"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.

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!

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

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!