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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
To breed easily just plant both your parents in turret mode and set to wander, they'll spin on the spot and do the nasty
These should be your first tame since there saddle is unlocked at level 27 in extinction also they can shoot faster then an automatic turret also I've just read this they can block turret bullets so I hope they can damage tek turrets with there needles or out gun all turrets.
They only do around 10-20 damage per quill so if you have a tank mount (even an iguanodon with lots of health) you can let it Afro to it and let the mount tank as you tranq it. Very easy and you can tame it as soon as you get it’s saddle. Get up close and personal with it.
If you agro it then try to kill it close range and DON’T try to run because it will go into turret stance and shot you down faster than you can say “run back!”
Net projectiles are in you side
The easiest way to tame it is to run up to it with a net gun and then start to knock it out. The net will stop it from moving and fiering.
They don't take that much darts to knock them out when you have a decent long neck
I found the best way to KO a Velona is by find a destructible rock, which they cant break, and climb to top of it, then just start the process, when it goes into turret mode you can just take a step or two back and it won't hit you but you can still see it and hit it. Once it runs follow and keep on shooting. This has worked for me on my entire Velona Army of 16 Velonas, now time for Breeding. I already got a 267 and 261 female and Male to breed together. Cant wait for an imprinted one. That can solo red drops
A group of these will turn ANY AND ALL your tames into porcupines
Pair these with a plat quetzal and you have an amazing aerial fighter. Why not use auto turrets well because if you hit one once or twice with an RPG it will get destroyed and the velonasaur if pumped in health can’t by the way if you do use this only pump health pumping damage won’t effect the damage the needles from the velonasaur will do and since you will be taking out outher aerial threats or some ground threats you won’t need to pump health another good thing about this is that you don’t need to use up any more bullets on you quetzal. Also you can pick up a velonasaur if you can’t fit anymore on the platform which will be effective against ground targets and more aerial targets trying to get to the more week spot of the quetzal so highly recommend I’ll be doing a lot more of these tactics on other creatures as well so see you on the next tip ;) - A.L.N.A
If you wanna quick and easy knock out without being shot use shocking tranq darts for me a high level velonosaur is 1 hit k.o it's easy knock out with the shocking tranqs.
Looks like a megalosaurus that got mixed with plants and corruption, for those who really want to know go to ark's community crunch page
It’s firing attack is overpowered but absolutely drains stamina so it is best to level up stamina, health, and melee damage. There really isn’t much else to say other than it is an op living and breedable turret that doesn’t need ammo and is probably one of the most op tames in ark. Warning it shreds through armor with it’s firing attack flack won’t last long if it lasts you a minute you are insanely lucky.
Tip normal raw meat works better with tamping
Build a wall or two (any works) to run behind as a sheld. Step out from behind to shoot taking pop shots at it. We’ve used windows to shoot through, but remember, a window works both ways. :)