Aberrant Raptor

Damage

A quick attacker with decent damage that can easily circle slower enemies, the Raptor makes for a good attack animal early on. It lacks the health and raw damage of the and however. (Health and Melee Damage).

Hunter

Similar to Damage, the Raptor is useful for collecting and once you have a saddle. Though metal weapons tend to deal more damage, the raptor's raw speed allows you to run from an unsuitable fight. (Health and Melee Damage).

Hunting/Battle Pack

In a pack of 3 or more, the pack leader can temporarily vocalize for pack buff towards all others for 45 seconds(Level Damage and Health to all Raptors, with Stamina, Carry Weight, Melee Damage and Health added to the one ridden).

Travel

Raptors are very fast, and make for good mounts for quick travel around the island. They cannot carry much, however, so they make for poor pack animals. They do carry a perk over flying mounts in that they can cover a lot of ground without much rest for stamina regeneration, and can hide in the forests and tall foliage if one wants to travel unnoticed. (Level Speed, Stamina, and Carry Weight).

Light Cavalry Mount

With the advent of the ability to use melee weapons like Pikes and firearms like the Assault Rifle from the back of medium to small sized mounts, the Raptor can be very useful as a flanking cavalry mount by sprinting in and having the rider fire at close range or by allowing a sniper to rapidly circle around the enemy, fire, and then reposition or escape. Another particularly effective method is to use a Fabricated Sniper Rifle while at a distance, but you do need to be…

Cave Mount

s can be seen as an upgrade of the Raptor in terms of strength (in previous versions, now - Raptor is stronger), but it turns out that Sabertooths have difficulty with attacking airborne creatures because of their extremely low hit box and the fact that their jumps lack vertical reach. They can hardly handle a swarm of s. Raptors have no problems hitting Onycs however, and are therefore the better choice. But you must keep an eye on your own health since airborne creatures deal…

Early Prime Meat Hunter

As one of the first prime meat gatherer available for a player Raptor can hunt alone or in a very effective team with . In the second case you just need to command the to Hunt and Retrieve small creatures like s and and the Raptor will do the butchering.

PvP

In PvP, Raptors are far better than any other fast small creatures, because they can pounce on a target and completely immobilize a player.

Jumping

The jump is small and short but can help go downhill so long as you're moving. The pounce can be used after immediately jumping for a slightly higher jump to get on top of a rock a human can almost get to. You can use it while falling but to no effect.

Escape Vehicle

Raptors are very dangerous creatures that can take down many threats, but thanks to their high speed they can outrun something that is too difficult for them, allowing players to use them for a quick getaway.