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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
What are tips for acrocanthosaurus? Tips and strategies for acrocanthosaurus in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
I use Managarmr to tame Acro. Use high health if not accustomed to taming this way. (Mine have 6k health and 2.3k dmg which is way too much) Use Ice breath in burst to know how much dmg you are doing. Tek binos make it easier. After the first initial feeding. The rest of the process is fast and simple. Ice breath til low health or until it roars. Rinse and repeat. Knock back doesn't effective mana as much
So far my tribemate and I have found the best way is an assault rifle and her playing tank and taking the dmg with an ascended riot sheikh while I shoot. Keeps her close for the bio toxin
i did mine by using my mastercraft fabricated pistol (preferably a sniper or pump works) my friend joined me and he held the bio toxin (narcs work too) and i shot it and it followe him then when it would roar after shield posing he would feed it, and now we have our female Acrocanthosaurus
If it don't have a clear walking path to you it will stop shield stance so my attempts at a trap have fail obstacles work for me
A level 145 takes 55 Biotoxin on 2x to knock if you feed every chance
I found one on extinction but no gigas and 1 carcha, I’m on day 86
Pre Tek suit, the easiest method is using a Managrmr. Just walk backwards and spam your breath until it roars. Then run up to it, jump off the mana, and feed it biotoxin. Manas speed, range, and freezing ability makes it super easy. You can escape quick if you miss a feed and the low breath damage makes it easy to see when the acro is getting too low so you don't accidentally kill it too.
I tame all of mines using an ice wyvern with about 2k stam and %370 mele. Works just fine. Kite it back don’t let it bite you. Takes about 4-5 ice breaths between roars. I have never encountered the false roar people talk about while using this method and I’ve tamed a good amount of acros so far.
- Do NOT try to facetank it when taming, it no longer works.
- Avoid taming too close to sructures as it might not go into shield stance or won't roar.
- Also avoid taming in an environment with a lot of obstacles, if it gets stopped, trapped or slowed down by them then it tends to not go into stance.
- Clear area of wildlife and trees before initiating.
- Best approach is to keep out of its bite distance, if you are on foot, Focal Chilli and/or Battle Tartar is recommended to outpace the Acro, and Flak set is to survive the occasional bites.
You can’t use tek suit flying around its face. The taming system breaks.
If you can transfer a managarmr to the map youre taming this on, mana's ice breath worked great for getting it low enough to roar without killing it. I used this method on PVE and it saves you a lot of time and a lot of ammo. Simply just use the breath til it roars while keeping your distance, run up to it when it roars, feed it then hop back on and repeat.
You tame them like Yo lings
(Sort of)
Thought I would hate the taming method until I went and fought a max level with my bison. Just make sure your bison has ~10k health and 300% melee, fight it until it roars while making sure to feed it corpses or disposable tames when it’s low and you’ll have a easy time. (Extra note do not use the charge attack of the bison, the simple headbutt will suffice and if you mess up throw a disposable tame or simply run until it heals and calms down)
You can use tames instead of firearms to trigger the roar once they’re in shield mode. I recommend something that has a nice backing-up speed so you can bite without getting bitten.
Deinosuchus are what I prefer because they can’t be knocked back by an acro’s attacks or roar. They can be mounted again very quickly without requiring you to run far to the acro’s mouth. Only use the quick bite attack, not the giga bite (for fear of killing the acro). The damage should be dealt carefully, and you should be tracking the hits. Any other tame with these qualities will do well.
This can also be done quickly on a Pyromane, but be careful not to use the Pyro on the last round of dealing torpor. I’m not sure if the burn can mess up the taming effectiveness, but I didn’t want to find out. I use a firearm or pike to tigger the last roar in this case.
Good luck!! <3
Yes you can find them on the Island. I found one while trudging through the swamps of all places.
Clear the area. Use a mana with low melee like 300% but good health, like 12k and a good saddle - free it with the breath, until it roars, hop off and give biotoxin - rinse and repeat till knocked.