Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for ichthyornis? Tips and strategies for ichthyornis in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
The real reason people point their assault rifles up.
Hate them. Explanation? I can tell you have never played if you need an explanation.
It's not a plane it's a ICHTYORNIS?!? WHAT THE FUC---
Run away one stole a max level ice wyvern egg and ate right in front of me
When running under one you should
1. Write your will
2. Decide if you want to be buried or burned
3. Kill yourself
I recommend getting these really early on. They aren't hard to tame once you get a bow and arrow, and try to bolas it if you can. Make sure to bring some narco berries and stuff some fish in him. He's really good to have in not only the early game but throughout the game. If you put him on 'Huntnand Retrieve' mode and whistle to attack a dodo or other small creature, he will drag it body over to you wrapped in a golden haze. Now when you harvest the body, it will give you prime meat. That's why I recommend using him everytime you grind prime meat. Arguably commiting genocide on dodos is better than killing a bronto for prime meat, yes they may be annoying in the wild, but I'd recommend grabbing one soon.
They should make it were if it steals enough fish meat it gets tamed
When I get on my spino and see these I kill them
While taming, put everything into stacks of 1, that way any time it steals its a single item rather than a stack of 100 or something!
hate these things. sure, theyre good for fish and stuff but theyre so ANNOYING cause one stole all my tranq arrows then i got mad and killed all the ones near me, and i cant even tame one cause they die the moment i hit them with a tranq arrow
To avoid having your mission essential gear stolen by these guts while trying to tame, split a bunch of stacks of berries, flit, thatch, anything that’s worthless. Having 80 small stacks of nonsense and a handful of essentials makes it far more likely they take the things you don’t need.
You can find it around most bodies of water diving for fish. Use a bola because they are extremely hard to hit
When going to tame one, unequip everything except your armor and put it in a box or tame you leave at your base (far away), then put only food, water, a set of bola and your weapon in your hotbar. Thanks to the new kibble system, you can bring and use regular kibble. Split all trank darts, narcs, etc into singles in your inventory (your weapon won’t care if the ammo is in singles), but it makes it harder for it to steal and eat your stuff. Wait until one is on the ground. Bola it, trank it out with darts. Starve tame it in case it’s friends come calling. When it’s hungry, feed it the kibble. Done!
you can knock em out with one tranq arrow, but BE CAREFUL. it almost killed mine lol
They are fast and are not fun as a noob starting off. The best way to deal with these guys is get yourself a nice shotgun and blow their brains out.
Drop to prone when you hear it attack and it will miss you.