Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for ankylosaurus? Tips and strategies for ankylosaurus in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
The recommended berry count isnt very accurate, recommended 300 mojo berries i tamed it on 150 with starve taming
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PASSIVE, AGGRESSIVE OR NEUTRAL?
Ankylosaurus(or anky, as they are more commonly called) are very tanky, relatively small dinosaurs. They are docile, which means they attack only when provoked. MAKE SURE to maintain distance, as that big boulder can tear through you! THE EASIEST way is through tranq arrows, as these dinos are not strong enough to really waste tranq darts on.
TAMING
The easiest way to tame it is through tranqs(like i said). Arrows from a crossbow or even an ascendant bow (cough cough mobile players) are enough to knock this lil beast. Feed any fruit or vegetable(rare ones increase taming speed such as rockarrot, savoroot or longrass) or even kibble. Wait for a bit and bingo, you got an anky!
USES
These guys are BEASTS at harvesting metal and flint, and while only unlocking their saddle at LEVEL 36, these guys are great early game gatherers to create your needed smithy tools and fabricated tools. They also have an 85% WEIGHT REDUCTION on metal, which make them great for transporting metal over decent distances. I say decent because of their abysmal speed, which is only fair because of their bulkiness. THE BEST way to go on metal runs with these guys is with an Argy. Now, they don’t unlock early, so be wary, but Argies have a 50% WEIGHT REDUCTION on ores, because they have a smithy on their back, so, pick up your Anky with your Argy and start the metal runs!
Hope this helps!
Kryonis
In genesis you can find them in the snow biom
The best spot got high levels is in the volcano biom
Great dino for gathering metal and it's almost easty to tame just shoot it with trank arrows in the head while walking backwards feed mejobery and then you got you're anky
The best place to tame these guys is on the herbavor island in the southeast of the main island
So for the Anky, bring Mejo berries, and a few narcotics, and tranq it while running back as it chases you. Keep in mind that these are very slow, and outrunning them is an easy task, but also keep in mind that the health on these tanks are rlly good, so if you plan on killing it, good luck. I hope this helped!
I'm not sure If this is obvious to everyone else but I realised its 100% worth it, not only can they carry soooo much more metal than you, they also don't have durability like your weak little hatchet so you don't have to bring an extra three on your volcano trip.
Give your anky tons of berries and/or veggie cakes, they totally deserve it!
I live by herbivore island and I took my raft to it and I found a lot of ankylosaurus
Don’t start feed it narcs immediately. Wait until it’s at about 300 torpidity and then feed it every time it gets down to 300 again. You could probably wait even longer, but it may be a little risky. Doing this will save you a ton of narcs and make you lose less taming efficiency.
Hope this was helpful!
I reliably want to know how to pick things up with army bc I need this for metal
If playing on the island go to the herbivore island by raft then find one make sure there are no others around then shoot it with tranq bc they are really slow
These are surprisingly easy to find on herbivore island I have found multiple so far.
Fastest way to tame
Knock out: ankylo.
Keep unconscious: ankylo.
Give ankylo: berries.
And BOOM! You have ankylo.
I just wanted you to wait for the food to drain so it is tamed quickly
If you are playing with someone and want to tame and anky, follow these steps and I think you & your buddy will get an anky. Step 1: Get any weapon that can shoot tranq darts/arrows. Step 2: Get any flyer that is able to pick the anky like a quetzal. Step 3: Grab the anky with the arge or have your friend do it. Step 4: Very carefully shoot the anky with the tranq darts/arrows. Step 5: once the anky is 1 tranq dart/arrow away from being knock out, put the anky down and shoot it with the last tranq dart/arrow so that if you didn't drop it it doesn't fall and possibly die if it's weak. I hope this works for any of you guys, and if it does, enjoy your anky ig