Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for ichthyornis? Tips and strategies for ichthyornis in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
When I set out to tame one of these, I bring a storage or make one near the location of the bird, I put all my valuables that are on me & my flyer into storage(including the kibble) until it's knocked out. To avoid being robbed & having my things destroyed.
Even WORSE than pegos because not only can they fly to take your stuff, they fricking eat it
The way I tame mine was I had bolas in my hotbar and about 3 bolas just in cause. After I knocked it I put raw/fresh fish meat on it. Then I went out to the ocean and I killed some sharks with my thyla and hachet the sharks to get raw/fresh prime fish meat.( I was on Valguero and I was playing Primivite+.
These guys can also steal eggs, i had a raptor egg and never saw it again... even after killing this douchebag.
If you have these by your base then DO NOT try to kill it with a good gun because it’ll just take it and you just lost your weapon.
As the Pego's smarter partner in crime, the Ichthyornis will only steal food from you, but you will never get it back. But before you genocide all Seagulls from the beaches, they can get prime meat and prime fish meat for you, meaning if you don't want to get killed by salmon or want revenge on the pirahnas, use this guy to bring them back to you and harvest their succulent meat.
If you can carry food and narcos in smaller stacks so if they steal one they don't steal everything
Temperment is "skittish". These things have attacked me out of nowhere for no reason and stole plenty of cooked meat and rare flowers/mushrooms already! How is that skittish?
honestly pretty fun to use these things as target practice once you get a good crossbow.
Don't underestimate the usefulness of these guys. They are annoying at start but once you have one tamed, they are VERY helpful. Getting prime meat from Dodos for bigger tames or "golden" fish for taming an otter. Regular kibble being their preference makes it an easy early-game tame.
Will eat fish meat and prim fish meat. Will not eat any type of raw meat
They don’t live on scorched earth because it’s a desert, they don’t live in aberration due to its strict rule on flyers, other then that they live on EVERY map
If these litte douchebags take your stuff, don't expect to get it back. Example: Ascendant Pump Action Shotgun with 768 percent damage.
This little thing is the only downside to stack mods
They should add anti air flak cannons or other to the game