Ark Basics - 6 Best Dinos to Tame for the new Kibble system!

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[jra]

1. Dodo
2. Raptor
3. Ankylosaurus
4. Argentavis
5. Rex
6. Hesperornis - Golden egg

[shanem]

For the smallest possible kibble farm
Basic: dodo
Simple: compy/dimorph
Regular: ichthy
Superior: moschops
Exceptional: theri
Extraordinary: yutti

[ronggu]

For superior kibble, don't use argy. Use a moschops. A low level one takes 1x tintoberry!

[iansmith]

*PRO TIP FOR ANY NEWCOMERS HERE:* You do not need 6 different dino types for your kibble farm!
Any dino that you can tame with kibble, can be tamed with the tier 6 (light blue) extraordinary kibble.

So for example, an Ankylosaurus is a tier 3 kibble dino (i.e. it prefers regular kibble). However, you can use tier 4, 5, or 6 kibble, and it will be just as effective. The unwritten rule of this current kibble system is that wild dinos can be tamed by their kibble tier or any tier above them. An Ankylo can be tamed at max 100% effectiveness with a tier 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 kibble, but not with anything lower than its tier. An ankylo *cannot* be tamed with max effectiveness if you use a kibble tier that is lower than its given tier (i.e. tier 1 or 2 kibble).

So don't use all that space for 6 different groups of dinos, each with different kibble recipes and eating trough requirements (i.e. herbivore, carnivore, piscitarian (dinos that only eat fish), or scavengers (dinos that only eat spoiled meat). Instead, use that space for a larger number of tier 6 dinos, like the golden egg hesperornis, or (what i use) Yutyrannus's. Because it makes crafting the kibble much easier in so much as to keep track of and keep in stock all the necessary ingredients, leaves more room in your refrigerator storage for other items or a greater stockpile of tier 6 kibble ingredients, and you save time by only having to care for 1 dino type instead 6 different ones.

P.S. If you don't think you can produce enough extraordinary kibble to tame all your future dinos, you can set up a second larger farm using the space you would have used for 2 or 3 other kibble tier farms, of tier 3 dinos only (regular kibble) and use that for all your tier 3 and below tames. So, this way, you can save all your extraordinary kibble (tier 6) for the tier 4, 5, and 6 dinos only, instead of using extraordinary kibble to tame something like a dodo or a parasaur.

As for your garden, if you do not have a lot of space for one you can stack your crop plots on top of eachother. I suggest only stacking large on other large, medium on other medium, and small on top of other smalls. Do not put different size plots in the same stack.

[a.k.c]

Jokes on you pal, I play ARK to ride a Spinosaurus!

[Sam-ezki]

I love that basics is branching beyond just creature specifics

[Spills]

Being a solo player it is certainly welcome to have a smaller kibble farm.
Love your vids buddy 😁

[danag]

I know that this vid is older, and I just wanted to let anyone who came here for info that the Extraordinary Kibble can now be made with Yutyrannus eggs. Everything else is spot on. Keep up the great work, Phlinger!

[nightdagger]

Figures, I spent 45 minutes last night dragging dead fish to a duck and then dragging the duck around murdering a whole river full of fish to get golden eggs for making extraordinary kibble for a few Thyla tames....and today? The couple dozen Yuty eggs I have sitting in the fridge would now have done the same thing.

[Wtalck]

v294.101 - Set Yutyrannus eggs to be usable with Extraordinary kibble recipes

[neverlandonearth]

The raptors have the added benefit of being small and you can line them up butt first. That kibble is essential for taming bees. On 2x taming event speed it takes only 1 simple kibble and it’s an instant tame. For Ankys, I made a single row of trap door frames (no doors) over top of a high traffic area of my base. It takes some positioning to get it right so the eggs fall through the trap door, but after that, you just pick up the eggs when you walk through the area.

[lhammonds]

You failed to mention that oviraptors boost egg production and thus could replace raptors for not only laying eggs but boosting all other dinos around them. My list of the 6 dinos for egg farm matches yours except the Yutyrannus is now in the special egg class.

[Synthia]

I went with terror bird for the regular just to save some space, you will always get extra eggs from other tames anyway. Also easy way to get the big eggs for exeptional kibble early game is to take a flight close to the main river, there are always enough brontos dropping eggs on the shores ;)

[jackcuolo]

For regular I know they are annoying to tame but I’d say icthyornis because their easy to mass breed they are really useful to swarm stuff and I feel like they just lay a lot of eggs

[PriestessShizuka]

I'd probably use Therizinos and Yutys for exceptional/Extraordinary kibble because they both fit in a nice 4-wall high kibble house build and also fit through the four-wall high dino gate. :D

[lebrunt]

I think you undersold the Theris. They lay loads of eggs and most tribes have a line. Specially pvp servers. Cheers m8. Very informative video.

[flyingmollywhop]

Unless im missing something, if you get wiped as a solo player, this kibble system screws you over.

[waelsalah]

for superior kibble i suggest you use moschops as they're easy tames, but argentavis are definitely gonna be must tames in any playthrough. :)

[TizonaAmanthia]

Ahhhh, nifty! I'm in agreement with the raptor, over trike. since...I feel like a smaller dino means you can have your egg factory more compact. you could easily fit at least six raptors in the space of one trike. huh? But by that logic, you could totally fit at least four terror birds in the Anky slot. alternatively, Turtles would be an easier tame.


*extended: the arguement of "you already have these dinos might as well get eggs from them anyway. is a good arguement. But it doesn't intrinsically answer the question of what is the best. if, other dinos had enhanced egglaying rates like the Dodo's that would give them a leg up, or were easier tames like the Turtle should give nearly equal mention. For me, I'd probably prioritize a smaller, more efficient egg factory, and thus would likely favor Therazino's for the exceptional eggs over Trikes. [I kinda like the tickle chicken, as well.]


It's a great video, and lots of useful info, but you're being a little biased on your view of that arguement of what you already have a lot of.

[Taocat]

I've had a Rex since fairly early in the game. Amazingly she has never given me an egg....but she's pretty!