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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a pyromane? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a pyromane.
1.find one. 2.shoot it with pump shot gun(best option). 3.when it roars it should say ride so press ride. 4.kill dinos until you can use flame absorb. 5.keep attacking it and pressing flame absorb. 6.now when you done it and the bar is full at the bottom it should say tame with some buttons. Please like I spent a lot of righting/good luck
They can be found in a map without owning the dlc however the dlc needs to be purchased before being able to tame it
Controller button for drain flames is RB + LT Xbox and R1 +L2 for PS.
Then to tame it fully its RB + RT (R1 + L2) for some reason so it puts you in 1st person dino mode.
1. Find the pyromane you want to tame
2. Let it agro on you
3. Lead it into any type of water (I’m not sure but should work with all types of water.)
4. Once you lead it into water start damaging it
5. Wait for it to do the roar animation
6.Start kill creatures with the flame attacks and keep doing this until it tames
7. Enjoy your shadowman- I mean pyromane!
-Lavish_spider01
Be careful when cryopoding your new pyromane if you left important gear on it expecting it to drop a bag. As of the moment the bag disappears in 0.5 seconds deleting anything in it. I hope this can help people to not lose important items.
A good strategy is to scout the area first to make sure there are some dinos around. Then find the pyromane you want damage to 50% in water and ride it when you see the roar animation. Then go attack dinos and absorb the flames. If you don't see any more dinos around but are currently attacking one. Just hit the dino so it catches flames and absorb to reset 30 sec timer, then start riding away while the dino you were attacking aggros you. As you keep riding away only turn back and hit the aggroing dino and absorb flames if your 30 sec timer is running out. Keep repeating this until you find more dinos. Rinse repeat. If you think this was helpful. Sky high please
The extinguisher grenade works for putting out their flame 👍🏼
On PS5 hit R1+R2 to tame it when at 100%
Don’t take these down to the bottom of the ocean as they will explode
You can absorbs the flame to reset the tamming timer, even the flam bar is not full.
To tame these guys you need to get them below 50% health (I might be wrong it could be lower) and apply the “doused” effect to them, which you can do simply by having it rain or putting it in water
After that you must ride the Pyromane and fight creatures/absorb fire (ctrl + right click, and I think L1 R2 for console)
Upon riding you’ll notice a timer, this is until your are dismounted and put at risk of attack from the Pyromane however it will reset upon killing a enemy or absorbing fire (unsure about killing enemy)
This creature can be a difficult and confusing tame however it is worth it
If having difficulty in the area losing them to wild Dinos while taming. Pick them up with an argy. Bring them to another area or island with their body in the water to prevent them catching you on fire and fight all the easier Dinos. Makes the taming way less annoying and heavily lowers the death risk and having to find another high level one.
For PS5
R2 attak
R1+L2 return fire, restore health
Hold R1 press R2 to finish tamming then bar on 100%
If you have a Wyvern, build a pen and go grab small animals with your wyvern and drop them in the pen, then once you are riding the Pyro to tame, jump in the pen and it’s free eats.
Build a trap, lure a ton of wild dinos in, get pyro to rideable state, munch and absorb flame
You need to buy a pack to tame it. If you dont have the pack you can see it, kill it and it can kill you but when you want to tame it youll need the pack. Hope this helps
If you play on Xbox use RB + LT when taming to absorbe fire and keep timer up
To tame one-
1. Bring it to a body of water or get it wet, the flames should dim/ go away
2. Damage it until it roars/ stops taking damage. You’ll have around 4 seconds to hop on its back before it reaggros and you have to damage it more
3. Attack enemies and use flame absorb (controls on right side while riding) to absorb the flames you hit them with. You’ll have 30 seconds before it kicks you off but only about seven before taming effectiveness starts falling. Make sure to keep flame absorbing regularly to keep it maxed.
I’d highly suggest trapping a Rex or another tanky wild enemy before hand to attack with the pyro to get the taming effectiveness up effectively and safely, good luck.
Was able to carry with an Argy.
To get 100% taming effectiveness do not allow timer to reach 9 seconds remining absorb flames with RB+LT with your cross hairs on Dino the bar does not have to be full