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As requested in the comment section, we are going to take a closer look at the Griffin

The Griffin is a medium sized creature that has its origin in legends. Their appearance is best described as a hybrid with a body and hind legs of a lion while their wings, head and front talons show large resemblance to an eagle.

Griffins are very aggressive predators that can only be found on the Ragnarok map. They are most commonly found on the plains and mountain ridges surrounding the small lake just north of the green obelisk. On occasion Griffins are also reported to spawn on the cliffs near the Beaver sanctuary just east of the Viking bay castle.
Griffins are easy to spot due to the cloud of dust they create with there wings while flying close to the ground.

Griffins are rather strong opponents and don't appear to take any bonus damage from ranged weapons that other flying creatures do. Fortunately, wild Griffin attacks don't inflict as much damage as other flying creatures. Griffins are also easily distracted, and prone to switch targets. A flying Griffins attack can easily be avoided due to their large turning radius, which makes attacking them with an Argentavis that has a decent melee and stamina possible. Using a flier to kill a griffin can however be a time consuming undertaking due to the Griffins large health.

Survivors that don't have access to a decent flier can also use ranged weapons or pikes when a griffin attacks from the ground or circles a survivor at short range.
Using a mount with an attack that has a wide area of effect and decent damage output like a T-Rex can be very effective when attempting to kill a Griffin.
Survivors will have to keep in mind that there can be other hostile creatures in the area, such as the Allosaurus, Carno or Terror Bird.

When killed a Griffin can be harvested for raw meat and hide.

The easiest way to tame a Griffin is to make it follow you into a taming pen with a flier or on foot. A simple taming pen made out of door frames or pillars will work as long as it is closed of with ceilings so the Griffin can not escape. When trapped a Survivor can knock out a Griffin with tranquilizer arrows, darts or shocking tranquilizer darts

The Griffin being a carnivore can be tamed with al kinds of meat and fish however they prefer Allosaurus kibble, raw mutton, raw prime meat or raw prime fish meat

Even though the Griffin needs a lot of tranquilizers to be knocked out, they only require a relatively small amount of narcoberries, narcotics or bio toxin to keep their torpor up.

When tamed, a Griffin does not require a saddle to be ridden. They do however have the ability to carry a rider and a passenger, both the rider and the passenger will be able to make full use of their weapons when mounted on the Griffin both on land and in the air.

The Griffin is a land and air predator. When on the ground a Griffin can do a bite attack by pressing the right trigger on your controller, when airborne this attack will make the Griffin claw its opponent. This attack is not extremely powerful however combined with the Griffins maneuverability it can devastating for your opponent.

A Griffin can also pick up survivors and small creatures like Otters and Compy's with its front talons by pressing the left trigger on your controller while flying or hovering over them.
Keep in mind that on official pve servers wild animals can not be picked up.

Even though the Griffin has a large turning radius they are extremely agile and can easily outmaneuver most creatures in the game. Their ability to escape from danger with a high speed dive can be very useful when fighting a Wyvern or to use during an escape while stealing a Wyverns egg's. This maneuver can be performed by pushing the left joystick forward while looking at the ground. Performing a dive will drain a Griffins stamina. The same maneuver can also be turned into a dive bomb and used to attack land based targets, this can be done by lining up a target right below your griffin, pushing the left joystick forward and diving vertically on top or close to your target. This will cause your Griffin to pound onto its target. When done correctly the impact of a dive bomb can kill smaller creatures in one hit. A dive bomb can be abborted by pressing the left joystick on your controller even while already diving.
Survivors will have to keep in mind that the Griffin must be sprinting and that the dive has to be vertical to be turned into a dive bomb, survivors that are using a weapon while mounted can not perform a dive bomb.

A Griffin can also perform a diving swipe attack in order to inflict an even higher amount of damage. This can be done by using the claw or right trigger attack when hitting a creature coming from a high speed dive. This dive can be repeated when pulling up after clawing the target and does not have to be vertical as long as you have enough speed. Survivors will have to keep in mind that both the dive bomb and the dive swipe will drain a Griffins stamina rapidly.

The Griffins ability to hover or move in any direction also make it a very useful mount to place walls and ceilings in hard to reach places. This ability can also prove very useful when collecting giant bee honey from bee hives.

In my opinion the griffin is a very useful mount for both pve and pvp servers. It's ability to carry 2 survivors make the Griffin an essential mount for taming purposes while it's maneuverability and speed make it a mount not to be underestimated. Performing a dive bomb or dive swipe can be devastating for your opponents when executed correctly, they might however take some practice at first. Survivors will have to keep in mind that hitting a tree whilst performing a dive bomb can result in your Griffin taking considerable fall damage.

That concludes our spotlight on the Griffin
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