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.
How to tame bronto
Where to find:
Bronto can be foind in beaches and herbivore island
Taming detals:
Bronto are knockout tames and they eat berries
Problems:
Brontos do knockback, lots of damage and they have very high torpor an they are large so it's difficult to trap them and it will tame almost an hour to tame them
Advantages:
Brontos are slow so you can outrun them and there torpor drains slow so you dont need to feed it narcotics
Abilities when tamed:
Brontos can destroy many bushes and trees in 1 swing of its its tail and it can damge creatures by walking on them and they have a platform saddle so they can carry massive amounts of weight
Disabilities when tamed:
Brontos are slow and have terrible oxygen so they drown quickly and when you're riding it you cant see the creatures infrot of you
A useful guide to tame bronto :
You can use tranq arrows and perch up on a cliff and fire at it from there. It will be stuck on the rocks and will not be able to attack you. Do not hit it on a lowered platform. Go higher enough so that it can't hit you. Then shoot it until it goes a bit far so you can confirm it's fleeing. Then go nearby and keep shooting until it falls unconcious. Hope this tip helps.
The best place to find theese is herbivore island /small tip:NEVER LEAVE UR DINOS ON AGRO THERE/
I suggest a raft to get there, bring some Dino’s too
There’s at least a single bronto there, but usually there’s two.
Bring at least a 500 berries, at least, plz do more tho
I also say u get some major soothing balm, and at least 60 tranqs,
Also there’s metal rocks on herbivore island
Why does a diplo saddle have an 11 person capacity and a bronto saddle only has 1
Git to a high place that the Brontosaurus can not hit you and then use 50 to 60 tranq arrows
BEST WAY TO TAME!...... build some stone dino gateways... Place in a small area around the bronto... He wont be able to go anywhere. So you can then just sit back and shot away.
Im currently taming a bronto :) its just a level two though but it has alot of health. It only took 14 tranq arrows just as dododex said,dododex is very usefu.
I just tamed a lvl 22 bronto (I’m lvl 26 so pretty easy to tame) with around 40 tranq arrows in my crossbow, it only took around 15-25 minutes and 300-400 berries to tame (it’s my first bronto, I named her Earthquake :)
I was 90 tranqs deep into a 135 and it ran into the ocean and drown itself... don't be me
Don’t go in a forest because it will make that forest a non-forest.so don’t do it.
I was lvl 35 then a lvl 162 stuck in 4 rocks tamed her and named her samilia im lvl 61 now with a lvl 367 bronto. she is basically a titanosaur lol
These are easy to knock out, Just get a bow and a bunch of trans arrows, Then keep shooting it and running away so it wont hit you, Then feed it mejoberries and then wait... Theres your bronto thanking you because you tamed it.
This was like my 5th tame, took me like 1 and a half hours but it was female and I got a male after a while and now I have like 10 fertilized eggs
This simply amazing creature in the ark world is the brontosaurus. This creature can mostly spawn anywhere and isn't extremely rare. To knock one out the best strategy I've found is to shoot it twice and get on a dino that is relatively quick and run away for a few seconds (very useful because it gives the narco time to take affect) next you get of the Dino again and shoot it two more times (or more depending on your distance from the brontosaurus). It does take quite a bit but afterward throw some carbonimius kibble or some mejoberries in it and wait for a bit. After you tame it the best thing it's for is the massive amount of berrys you can get by swinging your tail at a large group of bushes. It's also convenient because you can put a platform on its back to place strucures on. Finally it is very good at attacking thing because it knocks them back really far and does a lot of damage. That's pretty much all you need to know about taming and using the great brontosaurus!!!
Headshots have no additional effect against a bronto. Aim for the body, it is just as effective and much easier to hit.
Go somewhere where the bronto can’t get you then shoot it with tranqs
Get a parausar and go under it it won't hit you and won't get away also only works if there's one bronto
Pr tip, DO NOT feed them the white berries, if you did not read their description. They make torpor go down really fast!
I recommend Taming a low level Bronto earlie game even if you don't have the saddle. Just get up on a hill where they can't get you and shout it with tranqu arrows until it's knocked out. Then feed it berries and... You have a gigantic beast of destruction! HAVE FUN WITH YOUR NEW BRONTO!
You can tame these guys with just a crossbow (preferably a journyman at least) and by back peddling on foot. That's how i knocked out mine, and it only hit me twice. When I eventually got it knocked out, all I had to do was wait.