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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a plesiosaur? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a plesiosaur.
It's like a fish but bigger
The person who tamed a plesiosaur with a Sarco….you seem like my kind of person🙂 #SARCOS RULE
-Sarco master
My trusty sarcosuchus made knocking my plesi exceedingly simple, for three reasons. The sarco is fast, it ascends quickly, and you can shoot from its back. Once I separated my plesiosaur from her friend and killed it, the procedure was simple. When the plesi reaches a certain height it begins to flee. I dragged her up then filled her with tranqs until she aggro'd again. Repeat process until unconscious. Simple with sarco.
There is a glitch at the redwood on the center, where plesiosaurs will spawn really near the coast and whole groups of 2 or 3 are glitched in the water, meaning you can knock out multiple plesiosaurs at the time.
Plesiosaurs are the quetzals of the ocean change my mind
The trick is to argo one, have him chase you into an underwater cave where he will not be able to fit through the door but his long neck and head does. when you do this he will not de-agro, you can then get a clear shot from the cave with a bow and tranq arrows
Always spawn in packs of 2-3 keep that in mind while looking for them Rip my little itchy you were brave😭
Taming one is not too difficult. A high level won’t take too many tranq to knock out. When it’s knocked out, feeding it a soothing balm will allow u to tame it quickly, even with regular raw meat. Don’t forget to separate the plesiosaur u want from others in the area. Good luck!
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To who said that dossier lied by saying it doesn’t attack humans.
Probably they died after writing the dossier
its pretty easy if its a low level i recommend if you want to tame a low level use a ichthy but uf its a high level you need a harpoon gun and a low level need a crossbow.
If you want to tame one I recommend using a icthy because I tamed one by using it. If you are try to pump up its stamina and speed. But obviously if your not like your a sarco master like me🐊🐊 you can use that. Use a crossbow and tranq darts or toxiant arrows because it reloads faster and guns don’t work underwater. Trust me I tried it. It didn’t turn out well. After like 20 tranq arrows it will be unconscious then get somewhere near 10 raw prime meat and BOOM!! You have a plesiosaur /\ if this helped
(MOBILE)(easy mode)
stuff required:atleast 200 bio toxin, an ichty, a crossbow and atleast 40 tranq arrows or 30 toxicity arrows
On mobile no creatures aggro on ichty although if you use a weapon the creature will aggro on you. Plesios are usually found in the deep in pairs of two.
Kill the lower level one to harvest its prime meat using the ichty. They like rex kibble.
Note:using a metal pick on a meg will harvest atleast 2 prime fish meat.
Strategy:Shoot the plesio and since wild plesios are not as fast as an ichty, the plesio will not be able to reach you unless your trapped. Keep in mind that IF IT DOES REACH YOU, it could kill you and your ichty in a couple of hits. Lure it towards the beach and since it doesn't aggro in shallow water, you could easily shoot it from your ichty. Once it starts fleeing, follow it and keep shooting. Once it is knocked out kill any nearby creature that could interfere with taming(megs, mantas, piranhas, cnidarias(use crossbow), electrophorus(use crossbow) and dunkles.(ichtys, coels and leedys are harmless) if there is a leedy, scrape meat from it for taming the plesio.
Name your new plesio
Pretty useful tame. Just get and Ichty and tranq it. Insane health, weight, speed, and melee damage.
Pump every points into stamina Bc they can't even swim 3 meters without getting tired. Worth taming.
After tamed, you can grapple onto them while a tribmate drives it and easily tame more large water mounts. If you are about to touch a structure or terrain, crouch to take off the hook or you will die instantly and your body will fly across the map
They can't fit through the resource caves' entrances. Just lure it into one and pull out your crossbow/harpoon gun for the knock out. Just be aware of any nearby megalodons, as they can fit into the cave easily and ruin your swimming session.
The weakness of plesiosaur is the depth limit. Use it to tame it.this also work for mosasaurs. Scuba tank and flipper recommended
The trick to ko these guys is to wait for them to agro you, once they're close enough, swim up and backwards until you've reached their swim limit and shoot them as many times as possible. When they lose interest, just do the same trick and eventually you'll knock it out
These guys are great and super fast and also very strong. Warning when your gonna go tame these guys bring a sarco or an icthy , they also spawn In 2,s or 3,s so be careful because these guys do a crap ton of damage .
Im gonna tanme one and name it nessie. I'll post this tip when she's tamed!
i died.
There is an invisible barrier at a certain depth that the plesis will not cross, you can drag them up to this and shoot them till they deagro, when they do reagro and repeat until their knocked out. Also, you can drag them to the entrance of an underwater cave, and shoot the plesi, as long as you dont venture too far into the cave, it will not deagro.