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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips
How do I tame a maewing? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a maewing.
Literally the best exploration mount in the game.
EXTREMELY easy to tame as they have very low torpor, do not aggro and eat meat. (Mutton only next to kibble)
Can easily be tamed with the use of a simple trap and/or rare flower if you haven’t unlocked net gun yet (since they do zoom away the moment they take even the slightest damage) or if you’re like me, just chase it run their a$$ down with tranqs caveman style.
They consume very low stamina as they glide through the air, you can pretty much go from one corner of the map to another if you yeet yourself off of a high cliff and barely even use 50% of their stamina.
They can also jump very high if you hold down the jump button for a second or two which enables to glide even when it seems physically impossible.
Overall great starter/mid game tame and dare I say, even a end game tame.
Also, it’s super easy to get wyvern eggs with a maewing, it’s almost a joke as the maewing also swims very fast and doesn’t have an oxygen meter so you can pretty much dive bomb wyvern eggs (I can usually grab 2-3 eggs before things get too dangerous) and immediately glide away safely or directly into water and come out whenever my oxygen is low. (Wyverns don’t follow you into water and easily get distracted by literally any herbivore in their path)
It's omnivore. We've been taming them with mutton all day. So both seem to work. And if you put both in inventory it'll eat meat first.
Let’s admit it the fact this can be tamed with basic kibble is ridiculous for the utility these things have
If playing on local/dedicated server, you can just shoot them with a tranq arrow and wait for them to fly out of render distance. They will immediately stop running and you can just run up to them and shoot ‘em again. Repeat this process for an easy tame! I know ark is shutting down official servers soon so this tip should become very relevant.
On lost island, they can be found on the top right part of the map
You can use a harpoon launcher with a net to trap the maewing and tranq it, also it eats meat or berries and you can find them in redwood forest in fjordur as thats where i got mine.
They can be bred right now, both will lay eggs. It is too hot at 76F. Don't know if this is intended or not since they're genderless.
When trapping one DO NOT use your tame to help block them, i was one shot away from getting two max levels and they both just disappeared
The best way to get around the map. Use crossbow to tranq it and use a fast creature to catch up with it if it flies away
Isolate the one you wanna tame, set up a large bear trap, use a rare flower to lure into the trap, tranq it( wont take much ), put food( it's an omnivore ), and FLY AWAYYYYY with your maewing.
After this, he will love you so much that he will never give you up or let you down.
Imma out.
If you want to tame one in Fjordur, I recommend using a desmodus since they allow rider weaponry, so when the maewing tries to escape you can fly after them.
Net guns are a lifesaver. You need a harpoon gun which is quite expensive for early game and some polymer for net projectiles but they allow you to get so many tames like a griffin, argy, or maewing. Maewings have low torpor so you can use a crossbow or equus (very good). On fjdour they are around top right corner or in asgard(these spots are highly recommended) lost island around east of map, genesis 2 IDK.
Fastest traveller, it glides and can carry baby dinos, Hugh damage belly slam attack.
Would recommend taking them in Asgard, spent 2 hours trying to tame one of the 4 I could find in red woods, literally counted over 12 in the first 5 minutes in Asgard.
To trap it wait until it stops moving and place a billboard over it, when it tries to walk and doesn't move spam like 6 or 7 to completely trap it, after its trapped you can easily just punch it out
Wasn’t finding hardly any on fjordur. Then checked the snow region in redwood region by green Ob and found tons. 2 of which were 180s. Check there
Use harpoon gun and net launcher to tame
Net gun it then knock it out with whatever tranqulising item you have
Great tame and are easy to use to get high speed.
These speedy flying machines have no gender, which means when you breed them, you get two eggs instead of one! Great tames, they make it incredibly easy to get around the map. Very easy to knock out, make sure not to use too many darts, it could possibly kill what your trying to tame. If I remember correctly, you can tame them quickly with honey. If that doesn’t work because my memory is bad, then use berries or meat. I’m pretty sure they’re omnivores, but you can also tame them with kibble if that makes it easier. Hope this helped for you all! 😊
You dont need to fully trap the maewing. Just arrange billboard in a v and eat a rare flower. They will stay biting the billboards and if the try to flee the billboards block the jump so that you can get the last hits in.