Royal Griffin

The Royal Griffin or simply Griffin is one of the Creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile.

Behaviour
Many fly around Far's Peak awaiting a respectable survivor.

Appearance
It is a hybrid with a lion's body, tail, and two hind legs, and with the wings, head, and talons on the two front legs of an Eagle. The females are noticeably larger.

Combat
This section describes how to fight a Royal Griffin.

General
They fly around the mountain, occasionally landing. Most of the time they can be found at the base of the mountain, usually with several partners, but they can be found alone as well.

Strategy
Probably the best way to tame or kill a Griffin is by building a trap out of 5 dinosaur gateways and 2 gates at each end. From there, it can be tranquilized or killed.

Weaponry
Ranged weapons such as or s work nicely. They can do a good amount of damage if the survivor is not respected by them.

Danger
They do lots of damage to survivors that aren’t respected by them.

Weakness
If the survivor is respected, the Royal Griffin cannot deal damage to the survivor. Using a quick flying mount works well too.

Preferred Food
Griffin Kibble is more effective to tame a Royal Griffin than Allosaurus Kibble.

Taming Strategy
One way to tame it is to have s and s (s and s will work too but Royal Griffins can damage wood), place the gates close enough to each other so nothing can get out, then put the doors on both of the outer gateways, when you are flying on a mount make sure there is enough distance to fly above the trap then land behind it quickly, if done correctly the Griffin is likely to be trapped. Then KO it with Tranq darts or arrows. Use Soothing Balm for good taming and instant tame with Griffin Kibble.

A level 300 eats 5 Griffin Kibble with 10× Soothing Balm. A level 437 eats 8 Griffin Kibble with 10× Soothing Balm. A level 18 eats 9 Allosaurus Kibble with 15× Soothing Balm. A level 28 eats 17 Allosaurus Kibble with 10× Soothing Balm. A level 10 eats 7 Allosaurus kibble with 10x Soothing Balm. (Note that these are self-tested values on normal server settings)

Royal Griffins will refuse to eat the given food if the survivor is not respected.

Roles
Air Tamer: A unique thing about the griffin is that you can use a weapon while riding them, which can be useful for difficult tames like a Giga or a Quetzal.

Notes/Trivia

 * Royal Griffins can only breed with Royal Griffins of the same house. Houses can be distinguished by the last 3 letter of the name.
 * To ride and tame a Royal Griffin, one must be respected. This can be achieved in 3 different ways:
 * Having the survivor levelled 95 or over.
 * Wearing a.
 * Sharing the same surname as the Royal Griffin as well as having the survivor levelled over 40.
 * A list of surnames is as follows:
 * -mir
 * -mu
 * -zar
 * -ys
 * -yss
 * -ra
 * -'i
 * -an
 * -ric
 * -lot
 * -na
 * -ell
 * -on
 * -go
 * -gast
 * -den
 * -ssa


 * Unlike other baby creatures, baby Griffin must be close to its mother, or a female tamed/bred Griffin with the same surname as itself. Otherwise, it will refuse to eat any meat from its inventory or trough.
 * Royal Griffins are one of two Creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved Mobile that spawns with a distinguished name rather than being "Griffin" when spawned, the other being the . All other creatures spawns with their species name.
 * , while they do not spawn in the game, carries a distinguished name as well, in the form of a serial number. However, it only appears when they are tamed.
 * Royal Griffins can still do damage to survivors that they respect. It’s just reduced damage.
 * Unlike most creatures, Royal Griffins cannot be killed, spayed/neutered, or unclaimed.
 * They are very expensive to tame even with a ×10 soothing balm and Griffin kibble