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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a tapejara? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a tapejara.
I just tamed a 130 on a official server and it only took 19 kibble
Super easy ko with gillie suit and ramshackle crossbow, but make sure to bola it
So on the center I have learned if you have fully ghillie armor and spot one on the ground you can crawl closer to it to boala it before it see you and takes off. I have also found a great spawn on the center I will update tomorrow with coords. After two weeks I got mine tonight hope I can help you too cheers!
If it's flying, get a low level Pteranodon, make some parachutes and bolas, fly ABOVE the Tapejara, then, with your Pteranodon on follow, jump off, activate parachute, and bola it.
These guys are known to fly high and stay up high for long periods of time, chasing them into or near a taller structure will result in them flying higher most of the time, your best bet is to find one that is on the ground or is close to a tall structure already to bola and tranq it. Be careful with headshots they are pretty squishy.
I just soloed my 150 by making a quetz trap with a 3x3 foundation and 2 small gates (1 would be fine) then basically just make a box then getup fronting it to get it stuck, shut the gate, bola and tame.
Easy tame, use full ghillie and use cactus broth on yourself and whatever Dino you are using to follow the tapejara. Quick bola and dart. Make your you have spikes or another way of protecting your tame as the health is very low for even a high level
Try to tame a higher level than 20 so you can survive being hit by a wyvern if they sneak up on you
Wait for it to go close to ground or even land and then throw a bola and use tranq darts to avoid killing them
how I tame tapejara is by eating rare flowers then bola it or tranq it and they are a carnivorous animal, right? they eat meat, so give it raw meat. and your tapejara is finally tamed!
Use a rare mushroom to agro it, they don't do that much damage
Guys just a tip: don’t try to tame a tapejara on the side of the volcano. I passed hours just to reach him with my argie because he kept escaping while I kept sliding and dying for fall damage
You only need 4 raw prime meat to tame this puppy.
How to tame a pesky tapejara that causes ragequits.
First some facts:
Flowers don’t aggro in mobile
They flee if u get close
They can be easily found near red and green obelisks.
Material: tens or hundreds to tranqs. Bring extra in case u encounter another good tame like max level anky or something like that.
Bola in method 2.
Traps if u want to use rare flower in PC, not necessary.
Method 1:
1. Prepare loads of rare flowers from beaver dams.
2. Eat one near a tapejara.
3. Keep eating once in a while and lead it to a trap or bola it on land.
Method 2:
1. Wait for it 2 land.
2. From a distance, bola it.
Method 3 improvised:
If u have a good tranq weapon u can use its low torpor drain.
Shoot it and wait for it to unrender then repeat. Don’t do it with normal weapons it takes forever.
Tranq it out and watch its health. Protect if from everything and anything bc dilos like to eat tape meat.
Utility:
Flies to left, right or back.
Set on follow and have a flying taming pillar plus nonstop flyer!
Has same damage as pt.
Can carry passengers who wield weapons.
Perches on redwood trees and cliffs!
Makes good quetz tamer and Rex/bronto tamer too!
Don’t get roared to the ground. Tame a high level to prevent this!
Enjoy your tapejara!
I saw one of these in the woods while I was a little way off collecting stones. They weren't any bolas on me so I ride to the house, take some and raw prime meat, get on my ptranodon and fly to the area. The Tapj disappeared and I accidentally ran out of stamina and landed.
I landed on totanomirma's nest and compy puck. Lost me petranodon.
Moral of the story: take an arg, not a ptranodon. The search can take a long time and even safe places can be dangers. Those things disappear fast, really fast, so I'd u should lose I sight u batter give up.
For those who play ark mobile to tame one bola it from behind or bola it from far away and one tranq dart to the head knocks it out then put in your food of choice and I hope you enjoy your new friend.
not me taming one rn 👀
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These are not to be under estimated in pvp if you have the tek saddle that is because theses are the ark equivalents of a ww2 spitfire deadly if used right that is. the after the trophios release if that’s how you spell it was not used nearly as much in aerial pvp in my experience so don’t judge if you have a different experience but it is still a very deadly creature and if multiple of these are pared with trophios you can make you own squadron of fighter flyers. So hope this tip makes you use and respect the tape more. This is A.L.N.A and until next time enjoy the game.
I took my Teradactal put it on follow medium, flew above the Tapejera and jumped of end equipped a perehuit and then abola it and then resaddle my bird and fly down but the aim is alot off so you have to adjust
Guys this is the same taming process as the ptera