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ARK: Survival Evolved Companion

Tips & Strategies

These guys often commit suicide by sliding up onto the beach, which can be an easy source of fish meat in the super early levels.
More Manta Encountering Tips
This thing killed me and my dodo with Cnidarias
So I once found one of these little sh*ts and thought it was passive like real mantas.
Do not go up to it
It will sting u and everyone in the water!
It is a killer pancake!
I repeat a killer pancake!
Non violent?! Bruh this dude is suuuupper violent .
If caught in open water by a manta fight don't flee. If you have a spear or pike swim up as it gets close. This keeps you above it attack area and puts you in striking range. The manta is slower moving up and down in the water.
The manta is quite dangerous, as it's attacks can punch straight through armour, even flak. They are very fast and unless you have lots of oxygen and speed, you will not escape. Just poke your head underwater and look left and right before crossing the sea. It's like a road, but worse, because roads don't have angry stingrays, very large sharks and/or killer piranha
A waffle of maddness
These fools attacked my spino so he killed them then the jellies came.
Passive my ass. These things will come at you no matter what. Just avoid them. Or use a baryonxy tail spin until they die.
An easy tame if you put enough anglergel in your hotbar. I've never had a problem with them being too agro. To the guy who said they're "aggressive in real life, rip Steve irwin" Actually, Steve Irwin was a show off idiot who grabbed a sting ray ( not a manta) by the tail. Everyone who uses the sea knows not to do exactly that if you want to live. Apart from that, in real life they are gentle creatures.
i hate them they keep on killing me