I’ve never played on a pvp server before, well, I have but here’s what happened:

I spawned on aberration, and then did what any ark player would do. I explored and gather resources, until suddenly an arrow had hit me! I fell unconscious, knowing it was a tranq arrow. I was dragged to a wooden base and put into a wooden cage, and then I awoke. I broke out of the cage and tried to kill the people who captured me, but they had logged off.

That’s my experience, but I’ve heard that snow owls are good, and that you should have a good amount of free time (if it’s a giga your going to need more than a couple hours of free time, seeing from what happened on the mobile server which is pve) and a good amount of food. Also make sure it’s in a safe area so that it will most likely live. Kangaroos are also good, depending on what it is, but other than that I don’t know anything else.

-Lamprey