How do you tame an angler?

[Humpenstilzchen]

Hey guys, just a quick question:

What is the best/most effective way to tame it?
I tried it two times a while ago with the crossbow, but they both died due to it and before I`ll make the same mistake again, I rather ask for help ;)

So how does it work? =)

BTw. I play on the center map currently, just fort the case someone knows a good spot to tame one..

[AlexDK]

use flippers and allways count 5 sec after each shot so u dont do over damage

[Puri]

There's no real secret to it. Carefully use your crossbow (wait 5-10s after each shot), you can heal it up using a corpse. It won't eat by itself, but when he hits the corpse while he is hitting you you can force feed him up.
And on the default Island map there are two underwater caves (NW and E) where you can shoot with a tranq rifle through the cave entrance, if another player tanks the angler there. This is by far the safest way for high level anglers.

Not that they are worth taming at all, except they give a nice light in your water pen.

[Dolomite83]

use a mastercraft/ascendant crossbow

[Dolomite83]

Originally posted by Namenloser Held:

Originally posted by Dolomite83:

use a mastercraft/ascendant crossbow

Go away troll, I´m not stupid.. This thing kills it even faster. I killed an awesome high level bear yesterday exactly this way.. I was so mad that I threw this damn crossbow away and crafted a regular one..

@ Puri thx
How does the angler compare with others in a fight? Is it really that bad?

not trolling, i tamed a low lvl angler that way. Just remember to wait 7-10 seconds from hit to hit

[Dolomite83]

also angler has no armour and it's slow (can't escape fast from plesio/manta), the only good use is for free light in your water pen

[Puri]

Originally posted by Namenloser Held:

How does the angler compare with others in a fight? Is it really that bad?

It's very much comparable to a raptor on land.

[Grumble]

Cept. no armor :) Mine have all died quite fast. And yeah. Tranq Darts from underwater Cave is the way Ive done it. Also a way to avoid luring bigger fishys near.

[Humpenstilzchen]

Hmm, ok thx guys, I think I´ll spare this one out then..^^ Can´t stand weak mounts ;)

[OofstinGames]

Originally posted by Namenloser Held:

Originally posted by Dolomite83:

use a mastercraft/ascendant crossbow

Go away troll, I´m not stupid.. This thing kills it even faster. I killed an awesome high level bear yesterday exactly this way.. I was so mad that I threw this damn crossbow away and crafted a regular one..

@ Puri thx
How does the angler compare with others in a fight? Is it really that bad?

Hes not trolling. Ive tamed anglers, bears, gigas basically everything you can tame with my ascendent xbow

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by RaptorJesus:

Originally posted by Namenloser Held:

Go away troll, I´m not stupid.. This thing kills it even faster. I killed an awesome high level bear yesterday exactly this way.. I was so mad that I threw this damn crossbow away and crafted a regular one..

@ Puri thx
How does the angler compare with others in a fight? Is it really that bad?

Hes not trolling. Ive tamed anglers, bears, gigas basically everything you can tame with my ascendent xbow

Hmm, from my experience they tend to kill it easier. Otherwise I have no clue why the bear died. I did nothing wrong, waited 5 sec between each shot and still it died. Never had this happen with the regular xbow.
If I´m wrong, then sorry for being rude, but it seemed to me like trolling, because just one day ago I had this happen with the bear and I was like : "Oh nooo!!!! I forgot to take the weaker xbow for taming.." Sigh

[Puri]

Torpor scales linear with damage, so actually it should not matter at all how much damage your weapon does, you will just knock it out faster with less arrows when using a high damage crossbow.

But obviously it does matter when the life/torpor ratio of the dino is bad for taming. In a simplified example, if your crossbow does 100 damage and 200 torpor to a dino with 950 life and 1800 torpor you will knock it out with 9 shots and remaining 50 health. When your weapon does 200 damage for 400 torpor you will kill the dino with your 5th shot.

This is why it's generally wiser to use a low damage weapon on problematic tames. And to repeat just what I wrote above: All carnivores heal back to full life if you feed them a corpse. When taming a bear for example, when the bear gets bloody kill a phiomia, drag it to him so he hits it, and it will completely recover health. Obviously easier with a friend who grabs one with a bird and kills it right above the dion.

[Humpenstilzchen]

Originally posted by Puri:

Torpor scales linear with damage, so actually it should not matter at all how much damage your weapon does, you will just knock it out faster with less arrows when using a high damage crossbow.

But obviously it does matter when the life/torpor ratio of the dino is bad for taming. In a simplified example, if your crossbow does 100 damage and 200 torpor to a dino with 950 life and 1800 torpor you will knock it out with 9 shots and remaining 50 health. When your weapon does 200 damage for 400 torpor you will kill the dino with your 5th shot.

This is why it's generally wiser to use a low damage weapon on problematic tames. And to repeat just what I wrote above: All carnivores heal back to full life if you feed them a corpse. When taming a bear for example, when the bear gets bloody kill a phiomia, drag it to him so he hits it, and it will completely recover health. Obviously easier with a friend who grabs one with a bird and kills it right above the dion.

Ok thx for this explanation. This helped a lot, I thought that the better weapons only inflict more dmg but not more torpor. Now I know better. Sorry @ Raptor Jesus.

[anarchyxf36]

Originally posted by Namenloser Held:

Hey guys, just a quick question:

What is the best/most effective way to tame it?
I tried it two times a while ago with the crossbow, but they both died due to it and before I`ll make the same mistake again, I rather ask for help ;)

So how does it work? =)

BTw. I play on the center map currently, just fort the case someone knows a good spot to tame one..

X-bow w/ tranq arrows (count 4 seconds after every shot hits and aim for the body rather then the head) and kiruku egg kibble.

[Commander Wiggley Biggley™]

Originally posted by Namenloser Held:

Originally posted by Dolomite83:

use a mastercraft/ascendant crossbow

Go away troll, I´m not stupid.. This thing kills it even faster. I killed an awesome high level bear yesterday exactly this way.. I was so mad that I threw this damn crossbow away and crafted a regular one..

@ Puri thx
How does the angler compare with others in a fight? Is it really that bad?

Damage and torpor are proportionate so if you use a crossbow with 200% damage it will also do double torpor. Using a better crossbow is actually better to save tranq arrows and time

[AttilaWalker]

I honestly don't understand many answers here:

1. Torpor is multiplied by damage, so there's no benefit not hitting head or using low quality crossbow except for last shot in very rare cases (if it'll make the lethel damage, while giving more than enough torpor).

2. According to wiki, torpor DoTs from arrows and darts stack, so there's no need to wait between shots, again except if the last one will kill it but torpor raise is enough to knock out.