The Tusoteuthis is the deep-sea brawler that grabs creatures with its tentacles and drags them down. It is a passive tame, but a strange one: it eats enormous food stacks at once.
The conclusion up front: tame it passively by feeding while it holds you, and expect the level 91 saddle to be the real gate. Until then it is a target, not a mount.
The stats
| Stat | Base value |
|---|---|
| Health | 2,700 |
| Stamina | 300 |
| Food | 3,200 |
| Weight | 800 |
| Melee damage | 65 |
| Torpor | 1,800 |
How to tame it
- Feed it passively. Put Black Pearls in your last hotbar slot — they are its preferred taming food — and let it grab you.
- Expect big consumptions. It eats up to 50 of an item at once; effectiveness drops per consumption, not per item.
- Bring a lot of food. The reduced effectiveness means you need volume, not precision.
Why it is worth the level gate
- Tentacle grab. It seizes creatures and players — a devastating deep-sea tool.
- 2,700 health. One of the tankiest ocean tames.
- Heavy hauler and harvester. 800 weight and 65 damage make it a working squid.
The mistakes that waste the tame
- Approaching unprepared. It grabs; have a stack of Black Pearls ready in your last slot before you get close.
- Rushing the saddle. Level 91 is a real gate — plan for it.
- Fighting it. It is passive; violence does not tame it.
For the deep-sea resources, see how to get black pearls. For more tames, see the best tames guide.