At least what I’ve found, Baryonyx CAN be carried by the Argy in OLD ark mobile :D (this is because of a drag weight update around 2024/2025 that newer versions like ASA was changed to not be carried by a Argy, but since old mobile is based on pc/console BEFORE said update, hope this helps, if anyone else still plays old mobile :l)

The baryonyx is a very useful tame to have. They are fast on foot and in water, and have decent damage and health. A unique ability the baryonyx has is tail spin attack. It can only be done in water and it stuns any creature that is in its range, letting the baryonyx do a decent amount of damage without taking any. This makes them a viable as a creature for the underwater caves. Their speed on land, medium size and their long jumping makes them an amazing creature for caves on land as well.

WARNING: wild baryonyx can also do the spin attack in the water and can also dismount you from your tame and stun you even if you have a baryonyx yourself, so be careful.

A top 10 choice if i could only use 1 dino for my entire playthrough. Here are the ups and downs.

Ups:

*Spino on water

*Allosaurus on land

*Fits in almost all caves(e.g not fitting skylord cave on the island)

*Has a stun ability you can spam and works with creatures like megalodons too

Downs:

*The stats are great for caves,not that good to bring in boss fights unless they are very good leveled.

*Since you dont stay in its back after dismounting stuff like purlovia which are real threats in caves are still threats (ty for reading❤️l

This Dino is a MUST tame for transition between early to mid game. Forget about sarcos, megaladons, or itchy’s. This thing is the best water tame you can get. They’re faster than spinos on water and land. They eat anything underwater for breakfast because of their special attack. They’re also great on land as well because of its speed and damage. Its special attack immobilises creatures (only works in water) for enough time for you to kill them. It has infinite oxygen and I think it’s the perfect Dino for caves on both land and water. Nothing can stand up to it in water, and when I say nothing I mean absolutely nothing. It’s stun is absolutely broken no doubt.

Dinos like thyla, sabertooth, or direwolves are great cave Dino’s but baryonyx is so much better. It’s because they are extremely fast and they deal good damage. One of the best things about them is that they heal so fast if they eat fish meat. They are fish eating Dino’s so if you want good results make sure to keep fish meat in its inventory instead of regular raw meat. It’s crazy how they can heal thousands of health in a matter of minutes with fish meat without force feeding. I personally think this is why they’re the best for caves

I recommend getting the Barry as soon as u unlock its saddle. Their easy to tame because their not that big so just find a small hill or use a tanky Dino as bait while u shoot it with tranqs. Or just simply use a bear trap if it’s a low lvl

The way i tamed my first Barry (lvl 89):

I used my arg which has around 6500 health as bait and I simply just shot it with tranqs. It took about 25-30 tranq arrows on a journeyman crossbow.

Journey man is one the many qualities of items that you can get from the supply drops or from killing alpha Dino’s (got mine from killing an alpha raptor)

In my experience, Low lvl Barry’s (up to level 40 or 50) take very less amount of tranq arrows to knock out, about 15-25. They’re an easy tame and like I said, Great first tame definitely recommend it.

This thing is overpowered, and I highly recommend you tame this.

1: It's fast. This is a good utility, since mainly they're found in swamps and saddles are easy to make. This could allow a quick and safe getaway from there. It's also faster than a spinosaur in water, also a helpful factor or escapes.

2: They are easy to find. On the Island, if you go off that little water barrier thing that disconnects the main island and that Island next to it, you're almost guaranteed to find one.

3:It can jump. While it may not seem like the best factor, it can really help when escaping a spino or a Rex if you're not near water.

4: Extremley powerful. Due to its fast speed and jumping abilities, it can easily take down larger animals, like a carnotorus or even an allosaurus. This can also help in pvp situations, with a special ability I'll get to later.

5: It's easy to tame. While it cannot be bola'd, it can easily be trapped using a wooden box. Since they're found near water, fish is easy to get and is an easy knockout. (With tranq arrows)

6: It has a large health and stamina pool. While it doesn't match that of a Rex, it can certainly help in sticky situations, along with its strength and speed.

7: And lastly, it has a special ability. This is an ability I like to call, "The Spin & Stun" which is exactly what it does! The baryonyx would spin and stun everything around it. Sadly and gladly, it can only be used in water. It's sad because, well, it's in water. But it can also be very helpful for taming say, a megalodon or a mosasaur, and can be used to drown enemies. The stun lasts for around 7-8 seconds which could drain oxygen and fast, also giving the Baryonyx enough time to regenerate its stamina and fire the attack again.

And these are 7 reasons why the piscivorus Iguanadon but better, should be tamed a lot more often. Thank you for reading though, and I hope this helps!

I am very depressed to learn that the saddle is at level 49. I tamed it at level 21 and am currently at 30. (This is my second profile I am level 70 or so in ASE mobile). This is not the first Dino that I am upset at the saddle level… the pterranadon I tamed at level 10 carno I tamed while I was level 25.

ok literally my new favorite tame, not only is the bary a powerhouse for fighting and a demon of speed on both land and water, but you can shoot off its back. great caving tame because its slender, fast and powerful and on top of all of this, it’s stamina is good even from the time you tame it. 10/10 good tame (just don’t try and bola it).