Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
Extremely effective for resource gathering. After you get a Pteranadon, taming an Argy is your next priority.
To tame an Argy, I highly recommend prime meat, but just regular meat will do. If it's a high level you can build a trap, but if your a real man like me, you can go up against it face to face
Do not use an Argy for flying distances. Argys are terribly slow and are made for resource gathering. Do the traveling with a pteranadon.
If you build I trap with four Dino gateways and on both sides put door you can trap them as long as you lead them in a close the door behind them. After that search up how many tranqs it’s gonna take to knock it out then do like 3 less then that amount. Afterwards bring a dead body to it and let it eat it. Once it’s done eating it should have a green aura then you knock it out. This makes it so it’s food drains faster.
Easy Trap works with wood best with stone
What you need 1Foundation 1Celing and 8 door frames
1place foundation
2 place door frames around the foundation 2 up 3 around make sure there’s a gap on one side
3 place ceiling
4 Then lead the argentavis in the trap and place doorframes over the hole. Haven’t tested on ASA yet
If you on ark mobile use you ancient amber to buy soothing balms they are the only reason why I have one and it is super worth it
Run or walk around in a circle and they will not be able to hit you, easy way to kill or tame.
Here’s a recommendation for easy mode players.
1. Find a good argy
2. Shoot near 15 tranq arrows at it
3. Put a stack or two of cooked or raw meat inside
4. Sleep in a sleeping bag and give the argy some narcotics
5. Wait a few more minutes
Congratulate yourself
If you want to tame a Argy and you’re at the volcano, then you can lure the Argy that you want to tame to in the volcano and when it lands just shoot it with tranq arrows or something. This is how I tried to tame my first Argy and it succeeded. But! This is in Mobile, the volcano might be different in Xbox or others.
To that one dude who used ancient Amber's to buy soothing balms. Tip for you dude just go for the artifacts and do the save trick to manipulate the reward that the artifact tribute will give you to get 10x soothing balms
An argentavis can't fit through a ceiling with one tile missing, but a pteranadon or lymantria can. Build a trap with one corner ceiling missing, aggro the argentavis, fly in one side and out the missing ceiling tile, and land. Dismount, run around, and close the entry door. Tame safely at your leisure.
I killed a lvl 50 alpha raptor in under 2 mins
On one of these
They’re amazing
The Argentavis is THE metal run creature. It's high weight, plus the ability to pick up ankylosaurus, make it one of, if not THE best at what it does. If you find yourself in need of transporting large amounts of material, an argentavis is usually your go-to. They aren't very good at travel, as they are rather slow. However, their high base weight, stamina, and their reduction in weight on many materials, make them some of the best haulers and farmers you can find.
Here’s how to get an argy fairly early on with a minimalistic trap:
Make a 1x1x2 trap with a (preferably stone, wood might survive but be careful) foundation, 8 doorframes and one hatchframe ceiling. Leave 2 doorframes out as an entrance and lead the argy into the trap. Quickly place the doorframes behind it by running up to the side of the trap and placing them. The argy will now be stuck and probably spin in place. Just stand close enough so it doesn’t do this and slingshot until it gets knocked out.
MONSTER LOG
Argentavis
Behavior: Aggressive
The Argentavis is the bully of the sky. It is find on every map, but Abbreviation (I probably misspelled that). It is recognizable by it’s giant eagle structure, while it’s a giant vulture. It comes in pretty colors, but don’t be fooled, it will think your a McDonald advertisement Big Mac. Once tamed, it was but one of your most useful mounts. It has great energy and can kill medium dinos with ease. It also regains health fast if it eats a corpse, which make it a great battle bird. Not to mention the fact it can carry medium dinos in it’s talon and small ones in it’s beak. If you want to tame one, it was be worth your time.
HOW TO TAME
You will need: 5 wooden/stone dinosaur gateways, 2 wooden/stone dinosaur gateway doors, 1 crossbow/longneck, Tranq arrows/darts, and taming food (Mutton is recommended)
Pre-make the trap by spacing the gateways in a way so you can get out but the argy can’t. Add the doors.
I will be referring to the island for locations
First, go to the volcano and find the argy you desire
Second, get it’s attention by shooting it
Third, make it follow you into the trap
Fourth, shut the doors
Lastly, Knock it out and feed it the taming food
Happy taming!
-Dodo
Arks Utility Dino Guide
Argentavis
Amazing Weight Stamina And Weight
Can Pick Up Dinos Like Parasaur Raptor Anky etc
50% weight reduction on metal crystal and obsidian
Anky
OP For Metal Crystal And Obsidian
75% weight reduction on Metal (Im not Sure about crystal and obsidian)
Great at Oil gathering
Can be Carried be an Argentavis
Doedicorus
Great for Stone Gathering and amazing for making stone bases
75% Weight Reduction on Stone
Roll Ability That Lets You Move Around Fast
Can Be Carried By Argentaivs
Bronto
Good For Wood Thatch And Berry Farming
High Weight
Platform Saddle
Tanky
Angler Fish
Best Silica Pearl Farmer
Fast
Tanky
Theri
Basically A Mini Bronto
Good For Berries Fiber Wood Thact and Meat
Good Damge and health
When bred Are Bosskillers
Havent played in ark since flyer nerf, last time I saw the argy it was just a cheaper and expendable, worse but faster quetzal. Now it looks like a completely brand new creature, it looks so amazing now, and it has so useful again, and the fact that you regenerate stamina by eating corpse can make you fly forever. Truly a jack of all trades, I loved it before the nerf, now I love it again and I love it even more now