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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for shadowmane? Tips and strategies for shadowmane in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
These apex predators are the most overpowered creature you can use on genesis part 2! They are tamed with fish baskets, the higher the size of the fish, the better the outcome of the tame! The shadowmanes have three attacks and two special abilities, that being the regular bite/clawing attack, the teleport attack, the ultimate, cloaking and pack roar. The shadowmanes are similarly to real lions, in the way that they are gestation breeders, and are found in packs. Best taming method is to use a gillie suit and sneak up on them, and REMEMBER! You need to crouch in-order to tame them! They are also the singular BEST creatures for fighting Rockwell prime, just bring a massive pack of females and males! The males can use a pack roar, as mentioned earlier, and the females can use a pack cloak. And now, survivors, we’ve reached the end of this log! Stay strong, and keep surviving! And for me to make even more of these logs, going through every part of the genesis creatures abilities and other aspects, get this to ten ups, and you’ll have a big amount to read in front of ya!
Pickup harpoon gun from gen 1 ice fishing mission
Craft nets with hexagons/missions
Trap:
8x stone fence foundations (mane must be on ground to sleep)
x16 walls
Trapping:
Locate one you want, place sleeping bags
Wait until day
Find a flat place *away from water* to build Trap
Net the one you want then kite away pack, leave render to reset AI
Now guide the one you want to the Trap and hover above and it should teleport in
Wait for it to aggro the walls then jet up out of render to reset aggro
Feed fish, do *not bump it*
probably THE best ARK creature so far, it can be used as a good travel mount due to the high jump ability, it can swim underwater really fast too, doesn’t have an oxygen stat so it can stay underwater forever, receives the spino’s hydrated buff, also a pack buff, the roar buff, deals an unholy amount of damage, also i almost forgot to mention the lightning stun ability, the invisibility, in my opinion it’s also a better ocean exploring mount than a basilo or even a tuso, they do get stunned by eels and jellyfish but a pack of 3+ will easily deal with that.
- #1 Shadowmane Glazer
You can tell the genders apart because the males have a larger mane then the females. This is if u can’t see their tag.
IMPORTANT: When you have fish baskets if you put them in your hot bar and go into deep enough water the health bar of the basket resets!!! That way you can spend longer finding big fish and just keep getting the baskets wet till you are readyto tame your Shadowmane!
One strategy is to ride a tame with ”apex” status (I have verified rock drake and karkinos) and build them in from its back. Then you can better separate the low level ones as well as ensure you can approach it right.
A trap that Alpha’s keep under wraps:
4 foundations
8 double door frame
4 hatch frame
16 stone walls
2x2stone foundation
Double door frames first level up
Then plate ceiling hatch frames above the foundations
Then stone wall box with no ceiling above that
Kite a shadowmane to attack you above the box and when it falls in get out of render distance as fast as possible so it stops attacking the trap. When it lays dow crouch beneath and feed it through the hatch frame.
Put a tent over a fish, then put the basket down and catch the fish.
Watch nooblets new video tame them in safety can tame multiple if done right
When I first saw this thing I thought about the thing from avatar
If you're on Fjördur, Bring an andrewsarchus with its saddle so it doesnt knock you off
Definitely one of the most stressful teams I’ve ever had ever but it was worth it these things are freaking amazing!
Do me a favor and have a really good day today, you've earned it.