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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
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What is a baryonyx used for? baryonyx battling strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
With a shark and two of these bad boys as an escort, the ocean is your oyster. Mine have protected me flawlessly against sharks, anglers, eels, and manta with their sweeping stun attack. Even Plesiosaur and Mosa get quickly overwhelmed by the sheer DPS two of these can do as it will alternate who it attacks rather than focusing on one Dino. I’ve even been saved from JELLYFISH by these guys as they can attack in any direction even when being stunned (a swarm of jellies will stun lock them, but one or two is manageable with enough melee and HP boost.)
WARNING you can easily lose this Dino in the ocean after fighting manta and Megalodon as each shark gives them 300 or so fish meat and mantas around 200 - they get overburdened with meat FAST. Check their weight after each big fight!!
Put a carbo in the water in passive mode, and have sarco, baryonyx and megalo follow him in aggressive long distance target mode. The bary will regularly come home with black pearls. And you need to regularly just drop his inventory because it is the best autonomous gatherer this way.
Use a school of Sabertooth Salmon and harvest them with a sickle to get a better chance at prime fish meat when you spot one. For the best results go for one around level 90 or above if you can, and make sure you have at least 125 narcotics on you when you knock it out. It can be a lengthy tame due to the overall tame percentage gain of fish but having a few of these with about 3k health and the rest of their levels into power makes them a nightmare, especially in water due to their stun. Enjoy, they're a favorite of mine.