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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
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What is a iguanodon used for? iguanodon battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
Really really early in the game, as a brand new noob, I discovered a level 23 iguanodon and looked it up here. The reviews were so good that I immediately resumed the game and beat the snot out of it until it fell asleep, then tamed it with mejoberries. Now it’s my personal rank, named “Iggy.” Nothing has stopped it yet- except a gang of compys and a few giant ants. But the game crashed and when I reloaded it I had iggy back.
Just did my first ever metal mission to Herbie island! I ran from spawn to the herbie island channel on my iguanodon, popped in my brand new raft, and started paddling... made it to the island fine, started taming my first anky, and my iguanodon frikkin shows up! This guy SWAM all the way to herbie island past goodness know how many megs and leedsicthys! This animal is such a beast!
You can switch between modes (attack and sprinting)
All you have to do is swipe down and when the iguanadon is on all fours you have unlimited stamina and no need to upgrade stamina just make sure it over 200 but this is not the best fighter but at least you can outrun raptors and most predators on them just swipe down to go on all fours and swipe up to be on attack mode ....
When on attack mode it can jump really high (2 walls or one and a half)
Also if you have some Azul berries or narco berries or any berries in general or any vegetable/fruit in the game and you need seeds just put them in his inventory and it will transform them into seeds alright that's all that I know about thanks for reading😘♥️
I hope that helped out thanks♥️
parasaur on steroids: they can run without stamina drain besides if they are in attacking position, collect berries and carrots and seeds amazingly and can deseed stuff, really overpowered if you level melee and hp, and can outrun pretty much anything with enough levels into movement speed. Sorry i wrote so much i got excited •v•
I've always found the Iguanodon charming. Even though it is weak in the grand scheme of things in ARK, it is one of, if not the best beginner's tame in the game. It has two modes: Quadruped and Biped. The base stance is Quadruped. In this mode, you are less agile, but are extremely quick. And the best part is, you have infinite stamina! You can run as far as you like in Quadruped. The Biped mode is toggled with right click (or left trigger on console.) In this stance, you are slower, but are more agile and able to attack and gather berries. Stamina is consumed, but only at a rate of 3 stamina a second. Regardless of the mode, the Iguanodon is a farmer's best friend. It is able to convert berries into seeds, sparing time from trying to gather them normally. It's strong points are speed, stamina, and weight. It's weak point is health, with okay melee. Overall, the Iguanodon is a good mount for beginners and those in midgame. And I didn't know when to say this, but it has a cute roar too.
The Iguanadon is a very great all purpose mount, however note its egg size, though the iguanadon takes simple kibble to tame, their eggs can in fact be used to make regular kibble, if gathering a bunch of scorpions seems too challenging, the Iguanadon is an amazing alternative for the early game egg farm, they can be transported easier as well!
These things are insanely fast! I'd been spending most of my time using my lvl 231 Raptor as my main scouting Dino, with a speed of 129%, but it can barely keep up with my new 235 Iguanadon with a speed of 122% even when it's on 2 legs.
Once it drops down to 4 legs, it leaves my Raptor behind almost immediately.
And while it uses no Stamina when sprinting on all 4, it still uses almost no Stamina when sprinting on 2 legs.
I've sprinted around for agges on two legs, so my Raptor could keep up, and even with only 940 Stamina, it never even reached 3/4
Do yourself a favour and get one ASAP. Sure they're good for gathering and seeds, but their true purpose is as a shot to long distance scouting mount, or even as a taming mount, since you can use your bow while riding, and it's head doesn't get in the way when you shoot.