Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a pteranodon? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a pteranodon.
When your taming, check the stats by putting them in your dodex comparison calculator. If you have a stat that is above average, try putting a note in that bird with its level and stats so that you can keep track of what your breeding your birds with.
Breed them and make a bird cage.
Super good in raids. Be the man who picks all the drivers!
DO NOT TAKE EGG nearly killed me at level 51 and it was level 13
If you see one flying, just follow it untill it lands, walk at it and shoot it in the head with crossbow (narcotic arrows). He will be down with one shot.
Pteranodon are a very useful flying mount when you start the game. But before you get one of these babies, tame a trike and a ton of dodos. You are going to need kibble to tame and you need rockarrots. Use a crossbow with narcs to knock out
They are okay now just watch out for stam you are not invincible
Best way to tame these is to bola them then use about a tranq arrow or two to its head which should knock it out
I suggest to find a lvl 20 or higher for new players because you need high weight so it can carry you till you get an argy.Also if you can't craft bolas yet or you didn't learn the engram just shoot it in the head with a bow a crossbow will kill it be sure to use meat because this is a carnivore I lost a lvl 150 argy that way
Keep away from Titan boasts! I've lost way too many pets from them.
Bola when they are on the ground , tranq in the head. I always check the stats but mainly the health if I am looking for a good back up bird or 3. These are vital for PvP and it's best to have at least 2 back ups per player. KEEP them safe as they are your strongest weapons in PvP.
Just grab a sling shot and 10-20 rocks off the beach (or mine them) and bola the sucker and launch em at his head. For a lvl 250 this won’t work though, as it will escape the bola before your slingshot knocks it out. Also if you want to quickly get a saddle just go into the jungle and murder some bugs.
Hey hey!!! Rlly important but also quick tip!!!
When taming a ptero (OR any dinosaur in which the use of a club is recommended to tame it), please, PLEAAASE, instead of using a club, USE A SLINGSHOT!!!
- It deals more torpor and less damage
- You're more likely to kill the dino you're trying to tame when using the club with high melee damage
- It does not break easily
- You're less likely to hit your dino after they faint
I hope that helps!!!
After using bola, if using narcotic arrows to nock ptera unconscious. Add narco berries or more narcotics in inv with meat to keep it asleep the entire time.
Step one find on to your liking step two bola it step tree force feed it narcos by hitting r2 while in the Dino’s inv last step keep feeding it meat and your done
How to tame: Spawn in get spawn killed by a raptor then spawn somewhere else and get your pick make a club and bola maybe maybe not use narcotics depending on lvl realize you’re lvl 16 get a explorer note kill everything in sight and do some crafting make the saddle and enjoy your pt.
Pteranodon is extremely time consuming Dinosaur to tame, I tame it once for about 15 min, but the dino is at level 325 so I guess it's a fair trade?
Here's how to tame pteranodon, first, bring a bed, any kind of bed. And then locate your Dream pteranodon. When you locate that ur pteranodon dream, Use bola to make it immobilize, then place your bed(You can do this earlier) and sleep. This will make the creature hungry and make the taming faster. After you wake up, immediately tranq this thing up, it is recommended to ready your 2nd bola justincase you're long enough just to make this things sleep.
Let's just say you're doing a good job, feed it some meat(Yes, this things is carnivore) and you'll have your first flying tame.
Note: You might want to place the bed and click that Zzz button first before sleeping, just in case, who knows if you immobilize them First and then sleep that annoying "Sunlight=No sleep" pop up will ruin your plan. I've learn it in the hard way...
We all know how to tame a ptera by now, bola and pop it in the head with either a club for low levels or tranq arrows for high ones; but the real tip here is to use chitin for the saddle instead of keratin. 75 keratin is difficult to find quickly, but chitin is available via just about any bugs or other invertibrates, and they tend to drop a lot of it. One trilobite could probably net you all of the chitin you need, especially when carved by something like a moschops.
How to tame one
1: Get 40 bio toxin (read my tip on how to harvest bio toxin on Cinidaria)
2: harvest 30 fish meat
3: get a bola and some tranq arrows (better to use tranq arrows)
4: bola and shoot (5 times should KO them)
5: give fish meat and bio toxin
6: give 2 bio toxin every time it’s torpor gets halfway
7: it’s tamed
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How to tame a pteranodon:
1. Grab some bolas
2. After finding a pteranodon, throw a bola at it
3. You can shoot at it with a tranquilizing ammo like tranq arrows or certain darts. Or use clubs and slingshots.
4. After it's knocked out, you can feed it meat. But I highly recommend feeding it dodo kibble as it's easy to make and speeds up the taming process.
5. I always forget to mention this, but you might need some narcotics.
Hope this helped!
-Pablo27