10 Hardest Dinosaurs & Creatures To Tame In Ark: Survival Ascended
The various dinosaurs and other creatures in can be converted into useful mounts for exploration and combat, but some are much harder to tame than others. The size and aggressiveness of a creature are only two small factors that could determine how hard it is to pacify. Some dinosaurs take a much longer time to tame, requiring you to complete tasks or hunt down specific items.
Although most creatures can be tamed by knocking them out, you get better bonuses from beasts you tame when you do so non-violently. This could include raising them from infancy or following them around and feeding them their favorite food until they are friendly with your character. While many creatures tamed early in are easily won over without violence, later dinosaurs aren't so receptive.
One of the more annoying creatures to tame is the Shadowmane, a cat-like creature that resembles a saber-tooth tiger with feathers. This beast is extremely aggressive, attacking you if it ever spots your character getting near it. This makes it difficult to tame, as you can't follow it around easily without getting noticed.
While you could attack a creature to knock it out for taming, this will decrease its Taming Effectiveness, limiting the strength of whichever beast you're trying to tame when it becomes a friendly mount.
To tame a Shadowmane, you have to collect Fish Baskets and feed them to it while it sleeps. This is the only non-violent way to tame the creature, but Fish Baskets take a while to fill completely, so this process can take a long time. Furthermore, you have to do this multiple times to fully tame a Shadowmane, meaning you'll have to find it sleeping soundly more than once.
The Amargasaurus is a spined dinosaur that you can only tame by hunting with it while it is still a wild animal. Obviously, this raises some issues, as the Amargasaurus will attack you on sight if it perceives you as an enemy. You have to find a way to trick this creature into thinking you are part of its pack before
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