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How do I kill a insect swarm? insect swarm battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
This thing destroy crops whenever they fly through make sure everyone can see this
Petition to get these removed
- tribe of jerboa
THEY WENT THROUGH MY STONE BASES WALLS. YES I SAID WALLS. EVERYWHERE WAS SEALED OFF. THE DOOR WAS SHUT. THEY JUST WENT THROUGH THE WALLS. JUST LEAVE THE BIOME
They will go for your crops, but if you have a Z Plant, they will repel away. You can get a Z plant by the HLNA store
If being targeted get into the water and they won't attack even if ur only ankle deep.
All you need to do is:
Hide in water
Swing a touch
Or get your self a frog to follow you round
One more thing on Xbox you need to be in 3rd person so you can damage them.
They will empty your babies food so be careful with that please let people know almost lost two babies to these things
Use a torch to kill them
A helpful tip should use a few more words
To me a blade wasp sounds like a wasp with sharp wings and weird metal-like armor
I see people saying to go into water, please be careful though there are sarco’s and other swamp unfriendly creatures. I don’t want to see anyone get mad at people for saying stuff without warning, I haven't tried the whole water thing but did notice they didn’t Afro to me if I was in water so I think it works, just be awhere of the Dino’s around you. Also piranhas are in the water of the bog in Genisis!
I found that a sword deals with them pretty well
If it involves dealing with them as major problems, then why even build your base at where they spawn?
*Grab a torch and burn them alive*
If you are just starting the game and you encounter a insect swarm RUN
Their hit box is on the ground following you, and can only be hit by a torch! Hope this helped!
-Rexyhasfun
These things cant be tamed. A little tip they will destroy any crops including plant x you have growing.
I just read that on Xbox you bedded to be in third person to harm them, I’m not saying that the person is wrong because it might be something with their game, but I can attack them just fine in first person on my Xbox one. I don’t know if it’s a different Xbox thing or what but Xbox one users don’t need to be in third person, was just playing the game and it let me hit them just fine! 😁
Use a beezlebufo they destroy these annoying little TERRORS
Kill these to gather the mats to build the blade gauntlets from the trailer. Taming takes element and time if you see element nodes swarms are never far away. Bug spray will not work but you can lure these on a PT to a trap with rare flowers. These flying cinders are something else.
Frog has the most damage against them and then torch below that. Water can make them avoid you but they can also be outran just by walking if you start moving as soon as your targeted. Running gets you away faster tho obviously.
If you hate these guys just like I do then always keep a torch on your hotbar whilst in the genisis 1 bog because a torch is the only thing that can kill them. -ofren