What are leeches in ARK: Survival Evolved?
In the immense diversity of creatures that can be found in the survival game in question, there is a very particular one with the ability to implement a strategy that makes it dangerous for the survivors and the other creatures in the game. It is for this reason that you should always take care to save your ARK game on time.
This is the leech, also known as leech by the players, and looks quite disfigured, when it can be seen, that is, when they are not underwater in their stalking strategies. They can grow as large as a human's arm.
Leech creatures are cause disease agents, are contaminated in a way, which changes their color and that of their habitat, and can cause diseases to which they attack and, with mouth and teeth full of bacteria, they bite infecting and causing disease. These are the so-called leeches of the disease, and you need to know how to differentiate them by appearance, to be consciously careful to protect yourself from their attack.
They have a health of 100, energy of 40, food of 450, and can deal 7 ^ 2 damage to the human body. They are also very fast creatures, so their attacks are very effective.
How can you defend yourself against leech attacks in ARK: Survival Evolved?
First of all, before defending yourself from the attacks that an ARK leech can generate, it is to know some tricks to survive, you need to know how they live, that they look like leeches representing a pathogenic danger, and what these creatures usually do as an infectious and dirty attack strategy.
Leeches tend to hide underwater, in puddles and small rivers, shallow and leave part of their body visible, on the surface, being able to be observed from a prudently preventable distance, just enough not to be attacked by them.
They grow and feed in this type of habitat, just described, with the close influence of hundreds of bacteria that settle in their cavities, the same ones they use for their attack, so they can become infectious parasites.
Once we visualize a leech or a leech, you will be able to notice the color, which is essential because it will allow you to know if it is causing disease or not, that is, if it is contaminated. There is a Bug Repellent, which makes you invisible to them, unless you attack. Always be careful, at a reasonable distance, and weapons in hand, not to be hit by it.
Where to find leeches in ARK: Survival Evolved? What solutions are there for this?
The leeches, as you have seen, they are creatures silent and capturing them through sounds would be extremely difficult for us; in fact, being constantly under the water of a puddle, for example, makes them almost imperceptible even to the eye.
But hunting them has become a fan favorite practice, which is why they provide very useful resources. From these dead creatures you can get anything from pearls, which are minerals, to Petroleum, another mineral.
But theirs exquisite providence it does not end there, and it is that they also give raw meat, leech blood and chitin, resources you will surely need sooner or later to make croquettes in ARK.
If the search for these creatures to extract these resources has made you uphill, I advise you not to worry, and to search in rivers, swamps and puddles; a walk around the island could make you find many of them. So you can hunt her down.
Not finding a solution to researching the resources that a leech provides isn't forever, the less you wait, you'll have one in front of your sight, ready to be hunted; but be careful, be very careful.
