Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for raptor? Tips and strategies for raptor in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Im telling you these guys are no joke.
Use your expendable friend as bait
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
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.
The best early to mid game tame. Once you get just one, your hide and meat problems are made much less difficult. A high level with a pack of weaker raptors are enough to take down most regular Dino’s and the occasional alpha without losses.
I recommend leveling to around 2k~ hp assuming use of saddles. Then maxing damage. Stamina shouldn’t be an issue for high levels and most mid levels.
Bolas are recommended, crossbow/bow is nice, but slingshot can also do the job. Just don’t expect to tame the entire pack with bolas and a slingshot.
As a travel mount they are ok. Trikes are generally better because of their great knock back and weight early on.
Typically you’ll see packs of 3-2 but you can see packs of 6-7 if unlucky.
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
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.
Always at the wrong place and wrong time
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.
They can in fact fit through doorways