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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.
Everyone mentions that they regulate your heat. I want to give you an idea how much.
Are you sick and tired of always changing your armor depending on temperatures where you’re at on the map? Well look no further! I recommend ascendant ghillie and one of these bad boys (slaps the otter on its butt) around your neck!
No, but all jokes aside, it’s literally the only thing I wear. I completed all cave runs with this combo. The coldest place on the map I’ve found is at the bottom of the ice cave. At -22° I wasn’t even cold because of the otter. And the hottest temps on Carno island and the lava cave, he’s kept me cool.
Last night I landed on a rock to try and tame a archelon. Accidentally tossed the otter off and he went through the rock to the bottom (250m) of the ocean. After I finally got everything prepped to go down and get him, he was on herbivore island 800m away. He swam back to my last base we were at. Not sure if they’re supposed to do that, but it’s pretty damn cool!
Otter babies are very easy to raise, as they hold and entire 25 pounds of fish meat when first born. Not sure if this is an oversight, but just fill it with meat once, then refill a few more times before it hits juvenile. Can be hard to claim when first born because they tend to bounce all over the place. Overall very fun and easy to raise.
Like Kairuku and Dimetrodons, Otters can provide insulation based on their damage status. They are, however, easier to tame and can be carried on shoulder opposed to Dimetrodons, with a smaller hitbox than both the other two while retaining a good insulation capacity, so it's possibly to easily gather as many as 12 around a single egg.
On the con side, their insulation AoE is quite small, so hatching multiple eggs might require a ton of them, wasting creature slots. They have a very low Food stat as well, moreover they are mammals and thus cannot have their genetics stored in the form of eggs inside fridges, so stay ready to feed them fish every 4-5 days.
Otters also act like structure storage units, so one can use them to carry as many Artifacts as it wants.
Level up Melee Damage for portable ACs and living scarfs, Weight for Artifact backpacks and Food as a security measure on breeding stock.
🪙TIP:If you can't find one of these cute otters you will have to look close to rivers mostly rivers near swamps but not in swamps here is coordinates to find one on the regular island wich is now the only map available for mobile!60.0°East 30.0°North on a gps simply Lat:60.0 Lon:30.0.If you get there be sure you are familiar with minecraf oxelotle sounds they are similar to minecraft oxelotle sounds and they should spawn near or in those two ponds you will also find alot of cybertoothfish too if you don't enough have raw fish meat!
I recently found out that they are the best tame in the game.
Use 1: Keep you warmer when holding
Use 2: LIVING INCUBATOR
Use 3: being the 2nd cutest thing in the game (1 is ferox, in my opinion).
Use 4: Can wear hats to make it even cuter, AND, have armor.
Hope this helps pros and noobs alike
-EricBro5000