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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a arthropluera? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a arthropluera.
Yes they still have stealth BUT if at any point they have ever died or been chronicalled, they will lose the stealth. You cannot revive tame, or they lose stealth.
Just bait it into the water and it will auto deaggro.
Let it sink to the bottom while you kill off the spiders and anything else attacking you.
Once all threats are clear swim down and take :)
For those of you who play pve on official just heads up you will need to tame this guys old school since you can't pick them up with crab/megas, since you may not be able to get them to water so they stay still here's how you do it. Full ghillie and bug repellent make sure you aggro them then bring them to a spot away from other wild dinos (preferably with a drake) wait till deaggro follow them from their tail side don't get infront of their head wait till they stop moving they will stand still for a few seconds then in that instant run to them aim for their head and feed the broth of enlightenment make sure you spam triangle/E if you missed they will raise their heads and attack go away deaggro and try again I tamed 4 last night this way good luck!!
By far the scariest insect to come across. But not like you may think! This is the arthopluera, a giant prehistoric centipede, that’s ready to make your life miserable. So let’s talk about them shall we? I’ll list what I’ll be talking about, then we can jump in! What’s they look like, How to tame them, what maps their on, and what they’re good for! Alright now let’s get started!
Appearance: Segmented plates that have a curved spike on both sides of each segment, about half the size of the player. And everything else is a cross between a millipede and a centipede.
Taming! Taming one is very simple, Grab spoiled meat, grab a flyer (or if you don’t have one bug spray) Pick up the arthro with a flyer, and drop it into a nearby body of water. Don’t worry, These creatures can’t drown, also putting it into the water seems to just blind it, making it passive unless it exits the water. While it’s in the water, feed it the spoiled meat until it tames. Whistle the arthro to follow you out of the water and boom, u got a arthro!
Maps: Extinction, The island, Scorched Earth, Crystal Isles, Ragnorak, Lost island. These maps I know have arthro.
This tame excels at Pvp, Almost being a pointless tame on pve due to its lack of weight, speed and attacks. Making this tame a must have war mount, why? Arthros have acidic blood, if somebody were to hit you with a melee weapon, it would break. This isn’t effective against ranged weapons as they take 15-25% more dmg from ranged weapons. However once this tame gets close to the enemy base it can just eat its way through. Tek base? Hardly think so, Metal superfortress? Not anymore. Simply get rid of the turrets, and the arthro can wreck the entire base. Chewing through vaults, walls, you name it it could destroy it. Is there a hard to reach exposed geny? Unfortunate. But never fear, the arthro doubles a catapult. Shooting it’s acidic blood like artillery!
Thx for reading! I’ll be working on tips for other pvp mounts!
Make sure you don't wear armor around them
Because they will destroy it. Use bug repellent so they don't automatically attack you. If you need spoiled meat make sure you have each raw meat split up individually that way once 5 mins passes by it all spoils at once
I recently constructed a 1x8 pen with walls in ARK Ascended, and I found an effective way to tame an Arthro. I used my Argent 🦅 to transport it inside the pen. After placing it in the enclosure, I patiently waited, and the Arthro naturally turned about 90 degrees, which caused it to become stuck. This allowed me to easily tame it using spoiled meat from a spot near the back end of the Arthro, right along the edge of the wall. This method proved to be a straightforward approach, eliminating the need to create bug repellent or worry about potential attacks. Overall, it was a simple and effective trap design!
I will make a list of pros and cons about this creature:
Pros:
Nothing, and I mean NOTHING will aggro to you, even if you attack it
Inflicts torpor
Can melt armor, harvest dead bodies from afar with acid ball
Swims the same speed as walk
Cons:
Terrible weight (100) you're going to have to stuff your whole inventory somewhere, and maybe even your armor
Saddle requires 35 obsidian
Something I've noticed:
Wild ones can deal constant (like .5 sec between attacks) damage to you, but tamed ones, not even mounted ones can, and I get this needs to be balanced, but make it only work on wild creatures or something, I would love to see it work
Go in a cave with water if they are under water you can tame without them agroin you just use a scuba tank
I find the best way to knock these out and tame them is to simply lead them into the water and grapple to them and they instantly de-aggro and it’s just a matter of feeding it. It has worked many times. Also no ghillie or bug repellent required 👍
To the people who say they only take broth of enlightenment suck a d bc they take spoiled meat
Ghillie and bug repalent still managed to get eaten use broth of enlightenment it makes this much easier I learned the hard way
Don't worry freshers! I know it looks creepy😅.
Here is very simple taming tutorial.
1. Craft Ghillie set if possible.
2. Must use Bug Repellent.
3. Take Spoiled Meat for fast tame.
(Optional) Take it's Saddle with you.
4. Go for Central Cave (near volcano "39.6--46.9")
5. Use Bug Repellent and enter in the hell.
6. The first creature you will see is your Arthro.
7. Don't worry about other creatures just get a little bit close to it & start feeding it.
8. Yeah buddy, now you have An Electric Vehicle for any caves.
NON-VIOLENT THEY SAY HMMMMM ITS DEFINATLY THE TRUTH
THANKS WILD CARD
sorry for my grammer
Drop in water and you don’t need big Repellant as it’s passivr
arthros are really easy to tame if you have a pulmonoscorpius, it grants you the stealth needed to do the passive tame (i think that araneos do that too but they're harder to catch and their saddle unlocks way later). you can just search the highest level arthro in the cave and stock up on rotten meat while doing so, just keep in mind that the saddle unlocks at level 54 and there's not much of a point in keeping one before having a saddle
Drop it with a flier in a 1x1 3 walls high and feed through wall face to face. No bug repellent or ghili needed
Kill everything around it. Where your best gillie. Use Cactus Broth & Bug Repellent. Always use Broth of Enlightenment to tame. Always crouch. Enjoy!
Breaks armor with spit passive tame don’t Agro and passive feed it use bug repellent gilli and prone to not agro
Since the latest update they are now breedable struckture eaters.
If you want to tame it, best way is to wear ghillie armor and bug repelent, and you must crawl.Go from behind taming will be 100% safe
So you are going to want to go to the cave in the middle of the islands and I’d recommend bringing at least 2 bug repellent. Just stay away from the Ovis and Araneo. Clear out any snakes or scorpions as the repellent won’t work on them. Once cleared, find a good Arthropluera. Inch forward until it says feed, I’d recommend spoiled meat, as it is easy to obtain and works just fine. And there you have your own Arthropleura