Absolutely brilliant and really useful. Would definitely recommend taming one of these. They have great attack damage, health is also great and they are soooo useful for getting around the island (really fast and really fun to ride)
Thylacoleo
The Thylacoleo is a large, powerful mount that can climb up trees and pounce on its enemies.

What ARK players use the Thylacoleo for, and how to get the most out of it in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Thylacoleo can only climb up the gateway part (e.g. The stone part of stone behemoth gateway) not the actual gate istself( the opening and closing part). This goes for all other gates to. Also if you didn't know already, you jump and hold space to climb.
They're useful for escaping places and getting food but when you get a Megalania then these guys just get left behind
Also to all the mobile users, STOP ASKING, THEY'RE NOT ADDING THEM BECAUSE OF HOW COMPLEX THE CONTROLS FOR THE THYLA ARE
These Things are Awesome!! Be sure to Level their Damage , Stamina , Health. I got one with 1440 Stamina and it can run almost forever , it regenerates stamina Pretty fast , great fighter and when Heavily injured can escape easily
Thylas make amazing combat/travel mounts.
They have the stats of a spino which is ridiculous for a creature of this size, and then on top of that, they have many amazing traits which I keep discovering.
To name a few:
-They can run pretty fast.
-They can jump really high…
Thylas make amazing combat/travel mounts.
They have the stats of a spino which is ridiculous for a creature of this size, and then on top of that, they have many amazing traits which I keep discovering.
To name a few:
-They can run pretty fast.
-They can jump really high and grab onto vertical surfaces and then move up or down on that surface.
-They can do a special attack from vertical surfaces, which in order to perform you have to first move the cursor downwards toward ground and then press the atk button , which they jump unto small and medium creatures , pinning them to the ground for about 8 seconds or so, all the while you can attack them but they can't. Amazing against flyers and stuff.
-They can do their attack while sprinting and jumping.
-they can instantly turn around 180° to attack those creatures that attack you from behind. Which you can't turn around to attack them on many other mounts. To do this 180 spin, press jump while looking towards the back of your mount.
-They can control their jump, press back or forward to control where you fall.
-They can and prefer eating cooked meat , which eating them makes thylas heal much faster than raw meat or berries that normal tames can eat.
-their attack also does bleeding damage which piercers armor and depletes around 5% of the bitten creatures health over 5 seconds. Ranking their damage dealing capabilities off the charts.
-their main attack has good range. Making you able to attack creatures outside of their damage dealing range. For example you could attack from on top of a rock while raptors and such keep looking at you.
-as mentioned earlier, their stats are all really high, which makes them a pocket rex/spino. (damage, health, stamina are very high and weight is also quite high)
Although I have never done this, I think these big cats could be great for stealing dino eggs. Just stole a Rex egg? And the mama Rex is chasing you? Climb a redwood tree or a cliff!
Can get really cool mutations on these beasts
Also are really good PVE mount
These guys are really good cave runners because of health stamina and damage, it can also climbe and if look down when your on a tree you can pounce on something like moose (quick tip for mobile players like me you need to press and hold the jump button to climb) also forgot to…
These guys are really good cave runners because of health stamina and damage, it can also climbe and if look down when your on a tree you can pounce on something like moose (quick tip for mobile players like me you need to press and hold the jump button to climb) also forgot to mention it can also travel far with the pounce ability, it can also grab wild flyers to just to let yall know. (:
The Thyla’s roar can scare Dire Wolves use this to you advantage
Very good for doing caves just make sure the health and damage is high or you might lose one.:tamed
Its my favorite creature in ark bec it has great heath, stam, melee and weight it can climb mountains and its fast so its a great mount
The Thyla is a powerful mount that can run up cliffs and trees and leap down on once you have tamed one they will be one of your best dinos and your forever friend
Awesome for a Attacker, They do bleed now! It’s definitely worth the try to tame one.
The new Argentavis can now pick these up
One of the best mounts in the game. Can Run, Jump, Climb, and with a little lag it can even fly. In all seriousness, this is my favorite mount and always one of my first tamed. It’s an amazing combat mount that can easily run from anything it can’t kill.
These guys collect hella hide and pelt. They're better at harvesting it than giga and carcha on ASA.
These can run straight up red wood trees. Great escape when being chased down.
For some reason these things are great swimming mounts and move very fast in water
These guys are amazing! Great HP, melee damage, stamina and also the ability to jump high an climb fast through vertical surfaces, totally recommended;)
These wildcats will pin you to the ground similar to what crocodiles do to kill you. They can also climb any surface or cliff face. Awesome for scouting out enemy territory under the radar.