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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for raptor? Tips and strategies for raptor in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
These guys can still pounce you on abb, probably common knowledge but it’s still very important to know, especially if you’re playing abbbfor the first time like me
These things will be your torturers in the early game, as they have a pounce ability that can knock you off your mount or pin you to the ground. However, they are suceptible to Bolas. For this reason, always keep Bolas in your hotbar. Alternitively, you can just level your Movement Speed to 112%, where you can just barely outrun it by sprinting.
To tame, just Bola and use a Slingshot or Tranq Arrows to knock out. Feed it meat.
Raptors are good early meat hunters, but they don't have much use otherwise.
Definitely take fast and dangerous usually in packs but not always just bola and tranq
I encountered that guy once I thought it was a normal raptor but then I hit him a dozen times with my trike and started to confused because it was so much tougher than the normal and I just killed an alpha raptor with so much XP. Luckily he didn't jump at me😁
Ok, if you’re trying to get XP from an Alpha Raptor....DO NOT TRY TO BOLA IT!!!
I was a complete noob and landed with my Ptera to kill it for some extra XP, but my Ptera and I ended up getting killed. But thankfully I learned my lesson.
The Island map raptor location guide: you can find these guys at the riverbank that seperates southzone 1 island and the south zone 2 area, or the mideast-southeast coast of the island.
Use a horse. Easiest knockout ever.
How to tame Raptor.
1) Make a bola
2) Now find a Raptor and bola raptor(if you're a beginner you can climb on a high area for safety)
3) Use bow with tranq arrow(headshots are more effective),and you need only 2 arrows if the Raptors health is under 300.
4) When it's unconscious put raw meat, raw prime meat, raw mutton, simple kibble etc on it's inventory.(as a beginner use raw meat)
5) Wait until taming(don't live the unconscious Raptor alone, so other dinos like dilophosaurus will kill the Raptor)
And when the taming become successful the Raptor is yours. It takes only 10 to 15 minutes to tame a Raptor. When I was only only on level 19 I tamed a Raptor. And Raptors are very good for hunting Parasaur, Sarco etc. They are also good for your defence.
Once a time I went to jungle for collecting dossiers and my lvl 7 Raptor saved my life from 4 or 5 Sarcos I also assisted my Raptor using bow and arrow and from that time I never killed Raptors. (I hope so that this tip was helpful for you)
It’s so easy to tame and the only things you have to do is to throw a bola when it’s running at you give it a number of raw meat wait and there you have a raptor!
It's their availability that makes them good tames. They're found all over the place, have poor torpor tolerance, and are quick tames. You can quickly and easily build a huge legion of these guys to take on virtually anything. My pack of around 10-12 once shred a wild rex in seconds. Its corpse didn't even get to hit the ground. They're expendable but fast and strong, a perfect footsoldier.
Honestly I use raptors for taming rexes and spinos but that's probs bc I can level health up by 1 and goes up by
a thousand
WARNING: Although amazing (and I should know, trying to make a pack of 5) they can, if caught off guard or separated, can and WILL be killed.. I’m talking about piranhas and other raptors (learnt it the hard way RIP).. Remember to watch for mega piranhas when in deep water, they can make quick work of low level tamed raptors...
1. Craft bola, bow (it would be very helpful if you already had one)/wooden club, tranq arrows (if using bow)
2. Kill some stuff and get about 30 meat
3. Find a raptor (no pack or you’ll end up getting eaten)
4. Go sort of far away, but close enough to get its attention
5. While it’s running at you, throw bola
6. Go behind it (so it can’t claw you in the front) and hit it with club or shoot with tranq arrows (more efficient)
7. Put meat in inventory and hunt nearest weak animals/dinos in case meat runs out
Note: check inventory every some time
8. Wait
9. Name your raptor
10. Hunt and enjoy while it lasts
Note: if you get very attached, don’t let it by a therzinosaur
I hope this was helpful. If you put down, like my other ones, then you are rude. I hope that those who are scared of these beasts (frankly, you should be, but therzinosaurs and rexes and carnos are scarier) become less scared of them and start making them useful (but sometimes they collect too much meat!).
Easy and useful for the entire game, bola and crossbow to the face and they're yours (a club can also do the trick tho) just try to find one that's alone
You can also just climb to a rock to tranq it but it's a bit harder
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Cool but deadly
The Rats of The Island.
These guys have ZERO CHILL.They will attack anything and everything,even if they are losing health.I once saw a raptor battle a Diplo,and when it got knocked back,it NSTANTLY targeted me.If you don’t want a deathwish,do not under any circumstances,get in the vision of these guys.A bow is most effective as it’s the type of thing that can bust someone.
For taming,use Prime or Raw Meat.It’ll take at least 6 tranq arrows or 21 slingshots to knock it unconscious.I also recommend using a bola to immobilize it and get on a high terrain where it can’t reach you.Also use narcoberries if you need to.
Hope this helped!
One time near the swamp, i saw a pack of raptors. There were 9 raptors in that pack. That's all i have to say.
-Someone, somewhere in the world.