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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a rhyniognatha? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a rhyniognatha.
Currently only found in swamps on the island and lost island
Found on the island and Lost island ,in swamp just above tree line near Green ob , kill males or low levels for fearmone feed to your tame (it will die when baby hatches ) find female to lay egg on tame attack female till 10 % life left , let her attack tame to lay eggs she will fly away , tame gets cravings when eggs are on it DO NOT CRYO the tame it will KILL the eggs
Theri CANNOT eat the pheromones just FYI
You can use a net attachment on the harpoon and a magnifying glass to keep an eye on its health, noting it gives you up to 30secs, a dire wolf could also work, but the other option is much cheaper, be sure to have decent weapons to chip it health down below 10% like you'd do with the Reaper Queens
I never tamed one but a good way to tame it is to shoot a chain bolla at it and then you can just trap it in stone gate ways and let your firearms do the rest.Once it’s low bolla it again let it free,use a brontosaurus and make it eat the pheromone then it should impregnate your brontosaurus.Recommend killing it after because sometimes it comes back for you.
Don’t forget to bring your bronto!
What map is this going to be on?
So what you wanna do is kill a male or something and then get its pheromone and put it in like a big dinosaur and then a female Rhyniognatha will lay a egg inside that dino with the pheromone and the baby will burst out of the dino (and yeah ur dino is dead you no longer have it) and you have to raise and take care of the baby Rhyniognatha. I hope this helped.
-TherizinosaurusGurl
The saddles are cheap not goner lie
We need to be able to breed it
Impregnated dino eats constantly and slowly loses hit points. Have plenty of food in inventory and a snow owl to top up health until it's ready to give birth
In my experience, my impregnated creature would not eat food on its own while I was away on another map gathering things for its cravings, or when I logged out even if the food was in its inventory. I had to force feed it to get it back to full. However, while I was there on The Island it would eat on its own. Just a heads up!
I just got a pheromone from a female on The Island. Wasn’t expecting it due to every other comment saying it needed to be from a male, but I guess it’s possible.
WHEN DAMAGING THE BUG REMEMBER
10% SO
1000 =100
2000= 200
3800= 380
4500= 450
7800= 780
When I killed 1 It did not drop the thing to tame 1 what do I do
Some tips I'm going from my experiences today.
Take a Fob to defend yourself (Heavy and generator boxed up) while incubation happens
Have everything pre-made that it can ask for
Have a sinomacrops for the quicker perishables such as honey
Someone already posted a list of possible cravings, kudos.
Net gun is a must net whatever the female is fighting and then net her, kill off all distractions/threats then damage her
Use an assault rife and magnifying glass to gauge her health
If you are trying to find one by sound you wont find it. They do make helicopter sounds but it is very quiet compared to what you think it would be.
When killing one of these get a couple flying creatures that can really take a hit like a griffin or something. Also when trying to tame one of these you have to impregnate a Dino but before you impregnate a Dino you have to get the rhyniognatha to at least 100 HP then let it mate with a large dinosaur (I used a Rex) after force feeding the orb to the large dinosaur you get after killing a rhyniognatha. Then the rhyniognatha will leave you alone and you have to care for the impregnated Dino and give it all its cravings. After almost an hour your impregnated dinosaur will die unfortunately, and you have a juvenile rhyniognatha and then it’s like raising a regular baby Dino
Heads up! When an impregnated creature craves Woolly Rhino Horns, it will also accept Deathworm Horns for the craving.
Also, Megatheriums get the Bug Killer buff and aggro onto Rhyniognatha.
It would seem feeding your Dino the requested food will make the timer jump forward a bit