In the new update they can collect double the honey from beehives and the bees don't damage the bear. P's they're also getting a new model

BEAR trap does not work on him

USE DARTS, arrows will usually kill it before it knocks out

Direbear have little health compared to torpor. Keep a few tamed dodos at your ramp trap. When you've shot the bear enough for it to be bloody, throw in a dodo. It will instantly kill and eat it and start regenerating health. Give it a moment or two and continue darting. Happy hunting!

Faster than a giga, strong as a rex, with some levels can get to 1k carry, can gather and eat both berries and meat,can even gather fiber, if you tame a high level one you have a super gathering and combat mount. Unmatched in utility.

Due to it's large aoe bite and low knock back it is ideal for hunting for leech blood in swamps

With the tamed dire bear they can kill alphas (Carnos,raptors) my 123 lvl dire bear was able to kill an alpha raptor lvl 72. They make great companions and their babies are cute

You would have a better chance of living after getting hit by a freight train than getting bit by a dire bear.

Get on a rock or die

Try using soothing balm thats a good trick

These guys can run up to really fast speeds when agro. When tamed they are AMAZING berrie and fibre collectors. Really powerful, a low level bear could easily take on a low level Rex.

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Even low levels are useful too, tame a low level if you can’t find a high level and go on a killing spree and watch how much destruction they can do. Pump up health and melee

To reduce chance of killing it while trying to knock it out is by shooting with a primitive crossbow without delay until it starts to show blood then switch to a regular bow and then space shots 7 seconds apart - works every time for me no matter the level

A high level can easily take down Alpha Carno's. It's perfect for taming other animals since it can collect both berries and prime meat. It can go through the central cave and is a highly speedy mount with good carry weight. It's also cuddly.

Dire bears have the same base torpor and torpor gain per level as an allosaurus, meaning darts are almost a requirement (unless of course narco traps are utilised). To put this in perspective, Allos have 63% more base health than a dire bear and gain more health per level, and even with a lvl 150 allo there is still a 1.5% chance that they’ll die for a 100% damage Crossbow. In summary, use darts, it makes it a hell of a lot easier.

When running from one don't run in a straight line they get faster the longer they run so try to go through a heavily wooded area since it will hit the trees and it will its speed will reset

build a stone gate box make sure it is stone and have a tribe mate on a argi and tranq it or use da frog

Really fast and has proven to match a Rex so in my opinion the deadliest land mount besides the giga

Riding them gives you hypothermic and hyperthermic insulation. Like an otter.