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ARK: Survival Ascended - Taming and Using the HelicoprionThis video provides a comprehensive guide on taming and utilizing the new Helicoprion in ARK: Survival Ascended. It covers the creature's unique abilities, taming process, and its role as a mobile smithy and blueprint converter.
1. 🦈 Helicoprion Overview: Size, Saddle, and Key Features
- ✅ The Helicoprion is a new dino added to Ark, roughly the size of a Megalodon.
- ✅ It features a unique pirate ship-themed saddle with various decorations like a wheel, dodo trophy, anchors, bones, and an ammonite.
- ✅ The saw in its mouth is used for important features that will be covered later in the video.
00:00 - 01:23
1. 🦈 Helicoprion Overview: Size, Saddle, and Key Features
- ✅ The Helicoprion is a new dino added to Ark, roughly the size of a Megalodon.
- ✅ It features a unique pirate ship-themed saddle with various decorations like a wheel, dodo trophy, anchors, bones, and an ammonite.
- ✅ The saw in its mouth is used for important features that will be covered later in the video.
01:24 - 03:33
2. 🎣 Taming the Helicoprion: Gathering Resources for Ratfish Treats
- ✅ To tame the Helicoprion, you need Ratfish Treats.
- ✅ The ingredients for Ratfish Treats are: 10 Ammonite Bile, 4 Tusoteuthis Tentacles, and 6 Giant Bee Honey.
- ✅ Ammonites can be found on the ocean floor and killed with a hatchet or dino.
- ✅ Tusoteuthis are giant squids found all over the map and are trickier to kill, requiring a strong dino.
- ✅ Beehives can be found on redwood trees and rocks, but be careful of the queen bees and worker bees.
03:34 - 04:28
3. 🛠️ Crafting the Helicoprion Saddle and Finding the Dino
- ✅ To craft the Helicoprion saddle, you need 250 Fiber, 75 Metal Ingots, and 400 Hide.
- ✅ The saddle can be crafted at level 91 and costs 50 engram points in a Smithy.
- ✅ Helicoprion can be found at deep depths underwater on most maps, but sometimes a little higher up.
- ⚠️ They are not aggressive unless attacked.
04:29 - 08:21
4. ⚔️ Step-by-Step Taming Guide: Using Supply Crate Items and Ratfish Treats
- ✅ To tame, you need an item from a supply crate (not crafted).
- ✅ Drop the item nearby, and the Helicoprion will sniff it out and eat it.
- ✅ Instantly press 'E' to get on the Helicoprion, sitting on its fin.
- ✅ Wait for it to become tired and hit the prompted buttons quickly.
- ✅ Have Ratfish Treats on you; otherwise, it won't allow you to tame it.
- ⚠️ If you mess up, you'll need to let it out of aggro range and restart the process.
- ✅ Repeat the process of feeding it items from drops and hitting the prompted buttons until it is tamed.
08:22 - 09:24
5. ✅ Post-Taming: Saddle, Level Requirement, and Potential Issues
- ✅ Once tamed, put the saddle on the Helicoprion.
- ⚠️ You must be level 91 to tame the Helicoprion.
- ⚠️ There may be issues with passive taming and level requirements.
09:25 - 11:51
6. Abilities Showcase: Bite, Tail Whip, and Surface Jump
- ✅ Left Click: Average bite animation.
- ✅ Quick Turn: Underwater, quickly change direction by looking a different way and hitting the button.
- ✅ Right Click (Tail Whip): Can knock dinos unconscious.
- ✅ 'C' on the Surface: Makes the dino jump out of the water.
11:52 - 13:30
7. 🛠️ Saddle as Smithy and Blueprint Conversion: Turning Items into Blueprints
- ✅ The saddle functions as a Smithy, allowing you to craft anything that can be crafted in a regular Smithy.
- ✅ The Helicoprion can turn items into physical blueprints.
- ✅ Success Rate: Determines the chance of successfully converting an item into a blueprint.
- ✅ A higher success rate means a higher chance of the item turning into a blueprint instead of breaking.
13:31 - 15:30
8. Blueprint Conversion Details: Item Restrictions and Conversion Process
- ⚠️ You can only convert items that you get from drops, not crafted items.
- ✅ To convert, put the item in the Helicoprion's inventory and select "Convert Blueprint."
- ✅ The conversion time depends on the quality of the item.
15:31 - 16:58
9. Ammonite Buff and Final Thoughts on the Helicoprion
- ✅ The Helicoprion has a buff for ammonites, making it immune to their pheromones when 'H' is held down (Divine Spiral).
- ✅ It can kill and harvest ammonites much quicker and get more resources.
- ✅ The Helicoprion is an overpowered dino and one of the best additions in a long time.