I think it needs to be addressed that these birds are excellent at killing jellyfish. Their increase attack works on them. You one shot them.

Really underrated guy my pela got me through gen 1 in the ocean area (just starting out) I was able to easily tame and then traverse across islands, and to get fish just jump in ocean and after killing fish use Helena to tp back until you get the right island.

- random gamer

When on water you can kill jellyfish to get easy bio toxin because of the water attack aoe but don't get hit!

When knocking these guys out they sound absolutely pitiful...

These guys are found near beaches and sure, they're slower than a Ptera as an early game flyer, but far more versatile even later in the game for farming Organic Polymer.

They can rest on water to regenerate stamina and they do 10× their melee damage to small fish (according to ark.wiki.gg) while also instantly harvesting it after the fish dies... I say that's a fair deal

If you land on water and your weight is too much then you will become drenched and you wont be able to fly until it dries.

Just bola it and beat it with a club

Probably one of my favorite flyers,

if you lvl movement and weight they are more versatile than any other flyer as that they can swim on the top of the water. And fast at that.

I only wish that you had allitle more visibility below you, in the water, as things such as jellies can sneak up on you. Or maybe, better yet, the Pelly could sound some sort of alarm when something other than a Coelacanth swims near it.

Making it a proximity alarm when at your base!

-Hyper

By far the best polymer gatherer for polymer farms

One Pelagornis can get you SO much organic polymer if and only if you kill the non-adult Kairukus. On my rates (2× harvest and 2× resource hp) I got roughly 230 organic polymer from just one juvenile Kairuku. The fact it also has insane weight reduction for the poly makes it optimal, and while you might say "The dangers of the ice biome are on your tail," then remember that a Pelagornis can just sit on water, which is where most ice biome creatures fail due to their immensely slow swimming speed, so you always have a save zone.

Always come prep with raw fish meat and alot of it the one i tried to tame rlly greedy

Put ramps and some ceilings on a raft. Wait for it to stop on the water and start paddling around. Drive he raft directly towards it while it's facing u. Scoop it up and trank it. You have to remember not to move the raft once it's unconscious or it will slide off 👍

Protect the pelagornis whilst it’s unconscious. If a dilo gets just one hit on it, then taking effectiveness drops to 30% and it’s going to take far longer.

These guys are amazing. They would be perfect if they would air-drop. I had one kill an argy, and he flew fast around it, pecking at it before the argy had a chance to kill him and over time lowered his health until he was murdered. Something any mid-game survivor needs in their tribe!!

If you can’t find one go to genesis 1 ocean biome. It’s pelagornis heaven

Can hit fish from further than you think, and instantly harvest them.

Never let any aggressive Dino anywhere near it when it’s knocked out even a dilo will make it go from 100% effectiveness to a 20 or 30 it sucks don’t let it happen to you

They can sit on water and regain stamina, but be careful since hostile creatures (megalodons, jellyfish, piranha's, ...) will still aggro on the pelagornis.

Will gather much more polymer from baby kairuku than adults. Does not gather all that well from mantis. Better off using a wyvern or griffin killing mantis to get the most polymer or maybe start a baby kairuku farm.

DO NOT FEED IT MEAT knock it put with a bat and then feed it fish meat