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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

Pretty awesome tames... It's the perfect tame between a raptor and a Rex. When I started off in a new server I could get a level 80 allo before my stone base was even enclosed properly! I slapped a saddle on that bad boy and got another level 85 allo. I now also have 3 low level carno's for the heck of it and I can defend my base without any X plants! They are perfect to kill Rex's brontos or anything not stronger than a Giga! It's pretty easy to tame once knocked out. I just fed it biotoxin every ten minutes on mobile. They're very, very, very fast. I have 145 speed and they are fast enough to not just catch up but even attack me. When trying to tame get them running through the forest. That will thin the crowd and takes away the Pack Leader buff from the high level allo. Lure it in a trap and a free Rex raptor mix is yours! Btw. Just two allo's gives you a pack leader buff on the highest level allo you have, so you know which one is gonna be my ride...
More Allosaurus Utility Tips
Allos are my one of my favourite if not my most favourite creature in all of Ark and if I’m being honest I believe Allos are underrated, and I’ll tell you why. Some people question their uses because if you want a fast ground mount people tend to choose a Carno and if they want a power mount they choose a Rex or a Spino. Allos are in between, fast and a good damage; alone they are dangerous but in packs they are a force to be reckoned with because we all (or most of us at least) know about the pack ability that these gain when in a pack of at least 3, the bleed effect attack, now this attack drains 5% of the targets damage over 10 seconds which means using that specific attack, it can 20 shot any enemy. Using an Allosauruses bleed against a Giga or a Titan will significantly damage it but it would be best to use the Allos as the main damage while another dino tanks all the damage. Anyways, to further explain the pack bonus, the leader will be the highest level (obviously) and the leader does not only gain new attacks but they receive a 50% damage increase and a 25% damage reduction, so if you have an imprinted pack leader, it gains a total of 55% damage reduction which is an extreme damage reduction. There can also be multiple pack leaders, especially when in multiples of 3. Thanks for reading, I hope you found this helpful and might reconsider your thoughts on the Allos.
Allos stay alone until another allo gets close enough. When an allo finds another allo they will join forces and form a pack. The highest level allo becomes the leader once the pack reaches a size of 3 allos. A pack of allos will always follow each others no matter what. They usually follow the leader, but can follow a different allo if say a player calls over that specific allo to follow him . If they wander too far from each other the bond will be broken and the allos will set off on their own until they find each other again or other allos. Once a pack reaches a certain size the allos will stop accepting other allos in their pack. The same goes for tamed allos. Once they reach the max pack size of 15 and more allos are introduced your original 15 allos and the new allos will form different packs. Hope this helps you understand allosaurus pack behaviors. Thanks for reading.
To use the allos pack boost at its highest potential you need 1 or more friends to ride the other allo or allos using an allo saddle which unlocks at level sixty seven, all your friend or friends have to do is just ride the other allo or allos then follow you and your leader allo and occasionally attack.
If you don't have friends, then you will just have to whistle follow your allo or allos to the pack leader allo then they will just sit there doing nothing but follow your pack leader allo and giving it the pack leader boost and mate boost it if its an opposite gender from your pack leader allo.
If you see a tip that talks about the pack boost giving "a 50% damage increase and a 25% damage reduction, so if you have an imprinted pack leader, it gains a total of 55% damage reduction which is an extreme damage reduction", then that guy is exaggerating as the pack boost actually gives the alpha a 25% damage increase and a 12.5% damage reduction so if you have a 100% imprinted pack leader it will actually give it a 38.75% damage reduction which is not an extreme damage reduction as it is multiplicitive not additive.
Math: 70% damage taken (100% imprint buff) × 87.5% damage taken (pack mate buff) = 61.25% damage taken = 38.75 % damage reduction
Also for the pack mate boost to be effective you have to have friends that can ride the other 1 or more allos, or whistle follow your allos to the pack leader since they don't passively do it by themselves, which makes them unable to attack other creatures that are attacking them.