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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.
I was able to get them to get on my raft and stay put taking them south to a safe island with lots of turtles this method worked extremely well and keep a few rafts near by with beds on them .
For best taming effectiveness, don't let the timer start blinking red. Keep timer above 15 seconds.
Bit if advice for the center specifically, but will prob work on other maps.
The agro range on this creature is high and it goes for a while, so, I'd recommend if you can, take it away from where it spawns to a safer area, and enjoy having an easier time finding weaker dinos and quicker kills
If you have a Rhynio, use it to carry the Pyromane to the beach just outside of the swamp across the water from the Volcano Island, and then tame it there if you can, there’s usually tons of Paracertheriums and you can keep absorbing heat from them for 100% taming effectiveness.
Pyromane is can be carried by the Karkinos.
Easy taming take a Karkinos as they don’t aggro to it (hardly anything does) pick up the pyromane you want take it to water and same it down until it’s ready to be obedient.
-Retro
Easiest way in I found. Have ok flak and pike. Scout around to see other wild Dino’s to flame absorb. Lure the one Pyromane into water. Pike from under until roar. Nest most importantly go to the wild Dino’s you saw prior and attack. As soon as the flam meter fills half way flame absorb. Keep doing this constantly. The more wild dinos in an area the better. Watch out for high lvl rexes and other pyros. Flame absorb constantly is the key. Each time you absorb it resets timer as well!
Use a few wild turtles To tame it they do low damage so you won’t Be in danger of Dying and turtles have high Health so you can use flame absorb more on them
1. Find pyromane
2. Lead to water or if on scorched pick up with wyvern and take it to water
3. Damage it in the water until it roars
4. Ride it and kill other wild dinos (you have 30 seconds till it kicks you off and will reset after every Dino killed)
5. If kicked off before tamed, wait 5 mins and rinse and repeat steps 3/4
For Xbox and playstation players..... When the tame bar reaches full.... You need to simultaneously press LB RB LT RT/ R1 R2 L1 L2 at the same time to tame it..... Please let everyone can know. Thanks
Remember, if you fail to ride him on time, or you fail taming, he will get ride cooldown of around 5 minutes and if he roars it trap/glitch/just animation also if you know youl fail run to water so he doesn't slime you on the spot
Well the easiest way to tame him is to get bob tails game pass (pay wall xd) and when u got it u can use water granade (it’s my small tip how to ged debug on him
On the Center, the volcano island in the north has a south beach where a lot of Pyromanes spawn for me and if your in the water already, they can't set you on fire.
So what I do:
1. Sit in the water, get close enough to agro them or just shoot them with a crossbow.
2. Make sure you can withstand their damage while you damage them
3. Once they do the roar, you want to quickly get on it. For me, the ride pop-up is small but just spam it as you get close enough to it's side
4. Attack any and all land dinos, you have to be on fire to start the tame, it's based off the fire you CONSUME from your attacks and from killing dinos.
Note; ctrl+LMB to consume fire from living creatures, I've seen this give tame progress and reset the 30 second timer so you don't get kicked off.
Once you get one, it's easier to get another since they protect you from fire while on your shoulder or while riding.
1. Use Karkinos to grab pyromane - it won't aggro
2. Go to the nearest water
3. Drop pyromane in water, just not to shallow or it will instantly run away. It should swim when you put it in water.
4. SMASH IT! and watch for roar animation, when he does that, dismount Karkinos and mount pyromane as fast as you can, you have around 4 seconds
5. Go kill creatures and absorb flame
6. When you hit 100%, use flame boost to tame it
Easy to tame. Take it to water and get it half health. After wards gather fire by flame absorbing things when they are full bar and killing blow will absorb any fire on the dead Dino. You only have 30 sec between absorbs or you’ll get kicked off. If you get kicked off there is a 5 minute timber between riding.
***Useful tips that might come in handy when attempting to tame the PyroMane!
1. PyroMane has a riding cooldown (approx.3 mins) if knocked off during the taming process.
2. If you’re wanting to use a trap, I suggest putting the trap half-in OR near some form of water. It retains the PyroMane’s doused debuff (comes in handy when kicked off multiple times & are waiting for riding cooldown).
3. Bring extra Dino’s on your hunt! (ones you’re okay with unclaiming and don’t mind having killed) This helps speed up the taming process incase wild dinos/creatures aren’t around for the PyroMane to kill. (Which happens more often than not on the Center Map since PyroManes spawn in the Volcano area)
Rhynionagtha can in fact carry the pyromane so you could just pick it up and drop it in water on scorched lol
I haven't had a lot of time to test it, but here is an observation that could help. The Karkinos in abberation can indeed pick them up and you won't provoke it on a karkinos.
If you have a wyvern pick it up with it and the drop it water then you should know what to do.
Douse in water with either rain or lure to water once wet deal damage until cat. Roars, once it roars, kill things. Best things to kill are barrys
They can be carried by a Quetz, but you have to keep dunking them in water so they don't roast your bird.
Just waterboard them while traveling to a higher population taming ground, that has oodles of low level critters with babies to cook....I mean tame with!
Drop it in the shallows near your desired taming spot and quickly dismount and engage the flame kitty as it swims toward you. Knock its health down until it lets you ride it, then dive into the target rich environment you chose to set aflame.
I've tamed some nice Pyromanes in this manner with minimal issue! Avoid targeting birds, Cerats, Allos or anything else with high health, the ability to fly away or health regen. They're almost guaranteed to mess up the taming efficiency.