For taming, get a wooden cage and trap fish that are 2x or above, then catch them with a fish basket

Successfully tamed 4 now, the key is be patient and never be standing near it and only go near the base of the tail near the bum. If you don't think you have enough time to make it to the tail to feed or its facing twords you just wait until the next cycle. I even found that it can roam and be around other creatures while taming. So I used full ghilli, cactus broth and even bug repellent for the spiders and scorps. I used a shotgun for anything that did aggro to me. Really just stay away from its head and you can get one.

Taming a shadow mane is not as easy as it looks. The first thing your going to need to do is get the taming food for the shadowmane, which is fish in fish baskets. Try to catch big fish because the bigger the fish the more the taming effectiveness. Then your going to need to find one. Finding shadowmanes are relatively easy considering they live along rivers and bodies of water, be careful though as they can be in packs of 3 - 6 or less. Once you have found a shadow mane try to isolate it from the rest of its pack so that you don’t get attacked by the other pack members, then build a 4 foundation, 16 wall, 4 ramp trap and lure the shadow mane inside. Once the shadowmane is unaggro’d on the trap you can feed it, shadowmanes are nocturnal so because of this they will take short naps in the daytime which is how you feed them fish in fish baskets. If you follow these tips I guarantee you will tame yourself a decent high level shadowmane to conquer ark with. I wish you the best of luck survivor!

2.1 fish or higher makes it 100% efficiency.

When taming shafowmanes, use 1.5 fish and above for 100% efficiency.

Make a 2x2 trap with 3 walls high and for the first layer have door frames and 1 level above you you have 4 trap doors so it’s sort of like a basement. Works amazing

Making nooblets trap is def the way to go. Way easier than following it and having a chance at messing up

2x2x2 trap works just fine. Just go away to deagro it and then feed through the wall. Feed onky 2.1 fish If you want 75lvls +. Fish farm is easy in abberation rivers not far from north surface entrance (no spino or karkinos there).

If you place caught fish in your hotbar then enter water it will reset their spoil timer

Just to clarify, full ghillie is not required to sneak up on the murder cat. You can in fact fly around in your tek gear and land a moderate distance away before making your approach from behind it. Ghillie may make this easier but honestly I didn't notice a significant difference.

You will lose brain cells while taming this.

Good luck

Its easy trapping it but its hard to get 1938474832829 fish to feed it.

Watch this video for a trap

https://youtu.be/g15_vkzVQVY

Males always are pack leader i saw a lvl 110 female and a lvl 20 male together and the male was packleader

warning:do not go near these if u do not have gillie armour or dart guns(kinda learned that the hard way).

Why on gods green earth do these f***** sleep in water where you literally cannot feed them

I was taming one and at 96% it decided to lay down in the god damn water

Rev PvP on YouTube has made a trap guide that doesn't require sneaking up or using ghillie. I think it's the best possible method. Search "Shadowmane trap rev pvp" it should pop up.

I have lost a total of 138382 brain cells trying to tame this thing. I learned that the fish must be size 1 or above. Any fish below that size will be rejected

Tried taming one today. Did not go well. It's a simple process but it can go wrong very easily. Ensure your new friend is alone. A pack of these will absolutely destroy you. Keep watch for any packs roaming near. If your shadowmane wanders into a pack, it won't leave. Recommend killing any that are new but be mindful they can knock you off your mount. That being said I had a wyvern with me which made escaping easy when I was knocked off as I only needed to wait a few seconds to mount again and fly off.

Not sure if it's a glitch but I noticed the tame meter does not go down but will reset every day. That being said you should have have plenty time to catch any extra fish without worrying about your tame meter.

Note: I play on unofficial server with custom settings so you may notice differences.

The taming amounts aren’t necessarily correct, bring lots of extra fish. Lots.