When tamed, a raptor is a very fast and strong mount but they don't have very much carry weight. Level up weight, speed, and damage.

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. Like so people can see!

All you need to level up is health, weight, stamina and damage. Maybe some speed scattered around but it’s naturally fast enough to outrun most dinosaurs.

Was looking for a dino on prim plus to defend my base early on. The raptors kible is easly accessable and can be tamed in bulk. Overall a good but basic wandering aggressive dino
(for base defence)

These things are nightmares for all new player

The raptor is a good beginning mount.It is good at gathering meat and is fast. The raptor however has low stamina and health so fight smaller dinosaur to level up and then move on to fight larger dino. The raptor is a pack animal and in a group can easily kill players. It is also good at base defense if you put your raptors on aggressive and wander IN YOUR BASE WALLS. They are a good first mount and even helpful later on when you tame multiple and make a pack

Pump wight to start they don't have much

Speedy, deadly and agile the raptir is the perfect mount for getting around the island if you have just started playing ark. The saddle for the raptor is unlocked at lvl18. Raptors efficiently kill small dinosaurs, and can even kill a trike. Once upgraded they can take on low level Carnotauruses.

Great tames to practice breeding.

Raptors are incredible but in a pack unstoppable on official with my raptor pack 175+ (and I have 14) killed an alpha Caron with no pain and I have no doubt about killing an alpha t-Rex

Build a pen and nonstop breed and fill it with raptors, pegomastax, troodons, ichthyornis, eels, kaprosuchus, thylacoleo, purlovia, squids, direwolves, arthropluera, titanoboa, poison wyverns, ice wyverns, piranhas, megalania, bats, rock golems, managarmr, and yutyrannus and fill it with c4 and you now have a stress relief pen.

Generally, you're going to want to invest in stamina and carrying weight for a while if you tame a low-level raptor. They're naturally fast,so you don't truly need many points in movement speed, and you can outrun almost all other predators, so health isn't needed either.

When leveling up a Raptor, try and find a Diplodocus near.

The Raptor is a creature that can stick with you for a long time. They are still useful even when far into late game, their pounce ability can subdue even the most bloodthirsty of raiders as they watch helplessly as your raptor uses them as a chew toy. A solid addition to anyone’s stable.

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.

Big tribes don't often use them, but level 150 and higher are definitely worth having, especially in packs.

Very good early game tame. Good for taken out small dinos and getting around. They also are good as a defense for you while gathering resources early game. Saved me multiple times from random carnavoris

Dododex should add the Raptor pounce to the "Immobilized By" list

I have 5 40-60 lvl raptors. In a group they managed to take down 2 broncos in a row with only one raptor getting injured

Raptors often are called early Mount but I love it for mid game, especially when you leveled up speed and melee dmg cause they can get pretty strong