These guys are so great! Every survival i have created was made 40% easier when tamed. They get weight reductions in most things besides wood, they also have great weight. They can do so much damage and if you get too damaged you can just fly away. They are also great at killing bugs. Hope you found this helpful!

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

They double as a smith( yes you can craft stuff with the BIRD!!)

This one of the best all around creature in the game, it carries a lot and has a weight reduction on most mineral resources and polymer, it can have great damage, and can also have high health and lots of stamina, this creature is a must tame and is a great traveler and harvester even into late game.

I accidentally found out that you can carry a Dilo with its beak!

This guy is amazing in everything except speed but if you pump it up then he can be as fast as a Pterodactyl. I have a level 57 and he can kill Rex’s and Brontosaurus easy

Probably the best thing when starting out in order to grind metal. Arges have high carry weight meaning you get the biggest bang for you buck when flying to a mountain and back.

The Argentavis is amazing for resource runs. The weight of Stone, Metal, Crystal, and Obsidian is halved. Also it works as a mobile smithy, meaning you can repair your metal tools on the go. They also have much higher Carry Weight than a Pteranadon and most of the time more Stamina and Melee Damage, so they can hold their own pretty well. They also have a crazy Health Regen buff when consuming corpses. Can also use it to transport bigger dinos. Their pretty slow though compared to most other flyers.

Put a Compy in its mouth and it looks like it’s eating it

Do not let your argy attack another flying creature they will fly up and ascend to heaven they don’t die but you’ll never see them again

If You don’t have one I suggest you try to get one it’s really useful and it cuts down weight on metal, crystal and obsidian

Great for Wight until u get a Quetzal or Wyvern

Get their health and damage up for a great meat farmer. I've taken out same level rexes with ease just circling and pecking.

If collecting metal, stone, and wood. Get a farming team that consists of a anky, beaver, and a doedicurus. Collect materials with them and keep designated materials in the inventory as the have weight reduction on them. Pick this dinos up with an arge and you can carry more of these materials then you would with just the arge. I know a lot of people already know this but just had a buddy who didn’t so figured I would say something just incase others don’t.

I use in pair with anky... Invest into weight for the argy and melee in anky (anky already has a busted reduced carry wait). Get over (at least) 1k weight in argy to carry the anky to metal nodes. You just need to drop them on the nodes ride them destroy node drop any stone/flint gathered and repeat. No moving on the anky required. Leave when 80% of argy weight is full for fast flight back to base with large collection. I got ~3300 metal with this (boosted rates/ single player)

They can almost carry every creature in ark get your friends and dominate the server 👆if this is helpful thx.

Would recommend use with a anky and go long distances to find metal if the metal veins near you are not respawning

Put a saddle on one of these, they become a smithy.

These guys can pick up large juvenile dinos. I accidently picked a baby carno from a crowd of raptors while doing supply drop runs

Utility of the argentavis:

Jack of all trades: decent stat distribution, good attack, utility, and stamina.

Weight/long distance travel: high stamina, high stamina efficiency, and high weight stat

Material carrying: weight reduction on many materials like metal

Taming: has good attack to clear area and good health in case of getting assaulted by carnivores. Has weight to carry traps. Can also fly away in case of danger.

Regen: heals astoundingly fast after eating a corpse

Carrying dinos: able to grab mid-sized Dino’s like ankys and parasaurs.

Disadvantage:

Speed: much slower than other flyers like pteranodons

Difficulty to tame: found in dangerous areas (redwoods, snow, mountains, carno island)

Saddle: unlocked at a fairly high level of 62, and requires a lot of chitin/keratin