What are tips and strategies for basilisk?

So,I remember when I was new to ARK,and I tamed myself this serpent,and I didn't want it,so what did I do? I unclaimed it,attacked it,my carno and raptors got murdered,I got knocked out and eaten,so the meaning of this is,don't unclaim a creature and attack it,so if your in a tribe,and you do something like a creature trade,with a bronto maybe,and a rex,don't press attack unless you have a weapon,also keep a weapon when someone does something.

So,I remember when I was new to ARK,and I tamed myself this serpent,and I didn't want it,so what did I do? I unclaimed… | Basilisk Tips

2 points 📖 Stories May 23, 2026 Report

I had a lvl 230 bloodstalker, while i was afk, a level 150 fat snake killed my bloodstalker 😭

114 points 📖 Stories Dec 2, 2020 Report

THEY SAID THAT THE PORTAL SPAWN ON ABREEATION WAS EASY!

84 points 📖 Stories Apr 15, 2021 Report

Wholesome basilisk fanfic. Wholesome because yes

The survivor was running, wishing he brought a bulbdog. After snatching 15 rock drake eggs he made the mistake of coming into nameless turf without charge light, and was fleeing from them. There seemed to be no escape as he started slowing with some distance made. But what was that rumble.

“Huh?”

A giant snake rose from the ground, hissing madly.

“Aaaaaaah”

It started spitting venom furiously through the nameless armor and destroying them one by one. By the time it was done, all the nameless were either fleeing or dead, and large bags of nameless venom scattered the area.

“Well I needed that venom so great” the survivor picked it all up, before remembering the snake

Meanwhile the snake stared curiously at the players other bag, where they had kept 15 rock drake eggs, believing the more the merrier.

“Uh you want those.”

The snake hissed a clear confirmation

“Well, I kinda gathered too many because of opportunity, so I guess you can have some, but not all”

The snake happily accepted the eggs, leaving three to be raised to healthy rock drakes. It decided to come with the human.

“Alright, let’s head back then. With the nameless venom and eggs, I’ll be able to raise rock drakes”

So they headed back, and along with the basilisk and other tames, the rock drakes grew into healthy adults, able to aid the survivor well, making his survival even more possible.

Hope you like it

30 points 📖 Stories Nov 24, 2022 Report

Basilisk Adventures Chapter 1

Venom was a good basilisk as a hatchling. He loved to swim, loved to eat eggs(mostly Rick drake eggs), but above all, he LOVED to be with his mother. His father was killed by a survivor who needed basilisk fangs to enter and kill Rockwell. How Venom wanted his revenge. He came up with a battle tactic where you bury yourself into the ground and wait. They were dark times. Very, dark times. Venom was now 19 yrs old. His mother was killed 5 years prior due to a Reaper. She ventured deep into blue zone to get Rockdrake eggs for Venom( Venom was 6 at the time) and somehow never came back. Venom guessed it was because of a Reaper, but since annexation has a number of things that can kill you, it could’ve been anything. As Venom was buried, he sensed some vibrations coming from the surface. It sounded like someone was being chased. 19 things were chasing the other thing. He popped up to see 19 nameless attacking a half naked human. Even though survivors killed his father, he sensed that the right thing would be to help the poor human. He shot 3 plasma formed venom at all the nameless, every one either fled, or was killed. One was wounded. The survivor grabbed a stick and made sure the nameless stopped breathing. By the time the human turned around, Venom was gone. Up if you want to read chapter two tomorrow!

7 points 📖 Stories Jun 15, 2025 Report

-Grim Reapers- Chapter 8 Many days after the battle, Nameless wanted to ask Otto a question. He found the snake resting in his den, watching the slaves fight and kill one another, too tired to do anything. The basilisk turned his head and said, “Good afternoon, Dracius.” The drake growled softly and said, “Good afternoon, Otto. I have a question for you; Do you want to switch roles?” “No, I do not.” “Ok, I’ll let Jover know.” “So what’s the news about that reaper whose mom you killed?” “Oh, that one? I don’t know where he is, but I’ve got a plan to kidnap him AND the rest of Aberration.” Nameless growled. A earthquake shook the ARK, cutting off the conversation for a few moments. “So what’s your plan?” Otto asked after the quake ended. “Well here it is. First, we’re using the festival as bait, so we can trap everyone. Then, well…” The drake lowered his voice, so he was barely audible. 2 happy votes and 9th is on shinehorn. Note: I am currently working on two other series, one is called The Ascension, which is in Manticore, and the other is still being developed. -Dragonslayer, author of The Ascension-

7 points 📖 Stories Apr 27, 2025 Report

Journey Through All Creatures

Chapter 38: The Unstable Ark

Note: This is the 1st chapter of Segment III. Story starts in Achatina, The Island ABC order for Section I, Scorched Earth Exclusives and Aberration Exclusives for Section II and has a Prologue. Last chapter starts in Wyvern. More information at the top of last chapter. Next chapter in Bulbdog.

Day 1 of Aberration

Day 135 of the Journey

5:28 PM.

Sodden’s eyes shot open, gasping for air. His back lay on a cold, hard metal floor. He felt slightly sore, and weirdly light. He lifted his head to see that his armor was gone, and so was his bag. He sat up to look at his back, and discovered the bag he had was empty.

“What… where’d the stuff go? Where am I?” Sodden said quietly. He slowly stood up, his legs shaking a little bit. He was panting, then he turned around slowly. There were strange arcs of metal over him, and there were a few just south of him. He assumed this was the green zone region of the Ark, as Serenity told him about, but he had no idea what the arcs were. He looked at his implant, and he opened the tribe logs. He assumed he lost his stuff when he crashed. But when he looked at the top of the tribe logs, he found something shocking. Sodden gasped. He saw the message, “You were scorched to death by the sun!” And that’s when he realized: he didn’t crash into the cave. He landed on the surface during the day and died instantly thanks to the radiation. This meant all his items, Reaper, and his weapons were on the surface.

“Oh, no. That’s bad. The others definitely saw the message. Serenity isn’t in the tribe, though, so she wouldn’t have seen it.” Sodden whispered. Then he heard quiet growling, and he looked up and gasped.

“Raptors. I gotta get out of here.” Sodden gasped. He turned to the open zone and ran away from the metal podium he spawned on. The raptors were in a bush, looking for food. They did not notice Sodden. Sodden ran hard towards a small cliff, where many tall trees stood, and looked down to see a large lake in the distance.

“Okay, I just need to get stuff set up. And not die too much.” Sodden said. He walked around the cliff dropoff until he saw a stable path that went downwards, and he walked down the path, then he walked to a small tree near the bottom. He then looked at his implant, which was glowing green on the rings and dim blue in the center. It was his second ascension implant. He then looked around the place, and he realized he had no idea where everyone was.

“Guys! Guys, you around?” Sodden shouted as he walked around the forest. Then he heard a explosion in the distance.

BOOM! Sodden looked up and turned around, to see a flare rising up into the sky far south of Sodden’s position. Sodden ran south, away from the portal he had spawned near and towards a river valley south of him.

Somewhere in the blue zone…

Dorack gasped for air as his eyes shot open. He stood quickly, and looked around, and Serenity had gotten up too, groaning. “We’re here.” Dorack said. Serenity took a deep breath.

“Been a while since I’ve been here. I like this place, actually. It’s beautiful. Just like me. It’s the perfect place for just chilling. Well, if you have a good base set up, that is. There’s a lot of dangerous creatures here.” Serenity said. The two began walking away from the surface entrance they went through, and walked through a massive chamber that led to the open underground of Aberration. But as they walked, Dorack got a notification on his implant. He looked at it, and gasped when he saw what it was. It was a death message. “Oh, no. That’s not good.” Dorack said. Serenity turned around.

“What happened?” Serenity asked.

“Sodden died. That’s what. He must’ve landed on the surface. Oh, my god. That’s not good. His items will be up there and he’s not gonna have any levels. We’ll just have to hope we find him soon.” Dorack said. Serenity gasped.

“Oh, my god. Okay, we should go.” Serenity said. The two then kept walking through the tunnel, then they rose from it, and gasped loudly. There were large blue plants speckled across the ground, mushrooms all over the place, and bioluminscent plants everywhere on the walls and ground.

“We’re in the blue zone? If everyone landed in the green zone, we’re very far away from everyone.” Dorack said loudly.

“Not good. Okay, let’s just get our weapons.” Serenity said. Dorack nodded. Dorack took a shotgun out of his bag, while Serenity took a sword out of her bag.

“Okay, what creatures do we have that are usable here?” Dorack said. Serenity shrugged.

“I don’t think we have any. I do have the other raptor, but it’s pretty low level.” Serenity said. Dorack sighed.

“It might just have to do.” Dorack said. Serenity took a cryopod out of his bag, and threw it at the ground, releasing a raptor. The first raptor they tamed at SE, a low level. Dorack and Serenity got on it, then the raptor roared as it tried to walk, but it was straining.

“Ugh. We’re too heavy! We might just have to go on foot.” Dorack said. The two survivors got off, and Serenity put the raptor back in the cryopod. She then put the cryopod in her bag.

“Well, at least we have things to defend ourselves with.” Dorack said. Serenity nodded, then the two survivors began walking towards the mushroom forest in the northwest part of the Ark.

Rod walked out of the cavern he had landed in, and was in the mushroom forest now. He was walking around, he held a hatchet in his left hand, and he walked to a tree. He began striking the tree with his hatchet, then picking up the logs and thatch he got. He looked around the area.

“Guys? Where are you? Guys? Oh, forget it. I’m not even here for them anyway. At least not to help them. Can’t go to the Red Zone, though. I don’t have hazard suits yet.” Rod said to himself. He then shrugged and started walking through the forest, searching for a river or lake he could find, then he came across a lake a few hundred meters away, and he ran towards it, jumping over rocks to get there. After a few minutes, he was at the lake. He sat down near a rock that sat just before the water, on the shore. Rod looked around, then he looked at his implant. He turned on communicators, and made a message. “Dread, I am here. I am in the green zone. I hear your friend is out farming. Don’t let that Sodden idiot see him.” Rod said. He turned off the communicator and sent the message.

Sodden ran through the forest, panting as he went, He kept going south, then he approached some mushrooms and a large cliff. Sodden walked to the cliff and he looked over it. At the bottom of the cliff was a small thatch hut. Then someone walked out of it. “Who’s that?” Sodden asked himself. The person looked nothing like Nal, nor did he look like a high level. The person then walked to a tree then began breaking it down. Then Sodden heard footsteps behind him. They grew louder as they got closer. “Dude, where were you? You must’ve respawned far away.” A voice said. Sodden turned around and Nal was walking to him, with a shotgun resting on her shoulder.

“Yeah, I respawned somewhere north of here. Where’s your base?” Sodden said.

“Haven’t gotten one set up yet. I’m looking for the others. I kinda hope we find them soon.” Nal said. Sodden nodded.

“We’ll find them, don’t worry. Did you see where the others went?” Sodden said. Nal shrugged.

“I think Dorack might’ve gone into a cave entrance somewhere south, but I don’t know exactly where. I think Serenity went with him, but I missed where Rod went.” Nal said.

“Well, we should try to find Dorack and Serenity first. I think we can hold off on finding Rod for now.” Sodden said. Nal nodded.

“Seems like a good plan. Just stick with me, okay? I have an extra weapon for you.” Nal said. Sodden nodded, then the two survivors walked along the cliff edge to find somewhere where they could get off, then they walked down a slope that went down the cliff, then they began walking towards the river.

Near the west part of the map, Dorack and Serenity were walking along a region of the blue zone, the region where they entered, which was called the Overlook. It overlooked the red zone that sat far beneath the edge of the cliffs just south of them. They walked along a path that went up northeast, to get closer to the mushroom forest. As they went, they heard quiet rustling. Dorack turned to the left to see what it was. He saw some bushes shaking, then heard fast footsteps. Serenity gasped and turned around quickly. Then something jumped out. Someone stood in a black robe, with a dark red mask on their face, an shortsword in his left pocket, and a large bag on his back. “Hello, Serenity. We meet again. Where is Rod?” The person said. Serenity gasped and walked closer.

“I remember you. Marison… you’re still here? I thought Dread killed you.” Serenity said.

“He almost did. But I narrowly escaped. Some person named Sunhigh, kind of a weird name, met me and helped me. I left their base and hid away here, in the green zone, waiting for the day you came back.” Marison said in a gruff voice. Serenity gasped.

“The Aberration Kingdom? They’re here? That means…” Dorack gasped in shock. Marison turned to Dorack and walked to him quickly.

“And tell me your name and purpose in this Ark.” Marison growled. “Uh… I’m Dorack, and I’m here to… help some friends get to Extinction.” Dorack said. Marison gasped in shock.

“You’re trying to go for the Assassin Heart? You are a fool if you think you can really get through that barrier.” Marison sneered. Dorack stammered, thinking of an answer.

“We have a plan. Kinda… maybe you can help us?” Dorack asked. Serenity chuckled and walked to Dorack, then grabbed his arm and looked up at Marison.

“Hey, so this is one of my buddies, and if you could let me talk to him for just one second…” Serenity said, then pulled Dorack away. Marison scoffed and walked the other direction. Serenity stormed over to a tree and threw Dorack against the tree.

“I don’t think you understand my history in this Ark. When I was here, a lot of complex things happened. Dread… he’s an evil man. Marison is the only reason I even made it back to the Island in the first place. Dorack… can you stay out of the way of my other friends? Just so that we can have as much peace and tranqulity here as possible?” Serenity asked. Dorack leaned against the tree, brushing off some bark and dirt off his back and legs.

“Dude… is something wrong?” Dorack asked, confused. Serenity sighed.

“Sorry… I just… This place brings me terrible memories. I was so traumatized from what Rod did that since then, Aberration has been a nightmare for me. I thought I’d be fine here now, but I guess not.” Serenity said. Dorack sighed.

“I get that. I went through the same thing in Snowball. It impacts me hard all the time. I hate the snow cave, and so does Nal. It was terrifying being there because we almost lost everything so many times. But… we will try to ignore it. Just forget it. It is in the past. Do not let the trauma hold you back. Okay?” Dorack asked. Serenity nodded slowly.

“Makes sense.” Serenity said quietly. Dorack then held out his arms and embraced Serenity.

“You’re good now. Okay? You’re with us. We’re not letting Rod or Dread or any of their tribe do anything to you.” Dorack said. Serenity nodded. Then they let go of each other.

“Now why don’t we find the others?” Serenity asked. “NO! What is this guy doing?” A voice called out. Serenity turned around to see Marison standing there, aiming a rifle at Dorack. He pulled the trigger, and a dart soared through the air, then made contact with Dorack’s chest. Dorack gasped in pain and fell over, unconscious. “He’s down. You never know. He could be part of Rock Death.” Marison sneered. Serenity gasped.

“Marison, I know Rod got me almost killed, but you don’t have to do this. He’s not on their tribe, dude.” Serenity said. Marison sighed.

“I didn’t want to have to do this. Come with me. I’m taking you to the Aberration Kingdom. Perhaps the Queen can help you come to your senses.” Marison said. Serenity scoffed.

“What are you saying?” Serenity yelled in anger.

“I’m saying… come with us. I do not trust Sodden. Especially not after what he did to one of my minions a few months back.” Marison said. Serenity gasped.

“You… you know him?” Serenity said in shock. Marison nodded.

“Not in person, but I’ve heard of his intentions. I feel like he and the others associate with Rod. If this is true, you are in danger with them.” Marison said. Serenity scoffed and shook her head.

“No. I can’t tell them. Rod would kill me if he caught me telling them the truth. While I was impregnated, Rod swore to me during the Ravage Battle that if I told anyone the truth, he’d kill me on the spot. I can’t tell anyone what he’s done.” Serenity said, then she let out a gasp of pain, and fell forward. A dart was pinched deep in her back. Someone came from behind.

“She’s annoying. She does not know.” The person growled. Marison chuckled.

What the heck?

The sun went down. The fires across the ground began to dissipate. Then Sodden’s bag shook. As it fell off his corpse, ripped up and broken, something whooshed. Something clattered and fell out of the bag, then opened. It was a cryopod, and Reaper came out of it. Reaper growled as she looked around, whimpering in curiosity. She turned around and noticed Sodden’s corpse laying on the ground near her, his implant dim and cold. Reaper screeched loudly and ran at him, worried. She sniffed it, and knew he was dead. Reaper then roared in anger and sadness. She then looked around quickly, and heard footsteps behind her. She looked to the other direction and saw a Reaper King roaring loudly as it ran straight at her. Reaper screeched and ran for one of the cave entrances. She barely outran the Reaper King, but then a seeker swooped down at Reaper and grabbed her back and lifted her up. Reaper screeched loudly, trying to kill the Seeker. After a few minutes of struggling, the seeker flew far south, then dropped Reaper in a small hole. Reaper scrreeched as she descended down the cave of the blue zone/red zone intersection in the far east of Aberration, kilometers away from Sodden and the others. Reaper hit the ground hard, then growled softly, saddened, then her eyes closed and her vision went dark.

What’s going to happen to Reaper?

And who really is this “Marison”?

-RelatingHen8906

36 points 📖 Stories Jul 21, 2020 Report

I must say, looking back at the first time I played aberration, that basiliks have done a very complete and thorough job of rewiring my mind to eternally fearing them. Well the story is this, I was trying over and over to try and get a foothold in the game and every time I failed by one reason or another. (I must give credit where credits due, raptors, ravengers, karkinos, spinos, etc. Are professionals of creating fear and anxiety in the hearts and minds of players, and they did a very good job doing that to me on aberration.) My first true camp base completely destroyed by a basiliskLater I had an encounter with one that killed my ravengers (with help from raptors) but luckily my Xbox crashed and they ended up surviving, one of the few times I’m actually glad my game crashed. I have had other friendly meetings with them and they ended badly.DO NOT BE DECEIVED! Other carnivores kill and destroy and they are experts of doing that, but the Basilisk is the Master at the Top of his Craft!

22 points 📖 Stories Sep 23, 2022 Report

My first story the lonely basilisk 😃

Roar! I’m gonna g we you Survivor! The basilisk said oh god run run run! I woke a basilisk! Oh there’s two of them yummy! Got them! Lol okay we’ll time to eat I wish I would have rock drake eggs they seem very yummy 😞 I need friends I’m going insane besides the humans or whatever they call themselves huh? Nameless oh god have to kill them before a reaper comes or a reaper queen! The basilisk kills the nameless and a reaper comes out of the ground and they have to battle to the death. Ok I’m not read- the basilisk gets cut off from the reaper king you will perish nagini!

If I get 10 I’ll do a part 2

33 points 📖 Stories Oct 8, 2020 Report

Dodo Tales (Ep13 S1)

When the others caught up, Rick went inside the cave, and Jerry and the man followed. Then, the roaring from outside suddenly stopped. "They've given up" said Jerry cheerfully. Jerry soon realized the only reason the others didn't know someone lived in the cave, was because the candles were no longer lit. Then, shock overcame Jerry when a Raptor pounced on the man. He cried out until Rick shot the Raptor in the head. The man got up, but he had deep cuts and wounds. "I can still walk" he told them. Soon they came across a metal cage holding Jerry's only pet: his Dodo. "Can you pick the lock?" Jerry asked. Rick picked up the cage and slammed it against the wall, until the rusty old door popped open. "That works I guess"

"I'm pretty sure Raptors can't build cages" Rick said angrily. "Did you know people lived here before we went in? Thanks for leading us in here, now we're probably gonna get greated with a shotgun! You're a complete idiot!"

20 points 📖 Stories Nov 21, 2022 Report

The Obelisk

So sorry! I accidentally wrote the next chapter in Basilisaurus, so sorry there’s not one here. I’m so stupid 😅

Next in Basilisaurus! Kind of ironic I skipped the Basilisk—the one who started this whole thing in the first place

Let me know what you think in a story tip! Any suggestions for future creature names? Thoughts about the characters? It’d warm my heart to know what yu all think

-Moon

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