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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
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What is a pteranodon used for? pteranodon battling strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
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
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.
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.
For noobs to get obsidian, metal and other better resources and dinos I recommend going to the snow biome as soon as you can fly on one of these. This is what I did and now I have an infinite supply of metal and obsidian but tame an argy and otter first then pump otter dmg and wear it so not to get hypothermia.
I recommend bringing more than one high level Rex or spino just in case.