Top 10 TAMES You NEED for ARK: The Island (Community Voted)

[@michaelweitzel10]

I think the early game tames get overlooked. It's really hard to build momentum without something like a trike or raptor. The good foundation allows the rest to stand tall

[@ashgcy]

I was definitely surprised that the trike/stego didn’t make the honourable mentions list at the very least. Trikes especially are the first mounts you tame that let you feel a bit more confident exploring on foot, by timing their knockback attacks you can kill things without getting too hurt in the first place

[@GPXBrent]

I love the dino progression in Ark. Going from a raptor, to a bary, to a thyla for example, or going from a Trike, to a Stego, to a Theri, is just so much fun. You might not use trikes and raptors after the early game, but they are the foundation your entire playthrough stands on.

[@sparkygameryt8748]

I’ve beat the island and never used a trike or raptor as they feel really useless for me….

[@michaelweitzel10]

@@sparkygameryt8748 how boosted are your rates?

[@obama_man9933]

I never find raptor very useful, they help you get around but they just can’t really carry much, and trikes are just slow, iguanadons I think are the optimal early game tame

[@barthelms7681]

Need a mount to pack around anky for metal/crystal runs? Get an argy. Need someone to pick up and drop soon to be tames of smallish size? Get an argy. Need to pack an insane amount of weight a long distance? (If a bit slow) get an argy. Need to kill alpha raptors and carnos? Get an argy. They are friggin wicked

[@yaboijai122]

Imo the Argy is the best Flyer in the game easy and fast to tame

[@VeganWaterr]

The only downside for me is that its so slow

[@barthelms7681]

@@VeganWaterr agree lol

[@You-vv1xv]

Pteranodon/Griffin is better if you have soul ball mod and a stack mod like i do.

[@danumanuban]

​@@yaboijai122 desmodus is better

[@feralcyborggaming1531]

People always forget the iguanadon. They're fast, have a bipedal stance they can jump in and can get the seeds from fruits. A farmer's best friend and all around work horse.

[@jenathan76]

Also: the ability to run without stamina drain in quadruped mode. Level up speed and they essentially The Flash.

[@Andrew-yq4vb]

I normally pass up decent raptor to snag an Iguanadon. Sure they dont have pack boosts, but they are way more versatile :)

[@raccoondogzz]

iggys are one of my fav early tames in the game

[@theyammi437]

The perfect starter tame

[@s.a.m7297]

wait it can jump?

[@busterbeef221]

For any of you wondering, Joshua Trees are the trees that look like they have hair or something (youll know them when you see them) that provide sap that, to my knowledge, only spawn of Scorched Earth at least when it comes to story maps.

[@rl9217]

I love the island for being one of the only maps alongside the Center to be dominated by just prehistoric creatures. I really like the fantasy creatures on the dlc maps, but I like the primal feel the island has. What I also like is how diverse this list is, we got 3 mammals, 2 birds and a bunch of dinos. I hope species diversity is an even bigger thing in Ark 2. I hope everything on this list gets and overhaul or appearance update of some kind in the sequel, all such iconic extinct creatures that really deserve to play as big a role as they can in Ark 2.

[@ikbik6613]

The center has wyverns (Right?)

[@Finn-pz8hc]

@@ikbik6613 Nope. Wyverns first appeared in Scorched Earth, none of em on the Center

[@Sour_Editz._]

@@Finn-pz8hcand the island doesn’t have them either (at least I think they don’t)

[@mochiboot6502]

"There's more fun to be had with the dodo than meets the eye." Stunning and brave of you to say that! Been thinking this in private for years myself! Glad to see a major content creator feels the same.

[@Hiimdave427]

ngl, sarcos are underrated, great early choice for silica pearl harvests, good movement speed, not to mention its damage, and its pretty cheap to tame, especially the saddle part

[@AnarchySin74]

I had a whole sarco army one time. I went down and got wrecked so. Got a baby mount and whistled the 15 sarcos I hatched to follow and everything that came close was killed eaten and fueled my army and ranch of many many more. Lol I made the herbivore island into sarco, rex and raptor island. Lol 🤣

[@keremylmaz8423]

7:59 I actually tamed a therizinosaur with berries :) Edit: I actually tamed three more of them with only berries and veggies. I even bred them and now I have around ten therizinosaurs that collect wood, thatch and berries for me :D

[@initiumnovum4552]

And a lot of narcotic drink xD

[@tobymiller-g5i]

Same

[@keremylmaz8423]

@@initiumnovum4552 No, a lot of narcoberries instead or it won’t be a 100% berry tame 🤣

[@flameybox]

:)

[@DisAGamer680]

@@keremylmaz8423 i never really used dododex and i cant remember how i tamed them but i apparently was just shooting them and using narcos because i never knew they narco drained so hard even at relatively low level

[@gepard-7854]

The bit about the spino being "a great choice if you can find one" hitting hard considering I recently replayed and beat the Island and trying to farm it's apex drop drove me a bit insane with how rare it spawned. The skit about the mammoth's drums got me pretty good as well haha. Good list as always. I'm curious whether the carcharodontosaurus will shake up the island's meta once it releases and become a new top tier tame. Wouldn't mind another good boss runner, assuming it will even be able to go into the arena's

[@LeoTheYuty]

Kill them on sight throughout the game, it's the only way

[@yaboijai122]

When Carcharodontosaurus gets released Ark Veterans would probably tame and use them as boss Runners but would be banned from boss running later on like what they did to the Giga

[@You-vv1xv]

All you need to do is murder all the fishes in the rivers. That’s why they’re so common after a dino wipe. In fact they are so common they would probably beat a rex in the common factor. Only problem is you’ll probably need something like a griffin to effectively swoop through (advantage for mobile players) otherwise it is very inefficient and ineffective. Or you can just block the fish spawns. I don’t think there’s much fish in the spino/karkinos river in abb, that might explain why they’re writhing there.

[@LeoTheYuty]

@@yaboijai122 Hopefully not, considering the reaper and shadowmane also can fight bosses.

[@AdamGamingARK]

@@LeoTheYuty yes but for the reaper it wasn't without cost. since reapers don't take their 80 percent less damage in arena. so its really just the name of the reaper without its potential. so if the carcha is really a giga opponent/alternative then it will either be banned from boss fights or it will get a HUUUGE nerf in the boss arena this is if the carcha is really as strong as the giga

[@Saberark]

Is anyone here in 2024 I need to know

[@NurseSavage]

Yurr

[@johnnyislas3869]

👍🏼

[@OliverDolar-o8b]

@@NurseSavageyurr?

[@unbendedurchin1821]

Just got the game after mastering dayZ and Rust

[@PizzaGuy170]

Right here

[@accidentpronewes3415]

This was very true! The Argy is almost irreplaceable for it's utility. The Thyla is one of my favorite creatures for running caves and over all mobility. Can't wait for the next one, Raas!

[@gigga7334]

Just use a wyvern if you're not on ldl or a beginner server.

[@newzealand1706]

Happy to see more top 10s from you raas. Keep it up!

[@ramonalavigne8953]

Yay! Already have one of these! I found a low level Spino swimming around a river near my starting base. Was still a nightmare to take down though. My personal favorite so far is the Sarco though. I just think that they are so cool :)

[@Joisey11]

I'm surprised the humble Trike didn't even get an Honorable Mention. Consider that: 1) The Trike is ubiquitous on every map and easy to find on the beach areas that Players start out on. 2) The Trike saddle is one of the earliest you can make....AND without a Smithy or Fabricator! 3) The Trike's ability to gather berries, including Narco and Mejo berries, makes it the Gateway Dino to taming all other Dinos. 4) Leveling up a Trike makes it a decent multi-purpose tame, able to haul lots of weight with the ability to defend itself.

[@Nefurious50]

Agreed. Trike has always been the early game king for me.

[@gamerghxst]

I’ve been saying that the Quetzal needs a fabricator jet saddle forever. That would’ve definitely put it in the top 10 if it had it.

[@Dumb_Thing]

That would be too op man

[@nada-nada-1234]

nah make it a tek quetzal jet saddle, that makes the quetzal move super fast but uses up element and drains stamina faster@@Dumb_Thing

[@Nefurious50]

@@nada-nada-1234 that would be a good balancer

[@altairmiles154]

00:26 Mammoth 01:53 Megatherium 03:27 Dodo 04:21 Spino SOTF 05:46 Baryonyx 06:52 T-Rex SOTF 07:48 Therizinosaur 09:26 Yutyrannus and Daeodon SOTF 10:40 Thylacoleo SOTF 12:00 Giganotosaurus SOTF 12:07 Pteranodon 12:15 Moschop 12:21 Argentavis

[@bob-tg8kj]

you the real hero

[@tranngockha6562]

Thanks

[@RazielSchnitzel]

I'd place the Baryonyx higher personally. I usually take 4 high level Barys and ride one, have the other 3 follow me. This is great for cross-map travel and spelunking. Especially since they're an all-terrian dino (for ark that means Land, Sea and Caves).

[@ssaribay]

The Otter should have been on this list. Both the bary and the thylo are cave divers. Meaning, you should only focus your energy on one of them to get the maximum benefit of the tame. Therefore, you'd have to throw one of them out of the top-10 and include the Otter. Although the Otter's ability to keep you warm and incubate eggs are valuable, holding more artifacts makes it the king for caves (especially for those who want to clear all 3 levels of the bosses).

[@redacted3828]

Surprised the otter didn’t make it

[@LeoTheYuty]

Man, I just wish the spino got a ghost skin during Fear Evolved. It's just so disappointing that the rex gets an alpha, a skeletal, a tek, and a ghost variant while the spino gets like Aberrant and that's it.

[@TheRealFortMaker]

Im suprised that the anky, doedic, and casteriodes wasnt on this list. Anky are the best dino for metal runs and flint farming, and doedics are the best for stone farming, and the beaver is good for wood, but still not as good as a mammoth. my go to plan is to get armor, tools, weapons, and a pt, then go to nearest mountain get metal, make logneck rifle and scope attachment, and then make an argy trap, and then go to the best place to find argys, the redwood mountain. you can also find ankys nearby as well and it is also a great spot for metal and crystal. and since most people including me spawn in the south beaches, the redwoods are super close so its not a far fly over there.👍👍

[@N00BT0X1C]

Surprised I didn’t see Direwolfs. Get a pack of 4-6 of them (all over lvl 175+) and you can beat just about anything on the island. They also don’t require a saddle to ride.

[@ashgcy]

Joshua trees are the trees with lots of overlapping dried leaves along their trunks on scorched earth. Kinda funny that lots of creatures gather sap from them well, but don’t live on that map!

[@steelenowicki4744]

Thank you for these vidios they help so much with knowing which dinos to tame becuase i was at a stand still with what next to tame

[@drachenklnd]

Good list Otters, Trikes and Sarcos are definitely some good early tames you shouldnt forget about.

[@SwissChez]

And dilos. If u get like 4 or 5 ur set for defending against early game threats

[@rasmusjakobsen6970]

​@@SwissChezThen i rather tame a raptor. Much better and easy to tame

[@SwissChez]

@@rasmusjakobsen6970 yes its better but not easier. Im talking level 1-15

[@rasmusjakobsen6970]

@@SwissChez I mean when unlock bola you can just bola the raptor and just use a slingshot. Its always my goto strat.

[@Nefurious50]

Yeah except otters are early and mid and late game. They are indispensable as a shoulder pet in the harsher climates with higher temperature extremes.

[@MidnightDarkness666]

Thylas are the go to for the Artifact of the Devourer cave. Rock up to Carno Island on a boat, park it just off shore, check the coast is clear, run inside the cave entrance, swim through the short underwater section, jump straight down to the bottom, grab artifact, fight your way back up to the top and congrats. Maybe you should do a ranked list of the hardest caves on The Island?

[@alfredkarlsson1477]

love these kind off videos!

[@otawa921]

Didn't know spino was rare. There was 1 arround my base and was always in my way while trying to explore.

[@Final-thoughts]

I see like 30 a minute

[@Shsudejdufuruf]

@@Final-thoughts same

[@hooktraining3966]

if i fly down one river system i will see MINIMUM 5 spinos they are not even remotely rare idk what this vid is talking about

[@Nefurious50]

Otters definitely gotta be on the list. They are so indispensable in the harsh climates with horrendous temperature extremes.

[@AbhaySingh-bg6lg]

And they harvest silica pearls. As well as being able to carry multiple artifacts

[@metarrychrismasu]

already know all the points, but this gives me comfort watching the old videos i used to watch again.

[@Lrrss86]

“It ain’t easy being this much of winner, Ark 2 better watch out.” -The argy after getting the number 1 spot in so many top tens

[@vincentkroeker5409]

I love your vids man keep it up

[@vit-t680]

So early it’s only in 360 p

[@kadenceflorence5179]

You should make this a series. like the best dinos for each map. Abberation could be like: Spino, Drake, Direbear etc

[@Russelliousnessful]

I got a level 51 spino very early on and it has been the tank/heavy hitter and it's one of the only dinos i feel comfortable exploring with.

[@VOider11123d]

felt the same till a giga said hi to my base

[@SwiftShotMillion]

Very entertaining video, and very informative and to the point.

[@Sir.Cosmic]

I generally love most of these dinos in the list, but it again remembers the times with my brother taming so many creatures and he especially loved the thyla while I was with the bary or saber, hunting caves and we didn't know that creative mode or cheats even existed that time. Back to the topic, Clark, do not stop making top 10s they're so entertaining and the island has so many creatures that you could just enjoy. DLCs aside, I'll ask my bro if we will beat the island once again like good days.

[@claudioestevez1028]

Besides the Argentavis, it's difficult to pick a top 10. There are even creatures that ride on your shoulder that are incredibly useful.

[@drakemyers4444]

The island is my favorite map, with a close second being scorched earth. My top ten from my experience is: 1. Otter 2. Argentavis 3. Equus 4. Hyaenodon 5. Yuutyrannus 6. Thylacoleo 7. Mammoth 8. Quetzel 9. Doedicuris 10. Rex Otter is too useful especially in the cold and water as well as cave runs. Argy as a flyer and potable smithy is invaluable. Equus as a portable mortar is too good to pass up. Hyaenodon is a portable food bin, which to me is invaluable. Yuty and Mammoth I use both for bossing and the Mammoth insulation in cold is also invaluable. Thyla is just an amazing mount for getting around and spelunking. Quetzel is my favorite flatform mount. A portable sky base, yes please. Doedicuris is my favorite harvester for hard resources. And Rex, I'll never forget my first one. I was 30 levels to low for saddle so I had to walk it around and kill a lot of things to bring it home but it didn't disappoint later on. After finding a good female, I bred maybe a dozen full imprint Rex's and dominated the main boss with a yuty and Mammoth I would alternate between.

[@oskaruniewski7808]

I like that Giga didn't get to even 10th place, but dodo is on 8th place. Dodo is the must have tame in ark!

[@ChaoticCreed]

As someone that didn’t get into ark till the pandemic I’m interested to see a pre TLC/vanilla/old kibble system Top 10 creatures

[@Lukazade244]

Tapejaras are good, if you can bola one that is, I managed to find one glitched into a tree.

[@slickus]

Love these top 10s after work

[@tornadopro1836]

Neat video raas, but what the name of the song

[@niklasscholz3648]

Sarcos are very underrated

[@ToxicXACE]

Love ur vids raasclark🙂

[@Spiney09]

Everyone who didn’t vote for Argy, next time let’s consolidate our votes on Dodo so we have a new top bird.

[@Peaceful513]

Respect to Raasclark for putting dodo in 8 place 💯👍🗿

[@Atomerbomba]

The iguanodon is too underrated -fast (only on 4 legs though) -inf stamina (again only on 4 legs -good weight for early tames -saddle unlocks really early -can fight (or run) Seriously this thing is godly

[@stevendeslauriers1369]

I value both Ichtyornis and Moschops as early as possible personally. Chops just get everything you need super early (Both fiber and berries) And Ichtyornis are just invaluable imo... getting prime meat from any random fish and Dodos... That combo lets you tame just about anything you want very early with no saddle required! (Especially carnivores, too bad herbivores need a greenhouse to tame effectively... -.-) Overall, my go 2 tames within the first couple of levels!

[@the_brain_sphere]

4:04 that's exactly why dodos went extinct. They disappeared only recently because they were very friendly to humans and humans considered them stupid and killed for fun

[@D3STRUCTOR_]

Oh, there is no daeodon in the list. I think it should been because daeodon makes things heal REALLY fast, even if the creature is missing a so much HP because the daeodon heal is % based.

[@jman3267]

Waiting for that 30k tame to heal is a nightmare without a heal pig.

[@D3STRUCTOR_]

@@jman3267 Ikr, like, what the hell community, the megatherium made it into the list, but it is only good for very limited things while the daeodon is good in any situation. Bossfight, cave dino, etc.

[@amile3643]

Would love to see a top 10 Caves or Boss Arenas

[@TheChaos791]

Aaaah Nostalgia ! Remember my first adventure on the Island like it was yesterday but gosh it was painful to find high level creatures.

[@candruw]

great vid as always

[@AnathemaMysticalcel]

I like how when he is talking about spinos he says, "great tame... if you can find one!" Dude, if you need a spino they always drive me away from my starting base... barely get a campfire up before it's breathing down my neck.

[@legendslayer3957]

Top tier list Probably the best one i've seen .

[@enoughofyourkoicarp]

Argies are amazing, I had to set up a mining fob in PVE and carried an fjordhawk on my shoulders, tools in inventory, an anky with a bunch of metal, an otter in the beak and a whole base in the argie's inventory, it didn't feel like it should work, I basically flew a whole operation clown car style half way across the island, it was surreal.10/10 would proxy again.

[@Beefbossthefirst7846]

Ive been playing ark for a few days now and ive been slowly moving farther up the island and at the time of this my main dino is a sarco and i came here looking for a fast and powerful dino that can get me an argentavis and a mammoth and the thyler seems like the right thing for the job so thank you very much!

[@DeinoSarcosuchus]

'Tickle Chicken'? That name is so much better than 'Danger Floof' Nice one!

[@AdamGamingARK]

I'm really surprised the basilo didn't make it even tho its the best underwater tame ( not the strongest) but still the best. other than its an amazing list. I agree the argent (only on the island) really deserves the first spot

[@shxvos2372]

may i ask what's so good about the basilo?

[@hooktraining3966]

definitely a beastly and not very difficult tame but I think the tuso will outperform it across the board. prehistoric whales are my favorite and I always look for a basilo for underwater caves but as soon as you get a tuso you shred the biggest baddest alpha mosas

[@ashgcy]

Another cool trick with argies is how piss easy they are to tame. If you let a wild one eat a corpse before it starts running away from having too much torpor, and manage to KO it while it has the rapid healing buff, it’s food will plummet, letting you tame it very very fast. Same trick works for daedon and the pigs hunger debuff.

[@spencerswart9227]

I would've like to see the basilo in top 10, as it's a super easy tame and super overpowered in the ocean just rare spawns on the island

[@Luka_MK]

The argy is the ultimate tame

[@fistfightersclub]

So glad my favorite tame is number 1. Argy is soooooo useful and for me a need on Ark maps.

[@owlsniper8476]

Me and my friend tamed all of these in the beginning of our world... but as we advanced, we killed all of our tames and decided to get a army of ovis instead :)

[@tizipzaza5700]

For me was Bronto my favorite good for clearing plot for building😊😊

[@leviwoodward6188]

The tuso is crucial for underwater traversablity and gatherering like black pearls,silica pearls,underwater caves and the oil it produces.

[@ChimeraGirl_]

I find it hilarious how the Dodo always makes the top 10 in every Ark Tuber's video. lol

[@somerandomdudei_i]

I am playing the island right now and this was so helpfull

[@NiveusFrost]

Love the Yuty. By far my favorite Dino in the game and in real life. Sad to see it go as I'm pretty confident it will not make it to ARK2 but one can still hold on to hope. Glad to see it make the spot it did.

[@yourhonestbro217]

Why will the yuty be gone it's a unique dino not like everyother dino like rex spino giga they all are same

[@NiveusFrost]

@@yourhonestbro217 Most likely due to it being a very close resemblance of the rex just with more feathers. It's gameplay mechanic in ARK1 is what made it extremely popular. However that mechanic if reintroduced could be put on a new more unique looking creature or dinosaur. I would still love to se the Yuty in ARK2 myself.

[@AdamGamingARK]

yeah the yuty and the theri needs to exist in ark2. it would be sad if they go

[@Hskevdievrlse]

Perfect for my starter tames

[@mrhawk3394]

i really hoped the mammoth was higer after all all the dinosaurs are very well ranked in this video but the mammoth deserved to be higher since its really satasfying to farm resourses

[@rl9217]

“What a great list, couldn’t have thought of any creatures that are more iconic and loved by everyone…so this means we’re gonna be in Ark 2 right?” -Every creature in this list waiting to appear with a new look and abilities in an Ark 2 trailer

[@joeking2961]

surprised the beaver didnt make this list they too have a very nice and handy saddle like the argentavis

[@KaidynReynolds]

So actually fun fact about my first playthrough, I was on the island level 1, Oh whats that in a the distance a spine. let me go investigate, got about 20 feet away when i heard something to my side, it went into the tree line so i had lost sight of it, a spinosaur that hasnt spotted me yet, i layed down hoping it would go away, and it started attacking something, i decided to run, that didnt work it bit me or something. and that is my first death in the game, within like 5 minutes of starting

[@Michael467012]

I'm always getting around with an Argy and I will often have a cryo'd rex ready for quick deployment in emergencies. Sarco seems to be my go to when getting around in the water. I miss the online gameplay, though.

[@SecretoMagico]

I think 2nd place is well deserved for the Thyla, I love the marsupial kitty very strong, fast, and powerful. I fully recommend getting yourself one of these bois you’ll never regret it.

[@lucabovolenta1887]

i fall in love whit your top 10

[@МетоМинчев]

Thylacoleo is actually a prehistoric australian marsupial - closer to a kangaroo or a wombat than cats...I heard its the source of the ''drop bear'' myth in Australia.

[@Ooferboi_studios]

Guys! Your forgetting about beelzebufos. They can go super fast in water and has a poison,torpidity attack and don’t forget there super powerful jump! The best early game mount, a great mid game animal and a okay late game animal And they can insta kill any bugs,leeches

[@Empress_of_Death]

4:07 this is why Dodos went extinct

[@cosmic7639]

I made this list in the shower the other day😂

[@cedriceichenauer4490]

I am honestly surprised that the Ankylosaurus wasn't even mentioned, since it is essential for metal farming.

[@grazzhopper6799]

Happy to see my favorite tame make it on the list, even tho it's in 10th place.

[@bred8847]

Im so happy today is friday, so i can tackle some of these tames

[@miyamotomusashi5480]

me no like Therizino, always hunting me down... good stuff Sir RaasClark got the Thyla, and gotta say One is really loving it

[@Noname05733]

I personally like a carno and meg in the early game with a pterodactyl one for the waters one mean carno machine and a scout bird too look around but a parasaur and trike are great too !

[@rospogamer]

list of dinos I have: Dodo Therizino Rex Baryonyx list of dinos I dont have: Mammoth Megatherium Spino Yutyrannus and Thylacoleo

[@iKnownot999]

I can't believe there's no mention of anky or doedi

[@robloxian-z7n]

i love the Baryonyx because of its speed and stamina, it can out run a raptor, kaprosuchus, and easily, a sarcosuchus

[@robloxian-z7n]

and also i love how he said “joshua trees, what the hell are joshua trees?” on 8:59

[@Lazy_dharmA]

@08:58 that was unexpected from you🤣

[@shaunsmith9013]

Argies have always been my fave even before the rework

[@CeratoGamer]

Amei este vídeo me ajudou demais

[@jodinim6508]

At 9 minutes in you ask, so, Joshua trees grow in dry areas of north america. Southern California, for instance.

[@AnarchySin74]

Quetz and rhynio (idk if i spelled that right) the beetle is by far my favorite flyer.

[@Kjetilstorm]

I am terrified of tickle chickens, when I see one early game I just know I'm going to die...

[@daan9094]

Very specific question, can I ask where you got the term “ticklechicken” from (you called the therizino that)? I heard a Dutch youtuber call it that in Dutch. Is it a common nickname for theris in the ark community?

[@Floofypoof6443]

Argy FTW - always my go to babu.

[@DiaborMagics]

Hyper car-nivore. LMAO xd first time hearing that.