ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK: Survival Evolved

ARK Additions: The Collection!
How To Tame Creatures In This Mod?
...sorry...I just thought this was going to turn out as a discussion where people just post comments on how to tame the creatures in this mod, wish they just kept it simple, but, I can see why they did it in a different way , keep things new and less predictable, so ya, please leave what info you know about ALL taming tricks, taming, food, traps, all that good stuff, so all the people who don't spend 3 hours trying to figure out this stuff somewhere else, so they can check here, faster way then anywhere else...I think?
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nairbdryb Apr 7, 2021 @ 11:22pm 
Acrocanthosaurus: Exceptional kibble. Taming method requires a firearm (crossbows don't work) and bio toxin or narcotic. You shoot the Acro until it enters its defensive stance and shoot it some more. it will yell. while it is yelling run up to its mouth and interact with the mouth to feed it. the bio toxin/narcotics must be in your last hot-bar slot. repeat until its unconscious then continue with the tame as normal.Bio toxin is the best because it heals the Acro when you feed it.

Archelon: passive tame, just feed it bio toxin. if the archelon gets hit by ANYTHING it will entirely restart the tame. Watch out for xiphactinus as they target these guys. You can aggro them and lead them on land to trap them and tame them easier. after they are tamed they only eat bio toxin and kibble.

Brachiosaurus: Exceptional kibble. Aggro the creature until it stands on its hind legs and shoot them in the back feet with a firearm. Crossbows will not work. Once you shoot it enough in the hind legs it will fall over and you can tame as normal.

Concavenator: Superior kibble. you need explosives to knock out this creature. the easiest method is to place C4 on the ground in a large pile and blow it out of the ground. any explosions dealt to the creature while it is in the ground should raise its topor. After it is unconcious tame as normal. narcotics can work, but are far more likely to kill it than explosives.

Cryolophosaurus: Exceptional kibble. When its shooting its ice breath at you you have to shoot it in the mouth. an ascendant sniper rifle takes around 5 shots to work. After you shoot it enough it will freeze itself over. while it is frozen you can feed it kibble. Trapping this creature will not work. it will lose aggro and never shoot its ice breath. This is in my opinion the hardest tame in the mod, so be prepared for a frustrating tame.

Deinosuchus: Superior Kibble. while this creature doesn't have aggro it will bask in the sunlight with its jaw wide open. You have to sneak up to it, and feed it while its jaw is open without it seeing you. I recommend using a ghillie suit, running up, feeding it, then retreating again immediately. Repeat until tamed.

Xyphactinus: Superior kibble. Just shoot the bugger full of narcotics and feed like normal. Don't try to tame these buggers on the beach because they are liable to suffocate.

Any questions just ask. :)
CraftyM2016 Apr 11, 2021 @ 1:45am 
Originally posted by nairbdryb:
Acrocanthosaurus: Exceptional kibble. Taming method requires a firearm (crossbows don't work) and bio toxin or narcotic. You shoot the Acro until it enters its defensive stance and shoot it some more. it will yell. while it is yelling run up to its mouth and interact with the mouth to feed it. the bio toxin/narcotics must be in your last hot-bar slot. repeat until its unconscious then continue with the tame as normal.Bio toxin is the best because it heals the Acro when you feed it.

Archelon: passive tame, just feed it bio toxin. if the archelon gets hit by ANYTHING it will entirely restart the tame. Watch out for xiphactinus as they target these guys. You can aggro them and lead them on land to trap them and tame them easier. after they are tamed they only eat bio toxin and kibble.

Brachiosaurus: Exceptional kibble. Aggro the creature until it stands on its hind legs and shoot them in the back feet with a firearm. Crossbows will not work. Once you shoot it enough in the hind legs it will fall over and you can tame as normal.

Concavenator: Superior kibble. you need explosives to knock out this creature. the easiest method is to place C4 on the ground in a large pile and blow it out of the ground. any explosions dealt to the creature while it is in the ground should raise its topor. After it is unconcious tame as normal. narcotics can work, but are far more likely to kill it than explosives.

Cryolophosaurus: Exceptional kibble. When its shooting its ice breath at you you have to shoot it in the mouth. an ascendant sniper rifle takes around 5 shots to work. After you shoot it enough it will freeze itself over. while it is frozen you can feed it kibble. Trapping this creature will not work. it will lose aggro and never shoot its ice breath. This is in my opinion the hardest tame in the mod, so be prepared for a frustrating tame.

Deinosuchus: Superior Kibble. while this creature doesn't have aggro it will bask in the sunlight with its jaw wide open. You have to sneak up to it, and feed it while its jaw is open without it seeing you. I recommend using a ghillie suit, running up, feeding it, then retreating again immediately. Repeat until tamed.

Xyphactinus: Superior kibble. Just shoot the bugger full of narcotics and feed like normal. Don't try to tame these buggers on the beach because they are liable to suffocate.

Any questions just ask. :)
Acrocanthosaurus: what if you just shoot at it with shocking tranq darts till it's unconscious...then do the normal tame stuff...why just shoot at it...when all your doing is feeding it bio toxic when it yells,... when you can just shoot it with it...and not do all that hard stuff?
nairbdryb Apr 14, 2021 @ 11:05pm 
Originally posted by CraftyM2016:
Acrocanthosaurus: what if you just shoot at it with shocking tranq darts till it's unconscious...then do the normal tame stuff...why just shoot at it...when all your doing is feeding it bio toxic when it yells,... when you can just shoot it with it...and not do all that hard stuff?

tranquilizers have no effect on it. Normal bullets work because it is a masochist and likes to be shot. :) Other than that I don't know why the creator designed it that way, its just the way it is.
CraftyM2016 Apr 14, 2021 @ 11:10pm 
Originally posted by nairbdryb:
Originally posted by CraftyM2016:
Acrocanthosaurus: what if you just shoot at it with shocking tranq darts till it's unconscious...then do the normal tame stuff...why just shoot at it...when all your doing is feeding it bio toxic when it yells,... when you can just shoot it with it...and not do all that hard stuff?

tranquilizers have no effect on it. Normal bullets work because it is a masochist and likes to be shot. :) Other than that I don't know why the creator designed it that way, its just the way it is.
OK thanks, I'll ask again if I need help taming other creatures, if I have trouble and need more info on something, if your instructions didn't quite help me enough on one part of taming a creature, then I ask you again.
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Tcheco Lee Apr 21, 2021 @ 10:06pm 
I see one Acrocanthosaurus that needs 400+ Bio Toxin to go down using the awesome spyglass so you have to do that 400+ times to put it down?
Also they are super weak i see a level 40 bear killing a level 150 Acrocanthosaurus very easy.
Can't you just make the tame normal, this new way is super boring and the dinos are way to weak to be worth it.
Charcharodonto Apr 23, 2021 @ 7:16pm 
Originally posted by Tcheco Lee:
I see one Acrocanthosaurus that needs 400+ Bio Toxin to go down using the awesome spyglass so you have to do that 400+ times to put it down?
Also they are super weak i see a level 40 bear killing a level 150 Acrocanthosaurus very easy.
Can't you just make the tame normal, this new way is super boring and the dinos are way to weak to be worth it.

the spyglass doesn't show the correct amount. you can easily tame a max level with just one stack of narcotics on you.

That direbear must have been in a blindspot because Acros easily shred anything that is smaller then them.

A Tamed Acro with a saddle is anything but weak.. They can handle far more punishment especially if you adrenaline mode them and they absolutely destroy smaller creatures.
Grostex Aug 16, 2021 @ 7:30pm 
Originally posted by Tcheco Lee:
I see one Acrocanthosaurus that needs 400+ Bio Toxin to go down using the awesome spyglass so you have to do that 400+ times to put it down?
Also they are super weak i see a level 40 bear killing a level 150 Acrocanthosaurus very easy.
Can't you just make the tame normal, this new way is super boring and the dinos are way to weak to be worth it.

Acro's are super strong, They're worth it I spent 4 hours (it was bugged) trying to tame a level 102 and haven't regret anything.
Nantekotta Dec 15, 2024 @ 1:35am 
What is a arco weak to? I got a guy with a 165k health arco just soaking turrets and gigas need help!!!
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