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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
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What is a stegosaurus used for? stegosaurus battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
I think its best use is harvesting berries. It is basically the midgame trike, although i like the trike more with combat. The stego has a slow attack, but is has a large hitrange, and so it harvests lots of berries at once. It also has a decent carrying capacity. I suggest to upgrade weight and melee.
The new TLC for the Stego gave it three different battle modes that you change between using C on PC. Hardened is Damage Reduction, Heavy applies a slow to your opponent and Sharp ignores a good amount of armor. Finally, it is able to do an impale attack on an enemy when they reach a certain threshold and depending on the creature is is certain death.
Can confirm that the impale works on Rexes, though they can still bite you back given the proper angle. Also the Impale works when being carried by a Karkinos. Stegos are the new staple for fighting with a Karkinos. Let everyone know!
Jurassic Bio: Stegosaurus
Name means: Roof Lizard
Period: Late Jurassic
Diet: Herbivore
Height: 14ft
Length: 30ft
Description: The Stegosaurus is *one of* the most famous species of dinosaurs. It gets its name from its house shaped plates. Its 4 spikes on its tail (Wild Card gave it 6?🙄), would serve as a lethal weapon against predators.
— The Wyvern King tm
Once you manage to sit through the tame, these things can be absolutely amazing for gathering berries.
You'll need two people, a quetzal, and your shiny new stego.
Have one person on the quetz, one on the stego, and have the quetzal pick up the stego in its big chicken feet.
The quetz may now fly around, very close to the ground, and the stego can swing to get constant berries.
Don't spam the "swing" button, or you won't gather anything. Wait until the swing animation is over, and then tap it again.
When the quetzal is encumbered, they can drop the stego to regain stamina, the person on the stego can drop the undesired goodies, and you can go off again.