The picture makes them look small.

They are not.

these things can grab you and carry you around till your dead… *sniff* learnt that the hard way.

Believe it or not, this creature can go on LAND

Just a reminder they are officially in the game.I learned that the hard way…

Hesperornis and icthyornis of any level will deal max damage against xiphactinus and 1 hit it.

Beware if this when you get brave and jump out of water to attack birds...

RIP 145 xiphactinus...

Eating a basi gives you an ungodly amount of oil.

Let it munch on your mosa and basi while you blast with arrows or harpoon. They won't run when torpidity gets high and will regen health quickly while attacking your tame. They starve in a few minutes, no narcs needed. 12-14 superior kibble for 150 on 1x

Just kite it to a beach and itll start to flop, use a longneck and tranqs, easy knock out and relatively safe, no traps needed for this one

These creatures while tamed and wild can pick up other creatures up to a sarco including argies pteranodons and the pelagornis

Tame a high level turtle and let this thing munch on that while you knock it out. Watch out you don’t kill it as it doesn’t torpor run and heals quickly. I call them sardines, although they are definetly not sardine sized hahaha

They can jump out of water and even onto land for a little bit but they cant stay on land for too long or else they will take damage overtime (which is percent based)

No cule why it takes spino kibble it's not on mobile

If you plan on taking a Baryonyx or any other small creature into the ocean,I strongly urge you to reconsider. These demon tunas are often in schools of 3-4 individuals and are able to grab your mount and if you’re low on hp,will LITERALLY eat you. Your best bets are to either take a mount they can’t grab (like Spino or Deinosuchus) or cut your losses with the unfortunate mount and make for the nearest bit of land where Xiphactinus can’t follow.

DO NOT APPROACH WITH BARYONYX OR OTHER SMALL MOUNT!!! IT CAN GRAB YOUR MOUNT AND THEN ITS PACKMATE WILL GRAB YOU.

Peek your head just under the water so you can see them at a distance. Shoot a couple tranqs at them it'll aggro and Chase and you lead it back to shore. Tranq it from the safety of the beach

The only place I've ever seen them spawn on the island is around herbivore island including the bay.

If you are on the center you can find tons of these in-need-of-a-dentist fish around the beaches of the redwoods. Hope this helped 😃

May 22nd. Official server weekday a Lv 130F took 10 Superior Kibble (~89.9% effectiveness +64 lvls) had 9614 Topor with mid-high topor drain and slow up tick. High chance to kill with crossbow if you don't pace yourself.

It is NOT a pregnancy. They lay eggs like frogs.

It has high torpor so lure it to shallow water and trap it there, use darts. Arrows may likely jill it before it KO’s. It prefers superior kibble. Takes about 6 to tame a level 110 so scale it from there. Hope this helps!