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Tips & Strategies
What are tips for acrocanthosaurus? Tips and strategies for acrocanthosaurus in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
I found one on extinction but no gigas and 1 carcha, I’m on day 86
No traps it won't roar near buildings or other survivors' buildings so tame it in the open away from other survivors' bases and use a soft but strong creature or weapon to hit it until it's bloody and what Until it roars then feed it if you miss it let it attack a creature to regain health and repeat the process carry light for quick getaways and stay alive as long as possible
Ice wyvern method did NOT work, rip lvl 145 acro
Get a good stego and just fight it, when it roars just jump of toss drugs in its mouth and get back on the stego
A level 145 takes 55 Biotoxin on 2x to knock if you feed every chance
Taming it I assume will be just like the mod, which is to damage it until it goes into a shield stance where you’ll need to damage it further till it roars, when it does force feed it narcotic/bio toxin and then rinse and repeat until it KO’s.
Do note that the Acro can fake the roar, it will perform a different animation with a different sound, so it is noticeable if you’re paying attention.
Yes you can find them on the Island. I found one while trudging through the swamps of all places.
Ok I saw a tip saying not too shoot it during its false roar. You absolutely SHOULD shoot it when it does the false roar because it will do the actual roar immediately after so you can feed it narcotic. Also don't use Primitive pump use mastercraft or Ascendant so you can put three to four shots in per roar. If you want a controlled space for taming download the Randi's animal trap mod and use the largest trap. Works wonders
The rhyniognatha can pick it up for the pvp people.
This Dino is meant to bridge the gap between the rex and the carchar / giga, so it is going to be quite strong, I suggest the following items to make sure your taming process goes as smoothly as possible.
1.) Full ascendant flak (or anything stronger than flak) armor, the better armor rating the better (will protect you a decent amount if you get stunned off your mount by a microraptor)
2.) an agile creature with a decent health pool with the ability to shoot off the back of it while riding (I've heard trapping doesn't work with this creature)
3.) an ascendant 200+% damage pump shotgun (this creature is a knockout tame, but it requires damaging it heavily until it roars at you and glows red, then you can feed it a narcotics / biotoxin to knock it out)
4.) loads of biotoxin (try to bring atleast 300+ just to be safe)
5.) they spawn commonly in the redwoods, so be extremely weary of thylas and microraptors during the taming process. if you can, try to lead it away from the redwoods
anyways that's all for this tip, I hope it serves you well !^^
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
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.
You can’t use tek suit flying around its face. The taming system breaks.
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.