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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Encountering Tips
How do I kill a mantis? mantis battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
Where do they spawn on lost island? Sky arrow if spawn deep in the desert
Ok the creature you kill to tame the mantis are endgame but mantises are mid game that makes no sense
Be warned that they have a fairly long range pounce, and do good damage. Don't fight these unless you're truly prepared.
They spawn on Lost Island in the desert in the bottom of the map.
These are master of resource gathering. like avatar but master of all resources
Gillie suit cactus broth and bug repellent..kill all other creatures near and around the mantis feed from behind.
Although they look menacing they are actually quite weak against other dinosaurs. You can kill those with an Argy. They give A LOT of organic polymer, so come prepared.
They aren’t in mobile so for all those people out there who plays only mobile don’t waste time trying to find them
Mantis are one of the best sources of organic polymer.
Kill em and chop em up with a chainsaw for best results.
Really wish you could tame them on crystal isles
I got jumpscared by one of the mantis and I lost my wyvern I was crying
The best way to deal with a mantis is to use fire. Use flame throwers, fire wyverns, or oil jars.
If using this mantis to grind out metal, take a set of clubs along with you. Ascendant clubs in a 400% Mantis will 1 - 4 hit most animals on the server.
I mean theae guys are super useful but kinda expensive to tame
If you see it and are landing on a flying mount land somewhere else that are fast and can jump at you also a lot of times they are with other things like spiders and centipedes so look out for other things if your going to tame.
Can't be Bolaed
Don't try to and be me
Using a deinonychus will get you a really good amount of organic polymer from these guys. This is whay I do in asgard in Fjordur.
Go to Eden’s Ring (Rockwell’s Biome) and have a high damage and speed guy and go crazy
I don’t know if it’s happened to anyone else but when in the lava wyvern trench on lost island watch out for mantis as well as wyverns because I've had a few jump out at me, sure it’s not the most deadly thing in the world when it’s wild but it can give you a bit of a jump scare when it jumps at you from out of nowhere. (This is more for when your on a mount with decent health and speed like a maewing or a mana)
Where do these things spawn in extinction? My best guess is the outer part of the map