Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips
How do I tame a oviraptor? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a oviraptor.
Tame the lowest level one so you don't waste your eggs, no matter what level it is it will do the same thing
the oviraptor can steal eggs wiithout making the dinosuar that layed the egg angry just find a egg and lead it to the egg and it will pick the egg up!!! btw if u r planning to tame these they only eat eggs up if it is helpful!
In ASA, the Oviraptor has a setting for egg collection, and a the egg laying buff is turned on while wondering is activated. So over weight them till they the eggs weigh them down. PS they eat meat once tamed. Just keep meat in troughs or eggs will become lunch.
Remember after taming they WILL EAT MEAT DONT WASTE ANYMORE EGGS ON THEM THEY'RE NOT LIKE TITANBOAS.
Tried using Magmasaurs eggs but they are classed as other eggs and only gave 1%.
tame the highest level you can find if you want one that has any range for egg pickup. it is absolutely the level NOT the melee that increases range. so put your points on health. you also do not need to put points into weight either.
How to tame:
Step 1: FIND IT
Step 2: STEAL ITS CRAPPED OUT EGG
Step 3: BEAT THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF IT
Step 4: FEED IT ITS OWN EGG
Step 5: CONGRATS, NOW CHUCK IT IN THE SEAAAAA
Encumber them so they don't move around
So their easy to knock out, taming it.....not that easy, they eat eggs. The larger the egg, the more efficient it tames. You can tell the size by the weight of the egg. These guys are very useful, put them on wander in your base, and they'll collect all your creatures eggs.
Oviraptors will only cover a set area, make sure you place it near the Dino's you intend on farming eggs from. Otherwise you may want to tame multiple ovi's for larger Dino pen's.
First off, if you're on official rates and you don't have access to a giga egg, get comfy cuz you're taming dodos for the next 2 hours. One male and as many females as you can. They have a chance of laying an egg every time they poop so even though you literally need like 200 for a mediocre Ovi, it still might be faster than waiting for another creature to pop out enough for you. Secondly, do find a way to trap it before you knock it, ANYWHERE that isn't near those dang ichthyornis birds. I had just knocked an oviraptor once when that bird swooped down and just like that I no longer had the amount of eggs I needed. It's happened with narcotics too. Just stay away from those avian beach bums. Third and last of all, the ovi will NOT hold all the eggs it needs to eat all at once. So you'll have to pay attention and keep adding eggs as it eats. This guy needs some serious babysitting while being tamed, but the buff is definitely worth it.
You'll read a lot online that says the weight of the egg determines the taming effectiveness gain. That is B.S.
An argent egg and a carno egg weigh exactly the same but the carno egg is worth about twice the tame percentage.
For beginners or people who don't want to risk getting eggs from bigger dinos, just use dodo eggs since dodo's lay eggs so much.
During the Easter event you cannot take the ones with bunny ears! They just die. We tried 8 times to tame a bunny oviraptor and they all died, don’t waste your time and just find a normal one!
Oviraptor may look useless, but is far from it, so here’s a guide to help you acquire one yourself
1. Oviraptor only eats eggs, so you will need to gather some. Bronto eggs are the best, because they give a ton of taming progress, and are realistic to acquire. If you have tamed brontos, breed them, if not, you can easily find one laying around groups of brontos. Next best I would recommend diplo or stego eggs, cause they still give a lot of progress, and are easier to obtain. Breed them or find them, whatever works best
2. Oviraptors are knockout tames, so come prepared with around 15 tranq arrows or 10 tranq darts. It’s easiest to bola it to tranq it but if you really want to trap it you can
3. Once it’s out just put the eggs in it. Depending on the eggs you may need narcs.
Happy taming!
Can anyone tell me if they can be tamed with wyvern eggs?
Best way to get an army
1: Get Atleast 10 female dilo’s
2: farm them until you get Atleast 150 dilo eggs
3: use an animal that is fast and can carry them unless your avatar is fast and can carry lots of stuff
4: either trap them or use a bola to get them contained
5: use tranquilizer darts, arrows, bat, or anything to knock them out
6: feed them some dilo eggs ‘takes about 17 Atleast for me
7: continue this prosess until ya got an army!
Hope this helps!
I've noticed that oviraptors tend to glitch out of pens and Dino gates. So I started loading wood til they can't move. Won't help if your trying to get a fertilized egg but will allow there bonus egg production to work without losing them.
Dodo can get you a lot of eggs fast
Since I can’t find ANY info on if eggs such as rock drake, wyvern, and magmasaurs do better than giga. I experimented. (For those saying why waste expensive eggs like this, try your hand at the crystal isle map. I have tamed wyverns before even seeing a giga, and if your server has rock drakes on you’ll have more of those eggs than any giga eggs due to them rarely even guarding the nest they lay in and laying eggs super quickly)
My findings: they do very little to tame and can ruin taming effectiveness. A giga egg full tamed where a wyvern and rock drake egg did 5%. However, I can say they work great for boas. Hope this helps.