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.

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!

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

A bird that will constantly screech into your ear.

Don't say puh-tera-don it's ter-ana-don..

If your playing PvP go around and knock out several high levels, check the stats, go for the best Melee and you have yourself a War Bird

RIP Pteranodons 4/26/17 flyer nerd patch. Your movement speed and stamina will be missed.

Since the bird nerf, these things are not near as useful. Still, if you get one level up stam and a bit of weight. This is so you can fly across an ocean without running out of stam and dropping into a pool of jellyfish to have your butt hair zapped off.

If one were to tame a low level pteradon, it should be put to use as a travel bird, nothing more, for it is too weak for anything else. However. High level pteradons are excellent for fighting, kibble tamed 100+ can be used to kill alphas, in packs, or alone in niche cases.

nerfed! be very careful now they Nerfed flyers. there set speed is set to 100 and you can't add points into speed anymore. so plan your route cause you will need to stop while flying long way.

The usual choice for your first flier. Once you get one of these you can more easily explore the island. I use them for expeditions from the safe southern islets to obsidian and crystal rich mountains up north. Just watch their stamina, you don't want to be forced to land in the middle of a war zone.

I would suggest having multiple pteranodons for different jobs like farming or combat due to their stats. They are a easy tame and pretty common so it's not hard to get many.

tip! For everyone wondering about there new nerfterra!
Stam is a must and probably most important remember this tame was implemented for a scout not an aplha killer was fun wile it lasted...add weight if needed.

Get a Ptera with 250+ melee and it's special attack can take down almost anything, even alpha rexes.

Possibly the hardest hit by flyer nerf. Anything less than a 140 isn't worth your time now due to the lack of stats on them.

All around good mount. They are great for traveling, and if you get a well breed one they are bronto killers. They are also great for a slowing moving day in ARK. Pick up a tribe member and drop it into that mosasaureas mouth that you've been wanting to tame

RIP to Pteras :( they were once so great and now have been nerfed into a almost useless animal. Oh how much harder it will now be to get prime and a lot of other things. :(((

It's a trolling bird. Now I have to have more words to submit this.

These things can be way helpful for gathering wyvern eggs! Just get it to level 150+ putting all points into stamina/weight. Find where the wyvern eggs spawn and fly next to one and take it. But let the Ptera regain stamina first. Then fly out and kite any wyvern following between some trees and fly away with your prize!

Must have on PvP worlds. Easy for picking of enemy players as you can get out of their reach quickly. Second to Karpo though. Great for PvE as well. Useful for flying to the volcano or other high peeks. Wouldn't recommend a low lvl survivor tame as the saddle is hard to make. (Chitin/Keratin)