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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Encountering Tips

How do I kill a leech? leech battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
To remove this bugger on Xbox since an “e” button fails to exist. Hold y. And above access inventory it’ll say hold to remove leech. Literally just watched 20 videos about the e button but nothing about Xbox or console buttons b were mentioned
to kill, just take your crossbow, point the crossbow at the Leech, yell, “DISGUSTING” and shoot it.
There are a crap load of them in the water in the toxic cave bring a megathreum
Idk if Anyone knows this but if you have a leech a argentavius can remove them stand in front and open the command menu should be up saying( remove leech) my pro freinds were like u lieing but it's true thumbs for safe leech removal
The diseased leech can be distinguished by its red and orange colour scheme rather than the normal leech being black and green
Fun fact: you can have a maximum of 6 leeches attached to you, if you try to get another leech to attach to you it will just do a melee attack
Bug with the leach not falling off your screen even though its dead... just encountered it. Log off and back on to clear it...
I have never encountered a single Leech in my entire playtime on Ark. I’ve taken dino’s at both night and day through both swamps on Ragnarok, swam through them and stood next to the shore hoping to get attacked. (I’m on official by the way) and I have Swamp Fever somehow.
Hovering over swamp with an Argentavis will lure leeches out and will form underneath you. Once this happens, attack with Argentavis for easy leech blood.
If you get one on you roast yourself over a fire
These do exist on mobile I’ve killed multiple just hit with a pike
Quick question does a Baryonyx work to hunt these guys vote up for yes and down for no
So ckickin wrong remove it NOWWWW OR ELSE!!!! NEKO-SEEK WILL FIND YOU!!!!
Take a spino do the DJ claw move around river! They don't latch on him. Lots in redwoods.
If you want to get this off go to one of your carnivore creatures (I did it with a dilo) and press take off leech and boom it’s off
Fires work ONLY FOR PLAYERS ON MOBILE and you have to PICK IT OFF FROM MOUNTS.
I hate leeches so only go throw the swamp with my spino so if a leech get on me i can get it off kill it and get the blood
If u want to escape they are usually not at the edges a the swamp. Most of the time.
Why do the go on land??? That is so not cool
Removal is easy. Walk up to your dino n you will be prompted to remove. Remove.