So a few minutes ago I was just swimming in the water when I saw a megalodon attacking something above the water I came closer it was not attacking me came even closer it was still not attacking me I came less than a inch away from it and something dropped beneath the water….dead I looked at it it said pelagornis (dead) I looked at it more and soon realized the megalodon was swimming my way I tried to swim away but soon realized there was no hope and accepted my fate… I was killed .so when you see something in the water that looks like a oversized shark…RUN!!!

Every time I encounter one I shot it with tray arrows and it dies why?

In the recent update (Nov 2020) these guys got a bit of TLC and now do the gashing effect that ravagers have.. be careful!

I hit him with a sling shot multiple times to tame

I found a rock and went in the water to bait the megalodon and tranqued it with my crossbow

How to tame a megalodon!

First get your itcyosaurus as you can get closer to the Meg with conflict.

Second lure it nearer the shore where it safer.

Third wait until it’s distracted by attacking something that comes in its way (carbocermerys).

Fainally shoot it with tranq arrows to get it unconscious and tame it.

Easy to kill with journey man crossbow

A good way to find them on the island is to go to herbivore island and you’ll find some usually

A very useful early ocean going mount. Be sure to set it to passive so it doesn't swim off to where you can never find it again. Also level up on your oxygen so you won't have to make it surface so you can breathe all the time. Quite possibly a good ocean beasty tamer. Mine swam off killing things and I never saw it again. Emphasis on setting it to passive.

You can usually see these guys before they actually get to you so that’s good

These are good melee tames for when there saddle is unlocked, but they can easily die to jelly fish and other deep sea creatures like mosasourus, and tuso’s.

How to Tame a Megalodon

1 get an Ichty

2 get a crossbow and tranq arrows you need over fifty for a max level

3 get on your Ichty and lead it to a nice cove

4 shoot it with the tranq arrows until knocked out

5 feed it raw prime meat

6 saddle and name your Megalodon

These guys suck when they're alone, but as soon as you got a pack of 4 or more they can shred almost anything. When I explore the ocean, I ride my tuso, but since the hitbox is a bit wonky I always bring along my pack of trusty sharks. Together we easily demolished an alpha megalodon and a swarm of plesiosaurs.

First, go find one or two (or four). Take a crossbow and and shoot with tranq arrows (make sure they’re in shallow water). I used 40 tranq arrows, but I had a lot left over. Once knocked out, feed it raw fish meat, or raw prime fish meat. The higher the level, the slower the taming goes up. In the meantime, hunt some of those neon blue jelly fish. How to kill: find a group near the shore. Swim out, and get them to see you and chase you. Go back onto shore, and get them into deeply shallow water (not enough to swim in). Stab them with a pike. Collect their bio toxin. Warning: they can electrocute you, which freezes you in place. Go back to megalodon and check it’s torpidity (unconsciousness). Feed fish meat and bio toxin when torpidity is low, and you’ll get yourself a meg. Hope this helped, and up for noobs to see!

How they open their mouth to you when they see you is a bit creepy

If you ever start ark don’t go near them if you have no gear(armour) because can and will shred your hp I know this because it happened to me many times.

Try this!step 1,get a raft.step 2,get a crossbow,bow, longbow with tranq arrows, …etc.step three shoot a bronto near the water. Step 4. Lead the bronto into the water with megalodons.step 5 watch the megs try to kill the bronto.step 6 lead the bronto back to land when it has low health if you can.7 watch and tame the meglodons that get stuck on land. Hope this work haven’t tryed it yet. Just a theory!

You can tame these easily with a raft, just go out into the ocean, lead it into shallower water get into the raft and knock it out with a crossbow. And when it runs off with it having too much topor you can use your raft to chase it.

Lure one to the shore and use a range weapon with Tranquilizer Darts or arrow and keep shooting it

1. You get a tanky bait like carbonemys

2. Make Your Bait Follow You Near The Mega

3. Wait A Bit Until Mega Gets Attracted To Carb

4.When Mega Is Attracted To Carb. Rain Tranq Arrows On It With A CrossBow