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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Tips & Strategies

I literally find hundreds just chillin on trees in the redwoods. It's really helpful to make a tree platform and just wait until one lands on your tree and then shoot it with tranqs. It's much easier then trying to shoot one from the ground, and trying to find it once it's knocked out.
More Archaeopteryx Encountering Tips
Careful not to confuse these with a microraptor. One will flee in fear, the other will rko you and eat your face
Fun fact: Archaeopteryx means βancient wingβ
This little b*tch is so hard to find even on redwoods? HECK NO you look for them they DISSAPEAR. You donβt want them, they come to life.π
Make sure you DON'T mistake them for Micros. These dudes run. I've accidentally killed one thinking it was a micro. Always use a spy glass to tell which is which. Finding these cute lil fellas is hard especially with all the thylas and terror birds around. To tame them you'll need Chitin so go kill some ants or dragonflies and then boom you have a lil buddy you can love forever, well y'know until they die or you quit.
- Snippet the Compy
Alright, so basically I found one of these in the wild and REALLY wanted one. But with all the fun things in the Redwoods willing to take out anything that looks at them... Well you get the idea. But when I went to a dungeon and saw a Eerie one I wanted it SO bad. So I killed that one took its creature implant, revived it at one of the obelisks and tamed that glory bird up. Now I have a light up parachute!
You can tell these apart from microraptors by looking at their tail a microraptor has feathers in a circular shape at the end of their tail but these guys have a line of feathers going all the way down.
These are NOT rare, just hard to find. Keep a close eye on the redwood trees, make sure to circle the trees, and listen for the noise they make.
You can also find these in the fuzzy trees in scorched earth by the small mountain
May sometimes spawn on the floors of deserts, beware that microraptors look exactly like them!
Won't assault you however if you go near it it will flee. This is because it's skittish in temperment. If you wish to tame keep this in mind