Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips
How do I tame a shadowmane? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a shadowmane.
DO NOT GIVE THEM TRILOBITE 😅 They dont like that
fill hot bar with food that way its a easy refill,,, build / 4 stone foundations, 16 walls(preferably next to water) kite one to youre "room" hover above it will teleport just behind you so pretty easy for it to fall in, drop and run so it doesnt teleport back out, leave render range so it deaggroos and will sleep, and then poof you can feed through the walls. and make sure the treats dont spoil from said nearby watersource. up so ppl see, this makes then a total cake walk
Trap it in a 2x2, then use net harpoon if it does the no sleep glitch. After hours of struggling I tried the harpoon and it works! Did not lower taming efficiency in my case.
What you need is a couple fish baskets to tame them, they have a time where they fall asleep what you do is you CROUCH to them put the fish basket in your last inventory slot feed it. Once you do it'll wake up and go invisible, but you can see its pink glowing pawprints follow it and it will go out of invis and goes back to sleep feed it again and repeat the process
Tip for genesis 2- use a net gun to get a quetz. Get it to at least 5k stamina. Cryo him up. Make 5 foundations, 12 ceilings, 12 walls and 12 fence foundations. Then you want to go to rockwells garden following the city trench all the way to the other side. You'll find a building with with a pool of water behind it. You'll want to set the trap up on the roof of the building. The trap is 2 by 4, foundations in the corners connected by the ceilings. Put the fence foundations on the inside and the fence on top of the fence foundations. You'll be able to crouch under the ceilings but not the foundations and the fence foundations blocks the shadowmanes line of sight. Go and scope out a high level kitty, kill it's pack then cycle visor to check for not like. Pop out the quetz and go and pick kitty up and put them in the trap. Don't thank me, thank phlinger!
Watch out if you tame these boys they can jump high
At first I was discouraged about how much fish they take but dodo has the numbers way off. If you can find a couple 2.0 or higher with some 1.1s you’ll be fine to tame a max lvl but use the bat blood mix. I also suggest using a 2x2 trap with ramps. If you have a quetz they can also pick them up.. now go out and get you a super op water puppy
Cactus broth and ghillie is the ez way to tame
I highly HIGHLY recommend using a trap on these guys. To tame mine I net gunned it and placed a two by two fence foundation square around it then placed stone door frames two high on the fence foundations. NOTE: USE STONE they can break wood. Next I just waited for it to sleep and just fed it fish. If you can’t find any good fish I recommend piranhas, because they are always size 1 and it can’t be a smaller number rounded. To catch the piranhas I place a tent on top of them and the basket next to the tent. Like if this was helpful, I really hope it was!
For Xbox to feed them the fish basket on your last slot it's Y not X to the dude who wrote that its X
For 100% tami g efficiency, use fish that are side 1.4 and above. The shadowmane will only lose 0.2 taming effectiveness. To trap it, first net it and build a trap around it using 8 stone fence foundations, 8 stone door frames on the fence foundations, and 8 stone walls on top of the door frames. I suggest using gillie suit and always approach it from its back or behind otherwise it will see you.
Fjordur, best mount so far.
Aquatic speed is great.
Taming fairly basic, ghillie or slow and patient.
Find good clefts and areas, or maneuver into a pen/trap area. Like equus, you feed them the fish baskets.
For the basket, in engram list, top of list is highlighted island, deselect and your list should expand.
Fishbasket should be available to make and use the area in Midgard both blue forests have fish and mats for baskets, as well as the shadowmanes spawning, at NIGHT. They have a pack bonus, so you might need to clear the others or poke/aggro a good one, have a fast mount or flyer if possible.
Anyone say the females turn invisible? Nope? You know what to do so everyone sees it. LOL
peeps, I think they’re mammals; so no egg retrieval tames probably.
if you’re planning to tame one of these dudes, which is understandable considering how awesome they are, don’t waste your fish baskets on anything lower than 0.8 fish. trust me. anything lower than 0.8 barley raises the taming bar. i only go for 1.0 fish and up, but if i absolutely need to i’ll go for the occasional 0.9 or 0.8 fish. the best strategy is to, well, wait until it’s asleep. you NEED ghillie armor for this, so put on your ghillie and approach it, CROUCHING. do NOT approach it from the front, always approach from its rear end or its back. feed it the fish, then back up 10-15 meters and run away, because it will turn invisible and try to look for you. you should use the tracking ability to not lose sight of it, then wait until it’s calm and asleep again. repeat this process and you have a tame shadowmane. the males and the female are the exact same without a mate, but if they’re paired up, the male can use a roar buff, similar to a yutyrannus, to buff its pack. the female, on the other hand, can make, not only it’s pack, but any other tame creatures you have invisible with it. they each have a dash attack, they can leap super high, they negate fall damage, they double as amazing water mounts because they don’t have an oxygen meter and they get a water buff similar to a spino, and they have a charge meter that increases whenever you deal damage or kill something. when it’s maxed out, your shadowmane gets a speed and damage buff. if you found this helpful, up this! -J
Oh boi corruption in the genesis simulation
If you want to tame one don't use the tek super Sprint Leggins thing cause it will Wake up
Handy tip if you don’t want to carry around a bunch of Filled Fish Baskets: The captured fish can be released from the baskets in water and they become a tame, you can then Cryopod them and keep them in your inventory. When you’re ready to start taming you can release them from the Cryopod (in water far away from predators and the Shadowmane) and recapture them in a fresh basket.
To get the fish in order to tame a shadowmane, look for the rivers of the Eden biome.
They are packed with fish, and the shallow water allows for less problems catching them.
EASY TAME = near shadowmane build a 2X2 Stone foundations with minimum 2 walls high. Lure it to the box and hover above. Once it uses its flash strike it will drop in the trap. Feed through the walls NO need for any ghillie etc only fish to feed it ( pre cryo fish after basket taming them).