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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for mantis? Tips and strategies for mantis in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Ride on a flying animal and get directly above his head. Jump off and hit your tame button immediately before he goes aggressive
Cactus broth, bug repellant and ghillie suit. They won’t aggro on you unless you are right up their face.
Give it a club and it can KO other dinos for you to tame
Put it in a taming pen so nothing attacks it while taming
Tried basic, extordinary, supiour kibble did not work
I just use bug repellent without a ghillie suit and it works fine. Don't forget to use bug repellant on you and your mount if u bring one. And also be leary once you tame it if there are nearby bug creatures, they may ignore you but will attack the mantis right when it tames.
They are passive feeders, you're gonna need some horns and bug repellant
I spent 2 hours finding deathworm horns on scorched earth. To find the latest update telling me all that was useless.
Mantis can now be tamed on Gen 2 using Rhino Horns per Wildcard.
Place one foundation, then put two walls high on every side. You can then drop the Mantis in there. (it's easiest with a quetzal, but wyverns will work too) Then you just stand outside of the box and feed it, without worrying about it attacking you, or anything attacking it.
You can’t even tame them on crystal isles
Pack bug repellent and a raptor. Without them, you’re toast. P.S. If you have no repellent, the mantis might trick you to following it and it will do a sneaky attack.
Be carful of its jump it scares the crap out of me every time.
Landing on it with wyvern might make it despawn and waste your valuable horns!