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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips

What is a rhyniognatha used for? rhyniognatha utility tips and strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Think of your favorite flyer. Cute. Say hello to your new favorite.
This Semi truck can pick up vaults, rexs, attack, shoot, stick enemies in place, swim, fly, walk on water. You will never need another flyer if this is available on the map your on. Only catch, its a pain in the ass to tame
Unfortunately, as of today’s date (April 4, 2025), on Ultimate Mobile Edition Rhynios are affected by a very pesky glitch: they refuse to follow you! That means when you’re raising one, just hope that they do not request to walk for imprint, because they will not move.
I discovered this the hard way when raising a low-level one that I call Boneglue— who earned his name because he would not move and it was like his bones were glued in place, and also because I was tempted more than once to turn him into cementing paste glue. (Not a terrible idea if you’re low on that stuff. Rhynios are surprisingly easy to obtain.)
these bad bois can kill alpha raptor and carnos with ease cuz they won't aggro on u as long as u attack them from behind(specifically around their hind legs from above) so they won't see u and tbh i think almost any fliers can pull of this move but it's just that rhyniognatha has a very big advantage when killing medium alpha because of its mobility, damage, and most of all its ability to not get directly aggro on after a attack.
They destroyed this tame, speed compatible to a tally (once was faster than a wyvern) stats are very dull and prone to dying with health averaging 3k-5k, and a 50% decrease in speed when carrying things (again its allready around a tappys base speed)......the sky giga should actually be a sky giga considering how tricky and confusing it is to tame these things compared to an actual giga
When tamed, one of these freaks can rule the water, land and sky. These things breeze through hordes of rexes and (when leveled up) have enough stamina to travel across the map in 1-2 stops. Their sheer strength allows them to carry an absurd about of materials that is great for resource farming at far away places! It can also pick up most of the creatures allowing for crazy combos like holding a diplo with an army of passengers seated on its saddle or even carrying ankys to and from the volcano. Amazing tame!
I just wrote a tip about this, but I’m literally mindblown by this as a tame, and I can’t stop thinking of nice things to say about it.
It only needs 1 resin in its inventory to carry stuff, so that should be useful for those who are like me and are still working on building a sap factory out of taps and archaeopteryx. I’ve been using my current Rhynio to catch and tame the highest level rexes I can find so that’s I can breed rexes not only for the Dinos, but so I can impregnate a very powerful bred Rex with a higher level female, since the baby rhynios get stats from its host as well.
This Dino is insane, and I can simply pick up a large predator that’s invading and drop it somewhere else, or simply kill it because this bug is so strong.
It also has the status of an apex predator, so everything will leave you alone except for other massive carnivores.
It has useful ranged attacks, can swim horizontally as fast as it flies… why is this thing so perfect?