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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
There is a trick in the ultimate mobile edition that saves you all your narcotics and a ton of time that is spent usually waiting for your knocked out dinos to slowly eat and fill the taming bar.
(Works with any dinos)
Step one:
Trap your dino that you are planning to tame. For example (Therizino).
DO NOT KNOCK IT OUT YET.
Step two:
Craft a thatch foundation and a bed and place it near the trap (ofc far away enough so that you won't get hit)
Step three:
Wait for nightfall and go to sleep on the bed.
Step four:
When you wake up, start pumpkin tranqs into the dino and knock it out.
After knocking it out, you will notice the food meter of the dino is downright 0. (In mobile edition, sleeping the night on a bed while a dino is trapped in your render distance, drops their food to 0 regardless of how high it is)
Step five:
Chug some food down its throat and see that taming bar soar up.
Congrats, you saved yourself hours of waiting and tons on narcotics which is usually required for a tame like therizino with a high torpor drain.
Tip: try and aggro the dino and kite it to a safe place or your base for a much safer process.
This is march 31st 2025 and it's still working.
More Therizinosaurus Taming & KO Tips
Idk why i find these guys cute thereโs defo something wrong with me.
โTIP TIMEโ
PASSIVE, AGGRESSIVE, OR NEUTRAL?
Theris are aggressive, only if you approach within touching distance or hit them first. The Explorer notes are slightly misleading, saying that they are full aggro. Basically just donโt bother them and they chill.
TAMING
The easiest way to tame a Theri is through a trap (search one on YouTube or just use one with metal billboards) BUT be wary as those long claws can slice through thatch and wood! KEEP IN MIND that they are herbivores (idk how because they go on rampages) so make sure you have berries on hand or itโs favourite exceptional Kibble at hand. AND make sure to bring a plethora or narcotics/biotoxin as torpor SUCKS.
USES
Theris are the ultimate gatherers, having 3 different attacks, each gathering different things. The primary attack, which utilises the claws, is good for damaging enemies and clearing areas while also getting wood. It mainly harvests meat from corpses. The secondary attack, which is a bite, is extremely useful for gaining hide from corpses and berries from bushes. The tertiary attack, or, as I like to call it, the tickle attack, literally is the Theri just tickling. This does DOT (damage over time) during the animation, landing a few hits, and is extremely useful for fiber and thatch.
That just about does it for this tutorial, if you would like more please use the arrow to the sky! (This is my first tutorial btw)
Aight peace out,
Kryonis
Looking to tame a Tickle Chicken! Welcome! Before we start, let's get packing!
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
-Knockout ammo (Tranq Arrows/ Darts or Shocking Tranq Darts)
-Knockout weapon(Bows, Crossbows, or Longnecks)
-Taming food(Mejoberries, Crops or its prefered Kibble)
-Lots of Biotoxin/ Narcotics
Now that you're all ready, let's get to taming!
Here are methods that you can use:
METHOD 1: Trapping
This is the most classic of all methods. Here is what you will need:
-Stone Foundations (4-9x), Stone Doorframes (Depends on how much foundations you're using) and Wooden Ramps(Depends on how much foundations you're using)
Now that the trap is built, lure the theri into the trap! (Make sure to use a flyer like a RG or PT, as theris are quite fast) After this, shoot down the theri and feed it your taming food. Make sure to be careful as their torpor drains rather quick so regularly feed it the biotoxin/narcotics you have packed. After a load of time and patience, name your newly tamed Theri and enjoy your Vegan Rex(or Tickle Chicken if you prefer)!
METHOD 2: The Cheap Method
This method is extremely cheap. Get onto a high rock or cliff where the Theri can't reach you and start shooting it down. When it starts running, chase it down. It may be a little annoying but you will eventually knock it out! After it's knocked out, just like the first method, make sure to feed it your biotoxin or narcotics from time to time(Also watch out for Raptors, they are a thing)! Wait a while and voila! Enjoy your new Vegan Rex/ Tickle Chicken and congratulate yourself!
Now, here are the utilities of the Theri:
The Theris have three attacks for gathering different items (They are also sometimes called the King Gatherer)
-The Bite Attack
-The Delicate Attack
-The Claw Attack
NOTE: There are different names for it online, but these are what I call them.
These attacks deal great damage and also gather a wide variety of items. A unique thing about the Theri's attacks is that they can damage both the mount and rider if you're on a PVP server (Tadaaa!!!)! They are also fast and are great mounts, with good health, attack and speed. The saddle is unlocked at level 69 (;) ) and is not too expensive!
That about sums up this guide. Thank you for reading and make sure to leave some feedback if there are any inaccuracies! Also make sure to check out my other tips which you may find helpful (I will list the most recent tip other than this down below) and happy taming!
PREVIOUS TIP:
-How to tame a Rex
-Your average ARK Mobile player
How to tame
1: get like 70 narcotic if want do right (I learned the hard way :( )
2:get narco berries it can be used constantly
3:get in a stone tower and the boi with 50 tranq arrows until it runs
4:when it runs go after it and knock with tranq arrows
5:put in 100 memo berries and sleep stuff from earlier
6:waitโฆ
Yay you tamed a Theriz!
Please arrow if helpful
Found one thatโs black with lavender feathers and claws with blue around her eyes. Up to tame
step 1 find therizino
step 2 therizino is chasing you
step 3 lure therizino to stone trap
step 4 you don't have a stone trap
step 5 AAAAAAAAA!!!!
Why does it break stones buildings! Up for devs to see this!
Knocking it out is the easy part. Keeping it down? Better have a few hundred narcs
Ok so these might seem a monster to you, but these are actually the ultimate gatherers in the mid game, to tame this follow these steps:
1. Use the 4 stone gateway/2 door trap( make sure that you don't take more than 1 hit since 2 hits will murder you).
2. If you don't have much weapons, then use 2 primitive crossbows to knock it.( trust me 2 prim crossbows with 180+ tranqs is enough for a 270 theri )
3. I suggest using a balm or bring at least 150 bio toxin.
4. 3x balm with berries and toxin is enough.
5. Enjoy your theri.
If this dino spawns near your base and you are low and mobile player then just do one thing. Put your all stuff in your base and go near the dino then run in opposite side of your base and lead him to far away from your home before he destroy all you have even your pets. just don't uninstall the game bcoz of this๐