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Argentavis
Dossier Argentavis

The Argentavis (Are-jen-ta-vuss) is a species of Creature in ARK Survival Evolved.

Basic Info

Dossier

  • Wild: Lording over the skies across the island, Argentavis atrocollum has few aerial rivals. It is a small consolation for the island's other avian Creatures, then, that Argentavis seems to have little interest in anything alive. Although they are not interested in many animals, Argentavis will attack any human within sight making them an aerial threat to many humans with basic equipment.
  • Domesticated: Argentavis is actually slower than the far more common Pteranodon, but it has significantly more Stamina, and can sustain flight for approximately three times as long. This makes them the best Creatures on the island for traveling or hauling Cargo over long distances.
  • Known Information: Quite apart from what I would have guessed, Argentavis does not have the stooped neck typical of modern buzzards and vultures. It is unknown if it adapted this stronger neck to deal with predators on the island, or if its lineage comes from before the stooped neck became common in carrion-eating birds. It is a highly aggressive creature, willing to chase players long distances for simply being within its vision.

Behavior

Argentavis will attack the player by swooping down with their claws. They are scavengers, so they will be attracted by dead bodies from a surprising distance away. [1]

Appearance

Argentavis is a vulture like creature with brown feathers. It has a sharp beak and black feet with long talons, which are its primary method of attack. Does come in multiple color variations however it seems that the brown one is the more dominant one out of the colors.

Drops

Base Stats and Growth

Attribute Amount at Level 1 Increase per point
Health Health 290.0  +75.0 
StaminaStamina 750.0  +75.0 
OxygenOxygen 150.0  +15.0 
Food Food 2000.0  +200.0 
Weight Weight 350.0  +14.0 
Melee Damage Melee Damage 20.0*  +21.0% 
Movement SpeedMovement Speed 100.0%  +2.5% 
Torpor Torpor 650  +? 

*The absolute Base Damage is shown here instead of the percentage (always 100% at Level 1).

Taming

Level 1 - Level 30
Animals above level 30 will require additional resources to tame.

Time

Taming a Argentavis can take between 1.5 to - 3 hours depending on the animal's level and your taming strategy.

Resources

Preferred Food

Note these are approximations, always bring extra supplies!
Carnivores always prefer Raw Prime Meat!
Resources vary depending on animal's level and your taming strategy!
Updated as of Patch v180.42

KO Strategy

They aren't as fast as the Pteranodon and they will attack you, so it's relatively easy to take them out with tranq arrows. Just be on the look out for surrounding animals, Argentavis tends to spawn in the same area that you can find Carnotaurus.

Utility

Roles

  • Damage: High damage output.
  • Transport: Great for long distance transport.
  • Flying Mount: Can fly....

Collectibles

Flight

Flying a Argentavis uses similar controls to movement on ground level with a few exceptions. Quirks :

  1. Will only move forward upon command. With no forward command issued they will eventually stall to a halt and hover in mid-air. Even while not moving Argentavis lose a small bit of stamina just to stay aloft.
  2. Feeding Stimberry or Stimulant to a Argentavis in-flight can allow you to fly for longer periods, but the stamina gain is minor at best and very inefficient.
  3. You can 'sprint' in mid air aswell although the animation of faster flapping wings is not showing while flying straight up or down.
  4. Landing is accomplished by moving close to the ground, using your assigned reverse command, and when you have stalled press spacebar. You will dismount, your Argentavis will land, and walk a short distance away before coming to rest. Performing the All Stop Following whistle right after jumping off via spacebar will make the Argentavis stop in almost any case immediately.

Note : Tamed and unridden Argentavis do not lose stamina while sprinting to keep up with a player running or riding another dino. - You can use this quirk to carry large amounts of weight quickly with a Argentavis set to follow.

Notes/Trivia


  • Before Version 176.0, Argentavis was actually capable of regaining stamina mid-flight. All one had to do was stop flying forward and wait a while for the stamina to refill.
  • After 175.0 Argentavis can pick up players and dinos, too. Same like the Pteranodon, he was the only one against which possessed this ability before.
  • There is a typo in their dossier where it read "to best creatures" rather than "the best creatures"

Gallery Screenshots

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