Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a dire bear? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a dire bear.
You can use tranq arrows as long as you don't shoot the in the head. Get it in a trap preferably a doorway trap and surround the bear on either side of it and who ever is facing the backside of the bear shoots it and when it goes to the tribe member you shoot it in the butt and remember don't shoot the head ( mainly back and butt ) also you'll need a tribe mate
You can use tranq arrows as long as you don't shoot the in the head. Get it in a trap preferably a doorway trap and surround the bear on either side of it and who ever is facing the backside of the bear shoots it and when it goes to the tribe member you shoot it in the butt and remember don't shoot the head ( mainly back and butt ) also you'll need a tribe mate
Make a taming pen early on in the game with some ramps to lure bigger dinos without having a quetzi. Apply this to a raft, go to the redwood biome and then just find a bear and tranq it.
Place narc writes around it, make if aggro through them to save on health. Also, my bear killed 7 rexes conservatively, only speed because there weren't more
Insane damage.i leveled up health, weight, and melee, and she is a force to be reckoned with. Can currently kill a Rex and her melee is 520%
When breeding bears you only need to handfeed to 5% of body weight once you hit 5% load it with berrys an it'll go to juvi stage np
I'm surprised how aggressive they are you'd want to make a trap bear or pen or held him by quetzal and get pal to pepper him Aka he doesn't gather wood if he does what level up in
I died once and I'm friend died twice ran out of thanks and I cross bow whipped it knocked it out 145
When breeding these bears, stay next to it most of baby stage, and then fill up 2 or 3 troughs with berries and it's inventory with berries and it should be good for hours until you have to feed again. So breeding is really easy.
They are adorable as cubs but when adults they fierce and deadly. They will charge you down in no time. Your best bet is to run as fast and as far as you can. If there is only two paths you can take one has a direbear and one has a lv 300 Rex I would chose the Rex. But when taming you want at least two people are a rock to climb on. From there use tranq darts mostly and try not to get yourself killed.
Knocking a bear out can be difficult, they will usually die with arrows, even with a Mastercraft crossbow. Bring a dodo and feed it to the bear after a couple of shots. If the bear eats it will regain health. Good luck
If you don't have tranquilizer darts you can use narcotic traps to Lowe its torpor then use a crossbow with tranqs
Used a journeyman rifle super easy to tame space shots out every 7-8 seconds (for lag) took 29 darts spaced out. Female 150 tamed to 347% melee
90% of the time you will kill the bear if you use tranq arrows so if you want to knock one out I suggest darts instead
For primitive i would suggest using narc traps to raise its topor and tranq arrow it the rest of the way to avoid killing it.
The dire bear is really good for starting out. It can collect berrys and kill most animals. I had a lvl 150 and it took out a max lvl Rex with half health left. Overall a really good starting tame.
Make sure if using a bird not to get stuck inside of the DireBear.
I made it 44 sedatives darts and the bear dont dropped down
So, I have three pens; herbivore, carnivore and river. What pen does a bear go into?
The amount of darts is wrong it sad 22 for me but it took 50