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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for carnotaurus? Tips and strategies for carnotaurus in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
I'm new to the game so I haven't leveled up and gotten access to op stuff but I kept getting spawn camped by one. No matter how hard I tried, a normal bow couldn't kill it before it killed me. So I decided to run between the legs of a broncho and she took care of it for me and now I have to deal with a spino
I had one named stubs she was great until a therizino threw her off the red obelisk platform then megs finished her off R.I.P ;(
I swear when I just spawn in the game IT LITERALLY spawn next me I ran and it’s so fast I couldn’t even out ran it it was very scary
If you have a flyer get on a rock the carno can't reach or on multiplayer get a friend and a flyer and grab your friend and let him/she shoot the carno with anything that has torpor
A low level carno is actually easy to knock out I shot a lvl 10 3 times with my crossbow and boom, it was out I knocked out a lvl 90 with a crossbow and a longneck rifle. PROTECT THE NOOBS!
Word to the wise. When raising a baby Carno, remember they require more meat than baby Raptors. I lost a level 150 Carno while I was sleep lol
Rookie taming method (worked first time):
1. Craft a larg bear trap (and about 15 tranq arrows)
2. Find a carno out In the open and easy to see/fire at
3.get carno to aggro on you (somehow) and walk into the trap
4. Tranq it quickly before it breaks out
5. Tame!!!
I'm my opinion carnos are super good at being guard dogs and as a transport mount thier long range attack and the knock back on the head but move is super good at killing alpha raptor you should pump a level 1 with 10 levels
4 to health
2 to weight
3 to stamina
1 to movement speed
Because I’m an idiot, I forced my tribemate to help me kill an Alpha Rex I found. Well, that wasn’t a great idea. We landed on a cliff overlooking the Alpha and its turmoil, and began shooting with our crossbows. I HEAR STOMPING, OKAY, AND I TURN TO RUN TO MY PTERANODON BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE THE FOOT PATTERN—A Carnotaurus knocks us both off of the cliff and down where the Alpha is and I think you know what happened next..
I have a lot to say about these Dino’s bc they’re so great, I tried shortening it but this is helpful info so plz read...ENJOY ;)
They’re great takes all around, just upgrade its stam, they can get really OP so I suggest getting one when you can, super useful early-game through realty any game
: encountering : if u encounter a wild one don’t try to outrun it try to outsmart it, it will lose intrest and just go attack other animals, or if it doesn’t get off your tail run around a few rocks and you should be fine, but it doesn’t go after raptors so don’t try it,
They’re spawn is kinda everywhere, I find that they’re usually surrounded my raptors but it’s kinda random with these guys, they spawn is forests, swamps, snow, all sorts of places
They don’t take slow but not fast either, you don’t need a lot of narcs....like I used two but I only needed like one sooo they’re great tames
GET ONE OF THESE DINOS!!!! 4 AND A HALF STARS! Lol
Just killed a Carno with a pike by running around in circles with it #Legendary
I don’t like building traps. So I just get on a rock. And shoot the thing
Carnos are a good start for tames that deal good damage. If your a high enough level and see a whole pack of these, not a big deal, mow it down but if you even see a glimpse of a alpha carno.. please run. I brought my lvl 14 Rex and two carnos to carno island to get obsidian and we all got absolutely destroyed..
RIP - Heisenberg (the rex)
RIP - Cornelius
RIP - a random unnamed carno.
This is one of the easiest to tame dangerous creatures and one of the more helpful carnivores in the game. It has speed to chase down fast herbivores, it’s a great prime meat gatherer, and it has an easy and quick kibble for powerful creatures like dire wolves. Definitely a good choice for a person taming their first dangerous dinosaur.
A simple way to get these guys is to simply distract them with something delicious. Command something tanky (Ex. Carbonemys) to attack them, then set them to passive so they don’t kill the Carno. Then, you can pelt it with a slingshot or bow and tranq arrow until it goes down. They don’t have the biggest torpor stat, so raising it to max won’t take many tranq arrows (5 if it is extremely low level)
Good luck and have fun!
As of July 2020 it now does a bleed attack! Both tamed and wild!