First ankys are good at gathering metal but you sill get a set amount of metal from a node. 220% is fine anything more than points in that is a waste. People have for years not understood that.

Second keep all the metal on your anky never transfer while mining. Ankys have reduced weight carrying ore whatever dino you use to carry the anky with dont transfer the ore.

Third its better to have a low level anky and low level argent than no anky at all.

Fourth the best place to get metal by far is abberation using crabs to carry your anky you can get tens of thousands of metal ore in 30 minutes its just insane.

Fifth again anything over 220% melee is a waste in skill points I would recommend 220% melee the rest HP a dead anky isnt good to anyone.

Thats my experience in around 4k hours all solo pvp official player trust me I know!!!

Leveling up the melee attack makes you gain more amount of metal

This Dino is one of the best land gathers on the game. It got me 1000 metal, over 1k stone and 1k flint in half an hour. This thing can pay for itself. It also gathers a lot of berries and thatch even if you aren’t trying to. That is a little bad when you need to drop the berries, but overall this is a great Dino to tame and use. Trust me you will end up using it a lot.

Grab him with argentav or quetz, if u r not patience enough with their speed. (Dont be dumb like me who travelling from redwood to snow biome for obsidian with only riding this guy) damn.... Im so nub XD

Best dino for gathering metal 9/10

does upping melee affect the amount of metal gained?

Went to herbivore island in the hopes of taking one and bringing back a couple hundred metal. I ended up leaving with 3,700 metal. Such a good investment, get yourself an ankylo

Metal boi that's all u need to know

I've heard that you aren't supposed to level the melee past 800, because it will 1 shot the rich metal nodes giving you less metal, instead of two hits, which would give you more metal.

I don't know if anyone else has thought of this but shouldn't ankys and dodics do torpor with their tails