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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Encountering Tips

How do I kill a brontosaurus? brontosaurus battling strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Punch them or steal their egg and you get a free trip to the moon.
-DinoDiva
Sooo. This dude ran into my spiked walls and killed 3 outta my 7 tamed, It killed a dodo and 3 para. I thought the situation was hopeless so I put my stuff in a crate walked outta the base towards it and hit it to take it away from the base. The dude killed me but kept attacking the base and then I saw outta my 7 tames there were 2 survivors, 2 carboneyms and they had a FERTALISED EGG. That’s all it took me to get my fighting spirit back. The bronto had 8,200 health the spikes had brought it down to 5000 and the carbons had brought it down to 3000, the bronto still didn’t run then I joined my broncos and attacked with my bow the dude got to 2,100 and started running. I was outta arrows so I let it go as it swam into the ocean real fast (actually running) this happened a few hours ago (I am level 26)
NEVER ATTACK THESE! THEY WILL TOTALLY WRECK YOUR FACE! The story was, there were two brontos near my base. I had a pack of three triceratops, three dilophosaurus, three pteranodons, a parasaur and a dimorph. I attempt to attack one near my base and then realize I wasn't using tranq arrows. And then my dimorph died, and so did one of my pteranodons. I eventually killed it, but didn't get very much loot. Then I tried to trank another one and this killed my raptor, one of my trikes, and probably a few other dinos. I eventually trancs it but it drowned in the water. Up so noobs can see.
best way to kill a bronto: put a metal spike or wooden spike in front of it (I haven't tried the wooden spike yet) then it will slowly die because it can't damage metal
Almost killed one with a wooden spike wall. The perfect trap would be a circle of traps then Aggro or be pasint the it will try to attack the traps and die
Try to build you base on a stable forested hill. Brontos are always in the forests and wild ones will keep guard of your base. Despite their size, they do not harm structures. I lived on a hill with 4 brontos on it and they kept me safe from carnivores.
- Sands
If someone said that a bronto pushed them off a cliff, you are the worst observer alive. It was a diplo. They have straight necks that point at you, sharp teeth, and their tail is straight like the neck. Brontos have curving necks (like a slide), bigger feet, and their tail is similar to their heads. And brontos do damage, diplos don’t (unless you are thrown off a cliff).
There. Your official statement of “it was a diplo, not a bronto”.
Always go prepared with to of tranq arrows and crossbow and that's all
Kill mom bronto and imprint baby. Easy as pie
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.)
If you want to tame brontosaurus then don't see the level They will kill therizino, spino, rex and many just get lystrosaurus atleast 2 they will make bronto level up fast get a petreadon fly up a cliff if there is no cliff is nearby just hit it and fly in your petreadon fly where cliff is get tranq arrows head shot it it will easily run away keep hitting until it fall feed it narco berries bam you have tamed bronto they get many narco berries making easy to tame any herbivores
Make sure you use an oviraptor to take its egg! Oviraptors automatically pick up eggs it encounters while following you, with out angering the parent. This includes Wyvern eggs, btw.
Once I picked a bronto egg and then it killed me.i respawned and then it again tried kill me.but luckily my 2 carbolyms and trike killed that shit
South tropical has the most brontos on the center and you can swim them across to jungle south if your careful enough
guys btw if your going to fight a dino with a bronto try to go from your side it has a bigger aoe and dont use the bronto to fight a face to face the bronto is better fighter when your using its side to fight enemys
Look at these things don't they look like something on Jurassic Park? que the Theme Music!!
I got yeeted ten thousand times from em also if it fights a alpha raptor it dead I saw it I got yeeted from the alpha raptor after :(
Hey guys can you help me I’m waiting in valgeuro and I go back to my base after farming crystal and I find a level 65 bronto merging my base (my base is at the dock so it’s in water) and it’s just merging my base what should I do?
Killed all my tames carbo dilos and parasaur dont forget dodos idk why
If your aiming to take down a bronto get as many ranged weapons as you can and get as many ammo as you can firearms deal reasonable damage but the problem is you'll need a lot guns and bullets for this if you can't fight them run away whatever happens DO NOT GO TOWARDS YOUR HOME it'll destroy everything there and kill all your tames instead swim over a river it'll be discouraged to hunt you down or just get on a raft and bail please note that brontos will still be hunting you if your not actively piloting the raft