Great dino for caves... There are lots and lots of other dinos to tame, but this is the og cave monster... Always take two when you're serious about exploring... Imprinted and mate boosted dinos are the best..! That being said, I tamed one of these bad boys with fish and it lost effectiveness so fast... I tamed a level 150 with fish, I starved it until it insta tamed to about 80% on vanilla official settings... It would have gotten 75 levels at 100% effectiveness, but I only got 37 levels with abysmal effectiveness... I've yet to see a dinos effectiveness drop so quickly... Maybe just because it was on 1x taming and I usually tame during events... Anyways it was a pain to capture... I couldn't get it to follow me with rare flowers and you certainly don't want to get in the water with it... Now to find a suitable mate...

this guys all rounders perfect early game to mid game anyways it has a damage high enough to compete with a carno a health that can survive many attacks,a sprinting and swimming speed that is fast enough to avoid most predators and a stun in the water that can be used on offence defence and escaping

They hit fast, with force, they tear off flesh, they stun-lock creatures, nothing can hit u if u spam its attack, its fast agile on land and in water, can jump a lot and is very useful, eats fish so taming it is fairly easier because u do nit think of jerky or kibble or stuff so i would recommend, mostly in rivers and in swamps.

I wish luck to everyone who attacks it without a backup strong dino like some 50 lvl raptor or some carno. I used my carno Nexus she is great for protection and if you want a carno just climb on a high rock and just do theese 3 steps:

1) reload

2) aim for the head

3)shoot and again from 1 until it falls, you can use this with the barys too but if he is not so close just be chill and if he is low lvl its a piece of cake

These guys if leveled up are destroyers with there stun attack they are a mighty force don’t fight Cnidarias they are the grim reaper but these can fight everything else pump lvls into health and damage

To tame just shoot with darts doesn’t matter the type and just shoot it or stand on a rock if it’s high of lvl P.S you can also use tanks and a sling but it’s your choice

Get fish meat and tame

Good luck taming

Sincerely lonely dodo 🦤

Probably one of the best general use non flyer mounts in the game. Fast land and water speed, quick stamina regen, good health, decent damage. Small enough to use in some caves like the southern cave. Absolute terror in the water and it has no oxygen meter. Very easy to tame and can be found in the swamp or around some rivers. High maneuverability on land and in water.

Get yourself one.

Your best bet at taming one of these is to build a small pit-fall nearby and lead it inside (Baryonyx are very fast, so make sure you can outrun it. Otherwise, a Pteranodon may do the trick.) Use a crossbow and tranq arrows to knock it out. They are pescatarians, so make sure you have plenty of fish meat to tame them, but keep in mind that this will take much longer than other methods. It is highly recommended to use their prefered kibble, however it may not be readily available. Prime fish also does the trick pretty well, which is relatively easy to farm off of Coelacanth and Sabertooth Salmon with the metal sickle.

Once tamed, a Baryonyx will absolutely change the way you play the early/mid-game. They are amazing swimmers, lack an oxygen stat (they can stay underwater indefinitely) and have a tail-whip ability that can stun nearby enemies underwater, making them great for exploring the oceans without fear of a megalodon attack. Unfortunately, without any levels in your own oxygen stat, you won't be able to ride them for very long underwater before beginning to suffocate. They harvest a lot of fish meat and some biotoxin, which can help with taming other dinos.