Aberrant Otter
Variant · 12 maps
What Aberrant Otter harvests from nodes
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MetalEach hit on a node generates resource drops. The game randomly picks a resource from the loot table for each drop. Higher melee depletes the node faster, which can reduce total drops. The "best" melee is where you get the most drops.
What you get harvesting corpses with Aberrant Otter
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Raw Prime MeatEach hit on a corpse generates resource drops based on damage dealt. The game randomly picks a resource from the corpse's loot table for each drop. Higher melee depletes the corpse faster, which can reduce total drops. All dinos get the same resource distribution from a given corpse - the difference is total drops from base damage.
The Aberrant Otter, a tamable, piscivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended, is well-known across multiple maps. Classified under the Variant group.
Dealing 106% base Melee Damage, the Aberrant Otter brings solid damage output to the table. With 38 base Health, the Aberrant Otter is very frail. With 180 base Stamina, the Aberrant Otter has average stamina. A base Weight of 30 means not built for hauling.
This is a passive tame: no tranquilizers needed. Get close without startling it, then offer food from your last hotbar slot. Its preferred food is Raw Mutton.
As a tame, the Aberrant Otter is valued for its harvesting efficiency, collecting key resources faster than most tools. Killing a wild Aberrant Otter yields 4 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.84 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.