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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Encountering Tips
How do I kill a tusoteuthis? tusoteuthis battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
I know people say these are rare and they are. But no one said how stethly they are. I was ridding my plesio then a lvl20 came out of were and now he's ded:(
In my experience, I mostly encounter them deep sea in around Lat 95, Long 30 in The Island(ark mobile).
To tame one , just lure it to some wild plessy/mosa/carbonermys(turtle) and let it grab one of them. Then just swim at side(safe) or direct in mouth(kinda unsafe). Feed it 50 black pearls and bam! U have Giant squid.
Just use balm lol they are easy to get from caves, dont be lazy.
Swim and don't look back, it is not friendly so don't try to shake one of its tentacles. Keep your tames away from this demon, it's a water troodon. It eats tames for fun
For the ones saying they are rare and can’t find them they obviously didn’t actually take the time to look. Whenever I go around the whole ocean for red drops I always encounter at least 3-4 of them. So don’t be one of those guys. Take your time and actually use your eyes. Also if you’re going to fast like on a plesi mosa or ichthy then they could possibly not render in time. So take it slow and never sit still for too long.
When not having this guy yet and you hop on your mosa, there’s a high chance they’ll suddenly spawn a couple yards away from you. What’s scary is that this guy, although should stay only on the Deep Ocean region is able to cross the barrier (on mobile at least, I do not know for the others) and is as fast as an encumbered(not red, not really encumbered, as in not even over 90% encumbered) mosasaurus. Wherein in mobile, the plesiosaurs are the fastest(it seems) with mosas second and this guy. Not even a speed-trained icthy will be able to outrun it. All are as fast or even faster than the giga on land. Scary if you have no plan to tame it. Can grab mosas, nearly every creature except the basilosaurus and some others. Don’t escape up, escape linearly from where you came from. Let it get stuck between every rock you know. I encountered my first tuso a few days ago. Traumatized by the speed, good thing’s I’m on my mosa and ran away. It is way, way bigger than a damn mosa. Seriously scary.
If you're not trying to tame it here's a tip
Run away that thing is a kraken and will literally hug you and you're tames to death
Also if you wanna escape sacrifice you're tame it will be busy hugging it and just go to the surface they don't go all the way up to the surface
Hopefully this helps you survive an attack from the tusoteuthis
Today, I Lost A Brave Soul. My Itchythosaurus Fought Brave. As the Squid Grabbed Him, I Watched My Dolphin Cry Out. As Soon as the Living Demon Was Done With My Itchy, He grabbed Me. One thing lead to another, I Lost Hard Work On A Pursuit, And My Best Itchy Friend.
- R.I.P. Jack.
The wild one in mobile doesnt have a height barrier unlike the mosa
Grabby Arms has many arms to grab you with. If you don't have a mount because Grabby Arms has already killed it it will grab you and begin shredding you with its spikey tentacles. If you have a grappling hook you can grab a nearby wall or the ocean floor and pull yourself away. This thing will break primitive scuba gear like a thatch dinosaur gate. Put your riot or flak gear back on before trying to make your escape. Your flippers are broken already.
Its coming isn't it passive *kills turtle* RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUUUUU...A
AHHHHH
To see literal hell go to the absolute left spot on Ragnarok and go to the center of that ocean. They're E V E R Y W H E R E in that trench.
So I was hunting some of these to find a alpha and I learned this the hard way that you should never battle these right by the edge of the world border because I was fighting one Against the border, he grabbed me, and then he shoved me out of the world that instantly destroyed me and I lost all my stuff. Please up if this has happened to you
Nothing is more terrifying than seeing one of these for the first time... especially when it decides to try and hug your tame and ends up killing it in the process :)
Basilo can not be grappled by this. So it makes fighting them easier on a basilo, farm those black pearls.
On the Crystal Isle, in the tropical area where tropical crystal wyverns spawn. You can find them beached along the beaches. They'll only grab land creatures so keep that in mind
Tuso has an alpha variant too.
I found almost a dzn by accident while searching for pearls. I was on the EXTREME western edge of ragnarok & just kept going down over the next ridge... Be sure to have a backup SCUBA tank before you dive down tho.
Alpha squids are the strongest alpha in the game they have the most hp and damage increase per level and the slight fact that they grab any tame that isn't a basilo or another squid makes them even worse.
I hate it when I'm looking to explore or find black pearls at the sea floor with my lvl 20 Ples, a Tuso would appear right in my face, giving me very little time to dart out of my death. Just like the rocks near Herbivore Island. Imagine I was chased by a Tuso and the rock slaps my face. 0.0
Atleast I have a Basilo to farm its black pearls, because it's immune to grabs.
I NEARLY DIED from that thing so be careful