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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a shadowmane? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a shadowmane.
Make sure u have a fish bigger than 0.5
If trying to tame u need to squat by its butt/back then feed it the fish
Ark:ok how will the strongest creature on history look like? Everyone: big scary boss able of going kabooom.some derp: big see through aqua cat. Ark: so we have chosen...CAT.
They are easy to trap in a 2x2x2 box as others have stated
They fall asleep at 8:00am each day
Armour cap is 124.8 regardless of the colour
Holding RT(xbox) will do the strongest attack, 1000+dmg and if you kill the creature with it, you can utilize it again
Good luck and happy hunting
In my experience, when I’m taming/feeding a (wild) shadowmane, I aim to feed it near their back more than near the butt/tail. Almost every time I go to feed it from directly behind the tail, I won’t get the prompt to feed it and it’ll wake up. It’s so annoying especially when I go through the effort to only feed them 1.5+ fish.
Make a trap, have it teleport into the trap and feed it through the walls, if this is your first time I will recommend to make the trap out of stone, but if not, wood.
Shadowmane is already eating..... 🙆♂️😭
Just build a 2x2x3 and have it follow you to it
Trap a bunch of fish using fish baskets then empty the basket in the water so you can cryo the fish and fill a cryo fridge of fish ready for when you need them, you can trap tamed fish easily because they dont move unless you tell it to
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