Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for raptor? Tips and strategies for raptor in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
This dino is fast, like very fast, and deals a decent amount of damage for how easily it is to get. They do have a poor weight stat, so make sure to store heavier minerals in another tame or storage. Saddle at engram level 18 means its one of the earliest tamed you can really get, cannot go wrong with the raptor.
If you see a raptor that has an orange glow around its chest, then it means that raptor is... AN ALPHA! ...in its pack which means that it is a high level, probably mate boosted, does more damage, and that there are probably more raptors near you.
Note this when trying to find high level raptors as you wanna target the one with an orange aura near its chest as it has the highest level in the local area.
And to the people who are playing old ark mobile, ignore everything that I said, as this feature only exists for allosauruses on old ark mobile.
Disclaimer: this is all based on my experience
Step 1: make bolas, narcotics, saddle, etc.
Step 2: scout out raptors (don't bring any tames, and don't let them see you if you're unprepared)
Step 3: kill the rest if they are in a pack (keep the one you want obviously)
Step 4: bola that sh*t
Step 5: knock it out
Step 6: shove some meat up its anus
Step 7: keep it asleep unless you want it to eat you
Step 8: after it awakens, name it
2 tranq arrows to the face... your welcome
Best 2nd tame, get yourself a trike and then a raptor and you have your berry gatherer for herbivore tames/narco berries and the raptor for meat gathering for carnivorous tames. Sorted.
To tame velociraptor
1. Craft at least two bola’s
2. Search the west for them (most common there)
3. Throw bola before he/she pounces
4. Hit a few times with club
5. Bola a couple seconds after last bola (to not escape)
6. Feed at least 8 raw meat (depends on level)(more info on how to feed in Dododex)
7. Wait patiently for tame ready
8. Keep it alive...
They can go through doors, now.
Get your bola ready BEFORE you enter agro range. These things hit fast and once they reach you they tend to zig zag to dodge your attacks. On mobile all wild raptors can pounce you leaving you defenceless which needs a nerf because it traumatizes noobs and makes raptors very dangerous. Add to that how common they are and theyre basically stopping you from progressing. On mobile if you run at them from their back they wont expect you and get agroed only when you are very close
To tame follow these steps
Step 1: Find a high level
Step 2: Bola it
Step 3: Use tranq arrows to knock out
Step 4: Repeat on opposite gender
Step 5: Breed for a berry good army and make sure your saddle is on the leader
How to tame raptors:
1.Craft bola.
2.Craft wooden bat/club.
3.Collect meat for the raptor.
4.Open quest: Hunt: Raptor, and get out your map and compass and find the raptor on the map, it’s location should be marked with a circle. Make sure you have the bola hotbarred.
5.When you see the raptor, get out your bola and throw it at the raptor immediately.
6.Get behind the raptor, as while trapped in the bola, it can still attack from the front.
7.Hit it on the tail until it falls unconscious, then feed it your recently claimed raw meat, and wait.
8.Should enough time pass, you shall have your raptor! Now train it with caution as while they are great damage dealers, they aren’t the tankiest in terms of health, so leveling that up is top priority. Thx for reading
If you hit a level 95 raptor, with a bola. It is very easy to knock out with Tranq arrows and fist. VERY EASY. The only hard part of taming a raptor is the part of just sitting and putting meat and giving it narcos or narcoberries.
Always at the wrong place and wrong time
For all the early game Beach Bobs out there these things will not be an issue forever. If you are getting chased find a cliff, water, rocks or trees, basically anything that you can put inbetween you and the raptor. Don’t give up.
If you tame a good 3 or 4 raptors,you can not only take down bigger and better dino's, but get meat,recourses, and a lot of hide by killing other dino's.
A way to trap one is to make a stone foundation and 4 stone doorways and place all of them except one of the doorways and lure a raptor in and place the doorway and block him off
After a long time of searching and breeding, i finally got a Pack of 6 Tek Raptor around Level 250 with Meele Damage around 400%. They do like 150 Damage with a crazy fast attacking Speed. Because of the saddle, they got Damage Reduction by 20%. Please everyone stop always saying Raptors are useless and wolfes are better!
Raptors are anazing, damn cool mounts!