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This is how I tamed mine and you can prob do the same
What I used-
. Mastercraft crossbow+ stone arrows
. Full set of SCUBA gear plus extra SCUBA tank
. Extraordinary kibble (I had a bunch and it gives same effectiveness as exceptional kibble when taming basilo)
. My lvl 141 sarco with levels pumped into damage and health
How I did it
Found a high level basilo, swam up to it, and hit one of the mantas near by. Once I did all of the mantas went aggro and followed me on my sarco. Once I killed then all I swam up to basilo and fed kibble. After that I waited for it to get hungry again and while I did I killed some more mantas/megs that were swimming near by. Iβm not taking any chances. Once it was hungry again i fed it until it was tamed.
Also, when using kibble, if you feed a creature any rarity of kibble that is above its preferred kibble it will have the same effectiveness. I used extraordinary kibble when taming my basilo, and basilos prefer exceptional kibble so it did the same thing. Sorry if it was confusing but I hope this helps. Happy taming!
More Basilosaurus Taming & KO Tips
How to tame a basilosaurus.
Let's prepare. You will need a few things:
1. Raw meat(s). I prefer raw mutton or prime meat.
2. A weapon. I used a mix of a raft and an ascended bow. But a strong weapon that fires underwater is strongly recommended.
3. A clear coast. Make sure no hostile creatures are nearby.
Taming the basilosaurus: The first feed takes the longest, then after that it'll eat whenever. Keep a fast water tame by your side at all times.
Once tamed, it will offer these buffs:
1. Oil. It generates oil in its inventory.
2. Insulation. It'll keep you warm.
3. A new water tame.
πΊοΈ if this helped and is accurate!
When taming this, be careful, Mantas and sharks follows a basilosaurus around and will attack you if you approach or feed the basilosaurus. According to the Basilosaurus dossier, Mantas usually follow them because of their eating habits (Well very messy) and it leaves plenty of leftovers for them. They attack you when you feed a basilosaurus because it leaves no leftovers for them.
I believe the dossier, but yeah.
Ride dolphin or manta, water creature won't attack you while riding a water dino, then go near basilo feed it, Don't unride or you'll see your self dying, put food on your hot bar then click it when near basilo u can feed basilo without unriding. Up! So no noobs will be eaten by manta or megalodon lol
Tame:
1. Grab an Ichthyosaurus.
2. Put Meat desired by Basilosaurus in your Hot Bar.
3. Ride Ichthyosaurus.
4. Put Basilosaurus-desired Meat Type in Basilosaurus's mouth.
5. Repeat.
6. When tamed, Megalodon/Mantas/Ichthyosauruses-in-wild will follow Basilosaurus.
7. Once Basilosaurus is in a safe spot, Basilosaurus can kill predators.
8. PROTECT ICHTHYOSAURUS FROM CARNAGE!!! I MADE THAT MISTAKE AND REGRETTED IT.
How to tame basilosaurus
Where to find:
Basilosaurus are found in the oceans surrounding herbivore Island
Taming details:
Basilosaurus are passive tames that arent aggressive towards you at all and they are carnivores so feed them meat.
Problems:
Basilosaurus are surrounded by mantas and they will attack you when you feed or attack the Basilosaurus, there are plesiosaurs,megalodons,leedsicthis and tusothuthis where the Basilosaurus are,
Advantage:
Basilosaurus are slow so you're underwater mount can keep up with it.
Abilities when tamed:
Basilosaurus are immune to jellyfish stings and eel shocks and cannot be grabbed by squid, they produce oil in there inventory but it spoils, they regenerate health fast near the surrface, they can shoot rainbows out of their blowhole using one of their attacks
Disabilities when tamed:
Basilosaurus lose health when they are in deep water
Basilosaurus isn't as hard to tame as you'd think. It may be surrounded by mantas and sometimes megs, but there's a simple solution; Baryonyx.
Tame a Bary, any level will do. Approach the Basilo and use the tail spin attack, it'll stun the mantas/megs and scare the Basilo away for a few meters, far enough for you to take out every threat with a Bary stun-lock without hurting it further. Once they're dead, all you need is swim towards the Basilo, feed it, and follow it around until it's tamed.
Been doing it this way for years with no problems whatsoever, in my opinion it's the best and safest way to tame it. -Hydro
NEED TO KNOW BEFORE TAMING!
Okay, so I saw one in a river opening on Crystal Isles. I thought the mantas attack you as soon as you go near. So I slowly approached the tail near the river bank. The mantas didnβt agro on me, I thought I was just far enough away. No. Oh no no no noooo. It turns out the mantas ATTACK the second you feed it. Please donβt do what I did haha
P.S I lost my otter to the mantas. R.I.P
This creature is so easy to tame. All you need is:
1. An Ichthyosaurus(these guy won't be attack by any water creature, except the jellyfish)
2. Anykind of meat(I suggest using prime meat and don't use fish meat)
3. Find one of these creature
4. Feed it prime meat(It's a long time between the 1st and the 2nd feed, after the 2nd feed it's fast)
And then you get one of these, just be careful of the megalodons, they will attack right after it is tamed. I hope this is useful for you<3
If you are having trouble finding some of these on the island, try near herbivore island. Good luck!
Get an ichy and aggro mantas. Then lead them far away. Then return to basi quicky fees it and run off wait 5 mins then return to feed again. People keep saying ichys do not get aggro by other creatures but that is so not true so becareful and watch your surroundings.