My tribe uses the skiff to pick up the dolphin and when you do that you hop off the skiff and you can freely tame the dolphin.

To tame a space dolphin you will need element sometimes you may need alot, you find them in the space biome in Genesis part 2

First pet it,it will swim away don't worry just follow it, once it slows you pet it again(try to avoid hiting their head or you will bounce away) then you can feed it 1 element and it will swim away again,once slows again pet it 2 times and fed it 3 element it will swim away again, once slows again pet it 3 times and feed it 5 element it will swim away, once slowed again pet it 3 times and feed it 10 element, repeat till tamed the element increments you feed it go 1,3,5,10 then repeat

Be Carful Of Viodwryms (tek wyverns) while out there, they are very aggressive and agroo range is very far so be carful

If the one you want is in a group you can pet the ones you don't want to get them to swim away and leave you alone

Their saddle unlocks at level 120 you may be wondering how to get the saddle engram if level 105 is max level, we'll to get higher level you can either ascend on alpha any map for 15+ max levels, (I find manticore on scorched earth to be easiest way to ascend) find all explorer notes on all story maps for 10+ max levels, and you can also use chibis, kevel up the chibi and it will allow you to gain more max levels

Happy asking

-Van

Best tel saddle ever

Really handy to have but you have to be high level

Its gonna go from space whale to space dolphin to space orca

Don't mess with them if they are in pods. Once they start squeaking best get ready to run or get attacked by pack boosted dolphins

For those on console (don't know if it works on PC) if you are having trouble with the cross-hairs tilting to the middle right in the starfighter mode and is doing the same on GEN2 Mission StarDolfin here is how to fix it, jump in the space dolfin and go into settings, then click on HIGH DETAIL (should fix it) while in the starfighter mode or play with the UI Scale settings.

If you find the Starwing saddle DO NOT EQUIP IT if you don't have the engram learned. This causes the food to bug and your tame will die of starvation. If you remove it, you can force feed it meat to fill the hunger meter and you should be fine.

What I do... I use Helena to scan it to see its lvl bc I have trouble with the spyglass on space biome..I will aggro it and lure it into the bridge and take it up a bit so it stays out of the space biome and not have to worry about voidwyrms... once it is where I feel is far enough I will tek speed run away and leave render...I will then pet and feed it

If u have a mount or shoulder pet with u u can store the element inside and just use 1 to feed. Best way is to lure the dolphin in one of these small air vents on the walls and trap it with 4 small gates. So it can't run away and u stand next to the dolphin and wait to pet and feed only a single ele. This method uses only 1/3 of the element in the description....

It says it’s aquatic but we all know that it is a space dog

Depending on where the astrodelphis is within the space biome, you can trap them to tame them. 5 dino gates + 2 doors. Spaced wide enough for you to get through. In my case I used a combination of tek and metal gates and doors. Built the trap on the ship itself, not on any asteroid. Set the tek door to close after 4 seconds. Kited it down, bit me a few times but trapped her and floated above her petting and feeding element. Much easier than chasing her around. Not my idea, credit goes to youtuber Nappy_Playz.

Using a 3 Dino gate long taming trap works best, I connect the ends with 2 gates each side so the result is a hexagon, so it can’t knock u away during taming

Never bite with this creature as it will drain its stamina FAST

If in a fight use your grenades or run.

PvP players: ark outdid themselves they made an even more unbalanced Dino

That kid who’s friend let him use the space dolphin: lasers go burrrrrrr

ima tell yall something

make 4 gateways not S+

then make 2 gates not S+

then put em in a line like this llll all in a row in the space docks

then find the one you want

equip your tek gear

dont speed boost away from it just fly slowly away

kite it while doing this

then lure it in on one side

then close gate

and then feed it element

BAM ENJOY YOUR DOLPHIN

-Toad

You tame this creature by giving it element once you have the element put it in the last slot of you hot bar pet it it can take several time so don’t get disceraged it will run away and you will have pet it again or give it element to tame after it is tamed give it MEAT don’t do the same mistake I did by giving it element after it was tamed

Ps. if other Astrodolphis see you feed their friends they will attack you

Build a trap out of 4 or 5 dino gates in a line with a door at each end, then get the dolphin to follow you in closing the door behind it. Keeping it enclosed makes it much easier to not miss a pet or feed. Watch out for the time if you build on an asteroid because at midnight the asteroid will disappear!

The feeding cycle goes: pet-wait-pet-1element, pet-pet-3element, pet-pet-5element, pet-pet-pet-10element. It will then cycle back round.

Be careful, a bug made to the astrodelphis drain it's food after tame and can die, you should Wear meat.

Started taming a 135 on officials and 1 element did 0.9% taming so a 150 W should take around 120 element

A mix between petting and passive element feeding. Can be aggressive if you get too close