when they come close to the edge. Easy tame. You can passively tame the eels in the bubble too

many can be found in pearl cave!

but watch out for bears.. and yetis...

and purlovias..

Easy tame on Fjordur next to swamp island

They get a lot of silica pearls when you attack the shells with it.