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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips

What is a otter used for? otter battling strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Otter Tips:
1-If you sent them hunting fish, theres a chance the otter will harvest black pearls.
2-You can use otters as an incubator, place 3 otters in a triangular shape, place the fertilized egg in the center, and the egg will hatch.
3-You can place an otter on your shoulder, and it will provide cold resistance if you are in a cold area, or heat resistance if you are in a hot area.
4-You can also strengthen the cold/heat resistance if you upgrade the otter's melee damage stat.
5-If you killed them (even on purpose), that's all good (: they aren't even that cute anyway.
6-They can equip hats.
7-They only eat FISH MEAT (Even when tamed), otherwise they will starve and die.
-Pablo
WARNING! Only feed your otters FISH 🐟 MEAT. FISH!!! Mine almost died because I thought regular meat was fine.
If you are on mobile you can tell if they are starving when they have a food icon above them. Idk about console or pc though.
Up if this is helpful or saved your otter!
Tamed Otters do not eat regular meat, only fish meat. My otter was refusing to eat even though she had plenty of meat in her inventory and plenty of meat in a nearby trough. To remedy this, I tried multiple things; moving the trough closer, giving her more meat, and even force feeding her. She would not gain hunger with regular meat. The moment I got fish meat, she ate. I'm not sure if they can eat other types of meats like mutton though.