
What is a otter used for? otter utility tips and strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Idk y but no one has written about how to use them to get black and silica pearls.
So to get pearls u have to keep them on aggressive and on follow and let them attack fish like phirana etc but sometimes it doesnt work with normal fish called coelaths. And to get pearls u have to let them kill the fish by which i mean u have to let them last hit them and by then they will have pearl (1 or 2 of white and black or either one of em) in there inventory.
So I prefer goin for phirana and sabertooth cause they r agrressive and chase u till the shore so use that chabce to kill a lot of fish by otters. I hope i helped many which were having confusion like i did.
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.
These are awesome shoulder pets, as mentioned, they keep you warm and the weight of anything in its inventory is halved but they also make great bodyguards, I put a little into weight and health the rest into melee, not only will it increase it's insulation buff but if set to attack target, will bite anything that is aggressive and gets too close, Ollie has saved my ass a few times now.
Also, to tame one I would suggest using a flying mount to pick it up and drop it in a 1x1 with a 1 door for access and bring an Ichthyornis for collecting the fish, set the ichthy to agressive and follow, stand next to the door and wait for the fish to be delivered to feed the otter.
If you want to keep it alive as long as possible, equip it with a ghillie mask as it will get the camouflage buff as well, this will help it stay hidden if accidentally dropped.
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!