Glowtail

The Glowtail is one of the Creatures in the Aberration-DLC of ''ARK: Survival Evolved.

Behavior
Though Helena called it a favorite snack for predators, the Glowtail is often left alone for unknown reasons in the artifact caves it inhabits. They are usually seen clinging to rock walls and can be nimble when needed. Webbed feet and the patagia located on their side help to free fall with some control.

Appearance
The Glowtail is a tiny gecko-like reptile with a glowing tip at the end of its long tail. Large eyes and a long tongue help it catch small prey. It also has large webbed feet that seem to act as suction and electric discharge pads for climbing and side patagia for gliding.

Combat
This section describes how to fight against this creature.

General
The glowtail is passive and will run away if you hit it.

Strategy
All strategies will work with a Glowtail. Its only defense is to run away. Be careful of carnivores in the area!

Weaponry
Any weapon (including bare hands) will work just fine against this small fry.

Dangers
Any hostile creature in the area, as the Glowtail poses no threat.

Weakness
As running away and not getting spotted is its only protection, it is fairly easy to kill.

KO Strategy
There is no KO Strategy for this tame as it is a passive tame. Simply put its taming food in the right-most slot, and hand feed it. It tames well with, but loves the most. If your glowtail is in water, you can not feed it. Try hitting it out of the water if that is the case.

Utility
Due to the nature of its passive state, Glowtail cannot fight back, and should never be used as combat dino.

It provides the fastest charge recharge rate, but has a very low charge capacity.

Roles
Anti-Nameless/Reaper Ambush: Since the Glowtail can be shoulder mounted like every other Charge Light, it provides a charge to prevent Nameless pack from emerging and will weaken Reapers. This however, will attract. To quickly toggle the shoulder-mounted Charge Light on/off in emergency situations, open up the emote wheel (hold either bracket key by default) and select "Light!". For faster use, emotes can also be bound directly to either of the two emote keys by mousing over them in the emote wheel and pressing the desired key.

Radar: When mounted on your shoulder, a Glowtail will chatter and give a buff to notify when a max-level dino or when there is an enemy player/creature nearby.

Pet: Like all other shoulder mounts and other small creatures, the Glowtail can make a suitable companion on your endeavors.

Backpack: Like all shoulder pets, anything held in its inventory will weigh 50% less on a player's shoulder.

Light Source: As the caverns in Aberration are often dark and dreary, having an easy to toggle, far reaching light source whether walking or on a mount is very useful.

Notes/Trivia

 * The creature was first revealed in Community Crunch 103 on September 15, 2017.
 * This creature is perhaps inspired by the common flying dragon (Draco volans) and the various prehistoric flying lizards (Icarosaurus, Xianglong and Coelurosauravus), as they all have a rib supported patagia on the side of their bellies.
 * Despite being mentioned as a herbivore and only eat flora in the taming process, Glowtails also consume meat as a food source.
 * Compared to the rest of the charge pets, the Glowtail tends to have the highest amount of Charge Regeneration, allowing it to recharge its light incredibly quickly. This can be crucial for a survivor who needs near-constant protection from   and   over a sustained period of time.
 * While the is the Glowtail's preferred consumption of mushrooms, putting too many of such mushroom in Glowtail's inventory will cause Glowtail to be rendered unconscious should there not be any other food source inside Glowtail's inventory or nearby trough.
 * Wild Glowtails can often be seen clinging to the walls or ceilings in a manner similar to that of the.
 * , and  were reptiles to have survived the events that led to the degradation of the Ark that is now known as Aberration, while other reptiles that may once have existed on the Ark, like,  and the  have long since went extinct. The Glowtail however appears to have evolved as a result of the Aberration disaster and it is quite possible that the Glowtail may even be the surviving descendant of the  or , since both of them are the only lizards in the entirety of the ARKs so far, and both the  and the Glowtail share the innate ability to cling to walls.
 * On the map of Valguero, the Glowtail can be found in The Unknown, a radiation poisoned, underground biome.
 * Glowtails look very similar to modern and prehistoric flying lizards, as well as some gecko or salamander/newt species.
 * When a Glowtail is knocked out, they curl up before falling asleep, similar to a cat or dog