Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips
What is a bloodstalker used for? bloodstalker battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
A tamed stalker using its bio grapple attack (the succ), will siphon the health of the animal that is being grappled. If you stalker does 50 melee damage, it will siphon at 50 points of health per hit. Useful if your stalker is low to grab a tanky dino to reach almost max health.
This creature has a good utility to survivors: it sees creatures even in BLIZZARDS!! Which means a ferox is easy to find in a blizzard but remember; lock yourself on the ferox by walking right at it after getting off the bloodstalker, but always bring a grapple gun and a grappling hook but use it after feeding element but a second before looking at you in it’s giant, mutated form. [Grapple to anywhere like a “upper land” you see first, get some extra grappling hooks for practice hooking, but know how much hooks you need and find out how high it can grapple]
Left Trigger - When the web's get too tight, they will eventually break and you'll fall.
Right Trigger - You will latch to the area, pull tight and it will not break.
When tethered to two locations, holding right trigger will allow you to descend.
Left Trigger is for traveling, since when done right it will catapult you. Timing a jump right will send you flying.
You can pull back on two tethered spots and slingshot yourself.
You can drag wild creatures around and you can pull some fish out of bodies of water, which kills them.
Double Jump cancels web tethers.
Melee cancels web tethers, and is the only attack aside from webbing and pulling in.
Hold A/Jump to do a Super Jump, can also double jump. First jump is straight into the air. Second is directional.
While Tethered and near a wall Hold A/Jump to latch the Bloodstalker to the wall.
Regenerates Health fairly quickly with Bloodbags.
Perfect for Boss Caves on Rag and Abberation Zone in Val.