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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Tips & Strategies

Are you wanting to tame a hesperornis? Here’s how I tame mine! But first everything I say in my tips is of course what I recommend you can tackle this tame however you feel necessary! Also thanks for the support I appreciate it :D Alright now first will be your supplies to consider packing! Be sure to pack some decent armor, as the hesperornis spends most of its time in the water, this also means there will most likely be piranhas that will continually try to impede on your quest! Second on the shopping list is a trusty seagull, you may be wondering why, allow me to explain! So the icthyornis once tamed, has the ability to “hunt and retrieve” enable that option, set it on attack target, and tell it to attack a fish, it will then kill the fish, give it a golden fish buff, as well as bringing it back to you, phew the endless swimming for fish is over! Also as a added bonus the icthyornis’s golden fish buff will tame the hespornis way faster! So I would definitely consider taking one with you! Now that your good to go, it’s time to figure out where to find them! They spawn on every map, they will spawn anywhere that has fish, they also spawn in groups of 2/5 that I know of! Now that you have a vague idea on where to find them it’s time to start taming! Grab your icthy and tell it to murder a fish and bring it to you, once you grab a dead fish, line up your shot, then swim straight toward the duck and feed it, this way the fish never gets all up in your way when feeding, this takes a bit of practice so patience is key! Tell your icthy to fetch another fish… rinse and repeat! The process goes quicker with salmon! And eventually you got yourself a cute lil duck with a VERY aggressive attitude! What might this guy be used for? Good question! Allow me to explain! These guys are good for there egg laying capabilities, giving you one of two kibble to make! Ones I’m pretty sure basic kibble, the other one is exceptional kibble! And there’s nothing more fun than watching an army of ducks murdering your target, also a pretty quick fish meat gatherer! These guys are breedable, but do not lay golden eggs when bred! (They also make a cute little companion) Again thanks for the support, Good luck out there! :D
More Hesperornis Taming & KO Tips
Ark mobile revamp tip
Kill salmon 0.7x size or below don't even try the bigger ones it'll block your view that will make it harder, now drag the fish go near this biatch then click the dino paw print where the whistle button is also located click "feed fish", sometimes it'll show release instead so be patient Xaxa
Fun fact you cant feed it a Megalodon.
A pure nightmare to tame;
You have to get thousands and thousands of fishes,
But you can't use anything to fish them (except another hesperonis...)
Because they will eat the fishes, before give you the meat;
So you need to go fishing, go walking to the trapped bird, and doing so like billions of times, and everything times, you'd waste like 5minutes, because it refuses to eat
Then, you have to travel hundreds miles, simply because you got all the fishes in the near location, to get like 30% of taming effectiveness...
Use an itchthyornis to gather fish for it. The buff increases efficiency.
Taming guide #4: Hesperornis and Otter
1 They have a weird taming metodo,Where you Need to trasport a fish to them and feed them
2 The best Place to tame Hesperornis and Otter Is that River between Redwood and Swamp,since It Is full of Salmons wich work the best ( Here Hesperornis are common while the Otter Is rare like in any other Place)
3 Kill salmon and feed them with the body
4 Enjoy a duck/a cute ball of fur 🦆🦦
Don’t be stupid like me. I was dropping fish after fish in front of it and was wondering why there’s no taming bar. Didn’t realise you have to passively feed it not just drop a fish in front of it.
They deal hundred millions of damages to fish... but only does 1 damage to other creatures
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The most frustrating thing about taming these guys is not only do they take a lot of fish but the same button to feed them is the same button to drop the fish(i don’t know if it’s different in pc or ps4)and it’s constantly swinging around your face making it annoying because you’re constantly dropping it. Either make it so the controls to feed them are different then dropping it or make ur so it’s not constantly in ur face.
Use a rex and a crossbow. Find a LOW level (20 or less) bird swimming on a river. Use the rex to clear both shores of all nearby carnivores, then have the rex stand in the water and kill any piranha that show up. With your rex on PASSIVE follow (otherwise it will eat your fish), swim in the river and shoot a fish with your crossbow (sabertooth salmon are best, then piranha), then DRAG (do not harvest the meat) the fish to the bird, which is passively tamed. Rinse and repeat. (I find if the bird is swimming, it's easiest to folllow it and try to feed it the fish while you are floating under the bird.)
Easiest and stupid just kill a fish trow it on land near it, it will go for it, bigger fish means he eat for longer, then just lock the bird in a closure or tent if the trick works (did not try it yet), if you want to make it easier trow window on the wall and it should be ok to feed.