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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for drakeling? Tips and strategies for drakeling in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Lure them onto your shoulder with a torch.
Will latch on and ask for XP, either kill, craft, or harvest.
Feed taming food once done.
Repeat until tamed.
If you are teaming a drakeling take a herbivore xuz they will attack carnivores
If you are having troubles getting this thing to land on your shoulder try taking off all your armor first then pull out your torch and just stand close to it. After it lands on your shoulder put your armor back on and follow the prompt given on screen to start taming your new little buddy
I just tamed one on raw mutton; 10 feeds. It came out level 148 so it was not a high level… raw mutton is not the way.
To tame one of these beautiful little dragons you need a torch in hand and kibble in the last slot. I used extrodinary kibble but I think a lesser version works. Once it lands on your shoulder a bar with an xp gather task will show up. So far only 3 have pop up for me gathering xp, crafting xp, and kill xp. After you fill the bar use a kibble. Repeat untill tamed.
Use torch to attract. Then you can tame.
Grab a torch and don't have a shoulder pet on. It will ask you to harvest stuff kill stuff and it's a passive tame
Walk up to the Drake and hold out a torch to allow it to land on you.
Once it lands, it will request for you to gain a certain type of experience.
Once you hit the requested amount you can feed it either Exceptional Kibble or Mutton.
Repeat until tamed!
You have to have a torch out to tame this, it will jump on your shoulder and then it will give you a task to do. Once you complete the task you have to feed it. I've been using raw mutton.
You need to own the dlc to tame
The perfect temp is 19 degrees Celsius for hatching the eggs
Spring Drakeling buffs
Aspect Of Spring: +1% / +15 health regen, -10% stamina consumption
Native Biome Boost: +10% XP and +10% loot quality
Draconic Knowledge(if on your shoulder): "Drakelings store a percentage of experience while mounted. Can be used to boost another creatures experience, with higher value boosts also granting a 'Dragon Hoard Key'."
(I just copied the buff descriptions from the "Show buffs" menu)
How to tame Drakelings
You will have 4 different variants
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Each variant will have its own buffs that are based on the biome you are in and can transfer xp to other Dino’s as well as give you a great amount of insulation and xp boost.
Now to tame them you’ll need a torch hold it out and the Drakeling will hover over to your shoulder. You will have 1 min and 25 seconds to complete an XP Task. Crafting, Killing, or harvest then you may feed it kibble to tame it.
These creatures are must have, they store exp for you 30,000 max, and you get a dragon key which give you high level loot, I’ve gotten kibble, high level tek armor etc. I found that it’s easy to get most your exp from alphas ofc but killing dragons it will help you gain a lot !
They aren’t aggressive towards you or medium sized creatures unless if they are attacked first. They will attack any small dinosaurs you have with you. It seems anything the size of a Parasaur or smaller they will attack.
Spring drakeling heal, shoulder or otherwise, is overpowered, can raise babies without food as it counteracts starvation ticks!
Can be used as sustain in longer fights just monitor health or armor
Can also help fight environment degeneration or starvation on yourself, basically can help you survive if not enough fortitude or insulation!