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ARK: Survival Ascended - Elderclaw Taming Guide and Abilities
This guide explains how to tame the Elderclaw in Ark Survival Ascended, including the steps to obtain the seed, cultivate it, and the abilities of the Elderclaw once tamed. It also details the resources needed to raise the Elderclaw and how to use its special abilities, such as the karma shield, damage totem, and resource collection through corpse blooming.
1. 🐻 Introduction to the Elderclaw: How to Obtain It and Its Basic Characteristics
- ✅ The Elderclaw can be obtained with the Lost Colony DLC or as an individual purchase.
- ✅ It is found in Valguero, in the Redwood area.
- ✅ It can be located with a gene scanner.
- ✅ It is based on the Dire Bear, with a new appearance and abilities.
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1. 🐻 Introduction to the Elderclaw: How to Obtain It and Its Basic Characteristics
- ✅ The Elderclaw can be obtained with the Lost Colony DLC or as an individual purchase.
- ✅ It is found in Valguero, in the Redwood area.
- ✅ It can be located with a gene scanner.
- ✅ It is based on the Dire Bear, with a new appearance and abilities.
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2. 🌱 Domestication Process: Killing the Elderclaw and Obtaining the Seed
- ✅ To tame the Elderclaw, you must first kill it.
- ✅ It is recommended to use a dino that does a lot of damage, such as a megaaptor.
- ✅ After killing it, collect the seed it leaves in its inventory.
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3. 🏡 Seed Cultivation: Preparation and Necessary Care
- ✅ Place the seed in a large crop plot inside a greenhouse to get a 300% growth bonus.
- ✅ Use a shovel to till the soil and increase growth and production.
- ✅ The plant will require different ingredients such as leech blood, honey, biotoxin, ammonite bile, and sap.
- ✅ It is important to attend to the plant when required, as it will lose effectiveness if neglected.
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4. 👶 Raising the Elderclaw: Feeding and Growth
- ✅ Once harvested, the Elderclaw is a baby and needs to be fed berries and meat until it grows.
- ✅ It can be imprinted on during its growth.
- ✅ It will need biotoxin, leech blood, ammonite bile, black pearls, sap, and honey.
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5. 🎨 Adult Elderclaw Appearance: Color Variations and Environment
- ✅ Adult Elderclaws come in different colors and have moss on top.
- ✅ It is recommended to grow them in a greenhouse for proper growth.
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6. ⚔️ Elderclaw Abilities: Attack, Jump, Karma Shield, and Damage Totem
- ✅ Basic Attack: Left click to hit, collects fiber and berries.
- ✅ Jump: Right click for a forward lunge.
- ✅ Karma Shield: Hold Ctrl + C to activate a protective shield.
- ✅ Damage Totem: Hold Ctrl + right click to place a totem that increases melee damage in the area. The totem grows by killing animals within its area of effect.
- ✅ Does not require a saddle; instead, it has armor that increases as you level up.
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7. 💥 Advanced Combat Abilities: Root Attack, Empowered Totem, and Giant Form
- ✅ Root Attack: Press 'C' looking at a creature to temporarily immobilize it.
- ✅ Empowered Totem: When attacking creatures near the totem, it accumulates points. Upon reaching 100 or 200 points, the totem becomes larger and grants a 70% damage bonus when detonated.
- ✅ When detonating the totem with 200 points, the Elderclaw grows to the size of a mammoth, the root attack lasts longer and does more damage.
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8. 🌸 Resource Collection: Corpse Blooming and Obtaining Rewards
- ✅ Hold 'E' to open the menu and select 'Adjust corpse blooming resource' to obtain resources when killing creatures.
- ✅ Place a totem and kill creatures within its radius to generate flowers.
- ✅ The flowers can generate a 'corpse flower', which, when collected, gives the selected resource.
- ✅ The amount of flowers and the appearance of the corpse flower are inconsistent.