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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Mobile players, be warned! There is a chance when using the pounce ability…
Mobile players, be warned! There is a chance when using the pounce ability with your raptor on an extremely small target (cough, meganeura cough) or when pouncing into a tree the game can glitch and land u in the northern part of the redwood biome! (very possibly coordinated at 50 50- the same coordinates a wild quetzal will eventually reach and stay in if it's startled.) So far it has happened three times to me, all when I was in the south of the island. So far i still don't know exactly what triggers the teleport So it's more a nuisance than utility. The glitch will deposit u in the sky So ur raptor will take fall damage and will be left to face all the threats of the redwood. Because of this i recommend either do not use pounce too much in the southern regions of the island or make sure ur raptor is not very heavily burdened. (So it can fight or run if needed) It is not a life threatening glitch, my raptor survived all three teleports and made its way safely back to the pack at the southern coast, but it is annoying and might disrupt ur plans. So, just bear that in mind. I hope this helps.
More Raptor Utility Tips
Do not use this for caves, you will die. I tried to run lower south today and I died and so did my raptor. I have done lower souths billions of times, never had I actually remotely struggled, I would even do it on foot. The new araneo tlc makes it impossible to use a raptor in caves do to the damage it will take. Everything was high level or max level and the raptor which did 600 damage with 6k health couldn’t survive. Just take a barry or a thyla but not a raptor.
Raptors are essentially better Dilos. Whe lacking the poisonous blinding spit of a Dilo, they have a much better DPS due to their speed. In groups of three or more they benefit from a pack boost, and in groups of at least four I notice they tend to take on bigger threats on the Ark (notably Sarcos and Kapros). Plus their pounce ability is not to be overlooked.
In short, tame Dilos for the early game, but Raptors as you move into mid game.
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If you are taming raptors I would recommend taming around 3-5 raptors if you can. Raptors are a great way of quick transportation because if you are traveling with your group of raptors it can easily kill any decent threat if you use them right. I would recommend choosing the best raptor and making the other raptors follow it.
TLC patch coming March 2018 adding a pack bonus wherein the leader roars and the pack gains damage resistance, movement speed, and attack speed buff for 15 seconds with a 45 second cooldown, will also gain a pounce and pin move similar to Thylocoleo which can be used on small creatures or players. Kill it to escape.