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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Tips & Strategies

They spawn in any river in the bioluminescent zone but don't stand near a campfire or it will die
More Lamprey Encountering Tips
If there is one on your screen in x box and no matter what you do it doesnโt come off check all your tames if a leech is latched on one of your tames it will show up on your screen. Up of helpful ^
They can attach themselves to you even if you're wearing Tek armor, at least on Valguero. I didn't know that and thought because of my armor i'd be safe like with regular leeches. Nope, they can latch onto you no matter what you're wearing.
How come every one else gets the lamprey but I can't find it anywhere!?!?
I donโt know if I was doing something wrong but I could never get a leech to detach by standing over a campfire I once even stood on top of one until I nearly burned to death and still nothing then i actually burned to death and still had leech on screen thatโs when I realized it was on one of my Dinos and felt dumb
I had a leech attached to me and when I mounted my blood wyvern I had the option to remove leech from my mounts menu wheel no fire needed. Up for more to see
Burn your self if these wee annoyance pesters you and starts to suck you
It's like a leach. But with a weird face
These shouldn't drop chitin! They're a sort of creepy primitive vampire fish!
You can find these in "Leech Trench" in Ragnarok, but normal/diseased normal Leeches will also spawn there, so do Trilobites, Ammonites, and Eurypterids!