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Tips & Strategies

What are tips for deinonychus? Tips and strategies for deinonychus in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Okay soI have encountered a glitch where there is no pack leader. Like, they do not work as a pack. This used to be a huge advantage they had pack boosts and everything, but either they updated it or I got some glitch. Just FYI this can happen please say if u know how to fix this.
Just get a equus, ride in there yeet the egg into your inventory with a laso and run for your life.
Make sure not to kill them because they won’t giv eggs anymore if u do no more eggs build metal or trek gates on end of bridge if u want infinite amount of eggs you can build gates around an area as a containment area for them so they won’t be fighting a golem and die
To hatch use 9 fire in a room use 200+ wood and make sure you take the wall down to get them out I got triplets from my first egg. Woop
If you want one bring like 2+ ankylosaurs with you into there nests, the ankylo’s will kill the deinonychus and you can take there eggs.
These are three ways to tame a deinonychus. Note: These do work, I’ve tried them.
1: Get a bunch of movement speed, grab the egg, and run outta there. (For modded/unofficial)
2: Wait for them to attack a creature, then grab the egg and run for your life. (Any type of map)
3: Bola your tribemate/Dino as a distraction, then grab the egg. (Basically a quicker way of option 2, also any map)
To clear the area around the nests, I’ve found a good leveled Argentavis is perfect. The healing buff from eating largely negates the bleed effect.
A baby Deinonychus CAN fit inside a Procoptodon’s pouch.
Take their babies then tell their babies that they are adopted
Definitely a very good tame to have mid game and can kill big dinos fast. Definitely pump a lot of health, stamina and you won’t really need to pump much melee damage if you have more than one. It is very fast, doesn’t take any fall damage and it can climb walls ( only if being ridden) so it is very good for exploring the new aberration biome too.
You can’t tame this Dino you have to steal their eggs like a wyvern or a rockdrake
They are super easy to get do not fear to just get them right away all you need is a bird. They nest bottom right and they take one standing torch to incubate be ready with food because they get hungry quick when they hatch. They are really fast and i think they might turn around this disgusting mana meta.
These feathered raptors can seem daunting to tame, but here’s a guide to help you.
1. stealing the eggs is nearly impossible without dying if you don’t have a flyer. Pteranodons work great and are quite early game so I recommend them. Argys can be good though, because they have more health and so are less likely to die to the deinonychus
2. fly over to the place the eggs are in valguero (they are found around) the giant white cliffs and land on a ledge above the nest you want to raid. This is the hardest part, dart in and bite one, then lure the pack off a cliff or far enough away from the nest that they won’t aggro when you grab the eggs. It’s even better if you can get them aggrod on something else like a bronto that will distract or even kill them
3. Go back and grab the egg(s)and immediately fly to a place the deinonychus can’t get to. (in case they aren’t far enough away) and scan for deinonychus. You can either fly back to base or go for more eggs at this point
4. Once at base make several torches or campfires to incubate the egg. Once hatched they will eat raw meat, and it is a normal baby raise. I highly recommend imprinting if it’s a high level to boost its stats.
Happy taming!