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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips
What is a angler used for? angler battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
One angler gel refines 24 metal giving 12 ingots. By far the best fuel for refining forge.
To get a lot of angler gel, tame a direwolf and take it inside the strong cave(Snow cave). Clear the area around the first water body near the extrance and kill anglers to get a ton of angler gel. You can go further in the cave of you can handle that to get even more gel.
To make the anglers respawn, move out of the just until to just reach the opening of the dome entrance, wait for some time, and repeat.
This tame has a couple very nice features and a few drawbacks.
It collects pearls very well by biting them. I get about 50 per bite. You also don't have to get off your tame to collect pearls, which can save you some headaches.
This tame has fairly good speed and the stamina regenerates quickly.
When attacked by an electrophorus, the shock does not dismount the player but does momentarily prevent the angler from attacking.
This could be useful in passive taming the eels, as well as preventing many untimely deaths.
Drawbacks: it has a very small attack range and area of effect. It also has pretty low damage output. It is nearly useless at attacking anything larger than a mega piranha.
This creature is a pain in the neck to tame, but is a near magic solution to running out of pearls.