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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a basilosaurus? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a basilosaurus.
They are shock resistant to the els
Ok so use a Ichthyosaurus because mantas megs and basically everything ignores you so people dont die to the manta cult it has
Clear all hostile dinos like mantas and megalodons then follow it around on a water Dino and feed it with your hotbar
Mutton taming isn’t quite accurate. Was waiting for about 8 minutes between first and second feed, but once that was out of the way it did seem like 8 seconds between feeding. Also watch out for Manta’s after killing the original pack, as they can attract to the basi if it swims close enough to them.
The thing with these archaeocetes is that they do not spawn at shallow waters yet not very deep either. And to make things worse, they can attract harems of hostile manta rays and ichthyosaurs to "feed on its leftovers" as mentioned in the dossier
Overall, make sure to bring one of your powerful water mounts to the spot, as you'll have to fight those off
They provide shock and temperature resistance, yet take damage at certain altitudes below the water
If there is one with a lot of mantas around it you can use a baryonx get the mantas attention and bring them away to stun them then you can use it or something else (we used a lvl20 megalodon) to kill them all then just trail and feed the basilo until it is tamed
basiliosaurus personality:a passive aquatic cucumber dino it’s easily a carnivore and surrounded by mantas (most of my encounters) taming: i recommend a itchy since that’s the safest way I recommend using raw meat or raw prime meat since it’s better then fish meat. Tamed and domesticated:basiliosaurus will be your personal guard in the water he will be a giga chad killing megs I tried that it’s amazing easy fish meat. That’s all you need to know!
Hi guys! Today I’m gonna teach u how to tame a fat dolphin. It has a strange way to tame because it’ll have little flat baked bread around it.( A.K.A manta) with that out of the way, let’s get started!😆
First step: KILL THE MANTAS!!! THEY WILL EAT YOUR FRIEND ALIVE!!!!( just kill them) if u punch da dolphin then the mantas attack u but then u won’t hurt future friend! 🐬
Second step: bring scuba 🤿 gear. They take forever to eat. So before you feed it, u might want to enclose it in some gates.(I recommend stone is da best)
Third step: he is your friendly neighbor aquatic and will require a saddle. Other than that, he’s yours!!!
Quick note to remember: if u want this guy faster on mobile only, I recommend using smoothing or bathing balm on it which can be accessed by tribute to obelisk from a artifact.( except bathing balm, u need to pay for that with amber.)
You need to tame these kids on the island especially, these are like the BEST for killing cnidaria, and they are pretty easy to tame if you do it right.
Step 1: craft a raft and go float over the basil
Step 2: watch the basil and when it surfaces (or goes near enough for u to get out in time to escape mantas and drowning) feed it some meat DO NOT FEED FISH meat is much more effective
Step 3: open your inventory and click on the taming thing (idk what it’s called) and make it so u can watch the basil from afar.
Step 4: Wait for it to surface (now much easier to do)
Step 5: Rinse and repeat
Please do the suicide tame strat because I almost lost all my flak armor to mantas only bring ur meat and a raft. I tamed a level 60 Basil that was so far out into the ocean using this method.
Up so the noobs can see :D
Literally don't unmount your itchy while feeding it
Tame bar was going down real quick once It hot 50%,i was feeding it the same food and everything
On Lost Island you can find these creatures between 40.20 to 60.30. I used and prefer that you use mutton which is close in the area.
To tame, Soothing balm, Theriz kibble, tame in no time. Be careful when breeding babies. The babies are greedy like a giga. You need to keep feeding until 10% then keep 2 troughs fully stocked with raw meat and fish.
Tame a Baryonyx to deal with the manta or bring a crossbow. They are easy to pick off and then you can feed it. Extremely fun animals and their right click makes them jump and spray water, forming a rainbow!!!
Level 240 took two Theri kibble with a 10x balm. About 10 minutes wait time after first bite.
Super easy, super useful!
You can find beached ones, mainly on Ragnarok. You can harvest then for rotten meat to get narcotics. With a pickaxe you will harvei more meat but with a hatchet you will harvest more hide. Remember Good luck! And have fun survivor
Can't find a single one. I've seen all kinds of creatures but them. I think the only thing I haven't seen is alphas and tuso and these guys,
Loads of these live around herbivore island and so do titanosaurs which often drown so if you go to Herby island if your lucky you simply wait until the titanosaur drowns itself collect as much prime meat as possible and go take the basi!
Easy first tame on Genesis. Do the wave ray mission a few times to get some armour a weapon and hexagons. Once you have them all get some meat and passive tame a high level one. Low levels are great if you are just going to use it to get oil. High levels are good for farming Bio toxin or fights in general as they have lots of health, and you can't get knocked off of them. They don't take damage from electric attacks like from eels and jellies.
Please remember they are passive tame. I just forgot and almost got killed