100% a scout. Don't even try to get in fights with it. 600 stamina is good enough to fly from top of volcano to ground. I like 200+ speed. It's mostly just a fun mount.

Fast as a raptor and it can glide a long way. Good scout or if u have high melee it's a good thing to do some light hunting with. Up melee,HEALTH,WEIGHT,and a little speed never hurts.

Everyone seems to limit this to just being a "scout". If you get a high level (170+) the terror bird can easily be one of the most deadly mounts out there. It's speed is unmatched and its ability to glide from any height, if it has the stamina that is, makes it amazing. If you pump HP, speed, stamina, and later on movement speed, you will have an absolute killer. (WARNING: Even high level terror birds will have low weight, only bring your essentials to maximize on speed!)

One of my fav mounts faster than a raptor and can glide so you can traverse faster than most mounts

Perfect mount to explore on the ground. Everyone uses a ptera to get around the map, but on the ground it's a whole different experience. Also this mount is my go to for cave exploring. 300+damage and 180+movement speed is a must.

Pro Tip: Use these to farm prime!! I never realized how good these were at farming prime! Seriously! Give it a try!

They are great for most island caves. I usually use them for south and lava cave because they flap right over lava. Then I took one in the yeti cave... yeah um... don’t do that. It won’t end well for you or your birb...

It is pretty much a raptor that can glide through the air. The thing is that it isn't an early tame, which is why it is less useful. Since it's a harder tame than a raptor, you can better tame a carno at that point.

The Terror Bird is a great scout. It's high speed and ability to glide makes it useful for escaping other predators. However, it does have pretty low weight, and sometimes low health, so I would level up its weight capacity and it's health. ( But that's for the Terror Birds I found, as they had low weight and slightly low health. If you find ones that are better, mine might be weak or a lower level, so do as you want! I hope this info was a bit helpful :D )

These make decent scouting mounts. They're relatively quick & their ability to glide by holding the jump button can get you out of some sticky situations that wouldn't be possible on a raptor (jumping from a cliff to escape predators). I suggest leveling in Health, Stamina, & Melee (Movement Speed as needed).

Good all around tame, useful early or late game for exploring terrain and caves. Water travel isn't the greatest but then again it's not a fish.

It could glide so you won’t take fall damage

The Terror bird is hands down the best tame to use to clear the lava caves. Their gliding ability allows them to easily cross gaps with little worry of falling in. Good base stats for a cave runner terror bird is 2000 Hp and 300 melee. After imprinting pump Hp between 3000-5000 and pump the rest into melee.

Done canyon cave on Se and East lava on the island in less than 3 minutes with it :) just run and glide down. Then run up and you are done

Terror birds are by far one of the most efficient, and fun land mounts one can own. Not only do they have a great run speed, but their glide ability can save you from everyone's greatest enemy, gravity. That all said, the Terror bird is not a mount that can trade blows. It is best utilized for ambushes and covering rough terrain. UPGRADE: HEALTH, SPEED, STAMINA.

Becomes really op when u put a lot of points into health, melee, and stamina, has taken down rexes and alpha carnos.

They are a pain in the ass when you fight an alpha or something and knock you off your mount.

Make it fast and use narc grenades on other players mounts. Perfect for land ambushes.

Hold the jump button while midair and it will flutter and glide for a couple of seconds

Best cave runner on the island map, second to the baryonyx.