Controls/Table of Whistles Controls

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Action PC (default) Xbox PlayStation Switch Notes
Whistle Selection ' Hold B Hold Circle Hold A Displays whistle selection menu.
Single-target Whistles
Follow (One) T Hold B + Left Stick to '1'* Hold A + Left Stick to '2'* The tame looked at will start to follow the Survivor.
Stop (One) Y Hold B + Left Stick to '3'* Hold A + Left Stick to '4'* The tame looked at will stop to follow the Survivor.
Land Flyer (One) None The flying tame the Survivor is looking at will will try to land. If the tame was following a Survivor, this will stop to follow it.
Note: this action is not mapped to a key by default on PC.
Group-target Whistles
Follow (All) J Hold B + Left Stick to '12'* Hold A + Left Stick to '12' or '1'* All tames within in the near, and eventually in the selected group, will follow the Survivor (or eventually the tame the Survivor was riding when the whistle was given).
Stop (All) U Hold B + Left Stick to '2'* Hold A + Left Stick to '3'* All tames within in the near, and eventually in the selected group, will stop following the Survivor.
Move To Position , Left+Down Hold L1 + Up LB x2 All tames within in the near, and eventually in the selected group, will move to the location looked at.
Attack THIS Target . Hold LeftMenu + Left Stick to '7'* Hold L1 + Down Hold A + Left Stick to '6'* All tames within in the near, and eventually in the selected group, will attack whatever target looked at. This whistle can be used while looking at a target through the  Spyglass.
Attack My Target = Hold B + Left Stick to '4'* All tames within in the near, and eventually in the selected group, will change their aggression level to Attacking Your Target.
They will terminate their current attacks and will defend themselves if they are attacked, but will prioritize attacking whatever the Survivor attacks.
Xbox: Whistling 'aggressive' will actually cause this action to occur, and it is unknown if this is intended. This aggression setting does not actually have its own whistle.
Aggressive NumPad - None Hold A + Left Stick to '5'* All tames within in the near, and eventually in the selected group, will change their aggression level to Aggressive, attacking all enemies in their range.

Xbox: This aggression level is on the whistle wheel, but this will actually cause the aggression level 'Attack My Target' to be set, and it is unknown if this is intended.

Neutral - Hold B + Left Stick to '5'* Hold A + Left Stick to '7'* All tames within in the near, and eventually in the selected group, will change their aggression level to Neutral.
They will terminate all their current attacks but will continue to defend themselves if they are attacked again.
Passive ; Hold B + Left Stick to '6'* Hold A + Left Stick to '8'* All tames within in the near, and eventually in the selected group, will change their aggression level to Passive.
They will terminate all their current attacks and will not defend themselves if attacked further.
Tame Groups Ordering
Show Current Group H Hold Touch Pad Displays chevrons above the tames that are in the currently active ordering group. Whistles will only affect the dinosaurs within range that are in the active ordering group.
Add/Remove To Group Z The tame targeted by Survivor is added to or removed from the currently active tame ordering group.
Toggle Active Group NumPad 0‑9 Toggles the active ordering group. Press a NumPad number key to activate the corresponding group and press again to remove active ordering groups and revert whistles to affect all tamed dinosaurs within range.

* Xbox and Switch note: this refers to the corresponding 'o'clock' position on an analog clock, compared to the radial wheel, where '12' is up, '3' is right, '6' is down, and '9' is left.