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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for castoroides? Tips and strategies for castoroides in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
THEY WILL WRECK YOUR SHIT IF YOU DONT BE CAREFULL. I've learned from expierience
An argy CAN PICK THESE up, I have tested it today
Dododex says you can’t pick up these furry potatoes with an argie, but that’s not true. Argie can carry them, and I’d actually recommend it, because smacking one with a narcotic while they’re in their base area will cause the entire damn dam to swarm you. Do keep in mind, however, that they can tear through the wood walls of your lazy level 11 training pen faster than you can say oops.
You can kill it by just throwing a bola at it then kill and take down it den
If you want to take the loot from dens without being killed or wasting too many materials, then just build wooden spikes around you and wait until the castoroid runs, then kill it.
Found a whole heap of dams at the footpaw and the other lake near it. These guys are quite deadly in a group so always scout around before messing with their house. Me and my buddy just grabbed what we needed and got out, I supplied the pick up from a safe distance on my pteranadon while he lost most of his armour getting his butt kicked by the beavers (seriously recommend being the pick up guy)
Wood only weighs 20% when in its inventory and stone is only 50%, not sure about other material, more testing to come!
Before taming make sure you have TONS of narcotics and someone who will be able to stay on for a while because thier torpor goes down like crazy.
Tarpor drops faaaast. Wood is borderline unlimited.
Get on a rock and shoot it in the head don't be afraid to knock out underwater they want drown good luck
If you plan to tame it make sure you bring plenty of narcotics or narcoberries because it wakes up fast
1. Search area near dam and make sure beavers aren’t too close
2. Equip bolas, open dam, and quickly grab everything that isn’t wood then get out of the menu.
3. Swing bola until you see the beaver(s) charging at you, let it get close enough that you can’t miss and then bola it.
4. Tranq with headshots, preferably with darts. Even better if you have an Argent, pick it up and fly it to your base to tame - they will likely lose aggro mid flight so when you land at base it’ll just start wandering around again. Unless you have the kibble use Mejoberries - crops don’t actually work much better and are far more accessible.
When trying to Tame this creature make sure to bring atleast 1500-1800 narcotics. Although the narcotic’s are way off bring atleast that and kibble. Or veggies. And watch his topor because the creatures topor drops 5x the rates of a normal Dino.