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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a brontosaurus? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a brontosaurus.
These guys are easy if you have a crossbow, just run, turn back, and shoot over and over. Once it's out, fill it with berries, it DOES NOT need narcotics.
To tame you want about 10-20 stacks of 100 berries and 200 narco to get those get a trike( triceratops) those are great for harvesting. Here are a few steps
1. Get trank arrows and a bow. Use a bow because you won’t need many arrows if it is less than lvl11 plus an crossbow takes to long to reload
2. Shoot is a ton it will pass out don’t worry
3. Fill it with berries
4. Get a saddle
Have a HUGE HERO THAN IS HUGE
if this was helpful please up, I used this method for 2 brontosaurus and I haven’t lost a single one.
- the pokékid
If there’s one near a cliff just get Tranq arrows and you can tame an easy bronto
(Tip: try to do it in a place that has a lot of bushes so you can pick berries well it’s knocked out and you can try to tame something else since the bronto will take a while to tame)
Well look around for one and then you find one that you want go to your base and get bout 75 tranq arrows (depends on the level of the big boi)if it's a level 25 then you need 50 tranqs if it's 100+ you need about 150 tranqs just to be on the safe side do not take it to your base if it's aggro on you it is pretty easy to tame just aim the head and run away from it as you tranq it then eventually it'll be down wait for the food to go down and then put in kibble or berries (torpor I good doesn't go down fast ).
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My bronto took three hours to tame
Pretty much just make a stone cage, similar to the giga pen, but without the bear trap. Bring a ton of arrows/darts. Even starters can tame this easily.
All you need is full hide armour your crossbow and 30 tranqs to knock out a level 1 found a 2 lvl 40 tranqs
For me on day 15 of my solo server I tamed one. I’d say these are early game tames but ofc I didn’t have the platform saddle. Basically I got a pteranodon and a ton of tranq arrows. (I’m on Pc btw) I flew just out of the attack range and shot the bronto (I waited 5 seconds between shots). Eventually he passed out. What I ended up doing is heavily scouting around for raptors, dilos, etc. I only used I think 5 narco berries. You can probably use less.
Only can use behemoth doors!
Git to a high place that the Brontosaurus can not hit you and then use 50 to 60 tranq arrows
Go to a high ledge and it should be simple. Use a trike to get carrots as it isn't too difficult or just use mejos.
If your in a public server you should stand on it find a spot you can crawl and not be seen then just wait
It didn’t take 500 berries don’t waste your time picking berries just get 250
Shoot it with tranqs but don’t tame a bronto near another bronto it’s terrifying when there multiple angry sauropods
Place a stone foundation, then pile up two doorframes on each side, go inside and shoot at the bronto with tranqs :)
A tip make a stone foundation and 3 stone walls and 5 stone door Frames. Place the foundation make a way to go in then place stone wall now place a door Frame on top on every stone wall brontosaurus can't damage stone. Now just do inside and start shooting with trank arrows. Easy tame I take a lvl 290 with this method.
I just tamed my first one earlier today that was right by my base and it took less then a minute (Thank the Dino gods) In summary for people who want a quick taming though:
1. Get it on low health so it’s food goes down, probably make some dangerous Dino chase you and accidentally hit it and fight it (Mine fought something before I hit it with a bunch of tranq arrows so it only took about a minute or two to tame)
2. Get as many arrows as you need plus some extra just in case and start shooting it! (I died doing this but as I said it was next to my base so no problem)
3. You’ll want to put as many berries in as possible, you should probably stock up before you tame it (Good thing about having Parasaurs and trikes before hand is they can get heap of berries quickly)
4. Just wait and bam you got your self a nice bro to ready to defend your base!
Do not attack a bronto near your base, it will cause massive damage to your entire base and kill all your low level dinos before you can take it out.
One time I tamed one when I was at lvl 20 something or whatever lvl you get tranq arrows and no cheats but I shot one with a tranq arrow ran back pretty far shot it again and did that over and over until i got it knocked out and thats how I tamed a very low lvl bronto at a very low lvl and beat the crap out of the server’s beach noobs
Just tamed a level 145 of these beasts, once fully tamed and a few upgrades, it already has more health than a tamed giga. Add that to its crazy weight, good damage, and platforming abilities, and you’ve got yourself a giga killing machine. Only took 100 tranq arrows to knock out without a trap. Easy tame.
If you have a wooden base and lead the bronto to it you’re base is gonna be rekt
And recommend you are like lvl 60-70 use crossbow with tranq darts simple to make hope this helped!