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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Encountering Tips

How do I kill a dire bear? dire bear battling strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
A level 18 bear two shotted me while i was taming a galimimus and i was wearing flak armor YEP ITS THAT OP (i was at full hp)
They seem quite nice but they go psyco if you get to close. If you are a low level and treasure your beloved dilo STAY AWAY
Love these bears if you have a trap TAME ONE they are so fast they have good health and they can win a fight with everything
If u go up to it and it doesn't c u then you'll be in luck if it doesn't see u coz if it does your in for a long battle. Best of luck to u.
Mostly found in red woods and needs a saddle to ride
DO NOT MESS WITH THEESE. They can easily take out Carnos I littarly saw like two take out a carno in like two seconds. They live in the red wood forest so make sure you make a tree base so they don’t tear you to shreds in less than a second. Make sure you have amazing health and make sure you have op gear before you even take one of theese on
Whilst walking through the redwoods I saw a Thylacoleo went to hide in a shrub and... super surprise dire bear outa nowhere
They have the same strength as rex and they can get honey without aggravating the bees so these are great tames.
Find some at red woods bears are good
(Hear there growls you dead XD jk)
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So ya
They aren't very tanky but do a ton of damage so have a creature with heath and damage! Out running a direbear is like finding unicorn. Het high ground, jump in a river or get in a enclosed place!
Diif you want to find direbears I recommend going to the redwood forest they're pretty common there I also recommend Taming a Pteranodon( if you're low level and you already have the saddle ) cuz its much easier to got out of danger when you have a flyer
Be careful when encountering these. Keep your distance because if agro, they hit like a bus. Two swipes with hide armor and you are dead. Shotguns take them out well.
Apparently, the BEAR TRAP doesn't work for the frickin BEAR??????!?!?!??!!?!?!?
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THEM THEY ONE SHOTTED ME IN FLAK HELM AND CHEST W HIDE LEGGINGS AND BOOTS AND CHITIN GAUNTLETS THEY ARE POWERFUL AND KILLED MY ARGY TOOO
LARGE BEAR TRAP GUYS those work
If you're unlucky enough to have one aggro on you get in a door frame cage or get on a flyer FAST because they gain speed over timeif your hunting them just use a door frame cage at least stone
Your unfortunate encounter with them is their fortunate dinner with you
You can use the 4 gate trap to tame it.
I was in the red woods with my raptor and this agros on me. It was level 267
When I say me and my raptor died I mean it!!
You should just take one. They can kill anything in like, 4 or 2 hits, my direbear kills everything with just a couple of taps, I’d recommend trying to tame one!