25 Dino Tips & Abilities You Didn't Know About! - Ark: Survival Evolved - Tips And Tricks in 2021

Hey guys! In todays video, I'm going to be sharing with you 25 tips, tricks and special abilities that certain tamed dino's have in Ark! The tameable creatures of Ark have many different unique features that a lot of people don't know about, these are just a few of them! I hope you enjoy and learn something!
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[@kiddas2701]

Hey guys, I was a massive Bob with the last tip not riding the Diplocaulus, I didn't feel like my original 25th tip was good enough so went for this as I knew they gave oxygen and never even thought to try and ride it in the water! My apologies, but in other news, thank you so much for all your support on the video and channel, you guys are amazing!

[@creepser1140]

Good video

[@somebodynow_6731]

I was about to say lol

[@massivediamond1807]

I new them all

[@somebodynow_6731]

@@massivediamond1807 You don't know how to spell.

[@massivediamond1807]

No hehe

[@cel5106]

Another good thing to add is that the dimetrodon is a best friend of people who are breeding. When you upgrade a dimetrodons melee and put an egg next to it it acts like an air conditioner and high level ones can also easily hatch wyvern eggs so no need for a lot of fires or air conditioners

[@thesuperninja2291]

you do have to baby sit its torpor for like an hour tho and give it a ton of narcos

[@LokiGodOfTime]

@@thesuperninja2291 right?? Little drug addicts lol

[@LokiGodOfTime]

@Topsey Crets I’ve never tried that.....I’ll have to give it a shot

[@tapejara1507]

thats huge man

[@greendan01]

Only problem with that is dimetrodon's are cancer tames. They wake up so fast and have low torpor, so you can't even cheese the buffer. Plus besides that, they're really no good for anything else. I used to have to tame them every new server I went on, just for eggs (because their kibble was one of the imprinting food choices).

[@ironcounty912]

I actually didn’t know some of these most of these types of videos go “DiD yOu KnOw YoU cAn RiDe TaMeD pArAsAuRs”

[@ilikemusic4575]

Wait you can I didn’t know that

[@ilikemusic4575]

Wait you can I didn’t know that

[@QuartzGhost]

Fun fact: Ark starts with the letter A

[@lukasgossman3052]

WHAT

[@coldair4450]

@@QuartzGhost omg 🤯

[@voidago7341]

Holy crap! A ark video not made 4 years ago!! Subscribing purely because of that (and, ya know, good content lol)

[@kiddas2701]

Thanks a lot man!

[@hum6309]

Dang but does he still read his comments 4 Months Later

[@seven-dh3vw]

theres 1000s of new ark videos wdym dude literally like 10 or more video every few hours come out for ark

[@f.e.dassociated9137]

@@seven-dh3vw I think he means explained or going into context of newer or older features in the game that most daily ark content creators rarely do because it’s already been covered before as well as content that has been updated or changed, it wouldn’t be a very useful video if the tips were from 4 years ago and the topics have been altered in the game

[@lordfreeza1]

lol 4 years ago ark was slightly differnt

[@TheDoomclaw]

one more tip about the diplocaulus- you can actually ride them and they are really fast, they also act as a permanent oxygen source while you ride them (as long as their oxygen supplies last). To ride them you have to select it in the gear wheel though so it's a little clunky at times

[@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830]

Easily best way to get oil as low level without scuba unlocked on the Island, trilobites barely give any and snow region is too hostile and cold at first. Just don't try to engage anything by any means.

[@cmshottie62]

Isnt this a tip that everyone knows? Like it's the description of the dino?😂🤦🏽‍♂️

[@moreteaplease8942]

@@cmshottie62 no, it's rare to find anyone that opens the wheel and looks to see what dinos can do. So nobody even tames diplocaulus on any server I've ever been on.

[@dirtydish6642]

Diplocaulus can also swim backwards. Good luck finding other swimmers that can do that.

[@DeadlyPlatypus]

I wish they would fix the ride mechanic for the diplocaulus. They need to pick a different key-bind to get oxygen from it and retain "E" (or whatever your normal "Ride" button is) as the "Ride" button. They also need to make it so you can mount one as long as you're within something like 20 meters of the water. It's often too hard to tell if you're in water deep enough to ride on. I love diplocaulus, but they can be difficult to use just because of the interaction mechanics.

[@hankhasemeier6887]

Upgrade to the achatina paste farm: achatinas also drop paste on the ground passively so tame a minimum of 8 achatinas and place them on wandering in a 2x2 cage next to a gacha. The gacha will pick up the paste the snails drop on the ground and as long as you have a 8 or more snails, they will produce paste faster than the gacha can eat it. If you have 10-15 snails you'll have more paste than you'll ever be able to use. Couple weeks after building my base I had 3 dedis full of paste and eventually just disbanded the farm completely as I didn't need it anymore

[@andrewvarcoe4741]

Can't do that unless you get a gatcha and the production needed to feed sweetcakes to the snails is nit worth, use them for storage for organic polymer and have a trough with sweetcakes or put two in inventory and pump weight and food amounts, boom stores buttloads of organic polymer and increases the expire time as well.

[@hankhasemeier6887]

@@andrewvarcoe4741 the gacha thing I already mentioned in my post. And you don't have to feed the snails all the often. Once a week maybe. And if you already have veggies going then cakes are extremely easy to make. You can make a couple hundred cakes in like 10 minutes

[@andrewvarcoe4741]

@@hankhasemeier6887 ya noticed after the comment so figured I'd leave it, never really noticed the speed snails eat, makes it a bit easier. On ark being ark, the mammoth water hose lol a winter animal thats good for desert areas, why not eh. Shows how many people PLAYED the game, they discovered fun stuff like you did, heh the lasoo is usable in pvp and if I'm right, I do pve because of issues lately and someone who has been bullying and bothering me a lot lately, the person lives where I live and they creep on facebook pages and bother in online games a lot. Oh good tip for honey, if you use bug repellant or are wesring a tek suit, you shoukdn't be harmed by bees.....also you get buttloads of honey if you catch a bee and make your own hive, filled one with 60 rareflowers and got about 45 or more honey from it full. Too bad the game is dying, would love to be able to keep playing with new maps or cool adds and fixes, sigh as long as my ps4 lasts I suppose.

[@hankhasemeier6887]

@@andrewvarcoe4741 bee hives are good for honey but the best place to farm honey is the bee cave on crystal isles. Can come honey with a slot cap of honey in about 5 minutes no problem as well as a shit load of soft poly if you want to make a couple trips

[@andrewvarcoe4741]

@@hankhasemeier6887 na, I got two hives and a fjordur hawk teleportal bed lol fjordur honey caves are packed full and reall easy to get to, tons of polymers,chitin and clay.....wicked cave.

[@kristijanveljaca1687]

11:00 Pro tip, carry one of these while riding a pteranodon and once the pteranodon runs out of stamina jump of, make it follow you and wait for a little bit for it to regen its stamina while you fall slowly and then ride it again

[@RollieRhino420]

Who knew we'd be getting a better version

[@LitoYTB]

A tip for people that didn't knew. You can actually pick up Gasbags with a Wyvern and it reduces the weight a lot! Which is huge if you are farming resources.

[@slenderman4788]

One more thing about the Spino's water buff: It also increases their health regen and their turning radius. Although the latter is not that relevant since you can turn on a dime if you have to using bipedal stance.

[@NintendoPolitics]

A few things to add: 1) Sickles are great for prime fish meat harvesting, and 2) you can ride the Diplocaulus but you have to be in the water to do so (cannot ride on land)

[@lcfishing859]

What ok I’m taming one

[@NintendoPolitics]

@@lcfishing859 They are basically a scuba tank + flippers

[@britinc1984]

That diplocal thing i didnt know

[@daggawagga]

Sickles are great for prime fish meat unless you are harvesting a megalodon corpse; in this case use a metal pick and you will get tons of prime fish meat

[@ainsleyayliffe9619]

I've been playing ark for 4 years and I didn't know some of these. Definitely a change from the usual tip videos. Normally they are like "did you know people die when killed"

[@TheGayling2]

I didn't know about the Magmasaur breeding but i knew the rest. Really good list for newer players, good mix of early and late game stuff. Also i hate how much people dismiss the Icthyornis just because the wild ones are annoying. Its the best early game shoulder mount imo especially on pve.

[@LokiGodOfTime]

It really is but the fact that they eat most of the stuff they steal from you.....makes me wanna kill ‘em all lol

[@TheGayling2]

@@LokiGodOfTime oh yeah, i hate them all except my one haha

[@tikurai4970]

@@LokiGodOfTime if it just would be "Most" of the stuff.. they eat just everything

[@Snakue]

69 likes:)

[@KingOfCha0z]

They are good for regular kibble farms, small size and lay a good amount of eggs, however, I don't think they are that useful in official pve, in single player and unofficial, they are useful.

[@Fantastic_Mr_Fox]

I just discovered your channel, I love you're pretty much the only person with good tips videos. Also noice intro. How'd you only have 1.4K?

[@kiddas2701]

Thanks a lot man, means a lot! Were growing! :D

[@tozzie5164]

But Kiddas is better

[@Fantastic_Mr_Fox]

@Anton Thaci yeah I like him too ^^ but it's just that so many things just don't have any videos on them.

[@ShaveyaHead]

1. Raw Fish also heals Baryonyx more, 7.5 heath per fish as opposed to Raw Meat healing carnivores 5 health 2. Glowing fish obtained by the Ichthy bird will give higher taming effectiveness than normal fish when taming Otters and Hesperornis.

[@g3synth205]

The Baryonyx heals a significant percentage of its health just by eating a living fish (like a Coelacanth or something) in the water. Much faster than manually feeding them fish, if you have some nearby.

[@warpboy101]

DUDE. These a great tips. I've played ark for years and you still threw a ton of info my way.

[@OldGamerzNeverDie]

Always good to see another Ark vid, this game has been so frustratingly fun for so many years. Definitely has soaked up a heck of a lot of my evenings!

[@AnimeFan4Eternity23]

Wow, I actually didn't know about the Fire Wyvern/Magmasaur thing, or the Mammoth water spray thing! Those are really cool to know, thanks for the tips! :)

[@VladKov36]

Past early game a Pela is insanely good for polymer from penguins, it attacks and harvests in one hit. Also harvesting non-adult penguins yields significantly more polymer.

[@7bup425]

How much polymer do they get?

[@SilverBullet9mm]

This game is so complex, I only knew a few of these, great work!

[@KrazzahU]

The magmasaur one was incredible NICE! I didn't know 16 of them. Very interesting love the vid!

[@fledglingbodhisatva4821]

Lots of good info I didn’t know. Appreciate the work you put into this.

[@kiddas2701]

Thanks a lot man, means a lot!

[@perceivedvelocity9914]

Definitely good tips. I didn't know that you could use a Fire Wyvern instead of lava. That's great. I would like to add onto what you said about Rare Flowers. If you want to tame a Tapejara you need Rare Flowers. If you use them the Tappy will follow you right into a trap.

[@astralguardian5930]

Yeah, also if you can sneak up on them a Bola works wonders. Since like a Pteranodon they can be bound up, but since they are very skiddish that can be tough. So the Rare Flower trick you just said, or even just going "Metal Gear" with the Gullie Armor can make it much easier.

[@roserichards1460]

@@astralguardian5930 I'm going to use the term "Going Metal Gear" for the rest of my life now.

[@astralguardian5930]

@@roserichards1460 I mean Metal Gear is probably one of the most well known stealth games. So comparing a stealth option in a game to it is fair.

[@westleyduff845]

He said exactly what you saying lol

[@jeffcolbert2019]

A Bola and Ghillie will work great, but it requires the Tapejara to be on or near the ground. That also means you are stuck with taming it where it is with whatever dangers there are nearby. I prefer using a flier on passive to get close enough, consume a rare flower, then kite the Tapejara to a nearby cliff or other safe spot of my choosing. I then jump off and bola it. You can, of course, use a trap, but the bola works fine. This is especially useful when they are flying at an altitude halfway to the moon with no intent of coming down any time soon because something frightened them earlier.

[@nigesgamingchannel9699]

That was excellent, mate. I only knew two of those, so thanks heaps!

[@evilsithlord8489]

Good tips for beginners. An old hand, such as myself, should already know most all of these.

[@Fantastic_Mr_Fox]

Unless, like me, the noobs wiki everything they see ^^ I'm not joking the most useful tool in ark is... the wiki.

[@Fantastic_Mr_Fox]

@Velocity Wdym?

[@jeroenr4524]

worth mentioning is the kangaroo needs a mate boost for the pouch to work this way

[@osr6447]

he mentioned it

[@CripCookin]

The agility of the archeopteryx makes it perfect for gliding down the volcano in genesis to get ur first magmasaur eggs. Will definitely be using him now since I don't have a magmasaur and I'm not good with a bloodstalker

[@JosiahRigatoni]

Saving this vid too, for when I'm able to utilize these tips. Solid video

[@drakl710]

Thank you! Using these tips in my new play through. Would love you to watch!

[@mr.turtle3585]

I was kinda expecting another one of the vids that say “10 [insert whatever] that you’ve never heard of” but I only got about 14/25. Congratulations, think your the first KZbin video in a while to exceed my expectations of it lol

[@yozza4978]

Great tips, i only knew a few of these...and yes alpha raptors are the psychopaths of ark lol..they were a pain in the ass early game.

[@Garidoes1]

That equus lasso trick & mortar/pestle saddle info is definitely news to me!

[@larry3083]

some good helpful tips! thanks man!

[@JarlSeamus]

I did not know Sarcos don't draw agro from piranha, I also didn't know you could lasso an unconscious dino, so thanks for that. All your points are great tips for new players. And evidently 2 of them for more seasoned ones as well.

[@DaddyOdinson]

Just to add, with an archaeopteryx, if you spam exit and enter your inventory (B glitch) you can increase in altitude while flying. This can even be done while both the player and tame are over encumbered

[@juliastockman1132]

Finally some stuff I didn't know thank you

[@Tyronethehuman]

This is the first tips and tricks video that I've actually learnt something new for a long time.

[@Bloo_M]

I've seen someone doing an overseer solo run using the archeopteryx to go down in the tek cave. it's cheesy, but seems to work

[@kuasiellesius7991]

If you have access to a wing suit (chestpiece enhancement from aberration) that does the trick as well.

[@funklie5847]

I linke ur content hope u continue doing it

[@ryanbruguiere7869]

Thanks for all these tips dude keep up the good work!!😁❤️👍🦖🦕

[@rh11071]

ive been playing ark for 1200 hours and i didnt know half of these tips this was a really helpful video. keep up the good work

[@TheBackyardXeno]

Here’s a tip for all players! Iguanadon, when on all fours, it has infinite stamina! Although it’s a while before you get the saddle. It’s worth it! Especially for long travels. Up its weight and health and your all set to go. Unless you want to use it for fighting.

[@srtumo]

To farm cement: steal from the beaver houses, they will attack you instantly but if you have an argentavis, it's very easy and helpful

[@Garakuda45]

Or almost any carnivor

[@srtumo]

@@Garakuda45 nah, i dont kill beavers they are swag

[@Garakuda45]

Well I do

[@golldur7796]

I kill them to

[@aarongull5]

I prefer to lay down a sleeping bag near the beavers and let them kill me. Then respawn and take the paste from your corpse without them attacking you.

[@WeFilmInColour]

I didn’t know a single one of these lol 😂 great video!!!!

[@yetiarmy9109]

I was actually just about to breed some magmasaurs for basilisk taming, glad I saw this video first!

[@viixby9481]

Spino actually has a tighter turn radius when bipedal, so it turns faster on two legs not four.

[@KillThrill-xh3lo]

Also with the diplocaulus # 24 when you both are swimming you can assess the wheel and ride the diplocaulus also receiveing constant oxygen supply, I usuly lvl speed, some oxygen and health into this awesome tame

[@josecervantes6499]

Thank you so much for your hard work mate!!!

[@dg4720]

Some of these are really dope tips, I’m impressed. (Some of them are the main functions of the Dino, though.)

[@duckcow198]

Pelagornis also is pretty good for polymer and has 80% weight reduction

[@charlieligon1417]

If you cryo a growing creature that wants comfort food that you can’t get, it will change to another type of care

[@psychostasis6404]

Pretty evenly split on what I knew and what I didn’t know, really nice video btw I’m both entertained and impressed. :)

[@4.0.4error2]

Trying to learn some new things about ark while I clean. A nice little video thank you.

[@OnlyTrueFlame]

I knew most of them except the magmasaur breeding, that one that actually surprised me! Here's some more hidden features to dinos that appeared in the video: - Dunkleosteus can harvest oil and metal rocks, pretty much an underwater anky! - Archaeopteryx when set on wandering in the redwoods or near the joshua trees on scorched earth will start passively collecting tree sap in it's inventory from every tree it lands on - Diplocaulus 1-shots trilobites and harvests them with the same single bite. That makes them amazing chitin/silica/oil harvesters in early game, especially that a pteranodon can carry them.

[@mgcarrigan]

Some of these blew my mind. Also Alphas can't eat a kill. Kill other predators, drop off a prey animal it will attack. While it's busy shoot until it's low then take your dino in to finish it off for XP. If you attack and eat the kill the alpha is free to attack you.

[@Floomer222]

Didn't know a fair few, good video

[@BrownieBomb]

I actually didnt know most of these, thanks man!!!

[@VladKov36]

Tip 1 can be improved. Cooked meat of the right variety works slightly better for both healing and raising hunger (i.e. daedons)

[@5310yryr]

4:30 your crypod fact is cool and all but to expand on that it goes to 8 percent from 5 if u have them in the cryo fridge not just the pod. Cheers

[@jackfredricks6223]

Word of warning though, any exp you have "stored" on a dino in a cryopod will be lost if you transfer it to a new map.

[@bigoog8112]

I’ve been playing ark for years and learned a few things from this vid. Great content man you’ve got my sub keep it up

[@unluckyluchiano6092]

Wow, I actually didn't know one of these, good job

[@cyanide7270]

I knew all 25, but then again ive got over 8k hours under my belt since the early alpha days all those years ago, so dont think it really counts lol The Ichthyornis used to be the very first thing i aimed to tame after it was first introduced. It used to give ONLY prime whenever you sent it out, so it was incredibly invaluable until you could get into the mid-late game.

[@girlartist1105]

ive always known about their cool ability but i still hate them and pegos more than any other dino

[@Fantastic_Mr_Fox]

I knew about the harvesting levels because I wiki everything I see. Sorry to disappoint ^^

[@MarkyNoMates]

My knowledge of Ark dinos improved dramastically, cheers!

[@KZNer_Drag0n]

Thanks for the tips!

[@DestructoDino]

Great vid, just you said spinosaurs don’t turn as fast on 2 legs but that’s as it can 360 spin so it’s not right. Edit: also you can ride diplocaulus underwater.

[@amrits2496]

I can boast I know all of these. If you can do a veteran version, highly suggest you do. It will be fun

[@kiddas2701]

Amrit, you're a pro! Il do some research!

[@amrits2496]

@@kiddas2701 Noice

[@TheOriginalTaytay]

I've been playing ark for years now and I still managed to learn a few things from this video

[@sinisterzero7053]

I learned a lot from this video and reaffirmed facts I already knew good job on the video and keep up the good work

[@dhost3911]

The real king of the ocean.. the Tuso

[@Jeremy-sh4jt]

Wrong it’s the moeder

[@Blacturne859]

@@Jeremy-sh4jt nah shed technically be the queen

[@Theaveragewatcher]

No it’s that one oversized Colecanth

[@yeeterboi741]

@@Theaveragewatcher i was saw one i was shocked at how huge it was compared to the typical small ones you see

[@Barbatos_Lupus_Rex_2705]

Wow I only knew like 3 of these! Thanks for not being like “dId YoU kNoW yOu CaN tAmE a TrIcErAtOpS?”

[@deoxnl]

This is a great video. I used this tips for my ark content.

[@drgrockster]

some really good stuff here :)

[@nlght1887]

You know youve been playing for too long when you know all of these lol

[@chloestrauch6590]

I've been playing for 7 years

[@nlght1887]

@@chloestrauch6590 i haven't been playing that long, mpre like 4-5 years

[@Karin029_]

@@chloestrauch6590 Don't you mean 6?

[@tdsmith916]

Man I been playing for a long time and this was very informative great work.

[@jamesshawcross3656]

This is a great video, I knew all of these except the sarco thing!

[@EvilNecroid]

all this time i never knew the sword was better then a club for penguins

[@harrytilbury7633]

i can confirm i knew 0 of these

[@legandarylords4783]

Instantly noticed the TangoTek intro music as ur intro!! Noice!

[@seanyboy9455]

great tutorial because you didn’t fluff it out and got straight to the points , keep it up your growing

[@kiddas2701]

Thanks a lot man!

[@GR-dw9nm]

Meanwhile I just go to the ice river in the north for silica pearls 🤣🤣

[@nicholastaylor8401]

Good quality video with actual useful tips, hard to find that for ark

[@chiku1337]

Daamn, Im just getting back into ARK and knew almost none of these tips! Thanks for making this video, really helpful

[@nikodemgaach4859]

I had no idea about those beelzebufos. It was very helpful

[@Rocky-or4rz]

Amazing I knew none of these, thank you

[@houseguest4534]

Thank you for taking your time to share these liked an subbed

[@kiddas2701]

Thanks a lot dude!

[@calebtomllinson5104]

One of the best person for tips

[@dinhscot]

Bro, very helpful.. thank you

[@ibaliderpface421]

Epic video, undrrated man.

[@swoopy9577]

awesome video dude

[@dyland2773]

Well done man. 👍

[@CreepyMcSteezerson]

beautiful game shots

[@LokiGodOfTime]

Well, I actually learned a few things. That’s awesome

[@dragon-stars2237]

Thank you very much for this video very useful 😄

[@tabookozube6766]

I Appreciate your videos. You're one of the few ARK YTers who isn't breaking their neck spouting annoying catch phases and constantly asking for people to like, comment and subscribe.

[@JamesTyranski]

Yep this was great. I did NOT know a lot of these.

[@rickcharlespersonal]

The fire wyvern-magmasaur tip blew my mind. On the other hand, I main Spinosaurus and know that thing better than the back of my hand. A very interesting mix of tips, some I knew some I didn't!

[@pyro_clause900]

Knew a lot but some new tips for sure. Thank you. Biggest one to me was the fact you can laso and drag Dino's on an Equis. Cheers!

[@lhammonds]

Thanks. Been playing this game for years. Did not know about #4, #5, #6, #16, #23

[@dominikmeril1720]

First video i saw from you and i must say i like you😌. You really give tips that i didnt kbow at all

[@kiddas2701]

Thanks a lot dude!

[@LegendaryINDIAN55]

thanks a lot man knew many things now for a better GamePlay