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• ✅ The Helicoprion is a new creature added to Ark Survival Ascended, converting from a modded creature to a vanilla creature.
• ✅ It's about the size of a Megalodon but has a calmer temperament, posing little threat unless provoked.

• ⚠️ If you're using the Arc Editions mod and want to keep your tamed Helicoprion, keep the mod installed. The modded and vanilla versions are treated as different species.
• 🤞 There's hope for a conversion feature (modded to vanilla) via the creature's radial menu, similar to what was done with the Seratosaurus and Dino Sucus. However, this is not guaranteed.

• ✅ Helicoprion lurk in the open waters of the Ark's ocean environments.
• ❌ They will not spawn on Scorched Earth, Aberration, or Extinction.

• ✅ Scuba tank (and spares)
• ✅ Scuba flippers
• ✅ Aquatic or semi-aquatic mount (e.g., Baryonyx or Dino Sucus)
• ✅ Standard exploration gear

• ✅ Preferred food: Little Ratfish Treats, crafted in a cooking pot or industrial cooker (kibble section).
• ✅ Recipe: 10 Ammonite Bile, 6 Giant Bee Honey, and 4 Tuso Tentacles per treat.
• ✅ You'll also need loot from drops (any quality above primitive crafted).

• ✅ Clear the area of hostile creatures.
• ✅ Set your mount to high follow distance, passive, and follow.
• ✅ Drop a piece of loot from your inventory into the water near the Helicoprion.
• ✅ When it starts eating the loot, mount it to initiate a mini-game.
• ✅ Follow the button prompts to avoid being dismounted.
• ✅ After several successful rounds, feed it a Ratfish Treat.
• ✅ Repeat the process until tamed.
• ⚠️ Failing the button prompts will cause the Helicoprion to become aggressive and decrease the taming bar.

Stats of a perfectly tamed level 150 Helicoprion:

• ✅ The saddle unlocks at level 91.
• ✅ It functions as a portable smithy, allowing crafting and repairing on the go.
• ✅ Provides weight reduction on resources like metal ingots, crystal, obsidian, and black pearls.

• ✅ Regular bite attack (directional).
• ✅ Tail swipe attack: deals more damage and can stun targets.
• ✅ Two swimming stances: surface swimming (with speed bonus) and free swimming (submerged).
• ✅ Immune to Ammonite pheromones and deals increased damage to them.
• ✅ Immune to Tuso's grapple attack and ink, also dealing increased damage to them.

• ✅ The Helicoprion can grind up items into blueprints.
• ✅ Success rate can be leveled up.
• ✅ Place a high-quality item in its inventory and select "convert to blueprint."
• ✅ If successful, a blueprint of the item will be created.
• ❌ If the conversion fails, the item is lost forever.

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