ARK: Phiomia – How to Tame, Feed and Breed!
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Find out everything you need to know about the Phiomia in our guide to ARK: Survival Evolved. But also how to catch it, tame it, feed it, and also raise offspring.
You can find the Phiomia on every ARK map, almost everywhere.
This is the Phiomia in ARK: Survival Evolved
Looks: The Phiomia looks like an elephant mixed with a pig.
Wild: The Phiomia is a peaceful herbivore that just roams the map. If you attack it, it will instinctively flee.
Domesticated: With the Phiomia you have a mount that you can already ride at level 5, which allows you to transport heavier things right at the beginning of the game.
How to tame the Phiomia in ARK
How to hunt the Phiomia: First, hold down the Phiomia with a bola, which will prevent it from escaping. Once it’s set, you can shoot it with a bow or crossbow with tranquilizer darts until it’s unconscious. Alternatively, if you want to catch the Phiomia very early in the game, you can aim a slingshot at her head. However, you have to be careful not to inflict too much damage on him.
How to tame it: Once it’s unconscious, put berries or kibble in its inventory and feed it to tame it. To keep the stun value high when taming, it is best to use narcoberries or narcotics. Usually the Phiomia is tamed quickly.
How to craft the Phiomia saddle
To craft the Phiomia Saddle you need to reach level 5 and spend 6 engram points to unlock the recipe. To craft you will need the following resources:
How to feed a Phiomia in ARK
Once you’ve tamed your Phiomia, it’s important to know what she likes to eat. Phiomias are herbivores, which makes food choices easier.
- staple foods:
- Ingredients: Extra Small Egg x1, Boiled Meat Jerky x1, Boiled Meat, Boiled Fish Meat, Fiber x5, Mejoberry x5, Armaberry x10, Tintoberry x10, Water x1
- Ingredients Cooked Meat Jerky: 1x Cooked Meat, 1x Oil, 3x Sparkpowder
- vegetables
- Berry
- mejoberries
- fresh barley
- soybeans
- fresh wheat
- dried wheat
How to grow Phiomia in ARK
How to prepare for breeding: If you have a male and a female, build a pen large enough for both. Place both dinos in the pen and set them to roam from the command menu. Alternatively, you can also switch directly to “Pair”, but then a player must always be nearby, otherwise the pairing breaks off due to the rendering.
The breeding interval of a Phiomia is 18 to 48 hours.
If you play with the default settings after a successful mating, the female Phiomia will be pregnant for about 10 hours. After these 10 hours you can welcome the little Phiomia baby into the world. As a baby, it then needs another 5 hours of your attention, during which you have to constantly put food in its inventory. Pay attention to the embossing intervals every 8 hours to tease the greatest potential out of the baby.
Once it has reached juvenile status, it can feed itself from troughs. The total ripening time is about 2 days and 1 hour.
Beginner tips for breeding in ARK can be found here:
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