After tlc 2 these guys are a must have for transporting metal, obsidian, and, stone as they have 50% reduction on these and poly. I suggest having a seperate argy for moving stuff with like 2.5k weight and stam

For your first, the Northeast Shores, there are a few that spawn there but beware of Rexes, Allos, Carnos and Raptors, also the beach head along the northwest coast, just short of the snow biome. Other than that, they spawn on mountain tops - but that's more dangerous area.

Best advice: Tame a pteranodon first. Kite the prospective Argie to a safe location and into a trap. Tranq with a crossbow (bow can kill) and tame with prime meat, mutton or kibble.

Argie traps:

1. Trapper Raft. Must have ceiling and two doors. Pros- can be sailed close to location and tame on water away from potential threats. Cons - initial investment of time + material.

2. Dino Gate trap.

4 stone gates placed sequentially half a foundation apart with doors on first and last. Lure into the trap on ptera and close gate behind you, dismount, close 2nd gate. Cons - exposed to smaller predators during taming. Use spiked wall perimeter.

Use stone, can destroy wood/thatch.

I knocked out lvl 129 (while hunting it i died twice, once becouse alfa raptor) almost lost my own argy

AND THEN 2 SMALL DISGUSTING MICRORAPTORS KILLED HIM. I HATE THEM

Simply side step the talon attack like a bull fighter then as she lines you up again take the beak shot ... rinse and repeat

Undoubtedly the most important Tame on Official. Mobile Smithy, halves the weight of Metal, Crystal, and Obsidian. Can carry your Anky around and is the fastest way to farm Element dust with a Doedic in it's claws. Amazing tame.

hardest part of taming an argy is the location. keep an eye out for rexes, allos, and other argys while the one you're taming is out

This thing is a beast when tamed .

This has been said before but I'm writing it a tad differently than top comment, this is the method I use in solo play. These are a very easy tame if you have any type of fabricated weapon. Find an Argy that's away from the group, aggro it, then kill something else with a sidearm or assault rifle while it's attacking you, get near the dead body and when it attacks you (and hits the carapace) it'll get green health buff above it's head.

Knock it out and it's an insta tame.

I know normal raw meat works as well, but prime meat at least triple's the speed of their taming. I tamed a level 150 today and it took 3 pieces of raw prime meat to tame it. Hope this helps you guys with taming!

Keep it at range trust me it has saved my life countless times

In Ark: Survival Evolved (mobile) Argentavis is one of the best aerial tame in the game.

It has a 50% weight reduction to some resources in the game, meaning you can carry twice as much the following resources:

-Black Pearls

-Crystal

-Metal

-Metal Ingots

-Obsidian

-Organic Polymer

-Polymer

-Stone

Its saddle also acts as a mobile smithy.

I recommend leveling up its multiple Argentavis for different rolls. I normally have two rolls, one to gather resources and the other for combat.

Resource Gathering Roll:

-Primary: Stamina

-Secondary: Weight

-Tertiary: Movement Speed

Combat Roll

-Primary: Health

-Secondary: Melee

-Tertiary: Stamina

They can carry the following creatures:

-Human

-Dodo

-Dilophosaurus

-Kairuku

-Oviraptor

-Lystrosaurus

-Compsognathus

-Mesopithecus

-Jerboa

-Titanomyrma

-Dung Beetle

-Araneomorphus

-Titanoboa

-Phiomia

-Pachycephalosaurus

-Raptor

-Terror Bird

-Castoroides

-Pulmonoscorpius

-Beelzebufo

-Megaloceros

-Direwolf

-Sabertooth

-Arthropluera

-Procoptodon

-Diplocaulus

-Kaprosuchus

And the last thing i can think of is when they eat a dead creature they gain a buff to regenerate their health and stamina faster for a few seconds.

Trap it sleep near it (single player) then knock it. Easy tame with only meat and little narcotics (for higher levels

Since they are scavengers you can just kill a large Dino and every Argie in the area will come for the corpse then just surprise tranq them.

Their so slow you can Just shoot them with tranq arrows without a Trap or Something , even at pretty high Levels, Just be sure you are ready to Chase them for a short time If they start to flee

You can instant tame an arg, just need to almost knock it out, and check its torpor with a magnifiant glass, stop shooting it and give it a dead body. Once the arg eats it, shoot it really fast while it has its healing buff. If it’s knock out and still has its buff, the food will drain super fast. GLHF!

If encountered do these two steps

1.Bola friend

2.Run

How To make an argy trap

You need this following things.

x4 stone gate way

x2 stone gate way doors

Place the 4 gate ways in a file make space in between the gaps so that you can go though. Place the 2 gate doors on each side. Leave one open and lure the argy in the trap ( try to take some hits so it does'nt lose interest). Once the Bird is in slip though the gaps that you made. go to the opened gate doors and close it as fast as you can. Ta da there your trap.

Extra. Try to shot at it from a range it can't attack you. Make sure that theres no bad things beat it. Chose a safe spot to tame. If you are confused go search. How to make an argy trap.

Pls get a saddle before taming one

I literally had to tame 10 argy because all kept dying due to rex or something on the way

I tamed like 3 of these last second so I can go home across the map with all the loot I wanted

Great carriers, but my base was in the artic so Argentavis was all around

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.