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0 points   🥚 Taming & KO   19 hours ago ✨ NEW   Report

To be fair, I am only a level 52. So the incubation time may be quicker cause I’m a low level. But my first 2 Pteranodon eggs hatched within 11 minutes. And matured within 30.

756 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Dec 18, 2023   Report

How to tame: Step 1:Bola the ptera. Step 2:Club it. Step 3:Feed meat Step 4:Cry in sadness and grief at the fact that you need level 38 for a saddle and you are level 12

1261 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Jun 26, 2022   Report

Lvl up their stamina to like 700.0 then start leveling up their weight cause the lighter the weight is the faster it flies and if YOUR weight is about half full then the pteranodon will either be encumbered or very close to it

2098 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Feb 2, 2020   Report

If you find a level 5 one of these and gonna tame make sure you have 2 prime meat if it's normal all settings is normal and prime meat gives it 50% taming thing

1280 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Apr 24, 2021   Report

Your Pteranodon Taming Pocket Guide

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Some info-

Let's face it, they're the first flyer you tamed. High levels are the best to tame, as their stamina stat is trash and you can use the highest level of stamina you can get without leveling up. Might (or might not) be replaced by an Argy or Griffin (for fancy people).

Taming-

Super easy tames, a simple bola and tranq. Because of their tiny health pool I'd recommend tranq arrows and not a club or slingshot because, chances are, you'll just kill it before you knock it out. If you find a max level try to use kibble of raw prime, but normal meat works just as well. Even the lowest levels need a few narcotics, so bring some along no matter what level you're going after.

Saddling and stats-

Saddle requires fibre and hide (I think) as well as 75 keratin. Make sure to get the keratin before you can unlock the saddle. I know from personal experience that it sucks to unlock the saddle just to wait 10 in-game days for a turtle to spawn -_-

As for stats, they aren't too good. Low heath and stamina, although I personally only put points in stamina.

Hope this helped at least one person. If you liked or found this helpful, share it with friends!

-Silver

2546 points   🔧 Utility   Oct 10, 2016   Report

Especially for newer players. Make sure you keep an eye on the stamina bar. You don't want it to run out while airborn. I've lost a bird or 5 to that alone.

677 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Jun 25, 2022   Report

HOW TO TAME EASY!

- craft bola

- find pteranodon

- bola pteranodon

- knock out either using fist, sling shot, bat, or some sorta tranq thing (whatever works for you)

- feed meat (recommend using soothing balm before feeding meat)

- have fun with your pteranodon!

1024 points   🔧 Utility   Jan 1, 2021   Report

How to do barrel roll on mobile: Go to settings and then go to controls then either go to left multi tap or right multi tap. Then select Reload/Alt attack2. When you are done, go and press on your screen twice on either left or ritght side. And you pteranodon can now do a barrel roll! Disclaimer:wastes stamina alot so be careful. Like so newbies see this!

1158 points   🔧 Utility   Apr 10, 2020   Report

Pteranodons can collect bio toxin from cnidarias. Like it up to make it known.

9 points   🥚 Taming & KO   3 weeks ago   Report

If you are on mobile and you are a beginner trying to tame a pteranodon. I recommend using dodo kibble if the pteranodon is on a high level as meat can make taming take ages. And remember to use plenty of narcotic.

727 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Nov 9, 2020   Report

the best way to tame these guys is with dodo kibble . Most people would say tame them using prime meat but don’t listen to them because with prime meat it take a long to tame so I suggest dodo kibble it’s not that that expensive to make . And it take about 5-8 second to tame if you don’t believe me then go and experiment . Then leave a like

1269 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Oct 7, 2016   Report

When taming a high level Pteranodon, always starve tame it that way you don't waste/lose your kibble if somebody/something hits/kills it.

611 points   🔧 Utility   Mar 23, 2020   Report

Use the barrel roll attack and it harvest meat prime meat and mutton really well.

please like for mor people to know this.✌️

409 points   🔧 Utility   Aug 24, 2020   Report

Don’t fly to high if it runs out of stamina you have 7 seconds to land or your pterdon will fall asleep and you will take massive damage

250 points   🔧 Utility   Jun 18, 2022   Report

If you play on mobile and want to do the roll then go to settings left or right multi tap and chose alt attack 2 !!!

NOW FOR THE MAIN PART--- THESE THINGS CAN KILL GIGAS the normal roll does decent damage but if you roll and attack a dino while watching the dino through spyglass you can deal tons of damage (this works in mobile idk about other platforms) i killed tons of rexes,brontos,allos..etc. using this trick

Δ IF THIS HELPS~~

355 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Jan 11, 2021   Report

I tamed one of these. It was a female. It was a beautiful sea green and brown. I let my mom name her and she chose the perfect name for her. Her name was Stella. She was killed saving me life. She fought off 3 rexes. (Killed them all). What killed her was a F***ING COMPY

682 points   🔧 Utility   Oct 24, 2016   Report

I didn't realize for a Looooooooooong time how useful the barrel roll is. Seriously, I've killed alpha rexes with it. Give it a shot!

23 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Jan 2, 2025   Report

If y’all’s are taking forever to tame it might be because you have Dino food drain low (this is ultimate mobile edition btw) DINO FOOD DRAIN EFFECTS WILD DINOS TOO NOT JUST YOUR TAMES TURN IT UP TO MAKE THEM HUNGRY FASTER

618 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Oct 6, 2016   Report

When knocking pteranodons out, be sure to have a bola, it doesn't take many tranq arrows to knock it out. Once it is down, put spike walls up around it (with a little space so you can go in and out) so it doesn't lose taming efficiency or die.

593 points   🔧 Utility   Nov 3, 2016   Report

Argy is rated higher for gathering prime but these things spin attack will get much more prime than an argy

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