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ARK: Survival Evolved Companion
Tips & Strategies
A basic Hunting Guide For Early Game(may only apply to mobile).
You will need:
A powerful bow(stated where to get in steps).
Decent durability armor(fresh cloth/ any boosted armor
Arrows(determined by bronto health/bow damage).
Some open space
Gathering tools for drops.
1. Complete the hunting quest for the dilophosaur, this will grant you a very powerful bow(masterwork/ ascendent is best).
2. Locate a bronto( usually they are around low predator areas/ coastlines).
3. Determine the hp of the bronto by walking up to it, then craft as many arrows as needed.
4. Get a safe distance away, far enough so you can evade the tail swing and stomp attacks, yet close enough to hit your shots.
5. Start firing away. MAINTAIN YOUR DISTANCE. BRONTOS HIT LIKE TRUCKS.
6. Repeat until the bronto starts to flee. DO NOT SWITCH TO MELEE WHEN CHASING.
7. When it says it is dead, go claim your kill.
Drop list
Raw meat
Raw Prime Meat(sometimes).
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Sauropod Vertebrae(fun novelty trophy, unless used as a tribute on pc.)
More Brontosaurus Encountering Tips
Steal it’s egg, get yeeted out of orbit
Don’t touch giant blue eggs in the forest if you value existence
Tip : Don't put wooden / metal spike walls near your base if you live in an area with a lot of sauropods.
this is why : since they like to wander around, There's a chance that they will get stabbed by the spikes when they wander near your base. And they will get mad at you, kill your tames, and wreck your base.
so please be careful and think twice before setting up spikes near your base.
thank you for reading.
If your a low level these guys can be DEADLY so if you accidentally hit one on mobile (single player) if you just log off quickly and get back on it will unaggro and this goes for any Dino… but if you do this to a giga (a hostile creature) it will just re aggro.
Man I kinda hate these guys. One of these guys killed my pteranodon that was real powerful and another almost killed my Sarco. But I can get why people like these guys they’re gigantic and they’re mostly friendly.
Warning! Legs can look like tree trunks when farming wood with a Castorides. Brontos don't like things chewing their legs.
Made a base on herbivore island and it was SO annoying that they kept stomping or just walking all over my things. Eventually tried killing one and it failed. Lost half my tames. War was on. I learned that while they can swim, they cannot fight off sharks or water species as long as your in sight line still. Killed three of them by leading them into the ocean and hovering above with a pteradon whilst the sharks did the work for me. Still got prime meat, and the shark only managed to destroy one of the body’s. Easiest way to rid yourself of these humongous pests. Shoot from a good length away with cross bow, and if needed swoop in and nip them on the head with a flier to keep their attention on you. Happy flying, don’t die :)
If your killing them for xp use a flyer just above there head so they don't agro
Up if it helped
If you are being chased by a huge carnivore just run through a brontosaurus legs as fast as you can.
NEVER I REPEAT NEVER ATTACK OR TOUCH EGG U WILL BE YEATED OUT OF ORBIT AND THEN NEVER BE FOUND AGAIN!!!!!!!