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30 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Mar 6, 2020   Report

Frog has the most damage against them and then torch below that. Water can make them avoid you but they can also be outran just by walking if you start moving as soon as your targeted. Running gets you away faster tho obviously.

16 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Jul 17, 2022   Report

I see people saying to go into water, please be careful though there are sarco’s and other swamp unfriendly creatures. I don’t want to see anyone get mad at people for saying stuff without warning, I haven't tried the whole water thing but did notice they didn’t Afro to me if I was in water so I think it works, just be awhere of the Dino’s around you. Also piranhas are in the water of the bog in Genisis!

29 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Mar 13, 2020   Report

Won't target you on a Spino or frog but they'll try to eat your parasaur!

14 points   ⚔️ Encountering   May 22, 2022   Report

If you are just starting the game and you encounter a insect swarm RUN

24 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Mar 17, 2020   Report

They don’t damage you in water.

18 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Mar 3, 2020   Report

Burn them!

Literally, hit them with a torch

They are weak to fire, and should die pretty quickly

It’s recommended to keep resources in your inventory to repair said torch when in the bog as it attacking with it burns through its durability

10 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Apr 30, 2022   Report

NOW WILDCARD PUT MOSQUITOES?! THEY ALREADY HAD ENOUGH BUZZING BITHIS

9 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Jul 17, 2022   Report

I just read that on Xbox you bedded to be in third person to harm them, I’m not saying that the person is wrong because it might be something with their game, but I can attack them just fine in first person on my Xbox one. I don’t know if it’s a different Xbox thing or what but Xbox one users don’t need to be in third person, was just playing the game and it let me hit them just fine! 😁

16 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Apr 21, 2020   Report

They deal the same damage regardless of armour value, also don't try to use ranged attacks they don't work.

6 points   ⚔️ Encountering   May 5, 2023   Report

The best way to Kill this sh*t at the begining, is to use the torch.

16 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Mar 10, 2020   Report

Parasaur wont detect them, X-plants wont attack them and the crop plot will be nearly instantly destroyt. Have fun!

13 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Nov 18, 2020   Report

A noob's worst nightmare buzzing around,

Just be careful to have a tame to hear the sound,

Can kill it with a torch, if not

Also a hatchet, but some have not thought,

You can easily kill them with a sword or pic

Even though you can't tame this prick.

1 point   🥚 Taming & KO   Nov 11, 2024   Report

Use torches to burn them, very effective however these dumbies spawn persistently so be weary the second you kill one another one could spawn any second. As soon as you get full fur armor LEAVE THE BOG and go to the arctic.

14 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Mar 23, 2020   Report

HOW TO KILL: get a spino and go into standing mode, then just start swiping EVERYTHING

13 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Apr 6, 2020   Report

For some reason on single player when I was targeted by them i didnt have a torch becuase i was building my base they chased me like 5 minutes i think and then died i saw them on my base floor dead. So if you dont have a torch stay away and survive

13 points   🔧 Utility   Jan 27, 2020   Report

As of Jan. 26, 2020, we only have a roughhouse guess as to what it looks like, based on its specific entry in the mysterious mysteries for genesis, and no clue what it does or what it can be used for.

12 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Mar 22, 2020   Report

These things are the worse things in the game. It seems as if you kill one swarm, 2 more show up in its place.🤦‍♂️

12 points   🔧 Utility   Mar 10, 2020   Report

Gillie suit and bug spray work really well.

3 points   🔧 Utility   Nov 13, 2023   Report

They're very useful if you want to be really unhappy or to decide on wether or not you wanna make a base somewhere

11 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Apr 10, 2020   Report

They target crops, having crops will cause them to aggro and plant x does not target them 😭

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