Pretty easy but a little hard way on how to get an argy:

1. Get 12 stone doorframes, two stone foundations, two stone ceilings, tranqs, bio toxin or narcos, and taming weapon (preferably crossbow or long neck)

2. Place down two stone foundations (1x2) and place stone doorframes (two high) but leave one short side open, place two roofs to block top, and a ramp that leads into it if it makes it easier for you

3. Find the argy of choice and get its attention, run up the ramp (or jump into it) and make sure the argy follows into it, run to the back and place the last two stone doorframes and it should stay

4. Shoot it up through the holes, once its knocked, feed it its preferred food (kibble, prime meat, regular meat, etc) or starve it (dododex has starve timer and narcos needed)

5. Enjoy the argy

- Ark player who was once new

Tbh with y’all, Argies are really cute and very easy to tame. All u have to do is knock it out using tranq darts (or tranq arrows) about 3-5 and then when they r unconscious js get sum meat and put it in him or her and it won’t take very long. And same with breeding, js get a female and a male Argie, set them both to wander, and when they r finished doing whatever they have to do, watch ur egg hatch! WARNING ⚠️: The egg can die if it gets too hot, so watch out for that and u’ll be fine. I’ve bred many and have 4 baby argies and 7 or 8 adult ones! Good luck taming and breeding 👍

Encounter this in the snow biome. Found these bad boys in west zone 3 I assume, just chillin up north. If you find a pack, run. Run FAST. Make breaks behind a large creature like a bronto or diplo. Head to your base. If it still follows you, get the tranqs and it will run away.

They can normally carry two creatures, one in the beak and one in talons. Or technically 5 because one in beak, player in talons, creature held by player in talons, rider, and creature held by rider.

Scrolled for a bit and didn’t see this but if you want to tame these amazing flyers wait for them to enter rapid regen (eat a corpse) from there tranq it out and if it’s still in rapid regen when unconscious it will eat food and tame incredibly fast (under a minute for most)

My absolute favorite creature in the whole game. I always get an argy as soon as I’m able. High health and damage, great carrying weight (especially for metal/crystal/etc.), looks regal af, and it gets a regen boost from eating corpses (which can restore its stamina in mid air, I’m not kidding, I’ve had it happen). Can carry a good few bigger dinos, too.

My argy is named Bloodwing and I love her to death. Highly recommend.

A good level one is basically a sky Rex.

EZ tame just get tranq darts then knock it out feed it raw meat or raw prime meat and done you have argentavis

Argentavis

Temper: Distractive to Aggressive

Animal Temper: Docile (Passive, but if an animal attacks it, Aggressive.)

Info:

Argentavis has the second largest wingspan. Only few flying creatures rival it. Argentavis was a carrion-eater, meaning that it was a giant vulture crossed with a eagle and eats corpses with delight. It can be known for it’s massive wings and eagle like body. Argentavis can regenerate lots of health when eating a corpse, and has lots of weight. Lots of weight meant that it could carrie a lot of creatures.

Taming:

Recommended Knockout Choice: Tranquilizer Darts

Recommended Food: Raw Prime Meat

Recommended Narcotic: Narcotics

Traps: 4 Wooden or Stone Dinosaur Gateways and 2 Dinosaur Gateways. Make a gap between the gateways that are large enough for a human but not an Argentavis. Place 2 Dinosaur Gateways on the sides of the trap.

Knockout:

Find an Argentavis, usually with a flyer. Then, kill off any other Argentavis that you don’t want or any other carnivore that could interfere with the taming. After, get the Argentavis’ attention. Land your flyer at a distance between the Argentavis. Then, start shooting it with your knockout method. Really, it only takes a few Tranq Darts to knock it out. Now, feed it with your choice of food. It takes time, but it’s worth it.

Or,

Lure the Argentavis into the trap, then close the gateways. Knock it out, then feed it.

Recommended: Minor Soothing Balm, Narcotic, Flyer.

Their saddle has a built in smithy in it

How crafting argentavis saddle

Since an argy doesn't do that much dmg I lured the argy all the way back to my base from redwood mountain then I just tranqed it and saved my save file and went to get some narcs.

My argie named John flap Kennedy could take down a Rex then a griffin came and both of us note to self griffins are stronger than rexes R.I.P John flap Kennedy.

The Argentavis has weight reduction for metal and stone only. Although! No one mentioned that it's a mobile smithy! Just pop in your broken metal hatchet and viola! You have now moved on to a higher plane on ark;)

If you type hawk they show up in the search bar

The jumpscarer when you hunt down a creature for meat.

I thought ark was a survival game?

This is for the guy up top with his how to tame guide. (No, I’m not trying to diss you.) You don’t actually need a stone gate. You can just use wooden ones, so long as you don’t leave him in there. Also, you only need three. That’s pretty much all, sport if I came off as kind of a jerk, but I don’t want people to waste their supplies. Good luck!

If you have one of these get a raft, build a taming pen on top and a space for landing and you have yourself a good portable taming base for anything it can pick up. I've tamed loads with this. It's easier than flying all the way to base or making several taming pens at different locations.

op for picking up so many things a big power player for taming

Killed an Alfa rex with a level 415, risky move but did the job! The rapid regeneration is super helpful.

-Venatrix.