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

So I tamed one of these guys and took him to the grand hills where there are lots of metal. To save the time of going back and forth from my base located at the western coast I tamed at least five pteranodons and leveled them up increasing their weight capacity. And I've been using them to transport metal,obsidian,crystals,etc that me and m anky collects. I used pteranodons to transport them by air which is a lot safer in my opinion. I've been playing ark for almost 2 weeks now btw.

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

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.

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

The ankylosaurs should be able to break metal walls

It says that the pickaxe is better for harvesting crystal but Anklyo with high melee will collect crap tons more, use an Argy to reduce weight and carry Anklyo.

I need to know if he attacked by deadon 🔼 if yes 🔽 if no I must know and quick

Best dino for gathering metal 9/10

does upping melee affect the amount of metal gained?