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What is a ankylosaurus used for? ankylosaurus battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
So a lvl 30 anky can fight and alpha raptor! Mine has killed 3 due to it hitting hard and knocking them back, the raptors can't hit them! Ankylosaurs aren't just for metal, but they are also for alpha raptor killing machines! These things are my favorite herbivore because of this.
The Anky is the M-1 Abrams of the Cretaceous. It’s tough as hell, and packs a punch with that tail. They can take out a TRex pretty easy. However they really shine as Metal miners. Anky reduces the weight of carrier Metal to 15% normal weight. So a stake of 300 will only weigh 45 on an Anky. So never transfer Metal off your Anky until you are putting it in the forge. Also, conventional wisdom says pump lots of damage. This is wrong. Don’t go beyond 220% or so. It kills the nodes to quickly and you actually lose Metal ore that way. Take a few more whacks and get about 600 per big node instead of just 300. When leveling friend Anky, focus 220 Damage, over 10k health, and the rest in weight. A low level Anky is always better than no Anky, so if you get a low one, get it to 220 damage, 600 weight and the rest in health (until 10k) and leftover in weight. These dinos are essential to the survival and success of any Survivor or Tribe!
Once tamed they can traverse steep mountains pretty easily unlike other creature like pulmonoscorpius, which is good when you don't have argies in early game when farming metal also you can use it for luring purposes since you can use weapons and tools when riding an anky. Just go to a steep mountain and lure wild creature then watch them slide while you shoot them in the face.
Tame a high level anky, level health, get ascendant saddle BP, tame argy, pick up the anky with your argy, drop it on the enemy tribe’s base
You:
-1 anky
-1 ascendant anky saddle
VS.
The enemy tribe:
- all the bullets in their turrets
+ lots of grinding to make new turrets
+ 1 ascendant anky saddle