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ARK: Survival Evolved Companion
Encountering Tips
How do I kill a basilosaurus? basilosaurus battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
Regens health fast near the surface.
Gradually loses health when deep.
Passive oil generator.
Immune to electrophorus and Cnidaria stun and dismount effects.
Cannot be grabbed by tusoteuthis.
Passive Tame.
In crystal isles, these guys spawn in the tropical beach area in the southwest of map, it’s not common, but they can.
Watch out for its manta cult.
In real life these were vicious carnivores that would have killed and eaten a human on sight and lived mostly in shallow waters and swam up rivers looking for food they were also twenty metres long, good thing the developers didn't make them more realistic or crossing rivers would be a dream until you have a flyer.
Yo to find them check near herb island they do spawn near the shore
Seems everything flocks to it mantas and icthy, be careful while swimming near cause they can body block you and you be killed.
Don’t shoot I learned that the hard way!!!!!!!!!!
Take a Baryonyx or a powerful swimming creature to kill off the Manta's and then go in for the tame
Basilo=popular kid
Mantas=everyone else
Only one manta on Genesis!! Thank goodness!!
I keep thinking I hear Lugia. Also this thing kills tusos and alpha megs easy. Only advice for alpha megs is to stay near the surface of the water for healing boost while fighting and when the Meg tries circling to reposition itself just stay where you are and let the stamina be restored. It’s not just the mouth that does damage, it’s the hips too. Might name my next one Shakira!
I read on the Ark Wiki that these guys are actually passive don’t let their size and teeth intimidate you but be warned they are most often accompanied by a flock of Mantas which are annoying
Was swimming and i see this and the mantas start attacking me and my meg and sadly he died upv0t3 so my meg can rest in peace
I live on herb island and they spawn all around me just tamed one and it's my second most powerful tame (after a spino). These r a must have in my opinion
If you want to kill the mantas around it get a tanky Barry and swim around them, lead them away from the basilosaurus and stun them.
Watch out for its manta cult the ocean pancakes will sacerfice u
How to tame or kill for oil.
1.Get a baryonyx and use its aoe on the mantas until most are dead
2. Passive tame it ( Or kill for a hell lot of oil ) while your baryonyx is close incase a stray manta comes
3. Repeat until tamed
Why does all the mantas attack me when im riding an dolphin?!?! And why i cant feed it meat whitout unriding it?!?!
Bra this thing is a killer i fought a alpha mosa and lose like 3-4k health only it's just insane the alpha had like 56k health..... it's a must have dino and it took 1shotingbalm and 1therizino kibble...this thing is undisputed of the ocean......but sadly it take damage when in the depts of the ocean but it has tones of health good luck
Sometimes has ichys instead of mantas, I found on at herbavore island with ichys when doing hunt basilosaurus