Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a castoroides? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a castoroides.
For castoriodes, they can fit through a conventional pillar trap, so you have to put your pillars closer together rather then the normal length apart
If you just stand on top of a rock even a small one, these cant get you cause they are very bad at climbing. From there u can just tranq them. I got a level 150 that way
I used a ton of narcotics (maybe I spammed too much cus I’m scared he will wake up lol) and mejoberries to tame one. It took some time, but it worked out in the end.
How do you get a trap?
I like can’t find it anwere
If speed is leveled right they can be outpaced; they can be snared with a bola and knocked out or shot with tranq arrows through a 2x2x2 pen with open windows and a ramp to trap the castoroides to prevent carnivores from getting at it. Torpor goes down quick so a lot of narcotics and/or biotoxin is needed, if you can’t make their kibble use crops. I use starve tame because their food goes up relatively quick unless you allow it to go down for a while. Dedicated taming process, but worth it. My two beavers Frost and Char just had a baby, and unlike other dinos they gestate inside the mother instead of hatch from an egg. And they are mobile smithys
New players just go for a lvl 50 until you feel safe enough to tame a higher lvl.
To tame these guys use galli kibble, and bring at least a stack of narcotics or toxin for a higher lvl, Very helpful when you need wood
Trap it in a box build of railings with a gate, then shoot it from the outside it worked for me.
Get x10
Balm
Find catro
Twanq it
Use the balm
Feed rock carrot
Boom
If you want to tame via crops they prefer the corn! Vote up for people to see!
A quick and easier : / way to get the metal for the saddles is to get like 4 furnaces so you can smelt quicker. For example if you have 100 raw metal you can split the metal into 4ths and it will take less time to smelt because it is not in one bi chunk.
Need some junk go loot one for yourself see the torture they put you through! They are obviously spoiled brats they don’t like to share!
Not to beat a dead Equus, but a lvl 10 took 50 narcotics and 250 berries....at least...and that is with 3x taming...
there torpor drains fast i remember i was taming then i used my norcatics and norcatic berrys i waited until i was out of narcotics and berrys then it wakes up happily with berrys i wasted my norcatics use 100 norcotics to tame this
If you want them to build dams when tamed make them wander around you'll see they will cut trees for you
Knocking these out is easy but you should try to watch out for your surroundings while you tame it.
Amount of biotoxin is is way off.. I would bring at least 20 more. Beaver almost woke up on me and was only 83% tamed 🙄
Pick up with wyvern or argy and out in taming pen. That's your best option for taming. In official games I don't even think they're worth it as they require sooooo many narcotics! I definitely recommend 3 or 5 if you get them though
If you won’t them to make dams don’t tame them cuz when you tame then they stop
For level 4 of this creature you’ll need
x5-6 tranq arrows
x50 bio toxin
x236 mejoberries.
I recommend using a crossbow. It’s much more efficient. Hope this tip helps anyone!