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ARK: Survival Ascended Valguero - Top 15 Must-Tame CreaturesThis video ranks the top 15 must-tame creatures in Ark: Survival Ascended Valguero, covering early to endgame dinos for PvE, PvP, and boss fights. It details where to find and how to tame each creature, along with their best uses on the map.
At number 14, the Mantis is a really good creature pretty much on every single map that it spawns on because you can use it for really high melee damage farming and you can even use it for some knockout and damage applications because it does so much damage and you can equip it with tools.
At number 14, the Mantis is a really good creature pretty much on every single map that it spawns on because you can use it for really high melee damage farming and you can even use it for some knockout and damage applications because it does so much damage and you can equip it with tools.
1. 🦖 #15: Megaraptor - Taming, Abilities, and Utility
- ✅ Taming: Find a Megaaraptor altar, combine shield, torch, and armor to protect it during a mini-game. Knock it out with a torch.
- ✅ Preferred Food: Exceptional kibble, raw mutton, raw prime meat.
- ✅ Abilities: Hunt (increased damage to isolated targets), camo (invisibility to PvE), pounce (speed boost).
- ✅ Buffs: Invigorating (damage reduction shield), solitary hunter (damage buff), isolator (damage buff).
- ⚠️ Utility: Decent solo hunter and mobility mount, but not a must-tame.
| Buff | Effect |
|---|---|
| Invigorating | Damage reduction shield after killing hunted target |
| Solitary Hunter | Damage buff when the only Mega in the area |
| Isolator | Increased damage to isolated creatures |
At number 14, the Mantis is a really good creature pretty much on every single map that it spawns on because you can use it for really high melee damage farming and you can even use it for some knockout and damage applications because it does so much damage and you can equip it with tools.
00:00 - 03:12
1. 🦖 #15: Megaraptor - Taming, Abilities, and Utility
- ✅ Taming: Find a Megaaraptor altar, combine shield, torch, and armor to protect it during a mini-game. Knock it out with a torch.
- ✅ Preferred Food: Exceptional kibble, raw mutton, raw prime meat.
- ✅ Abilities: Hunt (increased damage to isolated targets), camo (invisibility to PvE), pounce (speed boost).
- ✅ Buffs: Invigorating (damage reduction shield), solitary hunter (damage buff), isolator (damage buff).
- ⚠️ Utility: Decent solo hunter and mobility mount, but not a must-tame.
| Buff | Effect |
|---|---|
| Invigorating | Damage reduction shield after killing hunted target |
| Solitary Hunter | Damage buff when the only Mega in the area |
| Isolator | Increased damage to isolated creatures |
At number 14, the Mantis is a really good creature pretty much on every single map that it spawns on because you can use it for really high melee damage farming and you can even use it for some knockout and damage applications because it does so much damage and you can equip it with tools.
03:13 - 03:43
2. 🪲 #14: Mantis - Resource Farming and Tool Usage
- ✅ Utility: High melee damage farming.
- ✅ Taming: Tamed with deathworm or woolly rhino horns.
- ✅ Usage: Equip with swords, clubs, etc., to utilize its melee stat.
03:44 - 05:11
3. 🦬 #13: Giant Bison - Wyvern Milk Production and Combat
- ✅ Taming: Knockout tame, prefers superior kibble, algae crops, and mejo berries.
- ✅ Utility: Strong creature with pack bonus, produces wyvern milk (for raising wyverns and immunity to bleed).
- ✅ Combat: Multiple attack types, fast, can jump.
- ⚠️ Boss Fight: Okay option, better suited for chasing bosses than static fights.
05:12 - 05:57
4. 🧊 #12: Ice Wyvern - Flying Refrigerator and Utility
- ✅ Location: Wyvern trench.
- ✅ Taming: Mega raptor trap, bison milk, or classic wyvern trap.
- ✅ Utility: 300-slot refrigerator, fast flyer, ice breath (slows targets).
- ⚠️ Power: Weaker than fire wyvern in terms of power output.
05:58 - 06:40
5. 🐣 #11: Gigantoraptor - Raising Creatures
- ✅ Utility: Excellent for raising creatures, no competition from Maguana on this map.
- ✅ Taming: Drop an egg, distract the parent, dance with the baby to claim it.
- ⚠️ Level: Get a high-level one because a lot of its abilities are based on it being a higher level than the creature you're trying to use it on.
06:41 - 07:15
6. ⛏️ #10: Argentavis & Ankylosaurus - Classic Farming Combo
- ✅ Utility: Always necessary for farming.
- ✅ Taming: Knockout tames. Anky is herbivore, Argentavis is carnivore.
- ✅ Kibble: Argentavis prefers superior kibble, Anky prefers regular kibble.
07:16 - 07:59
7. 💀 #9: Reaper - Clearing Red Zones for Loot
- ✅ Location: Aberration zone, bottom of Rockdrake trench.
- ✅ Utility: Clear out red zones for loot drops.
08:00 - 08:52
8. 🐻 #8: Dire Bear - Organic Polymer and Honey Farming
- ✅ Taming: Knockout tame, prefers superior kibble, giant bee honey, raw mutton, and raw prime meat.
- ✅ Utility: Farms organic polymer from flowers, farms honey, strong creature in general.
- ✅ Resources: Omnivore, farms various resources.
- ✅ Mobility: Ramps up speed while running.
08:53 - 09:20
9. 🛡️ #7: Yutyrannus - Courage Roar for Boss Fights
- ✅ Taming: Knockout tame, prefers extraordinary kibble, raw mutton, and raw prime meat.
- ✅ Utility: Courage roar gives 25% buff to damage and damage resistance during boss fights.
09:21 - 12:09
10. 🌿 #6: Elderclaw - Support Creature with Root Burst and Totem
- ✅ Taming: Kill a wild one, grow the seed (requires leech blood, biotoxin, honey, ammonite, bile, sap, and black pearls).
- ✅ Abilities: Root burst (stun), totem (damage boost), bark shield (extra resistance).
- ✅ Boss Fight: Root burst and totem combo is effective for boss fights.
- ✅ Harvesting: Harvest for wood, rare flowers, and rare mushrooms (best with chainsaw).
| Item | Effect |
|---|---|
| Leech Blood | Required for taming |
| Biotoxin | Required for taming |
| Honey | Required for taming |
| Ammonite Bile | Required for taming |
| Sap | Required for taming |
| Black Pearls | Required for taming |
12:10 - 13:00
11. 🐘 #5: Deinotherium - Boss Fighting and Resource Farming
- ✅ Boss Fight: Excellent knockback, deals with Dionicus minis and vultures well.
- ✅ Farming: Farms wood, thatch, and berries extremely well.
- ✅ Taming: Separate from pack, use beer and dancing.
13:01 - 13:32
12. 🔥 #4: Fire Wyvern - Strongest and Fastest Flyer
- ✅ Location: Same trench as Ice Wyverns.
- ✅ Utility: Strongest and fastest flyer on the map.
13:33 - 14:33
13. 🚜 #3: Carcinos - Farming with Auto-Harvesting
- ✅ Location: Underground in the aberration zone.
- ✅ Taming: Catapults or cannons, prefers exceptional kibble followed by spoiled meat.
- ✅ Utility: Excellent farmer, especially with auto-harvesting settings.
- ⚠️ Breeding: Cannot breed.
14:34 - 15:38
14. 🪨 #2: Rock Drake - Wyvern Egg Stealing and Red Zone Farming
- ✅ Location: Underground rock drake trench.
- ✅ Utility: Stealing wyvern eggs, farming red zone drops, general travel.
15:39 - 16:35
15. 🦖 #1: Deinonychus - Best for Boss Fights and Caves
- ✅ Location: Chalk Hills biome.
- ✅ Utility: Best option for boss fights and cave running.
- ✅ Abilities: Fast, can jump, cling to targets, climb walls, glide.