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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for dire bear? Tips and strategies for dire bear in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Can't be carried by crystal wyvern
Best utility mount after theri can gather meat and berries also this guy can get 1k weight and almost 900 melee with enough lvls I know this because my bear ( name is teddy the bear) is stronger than my 209 Rex
With such a low breed timer and they're alternate swing being the same damage as a Rex they make ideal breeding and are great for meat runs very fast and have huge carry weights. A very good tame one of the best in my opinion
1. shoot it with tranq arrows
2. gather raw or raw prime meat if you don't have them
3. Return to the place where you knocked it down just to see it get eaten by terror birds ane carnos.
Aww a cute level 2, I'm level 70, I can take it.
10 seconds later.
Oh god! Arrghhh
quits game.
Tip- the higher the level the better
I found a level 150 (max level on the server i play on)
I built a small trap so i could knock it out safely.
Used tranq arrows and a snow owl to heal them as i knocked them out
Only took 7 honey to tame them up with 100% effectiveness (the server is 3x so keep that in mind)
Trap i used- 4 stone foundations, 8 stone door frames, 6 stone fences, and two stone stairs
Hope this helped someone :)
They are almost guaranteed to die if your using a crossbow so I definitely recommend using tranq darts also when trapping try to do a 2x2 rather than a 1x2 as with a 1x2 they can glitch out the trap or sometimes not fit
the amount of dinos i've seen go against wild versions of thia thing is insane. yet 70% of the time, dire bears come out on top. i've seen them beat gigantopithecus, terror birds, and carnotaurus.
High level bears in Ragnarok ice cave can't be tamed. I used heaps of darts to knock out a lvl 300 only for it to not eat my honey >:(