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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
Here is some knowledge behind it's damage and scaling I tested in SP.
At 310% Melee = 0.1% health per stack
Max stacks =1% health
Dash Slam = 304
Basic attack = 108
if we 2x the Damage it all scales at 100% value.
At 620% Melee = 0.2% per stack
Max Stacks equal= 2%
Basic attack = 608
Note 1: it's flame trail abilitys flat Damage does not scale, it stays at 9 no matter what, however the fire stacks it applys does scale as normal.
Note 2: It's flame boost ability that increases damage will increase every instance of damage output even flat damage from flame trail from 9 to 14 however all fire stacks applied from any source are not boosted
More Pyromane Utility Tips
For the people who donβt know these things can transform into a small form that can ride on your shoulder
Devs have patched the bug where the bag despawns after cryopoding
Pyromane abilities and benefits
It passively cooks meat, along with that transforming it into jerky over time without oil (unsure if spark power needed)
In both forms it provides insulation but the lion form provides much greater insulation
It can provide fuel to refining forges and campfires
It has a immense damage over time ability in the form of its fire effect, this can go up in stages to 10
Think of its DOT being similar to the thylacoleoβs DOT (unsure of which is more)
Its battle abilities includes, a m1 bite applying the status
effect and dealing a base of 20 damage I believe, however the attack is a brutal one due to its speed of attack
Right click/Left bumper for console (I believe) uses the flame leap ability this can be used every 5 seconds
Holding right click/left bumper uses the flame trail ability this consumes some of its absorbed flames
Ctrl right click/ r3 + left bumper (I think) uses the flame absorb ability, it absorbs nearby flames and stores them for battle use
Ctrl + left click/r3 Right bumper uses the flame boost effect, this consumes absorbed flames to deal an additional 50% damage, lasts until cancelled or depleted of absorbed flames
Swap to shoulder pet, Ctrl + C (unknown of console keybind)
Self explanatory, it transforms it to the shoulder pet form
This has been utility of the pyromane, I apologize if I got some of the console keybinds wrong
When you have a pyromane on your shoulder leeches that attach will burn of automatically!
It's poo spoils into charcoal if collected
This creature is hands down THE best tame in the game. I have been following ark since 2018 and I've never seen anything like this, I just took down a 150 alpha Rex with just this guy. Get one immediately they are so so good
For Xbox
Take to water
Pike until it lets you ride
Go around swiping stuff once in fire RB+LT to absorb flames rinse and repeat until dead.
Move on to next wild dino keep doing this until 100% then RB+RT to complete the tame.
Pyromanes and probably the most useful tame at least to me, these tames can take out most creatures in the game especially with their powerful fire abilities, they give great cold and heat resistance also make cooked meat for you without any cost, very convenient because they can fit on your shoulder and then be released
Definitely worth the five bucks
Absolutely walks all over lava golem and ice worm queen with 5K hp (even easier if you mate boost, also wonβt die to lava golem fire
The button combo on Xbox to transform it while riding is down on right joystick and right bumber