Easy tame, bola it, shoot with tranq arrows, chuck a couple stacks of meat in its inventory, and kill about 10 ankys to build a saddle
Pteranodon
The pteranodon is a fast and versatile flying mount useful for traveling and scouting, though not always the ideal choice for battle. Knocking a pteranodon out doesn't take much, but can still be a challenge since it will immediately flee after being attacked. Once knocked out, taming is quite easy in comparison to other creatures, and with its low saddle requirements, this makes it an especially popular creature for newer survivors while still being versatile enough for more experienced survivors. What the pteranodon lacks in stamina, weight, and health, it makes up with its speed.

Player-written tips for taming, using, and fighting the Pteranodon in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Make sure you don’t get off in mid air or get a parachute.
If you dont double tap on ark ultimate mobile edition to sprint with your pteranodon you will fly slowly without loosing stamina
I was taming a lvl 37 when this theri comes outta nowhere and starts stabbing me, it chased me out to an island where it swam back to shore…that ptera was being fed by prime meat…yay..
Some dumb YouTuber said that lvl 80 pteranodons give you tons of exp so I killed 4 and got nothing.
I tamed my first Pterandon today by knocking her with bola and slingshot and giving her only Raw Meet and now i am increasing only her Stamina
This is how to tame one: First, craft a couple of bolas. Find a pteranodon that has 500 health or lower. Put the bola in your hot bar then bola the pterodactyl. If the bola breaks, use the other ones you crafted. Then, punch it until it becomes unconscious. Then you can use…
This is how to tame one: First, craft a couple of bolas. Find a pteranodon that has 500 health or lower. Put the bola in your hot bar then bola the pterodactyl. If the bola breaks, use the other ones you crafted. Then, punch it until it becomes unconscious. Then you can use regular raw meat, raw prime meat, dodo eggs, or dodo egg kibble to tame. They take a long time to tame and the torpor drops fast, so feed them narcotics or narcotics to keep them unconscious. Once it’s tamed craft a saddle and enjoy your new flyer! These are easy early game tames and I recommend them if you want to tame a flyer bc they’re probably the easiest flyer to tame.
I recommend using first person instead of third person for better aim when using the barrel roll while using spyglass because when I use the barrel roll while using spyglass I sometimes miss or just deal the normal barrel roll damage
Here’s a good tip: never tame a low lvl if you have some heavy items on you. It’s a better idea to tame a high lvl so that if it’s your only flyer. That way you will always be able to get to your base
When i was trying to get a ptera i bolad a lvl 4 and knoked ito ut with my fists and feed it meat AND IT WAS TAMED 2 SECONDS HOW I DIDNT EVEN PUT DODO KIBBLE HOW!?
On lost island, only use crossbow/arrows and bola…. Or it takes forever to knock out high lvl…
I wanted to tame a pt but I 1 shot with my ascendant crossbow lmao
So if your a idoit like me and dont know how to force dead with narcotics this is how you do it on ps4 and xbox press r2 PC idk
If you want to barrel role then set your 2nd alt attack (mobile) on a specific screen (in settings) then poke that specific screen with 2 fingers at the same time.
I rarely pick anything else to kill with, nearly 300% damage and not much attacks from targets will land. My bird is packed on health stamina and damage. quite simply the best tame ive got by far plus it harvets fairly good amounts of meat.
It is way easier to use bola on these while they’re on the ground. It is much harder while they’re in the air. Just beat them with bat when they are stuck. Then use raw meat to tame. It doesn’t take much meat but it does take a long time.
ARK Mobile Ultimate Edition is messed up... A 108 lvl ptera will get tamed in 3 raw meet in around 2-3 minutes while in the game mf took almost 1 real life hour and still around 20% only... Damn
Tip for noobs: first craft a Bola. Catch the pteranodon with the Bola. Gather meat.lure cnidarias/jellyfish to land. Knock the pteranodon unconcious wait for a little while while taming.then there ya go 1 pteranodon
BTW I have 3 of these I just need 4 more levels for…
Tip for noobs: first craft a Bola. Catch the pteranodon with the Bola. Gather meat.lure cnidarias/jellyfish to land. Knock the pteranodon unconcious wait for a little while while taming.then there ya go 1 pteranodon
BTW I have 3 of these I just need 4 more levels for pteranodon saddle good luck taming one! Don't forget the jellyfish that's an important part
If this is your first flight enjoy traveling around ark! Make sure when landing make sure no predators around cuz who knows you enter a giga home
Tame higher levels for their stamina and weight will be higher.