Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips
How do I tame a onyc? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a onyc.
Lure them out the cave to make the taming process 10x easier. :)
Lots of them at the jungle castle in ragnarok, but most of them are too high level to tame; I found a level around 450 there
Use cactus broth and bug spray so they can’t see you! Put preserving salt in your inventory to make meat last longer (helps but not needed)
A wonderful"guard dog" even for late game players. A few of these inside your house and anyone who tries to raid you will show up dead in your tribe manager quite a bit. These little suckers are about as overpowered in close quarters combat as it comes.
After taming them on ASA you can whistle them to land
the upper south cave, the north east cave, the caverns of lost hope, the caverns of lost faith and the tek cave are not on mobile, and they don't spawn at the swamp cave or snow cave. i found them in the north west cave, and besides the terrifying cliffs, it was pretty ok. just take some bug repellent and warm armor. and they just sit in certain spots in clusters. the only other creatures in there are araneos, so with a few bug repellents, it's actually pretty easy, but without them the clusters of bats and spiders can be dangerous. you can avoid the cliffs if you don't care about the artifact, but unfortunately if you do want that, you'll have to brave at least one cliff. the cave entrance is so small that i couldn't get my onyc out, so i had to request it.
I found that I needed to crawl in full ghillie for it not to aggro on me. Also, bring more meat, the amount is off on this tame. A 145 on 2x takes 20, I brought 30 and came up short of 10% taming.
For some reason, knocking these guys out is not possible. I don’t know if it’s a glitch or by design, but just remember that these are a passive team
They can't be tamed on genesis for now some how when you try to feed him nothing happen
Watch out when taming, these dudes can carry rabies
Found in almost any cave just look for them but be careful if low level
Lead the onyc out of the cave and make a small cage using stone walls and door frames to trap it, then just feed it the mutton or prime meat you brought
Remember they are passive tame use a chillie suit
You don’t have to knock them out to tame then and I wish they were bigger so I could ride them
Simple kibble does not work, DO NOT USE IT!
Trap it, shove meat up it's butt without it noticing, yet not really sure, how do they not feel something going up their bumholes? Anyway that's off topic and then you have a tamed rabie monster.
Be careful, they give you mega rabies. Do not go in to it’s territory, or else, you suffer a mega rabies
Getting the bats out of a cave is the best I recommend the one in the island by blue ob not that main cave with untameable dinos a much smaller on in the ice you can get them to the mouth then they get stuck and can't fly out if you jump they fly down and at out the mouth at you then kite them into a 3 by 1 trap 2 high you can see it on YouTube and from there have all you mutton / bug repellent near by , when trapped the bat seems to not care about you even without the repellent but it's just easyer to have just incase
The one's I summon in are passive taming
Build a wooden base with window walls and reinforced windows. Attack the Onyc with a bow of sorts and let them come to the window while it’s open. They can’t fly threw the window and you can kill them with a pike. Obviously this dosent work if you encounter a few but if there are a lot this works great!