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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
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What is a thylacoleo used for? thylacoleo battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
Wonderful mount to grab, the best part is the climbing cliffs. Run right up to them and hit and hold the jump button, if you can do it you can climb the mountains. They also have a bleed effect that helps when dealing with large predators or high health dinos.
Yes, they are evil jump and pin guys sometimes they carry you off for a distance, best defence is to always be prepared with a strong spear on hand, when they stun wait till the timer is done and then jab away. I find an easy tame method, hit em from extreme range with a really strong long rifle and electrolized tranq darts or regulars. Keep mounted on a decent health tame and keep shooting till it goes down.
Oh and after taming, you can sit on them and fire your rifle while mounted, so they are great for taming more of their own kind.
My personal favorite mount for all terrestrial travel, hunting, and combat—especially if it’s a bred thyla with full imprinting.
However, the thylacoleo has a wide turn radius and can’t make sharp turns very quickly. You can travel pretty safely on a strong thyla, but if you need to turn and run quickly, look in the direction of where you want to go and JUMP. Boom, no time wasted turning :)
Best pvp mount EVER. Better than gigas and rex's because they are easier to tame and have more stamina. It's only real threats while riding it in the wild are microraptors, gigas, and other players on gigas and thylas. It can kill almost anything it finds, and the things it can't kill, it can outrun EASILY.