Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended 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 itβs egg, get yeeted out of orbit
Donβt touch giant blue eggs in the forest if you value existence
Warning! Legs can look like tree trunks when farming wood with a Castorides. Brontos don't like things chewing their legs.
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 you are being chased by a huge carnivore like a rex, spino, giga, carcharo, or rhynio just run through a brontosaurus legs as fast as you can as the huge carnivore will stop attacking you and instead attack the bronto and most likely kill it. If instead you are being chased by a carno then too bad because they don't attack brontos.
If you are being chased by a huge carnivore just run through a brontosaurus legs as fast as you can.
Tame it. Move it to a drop upload it and the download it at a drop next to your base for quick delivery!
I was busy getting 13 of my tames on my upgraded raft
(It was dark) then I accidentally punched it with a metal hatchet
The 13 turned into 3
I had 4 dilos 3 Dodds 1 phiomia 2 paras 1 mosschop 1 anklo
After the incident I had 1 Para 1 mosschop 1 anklo
my bloody legendary bronto clapped 2 rexs and another bronto
So you know how they will save you when you run underneath them with a predator on your tail? Itβs really kind of them. Just be careful that you donβt get caught in their sweeping attack because they will hit you and launch you into that raptor pack over there