They can carry artefacts for you so you can grab 2

Aside from being able to wear helmets and being cute, these guys are useful. You can set one or all on aggressive and or have other otters on attacking/attack your target and they will hunt fish. On aggressive they solely go after fish and nothing else unless accidentally hit, often they don't seem to leave bodies of water on aggressive. Otters have chance to gather a pearl when killing and gathering fish. When perched on your shoulder they act as a person's AC unit which is great for maps like Aberration and Fjordur.

if you need to hold an artifact put it inside of the otter inventory

FUN FACT! Did u know that otters are so cute and innocent in ark that,nothing attacks a wild otter? And even when an otter some how attacks a creature that fights back,THAT CRETURE WILL NOT FIGHT A WILD OTTER! The thing about tamed otters is that they have their player to protect them so?,

At about 1,500 melee I was able to survive sulfur springs (150 degrees Fahrenheit / 66 degrees celsius) but I'd aim for 2k just in case

After upgrading melee to at least 1.5k you can upgrade food and health instead (Food in case you forget he's on your shoulder so he doesn't starve) or anything you'd like to upgrade 👍🏻

- C [The Reaper Lover]

Generally a cute shoulder mount because of its looks and they're extremely useful because of their insulation ability and their fish harvesting ability another thing that makes them so useful is that they can hold artifacts

Otter wars coming! Up them so I can make more! Thanks, So far 1-3 Otter wars! For an idea for otter wars Say: OTTER WARS SQUIRRELY

And place your idea. Have a nice day!

-Squirrely

When leveling up or mutating your otter put it’s levels at a 2-1 ratio into melee damage and health. Melee damage allows your Otto to keep you warm while on your shoulders better and health allows your pet to survive longer. Don’t level weight because if it is encumbered it doesn’t matter because it doesn’t move

Very good for cave runs bec they can hold another artifact for u

These cuties can wear hats! Up so everyone gets the cutest otter ever!

Use one of these guys to hatch eggs, just drop one next to it and it will hatch. Also mine killed a raptor

Cute little fact about ark otters. You can put little hats on them(can be any hat, skinned or armor). They also help to keep you warm when you carry them

Whitsel your otter to attack megapiranha and enjoy your 90% to get black pearls

Tame these creatures because they keep you warm, a perfect more cute alternative to fur armour

for mobile on single player, don’t know if the mechanics are the same on PC or multi, but otters set to aggressive will NOT HARVEST PEARLS! if you wanna farm pearls, you have to have one low atk aggressive otter (so its less likely to get the killing blow and harvest meat) and one or more attack target otters, when the aggressive one attacks a fish the others will follow suit and they can harvest pearls safely

Here is a surprise, if u can transfer one to scorched earth, fill its inventory with food, and wear it, it will keep you cool from the hot desert and control your dehydration a very good bit, along with the desert suit and a morellatops, you are almost immune to any dehydration on scorched earth, just don’t die 😅

Pro-tip from someone that plays solo and with no electricity: THESE are the best incubators, period. Get a couple of high-level ones and level their melee damage (this increases their insulation percentage). They act as perfect little den mothers and hatch your eggs.

These guys are so worth it I had max tames and I killed my giga for it rip giga but it was worth it you gotta do what you gotta do

Put it around your shoulders. Keeps you hot when you're cold and cold when you're hot. He'll even fetch pearls for you and look adorable doing it.

Does this happen to anyone else????: I put the otter on wander and put it on wander but it js swims in a circle and doesn’t collect anything??