Dredanox Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Hey just a simple question^^ I read here: http://ark.gamepedia.com/Mantis That I can tame a mantis with spoiled meat... Is it realy Possible or do I have to kill deathworms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerOne Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Heya, According to http://www.dododex.com/taming/mantis Deathworm horns are the only source of food they will take in order to be tamed. However I do know that they prefer spoiled meat over raw meat to feed them when tamed so it could be in relation to that. In my experience all the mantises i've tamed have been with DW horns, if you're on a multiplayer server then you can probably ask in global to trade for Horns, I know a few players on my server do so. If i get time to test it however I will as im quite interested haha so I will update if i do Happy hunting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dredanox Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 Would be nice if you test it^^ I just cant believe that they even discribe how many you need, feeding interval etc. If you cant do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlatinumCore16 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Not possible to tame a mantis with anything except horns. They also eat regular meat, not spoiled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eswimm Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 1 hour ago, PlatinumCore16 said: Not possible to tame a mantis with anything except horns. They also eat regular meat, not spoiled. They actually prefer spoiled meat to raw as food. Both work though, they just burn through raw meat faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addict Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Hello . Mantis can only be tamed using deathworm horns. You can feed them spoiled meat after tamed. Taming one its very easy, use bug repelant and they wont aggro. GL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadgerOne Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 As addict said, I can't use spoiled meat to tame one as it wouldn't give me the option to feed it i guess shoving DW horns up its butt is the only way to make it like you haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlatinumCore16 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 14 hours ago, eswimm said: They actually prefer spoiled meat to raw as food. Both work though, they just burn through raw meat faster. I have to disagree because when I mine metal with my mantis, there are beasties that waste my time, so I end up with a bunch of meat in the inventory of the mantis. When the food spoils I'm left with large stacks of spoiled meat that are never eaten, but it will eat raw meat immediately after I kill something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlatinumCore16 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 14 hours ago, Addict said: Hello . Mantis can only be tamed using deathworm horns. You can feed them spoiled meat after tamed. Taming one its very easy, use bug repelant and they wont aggro. GL While I agree it's not very difficult, they will still aggro if you get up close enough, even with repellent. They will also aggro on any vultures or other dinos in the area, so take a wyvern with you, clear out the area around them and stay on the wyvern while you are waiting between feedings. This way if anything gets close enough you can kill it before the mantis aggros on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eswimm Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 8 hours ago, PlatinumCore16 said: I have to disagree because when I mine metal with my mantis, there are beasties that waste my time, so I end up with a bunch of meat in the inventory of the mantis. When the food spoils I'm left with large stacks of spoiled meat that are never eaten, but it will eat raw meat immediately after I kill something else. They eat the raw meat first because it fills less food than spoiled meat. They won't eat spoiled meat until their food drops low enough to consume it. The same things happens if you fill a trough with berries. The herbivores will eat the other berries as soon as food drops low enough and never eat the mejoberries. Spoiled meat replenishes 50 food on a mantis. Raw meat replenishes 15. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlatinumCore16 Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 2 minutes ago, eswimm said: They eat the raw meat first because it fills less food than spoiled meat. Then won't eat spoiled meat until their food drops low enough to consume it. The same things happens if you fill a trough with berries. The herbivores will eat the other berries as soon as food drops low enough and never eat the mejorberries. Spoiled meat replenishes 50 food on a mantis. Raw meat replenishes 15. That's fair, but why doesn't it eat the spoiled meat at all if that's all that's in its inventory? I'm moving and burning stamina, so it should be depleting food enough to eat it? I'll do some experimenting tomorrow night and get back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eswimm Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 6 minutes ago, PlatinumCore16 said: That's fair, but why doesn't it eat the spoiled meat at all if that's all that's in its inventory? I'm moving and burning stamina, so it should be depleting food enough to eat it? I'll do some experimenting tomorrow night and get back to you. It should, I wasn't aware of the actual values until I went to one of my hungry mantis and tested putting 1 piece of raw meat or spoiled meat in its inventory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonaldReagan Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Yeah only horns will work. But eat some cactus broth and slap on some bug reppelant and your aggro range will be zero. Its pretty clutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint75 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Yea I wish could tame them with something else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belerofontes Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 On 3/12/2017 at 3:47 AM, RonaldReagan said: Yeah only horns will work. But eat some cactus broth and slap on some bug reppelant and your aggro range will be zero. Its pretty clutch What he said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namai Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 It is also helpful if you have a complete gillie clothes. Then they will not really see you and you can walk behind them. press also C. This will helps too. And if you are 2 members and have a wyvern it will be more easy. Grab the mantis and stay stay with the wyv in the air close to the ground. then the other one can easily tame it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunners Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Time to get me some horns!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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