Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
You can’t pick wild ones up with Creatures. Luckily these animals will attack you and chase you if you go right up to them.
I used this to a create a Box with 1 foundation, 3 walls and a door. Got the Hespornis to chase me into said box where I locked it inside. After that it was a simple case of getting my Icthyornis to hunt and retrieve fish for me then feeding it to the trapped Hespornis. It still took a long time. But at least i didn’t have to chase the Hespero or press Y to feed then drop the fish
How to tame a Hesperornis:
Build a trap using
1 foundation (any kind)
4 walls (any kind; I prefer walls over rails)
4 ramps or stairs (any kind)
4 ladders (whatever you can make)
Place a ramp on the outside of each of the walls & a ladder on the inside of each.
Speed is everything. If you have or can acquire an Ichthyornis first your tame will be forever more wonderful... later on that.
Place your trap just on the shore where you have seen Hesperornis running around. (It's a flightless bird). Find them at the edge of a swamp or around a secluded small body of water.
Antagonize a Hesperonis to make it follow you & walk to your trap. If you run, you'll probably disinterest him/her (preferably her).
Once in the trap s/he will stay put. Use the nearest ladder to get out. Now run to the water to gather fish. Kill but don't harvest. You'll see the E:Drag appear. Press "E" to drag fish to the trap. When you jump in you will lose your fish so be prepared to grab it again. ("E" to drag). Don't let her/him feed on it. You will see the Yellow "E: To Feed Fish". Press "E". Rinse; repeat until s/he tames out. Press "E" to change her settings first and foremost. "Behavior"- change
ATTACK Your... to "Passive", "__ only conscious, and "Low" on following-you'll thank me later. Now, press "E" to put her/him on your shoulder. SUCCESS!
Note 1: If you get and learn to use an Ichthyornis, it will catch fish for you and turn it into "Prime Fish" that waits for you to gather it and feed it to your Hesperonis. This is a much quicker and more effective Tame.
Note 2: Any fish will do, but Prime will do better, quicker, and better. If you cannot get Ichthyornis, you can make a fish trap from foundations placed in the water with a gate at the end. Two auto-gates work better, but cost more. Argo Salmon and lead them into the trap. This is very tedious compared to getting an Ichthy, which will always be useful.
How to get an Ichthyornis... Make sure you have more than one tranq weapon. Crossbows work well because they are faster than Longneck rifles. Use tranq arrows (Crossbow) or tranq darts (Rifle). Shock tranq darts are best because you won't need many and they will not kill your target (unless you spaz and pellet the poor bird). You can tame underwater if you must, but try to down it over land if possible. You have more than one weapon because your target will steal your weapons. :O This bird is worth your frustration, believe me. Not short… sorry.
Taming an ichthyornis will allow you to gather the corpse by setting it on hunt and retrieve, after the fish is killed it will deliver the corpse right to you and you can tame the Hesperornis
ULTIMATE LIFEFORM. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
Go east of the hidden lake and you find a small pond, 2 spawned there for me.
Real hesperornis could not walk and were like avian seals!
Tried to tame him but I kept dropping the fish instead of feeding him. Between that and him pecking me I got angry, and decided he should taste my sword instead. Sorry dude.
Dododex this is affected by a lasso.
Use a horse to lasso it, then you can move it around to new fish spawns when the area gets cleared. The horse can also step on the duck to pin it down, or simply use the lasso to keep it close while tribemates gather fish.
BIGGEST PAIN TO TAME EVER! have to get sabertooth fish kill them BUT do NOT harvest them you have to drag the body to it and feed it. Also good luck feeding it while the body is flailing everywhere in front of you. Also you CAN breed them.
For those who have problem feeding a hesperornis, due to the fact that the feed button, is the same as the drop. Do not press E, Instead hold E then Click Feed Fish.
Very common, I spotted 2 on my second day, they don’t attack unless u attack first (from my experiences)
Sometimes becomes aggro without you hitting it, just when you get too close without fish. Had that yesterday and my Argy defended me and killed it :(
When you see this creature, this thing sometimes glitches snd goes in circles around dead fish it kills while its wild. So wait for it to finish circling then feed.