"The Day ARK Punished Me for Wanting a High level Thylacoleo"

I don’t even know where to start, but I’m writing this so no one else has to go through what I did.

I spent hours searching the Redwoods for a Thylacoleo.

Not exaggerating 3 hours straight, nothing.

So I did what any sane ARK player would do: I stopped hunting and prepared properly.

I built:

a trap

campfires

a preserving bin

a bed

I even cooked around 50 prime meat on campfires and stored it in the preserving bin, just so I wouldn’t lose effectiveness when the tame finally happened.

To make it even safer, I tamed a Parasaur and set it on turret mode and carried it with argy so that I could find a thyla.

Everything was ready so that when I found a Thyla, nothing could go wrong.

Then I searched again.

2 more hours. Nothing.

At this point I was frustrated, so I brought my already-tamed Thyla and started clearing the Redwoods, killing everything to force respawns. I did this for another 2 hours.

That’s when something started killing me on the ground.

I turned around…

A level 150 Thylacoleo

Perfect colors

3920 HP

Just randomly walking on the ground like it wanted to mock me.

I somehow survived, dragged it toward my trap, but realized I needed my Argentavis to pick it properly. So I parked my tamed Thyla far away and went back with my Argy.

Big mistake.

The wild Thyla almost killed my Argy level 250, around 10k HP, nearly died multiple times. I spent one full hour trying to:

pick it up

save my Argy

reposition the Thyla

not die

Finally, finally, it was almost inside the trap.

Then a few Raptors spawned.

They aggroed my tamed Thyla.

Before I could react, my own Thylacoleo attacked the wild one.

I tried everything:

whistling passive

picking up dinos

separating them

Nothing worked.

My tamed Thyla killed the perfect level 150 Thylacoleo.

After hours of searching, preparing, cooking prime meat, setting up alarms, and fighting the game itself it died by my own hand without me touching it.

I rage quit.

I uninstalled the game.

If you’re reading this:

Never bring a tamed Thylacoleo while hunting a wild one.

ARK will find a way to punish you.

Learn from my pain.

They prefer cooked meat over raw. Don't waste your precious raw mutton, better cook it, as it tames faster and with higher efficiency.

pro tip: if you can't find a thyla but are too afraid to risk your flier, just park the bird at a safe spot, give it all your stuff, plop down a sleeping bag and run naked through the woods until you get assaulted by the flying murder marsupial. ezpz

Yall this ain’t a kitten it’s a koala on steroids

I was upset the app doesn't have it listed in Fjördur, but Thylas are actually on the map. Let's try to get it updated!

Set a parasaur on turret mode and fly over redwoods carrying it with a flyer. Any of these things will get marked.

Trust me..ALWAYS AMKE A TRAP AND BRING NARCOS)only if it’s decently high level BUT BRING A TRAP)

Once you find the desired Thylacoleo, youre gonna build a 2×2×2 trap (a boy with 2 high walls) made from stone doorways. Then, let the thylacoleo pounce on you (wear armor, otherwise youre dead), punch it with fists, so you dont damage it. Once its not pounced on you, get on an argentavis, pick it up, carry it into the trap. From there, knock it out. You should use a crossbow and tranq arrow minimum. But a longneck and tranq darts are better. Beware! Once unconscious, the creature loses torpor fast, so if its a high level, make sure you feed it narcotics, so it stays asleep. Raw prime meat or extraordinary kibble is what you should use to tame it. You get the saddle at level 51, costs 18 engram points, and you need 290 hide, 155 fiber, and 20 metal ingot. These creatures are very good for caves. They deal bleed damage, meaning alongside with normal damage, the bitten creature loses 5% of its health in the matter of a few seconds. I hope this answers most of your questions about the Thylacoleo. Good luck taming, Survivors!

Fly around on an argie while holding a parasaur on turret mode, the parasaur will sense it but make sure the thylacoleo can't reach you by flying high above so it hits the parasaur rather than you.

Rip cole the thylacoleo u live god life 🙏 💔

Go faster than sonic and keemstar if you encounter one in the wild they will chop you apart if they get their hands on you

Rip Cole we thank thee for your service…🥺😔

How To Tame A Thylacoleo:

1. Make a bear trap and crossbow with tranq arrows or a longneck with tranq darts

2. Go into the Redwoods on any map, DO NOT fly on anything because the Thylacoleo can jump out of trees and take out your flyer, on Scorched Earth it spawns pretty close to the Wyvern Trench, so be careful

3. Look for a decent Thyla, I’d recommend 145-150 you can usually find them chasing a Gallimimus

4. Place down a bear trap and lure the Thyla into the trap

5. Repeatedly shoot it in the head with whatever you’re using to knock it out

6. Once it’s knocked out, place COOKED meat in its inventory, it’s the only creature that prefers cooked meat over raw. You can also use Extraordinary kibble, which is produced by Magmasaur, Yutyrannus, Deinonychus, Rock Drake, Wyverns and Hespornis(golden egg)

7. Name your new Thylacoleo! It provides a bleeding effect to any wild creature, it can also climb vertical surfaces and pounce on creatures, it’s one of the best cave clearers out there!

- Tatakae5339

Rip cole😢😢 A great Thyla who deserved better

If you have a rhynio you can easily tame without any bear traps (it will run away when low so you might as well have some bear traps u can still chase it while shooting) just try to get the thyla down the big tree and then while mounted on your rhynio look down fully to the floor then in the air start shooting it with whatever you are using and then when it's knocked out just feed him (skill issue if you lose the rhynio or die btw u can us a big dino or small better bog dino as bait to get it to leave the tree.)

They are definitely intimidating to try and tame. And they make it hard to fly through the redwood. But I find if you fly slowly through the redwood on a argy or something that can carry a parasaour while in turret mode it will light these bad boys up. So you know where they are at. That being said they also make a distinct sound when they leap off a tree trying to get you. Anyways make sure to take a bear trap or a trap with you if you plan to tame one. And don't forget to bring your narcotic!

Today I was in the Redwoods in asa with a Megatherium. Turns out Thylas don't attack when you ride them. Easy Lv 150 tame.

If you want to tame a thylacoleo, I recommend bringing a quick, but powerful mount such as ceratosaurus, carnotaurus, or even a thyla if you already have one. Before you head to the redwoods though, bring an argentavis in a cryopod. Also, make sure you have strong armor, such as flak, or even chitin could work. Ensure you bring a pike for in case you get pounced in the process of searching for one. Make sure you've built a trap somewhere, preferably near or at your base, and ensure that it is a 2x2 made from wood or stronger. To begin, take your mount over to the redwoods and find a high level thylacoleo. You'll spot them hanging upside-down on the thickest redwoods trees, or on the ground. Once you've found one, pull out your argentavis, pick up the thylacoleo, and fly it over to your trap. Drop the thyla into your trap, and tranquilize it. Then, make sure you have roughly 150-250 narcotics to keep it asleep. Feed it cooked prime meat or extraordinary kibble, which is easily obtainable using a yutyrannus egg farm. After it is tamed, enjoy your new thylacoleo!

Best tame ever.stamina 500-can climb up trees and get a good laugh out of it and then you can get a good bite out of it for a while and then you have to go back to the gym and get a good workout in the morning so much fun

These can be found in the redwood area and the easiest way to tame them is picking them up with a quetz and then dropping them in a trap made out of 4 behemoth gates