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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
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What is a raptor used for? raptor battling strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
This is the best mount for a survivor. They can kill stuff really easily cause they have so much damage and health and they are super fast so if you attack a really strong Dino you can run away and they can transport you to a destination really far away, really fast and it doesn't take long to tame! They're great!
If you want to use them for more than transport, get a group of them and ride the higher level.
The C key on PC causes the leader (highest level) to call you and all of the raptors that answer get a pretty substantial buff across the board.
Using a training dummy I think the damage boost is about an extra 50%
They carry stuff, most likely inventory from things it’s killed or that you’ve put in there. WARNING: you add extra weight so if you have at least half full in weight, put it somewhere else or your raptor will not be able to move when you ride it. Really efficient, kill a moshops in less than a min.