Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Tips & Strategies

Carrying an artifact of the immune in your inventory prevents micoraptors from knocking you off of your mount
More Microraptor Encountering Tips
I hate these bastards with a burning passion. They have knocked me off my mount so many times in the red woods, get my health down while Iโm stunned and then some Carno or terror bird comes over and finishes me off. They will kill you, your family and anything you have ever loved.
I fear these more than a giga and it isnโt a joke. I literally have ptsd from my first encounter.
Be ware!, they are the best kicker of all ARK. Imagine they hit your head with their super tiny leg, and surprisingly, with its power, they can knock u off from your mount and stunt both of you easily. Thats the power of the chiken leg
Oh yeah, dont forget with their massive scream. If you translate it, they say " u expecting an archeo, but its me MICRO!!! ORA!ORA!ORA!ORA!"
Iโm a lvl 100 with my favourite mount being a lvl 250 wyvern and if I see one on these I run away
I keep confusing these things for archaeopteryx and dimorphs. One will flee in fear and climb onto the trees, one wonโt react at all unless you attack them, and one will tackle you off your mount and eat your face.
Very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very very
ANNOYING
That's a cute little birdie...RKO outta nowhere!!!
how do they knock you off with their tiny feet.
Let's just say they're op with their feet kicking
Iโm not even kidding when I say that I thought I saw one of these in the redwoods while riding my thyla, so I immediately attacked and killed it.
โYour thylacoleo(level 82) killed an archaeopteryx!โ
I think you know what happened next. Iโm really not kidding.
Stegosaurus is the natural enemy of the things, as you canโt get knocked off by Micros on a Stego