Must be missing something trying to tame a Lystrosaurus

[Markbnj]

I just started playing on the island single player, so I'm a total noob. Watched some vid and it seemed like all I had to do to tame a Lystrosaurus was to get close and feed it berries when it was hungry. I tried this last night, feeding several different types of berries that are found by gathering plants along the beach and the taming progress bar never got above 25 percent or so. It would rise when I fed it but then start back down again. Can anyone clue me in on what I'm missing here?

[Captpickles]

Go here and click Taming Strategy. https://ark.gamepedia.com/Lystrosaurus

Above that you can see what the dino prefers this is probably the simplest way to go about preparing to tame any dino.

Edit: Passive tames require the food or taming item to be in the 0 slot (far right) on your hot bar.

[Uueerdo]

It's been my experience (which could be wrong/misunderstood) that some passive tames don't like you hanging too close between feedings. It seems like the taming progress drops faster between feedings if I don't give them a little distance.

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by Markbnj:

I just started playing on the island single player, so I'm a total noob. Watched some vid and it seemed like all I had to do to tame a Lystrosaurus was to get close and feed it berries when it was hungry. I tried this last night, feeding several different types of berries that are found by gathering plants along the beach and the taming progress bar never got above 25 percent or so. It would rise when I fed it but then start back down again. Can anyone clue me in on what I'm missing here?

Feed it rare flowers

[Lordbufu]

This will largely depend on the server (SP) settings, and im not entirely sure what setting is effecting this (as i usualy tame with kibble or other special requirements like rare flowers).

But what is happening is the following:
When you start a passive tame, the food value of said creature will start to drop.
The food value drops so it can be fed again, to progress said taming event.
In your case the food is dropping faster then your adding to it with random berries.
The result is that you wont be able to get taming % high enough, as after feeding it once it will instantly start to drop again.

The solution, would be to either use mejoberries, witch should be slightly better then random berries. And if that doesnt work, your going to need rare flowers.

[flu007]

Since you're playing single player, you could also consider changing the settings so you can tame animals a bit faster. I put mine on the fastest setting (I'm also quite new to the game) and then a low level Lystro can be tamed with just two or three mejoberries.

[Markbnj]

Wow thanks for all the quick replies. I did have some mejoberries and I did put them in slot 0. For several of the feeding rounds I did stay pretty close to the dino, but on several others I wandered well away... so I am not sure what the clear answer is. I know that some dinos require/benefit from special foods when taming but the info I found online seemed to suggest that passive tames like the Lystro could be done with just berries. I'll check out the linked guide and try again tonight.

[Lordbufu]

Originally posted by Markbnj:

Wow thanks for all the quick replies. I did have some mejoberries and I did put them in slot 0. For several of the feeding rounds I did stay pretty close to the dino, but on several others I wandered well away... so I am not sure what the clear answer is. I know that some dinos require/benefit from special foods when taming but the info I found online seemed to suggest that passive tames like the Lystro could be done with just berries. I'll check out the linked guide and try again tonight.

How far away you are from a tame, doesn't effect the taming progress, the only exception is animals that might get scared and run away or try to smash your face in.

To me it just sounds like you might have potentially messed with dino food consumption, this might prevent you from getting something tamed properly. But again, as i mentioned above, i'm not entirely sure what settings could have this type of effect on passive tames.

It should be possible with berries even on official taming rates, so there is something else that is effecting this process.

[Lori37]

a lystro doesn't mind you being close to it.... the little monkeys do, they get spooked if they see you

[Markbnj]

Originally posted by Lordbufu:

It should be possible with berries even on official taming rates, so there is something else that is effecting this process.

Yeah not sure, I'll try again tonight. I did not change any of the server settings.

[Vesuvius]

From memory (often bad memory)

Lystro dont always want the same berry type each feed.

[Lordbufu]

Originally posted by Vesuvius:

From memory (often bad memory)

Lystro dont always want the same berry type each feed.

That would be the Moschops, that alternates between food it wants for taming, including the berry types and a few other really anoying things :P

[Vesuvius]

Originally posted by Lordbufu:

Originally posted by Vesuvius:

From memory (often bad memory)

Lystro dont always want the same berry type each feed.

That would be the Moschops, that alternates between food it wants for taming, including the berry types and a few other really anoying things :P

Knew it was one or the other..... been that long since ive bothered to tame either of them.

[Uueerdo]

Originally posted by Lordbufu:

How far away you are from a tame, doesn't effect the taming progress, the only exception is animals that might get scared and run away or try to smash your face in.

Ah, right, now I remember, I was thinking of Pegos; which are only sort of a passive tame, and always try to run away after each "feeding".