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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips

What is a pteranodon used for? pteranodon utility tips and strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Only tame high levels, try for level 130+ and breed them. Get the best stats into a baby’s, male and female, keep that as your breeding pair. Then either go for mutations OR just get your baby and imprint. Push weight until it can carry your normal standing weight (you with armour and gear) then push stamina. I got an ascended saddle with like 170 armour for mine so I don’t push health but that’s me.
-Gog Wick
Not recommended against gigas. The spyglass barrel roll strategy (more info in the popular tips that were a great help to me btw) works well but with one fatal flaw: It's a TWO-WAY damage amplifier. Meaning the giga's attack, If it lands on you, deals much more damage than normal as well. Meaning one hit on a 1500 health ptera with journeyman saddle left my ptera with less than 500 health. So, yeah. Too much risk involved. Good for rexes and maybe alphas but not gigas. I would advise combing the allos strategy with the ptera roll. Let the allos bleed the gigs down first before going for the kill with the ptera. Also compensates for the annoying fact that if the giga dies to allo bleeding it might not give xp. Needs testing but i think it'll work.
I use pt for everything even when I’m given better flying options I still use a pt always my first tame if I’m able to tame it easy saddle, fast, and is on almost every map. easy knock out tame throw a bola at it then knock it out with club, slingshot, bow, crossbow whatever. feed prime meat if ur early game, Prioritise leveling up weight and stamina. Boom theres ur pt easily dies and takes forever to level up its weight but it’s fast and great for early game pvp/pve
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.