Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
TAME AN ARGY WHEN U CAN BECAUSE THEY ARE AWESOME! They're great war birds (having overall great stats and a regen buff eating corpses) and transport birds (having stamina and weight at star levels and weight reduction for almost every heavy resource in the game). Easy to tame, the only downside is that u need 13 degrees to hatch their eggs.
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.
In my opinion, Royal Griffins are cheap Argy's. I mean, they're way harder to tame, you have to deal with that respect crud, and they don't even deal as much damage. Also, they all pretty much look the same, while with Argy's you can get a varied colour palette. Argy's can also carry more creatures, too. The only perks of a griffin are: 1. Prestige. 2. They can glide 3: You don't need a saddle 4: You can fire from their backs 5: They're multi passenger. But, is all that worth staring at a screen for, like, 6 hours?!? With an Argy, you can just hold a second player in it's talons, and that's multi passenger, and that player can fire, too. I'll also be posting this in Argy and Royal griffin, too. One like = One respect for Argy's!
I found one and tamed in near the western plans Beach on the island
Level 45+, if you ever get raided and are wondering what the best dinosaur to start with to help you build up, this is the one.
These are literally the best tames in the whole game.
50% weight reduction on metal, crystal, and obsidian
Good health, weight, stamina, and attack damage
Their saddle is a smithy
Good at gathering meat and hide
Quick to knock out and tame
Gets a health and stamina regeneration boost when you eat a body
Can pick up two creatures at a time, one in the beak and one in the claws
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if someone found out they can shapeshift into a giga
If an Argy you’re trying to tame is spawned in a dangerous spot (A place where lots of predators also spawn and could possibly kill the creature you’re trying to taming) Set up spiked walk around the area, so predators get killed or hurt when they walk too close to the spiked walk) This usually works for most predators.
I just tamed my first Argy and I'm wanting to go to the snow biome does anyone know if agrys loose control when Yutys roar?
If you are on mobile or the island.
Climb the mountain in the redwood forest
Reccomend a journeyman bow with tranq arrows or something else with high torpor and a long range but a basic bow should work
Stand fairly far away from the argy it should look about as big as a flying pteradon.
Shoot the argy continuously as it flies towards you dodge if it gets too close otherwise keep shooting it until it faints. Very easy and pretty safe if you time it correctly the argy flees before it gets to hit you.
If you need an argy and don’t have time to tame one with a trap, just go to carno island, kill a Dino in front of an argy and let it harvest its body. When the green health icon shows up on top of it, knock it out with tranq arrows and the argy is instantly yours.
Don't forget to build a taming hut / room and lure the bird in. They fly off and don't come back if you start tranqing them in the wild.