Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a brontosaurus? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a brontosaurus.
If you are lucky enough, you will be able to kite it easily with a ranged weapon, it’ll flee at some point though.
Super easy to tame on Gen 2. Would recommend using a good bow or Cbow, with tranq arrows. Fly just above it's reach and just keep firing arrows til it's knocked out.
Would highly recommend checking dododex first to see how many arrows you'll need to fire. Depending on how many it takes, you could break your bow/Cbow first. So, make sure your weapon can handle it, as it's a pain to have to repair then run back, and dangerous to make repairs after landing, if not at a safe distance.
Not much will try to attack this giant, so feel free to leave it knocked out wherever, just don't forget where it is. And if you do, there's that nifty new taming tab to help you locate it :)
Amazing for berry gathering or hauling things a great distance.
WARNING: Currently, headshots are failing to get hit markers. Would not recommend trying to hit this in the head to tranq it.
Hello, you are probably excited to get your first bronto! Well here are some tips! (Keep in mind that this is not a begginer tame). Here is your taming checklist
1. Get to lvl 21
2. Learn to craft a bow and tranq arrows
3. Collect the materials needed for both then craft them
4. Find a bronto
Taming
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Just get your traqs with you. Make sure to check dododex for clarification. Then you are going to need to find a high cliff that he/she cannot climb. Hit it and run for your life to a cliff.. make sure it stays agrod on you. Then shoot it. When it is sleeping come up to it and put some berries into his/her inventory. If you go quickly then you shouldn't need to feed it narcos. Congrats you tamed your bronto!
It took me 300+ darts to knock lv 300 so prepare yourself before taming one of these in hard mode.
So it's starve timer is 2 min even tho it's rated 1 for having the most food🤔🤔🤔
If you wanna get one with ez then go on the island south 2 their are 2 brontosaurus’s in south 2 and big rocks to kill em or Tranq em while on a big rock.
It is not actually hard to tame you just need to be patient and not die or get yeeted into the ocean
This is all you will need to tame a brontosaurus! 20 tanq arrows at most, 100 berries at least and 1 or 2 narcotics. You can kill raptors for tranq arrows.
Want to tame a bronto?
there is two effective ways
By: JohnJr-049 (ingame name)
Taming tactic 1
1. get urself atleast 50-80 tranqualizer arrow (you decide how many but atleast 50)
2. find a tall mauntain that bronto tail cant reach(or head)
3. prepare youreself incase you fall of that tall mauntain
4.bow and shoot the bronto for the tall mountain(make sure its not on the mountain or can climb the mountain)
5.shoot it untill get sleep(make sure dont miss most of the shot because when its high torpor it will run away)
6. when its unconsious, put cabonemys kibble(50) or just many berries(so many berries)
7. Now u tamed it, U GET A BIG PROTECTION MAKING YOU KILL CARNO IN LV.20
8. Grind with it, it can carry atleast 1000kg,also big protection if spinos are around
now Taming tactic 2
1.get yourself a flying dinosaur(make sure its fast)
2. find bronto by flying (u can see its tall head)
3.when you find a bronto(make sure its only one not a pack of 2-3brontos)
4. shoot it with dart or tranqualizer while running(or flying with flying dino)
5. repeat step 4 until bronto fell asleep
6. pit many berries or carbonemys kibble (if on mobile)
7. now u have a funny looking long neck dinosaur
8. name it, i named mine giga chad because it can carry 1500kg, decent damage, and also decent speed
9. grind with it(make sure you fight with it when its a 3v1)
Thats all i hope i helped you from getting information from my tips
If you want to tame one of these things I suggest if you have a friend and a diplodocus have you friend control the diplodocus and stand on its back so you have a 360 degree view. Have your friend keep the dip a safe distance and then you start shootings it with tranq arrows. It will take about 30 arrows but once the bronto starts running away you know it’s almost out then just use your dip to gather tons of berries and put it in the brontos inventory then wait.
Hope this helped😊
For pro's:
I tamed a wild lvl 260 male and lvl 230 female. Best way for taming high level brontos:
Get 4-5 stone dinosaur gateways (no gates needed) sneak up to the passive bronto you want and quickly place the gates around it while you circle it. Better start from the front and as he turns around place the next.
If there are other low level brontos around, kill them first or make them chase you away from the trapped target. They tend to protect each other if one is hit.
After you trapped it, about 70-80 tranq darts from a good longneck rifle, and 4-6 exceptional kibbles will tame it fast, unless you want to use berries and spend 20-30 min protecting your tame even during nightime with torches.
Have fun, good luck!
Please read this! These guys are big but not as scary as ya think! I find them everywhere in draycos cove. I tried to tame one with a bow and I almost knocked it out but it ran into the water. I tried again with a crossbow and it took 25 tranq arrows. No need for soothing balm or narcotics, no narcoberries! Now he’s sitting with my other pets towering over them! I hope this was useful
He isn't to hard to tame, I got a level 15 one with a good bow ( journeyman) and 30 tranqs. He's the boss tho.
She train the she got revenge because her mom got killed by t rex
These things are annoying knock out and tame! They spawn by beaches and have a buddy next to them!When you make there torpor very high it will flee in to the water and get eaten! My advice is to hit them with an arrow and let them hit you 1s and head away from water and go up a cliff, then shoot at it with tranqs like its youre worst enemy(teletubie)
When I try to tame these guys I get a pt or a tapejara and have it hold one of my friends while I fly above the bronto and we don’t normally get hit and we can just keep shooting until it’s out. Hope this helps :)
On mobile all u have to do is walk back wards and you will be good
these guys are easy to tame on herbivore island (south haven) as these guys are super easy to knockout with tranq arrows and a crossbow on the cliff area and im only level 27 and i got one. i advise you to get at least a parasaur cos these fatsos need berries.
Honestly turn up player dmg get usually 3 Tranqs and a bow then you got bronto
It's pretty slow so just shoot at it with a crossbow while you walk backwards. Just be careful about it's tail swipe attack wich can throw you of a Cliff.