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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips
How do I tame a castoroides? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a castoroides.
I found a level 16 for my pursuit to tame one. 2 Galli kibble and 10 (probably overkill) did the trick, took 2-3 minutes. 2-3 tranq darts will knock it out easily, just wait a second or two inbetween shots. Best wood gatherer, do not listen to anyone else. Also I've heard it can be a mobile smithy.
I hope you have a t of bio toxin and narcotics because when I used rockarots it only went up by 7.9 percent.
According to some people “ you can passive tame with wood”, No. it doesn’t work. You have to knock it out.
When you knock it out just keep in mind that it wakes up fast, but also make sure you kill all the others in the area because they can end up swarming you.
My Justin Beaver is half way done, Started with 107 Narcotics and I'm form to 57 and the torpor is going down so fast as I type this! JERRY GET THE NARCOTICS
Bring at least more than 80 narcotics, these guys' torpor goes down at a ridiculous speed
Didn’t see this mentioned so I’ll share so someone else doesn’t panic like I did lol
Always bring some kind of torpor adding substance with you when taming if you don’t have/can’t make the kibble. If you’re taming with crops or berries, you’ll have to add narcotics or narcoberries etc to keep them out because their torpor drains faster than the time they’ll be tamed in. :) I’ve gotten a couple during the summer event now both under level 100 for the neat colors and used over 200 narcotic between the two? 🥴 Don’t remember the first, but used 110 on the level 70 I just tamed while writing this & had 97.5% taming effectiveness. ^_^b
My level 10 was at 92% with full unconscious and woke up. Make sure to guard your beaver and keep watching him
Just bola it and and knock it out and feed it carrots .berries take a long time and make sure you have loads and loads of narkotics or narcoberries the torpor goes very fast
If you can make the kibble.
They take so long to tame even with crops the increase is 1%
And torpor drains ridiculously fast. I’ve lost 4 now trying to get to my base trying to get more narcotics
Place a stone foundation with doorframes around it and a ramp leading to the inside. Open a giant beaver damn and the chase will begin, just go inside the trap and when the castoroide goes up the ramp and falls in the trap exit it and shoot trank arrows at it. If you are taming with mejoberries like I did you will need a lot of narcotics because these thing loose torpor like there is no tomorrow. Once it is tamed demolish the trap and you’ve got yourself one of the best wood harvesters in the game
The bad thing about these guys is that once tamed they cannot build any more dams
No need to worry that these beavers will drown during taming. Had more then one run out into the water and fall asleep with no bad consequence to the taming.
This little rodent is one of the best harvesters. They can harvest plenty of wood and thatch, berries, etc.. they also have excellent weight. They have decent melee damage, and here is how to get your own.
1. Make the kibble on whatever device your on.
2. Find this very big beaver. They are found around rivers and build dams.
3. Knock it out with tranq darts
4. Feed the kibble and a bunch of berries (use bio toxin to keep unconscious)
5. If tamed, put the saddle on it and take it home.
6, extra information. Wild castorodies have a chance to have black pearls! But be careful, looking in their dam inventory makes them Argo.
If you wanna tame one. Be sure to have citronal and narcotics (LOTS). Probably 120 or more for a level 100 and above. Though if you wanna tame in 40 mins and use 70 narcotics, be happy if you've got 10x soothing balm.😄
Feed it rockarrot it tames a little faster
Can also be carried by Argentavis
Bring many narcotics, i mean A LOT. Don't leave it alone either because the torpor drops faster than a stone in water
Quite possibly the most useful animals in the game imo. It is much more than a wood gatherer. It is a mobile smithy. Anything you can do on your smithy at the base you can do on your beaver. Repair tools, craft behemoth gates, etc etc.
I once had a Rex (forgot what level) and I took it over to the dams in valguero and it nearly Died to beavers.