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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips
How do I tame a direbear? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a direbear.
Bring a owl if you are taming the bear. You can heal it when it’s health are low
You can tame a high lv without rock,I tried it,it works
I just…….died for 265 times
Yes it is a bear but the bear trap won’t work on him
Don't keep on looking for that level 150 bear settle for a LVL 100 or higher than get an explorer note bonus and knock down trees to get LOTS OF LEVELS
it'll be your best friend
Name it Baloo, collect 5k fiber in a few... boost speed and weight if you want it to collect fiber. Boost Melee and health if you want a fighter, obviously.
In mobile, the Direbear can break a Metal Sign
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.
For a dire bear when I tranq them normally they die so I put down lots of narco traps make it run through them , so it's torpor is high then I start to tranq it
Easy. Either get a tapejara and camp on the trees or make a little structure and camp on the roof. Pelt it with tranquilizer darts (or even arrows but not reccomended), guard it with your life and you have what is personally my favorite tame in the game.
You’ve probably read this before but it can beat up Brontos rather easily, has incredible health and fairly quick. And that was my experience from just a level 50. Also it has a weird hitbox that lets it hit twice in one attack(happens with other dinos like raptors but its most common with the dire bear)
Tame a dire bear. You won’t be disappointed.
While breeding this creature is not as difficult as others, There's an easier way to do it. When it is born I advise you feed it raw meat until it hits juvenile stage, after that point fill up troughs and the bears inventory with mixed berries, since this creature is an omnivore it can eat berries. Using berries until it is fully adult will ensure that it's food source does not spoil as quickly as raw meat can. Good Luck!
Best way to tame these is to build a little 2x2 stone fence foundation square, a stone Dino gate at one end a stone doorway at the other and fill the rest with stone window frames. Lure it in the gateway, run our the doorway, tranq safely through the window frames
To tame a lvl 100+ you cannot use tranq arrows as it'll die but still the torpor will not increase fully... you need a lot of tranq darts...say like 50 for a lvl 120 bear... need a soothing balm and some prime or raw meat... I will suggest to put 3 stone pillars on each other and add wooden ladders... lure the bear (or you can also make the structure near the bear, as it only agros if you go too close to it) and get on the pillars...start shooting...This part is easy, but the knockout part is tricky, cuz the bear will run when it's torpor is high and believe me it runs really fast, make sure you don't lose it and keep shooting tranq darts...also make sure you have already killed any carnos and terror birds around...
But all your hardwork will pay...
I have a lvl 200 bear and i wiped the entire population of redwood. :)
You can either make a stone pen with a ramp and a door way then lead the bear up the ramp into the pen and you can escape through the door, or you can just find a clif or rock the bear can't climb and tranq it from a safe distance.
YOU CAN USE ARROWS, make sure to bring a dead corpse in trap and force him to hit you and the corpse and this will heal the bear, allowing you to continue shooting tranq arrows
Some weapons eg crossbow have an increased chance to kill before knockout. If you are forced to use one of these, use dododex to check how many hits it takes before it flees, shoot it one less than this number, drop a sleeping bag and your gear and let it kill and eat you. This heals it enough to then finish it off without risk of death. Obviously requires a trap or cliff etc to do this safely. Not had one die on me since figuring this out. Before it was around 1 in 3 or 4 chance of death with crossbow. Shocking tranq darts are the way to go if you have them.
use darts
get high ground or water
it helps
Some useful taming info
I used a argy trap, but there are better traps.
I did that because I was taming a argy.
I can’t remember if this can eat anything other than honey.
But honey is good for taming one of these Bears.
They are strong, if you tame a high level, they are very strong.
Get a imprinted one, that would do some good damage.
Seen in the redwoods and snow for the newest players.
That’s all for now!
Info by Dragon_
On mobile
Step one.get large bear trap
Step two.schoot it with tranq darts till its knocked out
Step three.use honey with smoothing balm
And boom you just got youreself a bear with 1 honey hope this helps all of you good luck
Ark mobile: just make honey...lots of honey for direbear to tame it.dont waste your time to find carno egg to make kibble.trust me.
Direbears are deadly when aggro'd so try to trap them in a ramp box. Use darts, as even an ascendant crossbow will porobably kill them. Great for carrying weight, crossing distances, and gathering fiber, meat, and berries.