Mine killed a Giga by biting its legs (it was imprinted, had 9.2k hp, mastercraft saddle and 800% dmg)

Agro the bear then place a bear trap A BIG ONE. Then trap it with metal bill boards and start using tranq darts to knock it out

Bruh! These are possibly the most versatile tame in the game! They’re fast, strong, can carry quetz weight, do more damage than a Rex, and just look friggin dope. My low level at 1,600 hp took on a 27,000 hp alpha carno and THEN took on a 10,000 hp alpha raptor; all without losing half it’s hp. The best tame in my opinion! They start with terrible hp (like 400 at low level), but if you hold down the attack, then they do double attacks. Peace out ✌️

Very powerful creature will destroy your armor and hunt you down if aggro...if other bears in area they will also attack , they are territorial so keep your distance.

Only large bear traps work I learnt that the hard way

Dire bears are OP if you can tame one, there heavy attack does mass amounts of damage. They are the best early game Dino.

So my sister is crazy about bears 🐻. So we brought a bear over from the other server. ( a female named giggles) she really wanted to breed it with a male. One day there was a 150 male stuck in the castle wall on the island in the middle of the redwoods on lost island. My sister saw it and went nuts. I had to tame the bear. So I walked up to the bear and shot it with a dart. It wasn’t stuck. So I did the only sensible thing and ran. I jumped off the wall and glided I landed hard and got eaten by the bear. My sister wasn’t being very supportive and was laughing her head off. That stopped when I ate the bear with Yodels the yuty.

Good at most caves if it is a big open cave with no jumps

One stone foundation and four stone door frames one ramp thank me later

Bear traps works on bears but this one is dire you'll need a large bear trap

Tamed a couple max levels, breed them, leveled, bred some more, leveled more, mass breed for mutations, then got a 10/10 mutations 20 on melee and 20 on health for boss fights, named the original yogi, he slaughtered everything, then got killed instantly by the alpha ice Titan on fjordur

Super easy to came just bring 10-20 prime meat (depends what level ur Dire is) the beast will get tamed up in less then 30 minutes. This beast gathers hide,fiber,berries,meat like it’s nothing. Hits like a mother trucker. Insane speed. Literally take this beats asap once you unlock its saddle.

These things are MONSTERS! They can tear through caves as long as they can fit. On mobile I took him to the hunter cave and DEMOLISHED everything. They are also pretty good and chitin gathering. Just one sweep through the cave I got 1000+ chitin.

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

10/10

- Fast, suitable for long travel (be able to catch up gallimimus)

- Has a lot of HP.

- Great DMG (Paw smash deal a high dmg, same as his bite attack)

- Easy meat, hide, fiber, fruits gathering.

DEFINITELY OP CREATURES AT MID / LATE

These are so amazing! I have so many fruits and so much meat I could feed all ark! This is why I love it! It’s an Omnivore! Everyone must know. don’t have a megatherium nor a daeodon? Don’t worry, the dire bear got ya! Collect lots of berries and mea5 to feed all your Dino’s and friends!

Can't gather honey on crystal isles bee hives.

If you have a quetzal you can pick him up and take him to somewhere safe. I recently found a lvl 150 direbear in the redwoods and it died while I was away getting food and got the idea to just use my quetzal. Also if you're on mobile you can do the hunt argentavis pursuit to get a quetzal saddle for free.

Can't be carried by crystal wyvern

This creature is so underrated