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What is a dire bear used for? dire bear battling strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
These are AMAZING! From (admittedly limited) experience, they can gather 200+ honey from a single beehive in less than a minute at the cost of destroying the hive, but it's absolutely worth it. Also, they can help protect their rider from bees. They can take out attacking bees very fast. LMB to attack, RMB to gather. RMB also does damage to other creatures but will not damage the hive.
PS: If you have access to a Quetzal with a platform saddle, you can use that to help the bear get access to more hives and as a result get more honey. I did it and now have thousands of honey. Also, they eat both berries and meat and will eat those before eating the precious honey.
These bears are sooooo OP there like a equivalent of a a cheap Rex. Although it may be hard to tame they are great for berries, honey and on certain bushes, rare flowers. They are a must tame and are absolute tanks!
I have 3, a level 164, 243 and 235, plan on breeding them!
they have a ton of melee health and weight which makes the essential land traveling tames (i know from experience because i traveled from the redwoods, passed the swamp and across the water to the crystal beaches.
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