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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
Some one have the answer to this help me. I went to two under water caves and attempted to tame animals. This large under water cave was attached to an above ground crystal cave. Glowing orange and had Bats,snails,acorpions etc. The underwater had sea animals. All the kinds that are hard to find Mozasaurs,Lepluradons,the scary squid. They were all greatly larger than normal and it wouldnt let me tame. Thwy would go unconscience no tame. Food correct in inventory just nothing. Gps 45.5,88.6 Let me know would love to bring home something. Ps bring a pack of Sharks its crazy hard in there.
More Dunkleosteus Taming & KO Tips
fun fact: did you know the dunkleosteus doesnβt actually have teeth? itβs teeth were the armoured, protective plates on its face. πif you didnβt know
Very easy to tame if you know what your doing. First tame an Ichthyosaur. Then grab a crossbow and some tranq arrows and find one and knock it out. It is not be able to attack if you are on the Ichthy. As you are taming it, be sure to remain on the Ichthy unless feeding narcs, so other creature donβt hurt you.
These are one of the few dinos that take less damage/topour from head shots. Aim for the body.
When it says 1.7% chance of death. It means it's going to die.
Taming a dunklosteous is not too hard if you do this.
1. Get lazurous chowder or scuba gear
2. Have kibble or prime meat ready
3. Have at least 2 good crossbows. Kill some alpha raptors to get some.
4. Use a mount. I recommend a Sarcosichus or a Baryonyx. Make sure you can fire off of its back.
5. Find one. They typically spawn near the edge of the map on The Island.
6. Clear out any hostile creatures that are too close. They will interfere with your tame.
7. Shoot it full of tranqs. This may take a while. They are slow, so simply kite them while riding your mount.
8. Once they are knocked out, put kibble and/or prime meat in their inventory. They may need narcotics depending on the level. Make sure to protect them.
9. You now have a Dunklosteous! I suggest bringing a cryopod because they are very slow swimmers.
Hope this helps, good luck! :)
Bring more tranq arrows then you think! Mine took 100 at close range, on the body, at LEVEL 3.
I took cooked prime meat (stays better longer) and got mine in only four feedings. On an icthy they donβt chase (mobile player here) happy taming- Survivor Belle
The easiest way to tame it is to shoot it from a baryonix. Who the dunkleosteus torpo gets, he flees. All others will be Agro in the area . So that they also run away, use the special attack and everyone in the immediate vicinity runs off.
So I need to take one of was pretty easy it was a x dunk and all I did was go under water with a crossbow and a kap and if you shoot from long range they swim away so I just kept doing that till it was close to shore and I got on a raft and shot 20-30 shocking tranq darts and it was out cold amazing tame btw
Anyone else surprised that their not hostile
Baryonyx are really good for taming these! Once they start running, a Bary is fast enough to chase them, and since it allows rider weaponry you can keep firing. Since Dunkleos are pretty chunky, it's hard to miss a shot on them even while moving. Aim anywhere except the head. I tamed a 135 with a harpoon launcher loaded with tranq spear bolts, SCUBA gear, and my 276 Baryonyx I use for caves.
For mobile players: From experience they won't attack you on Ichthyosaurus (which also allows rider weaponry,) so you can chase one down and tame it with an Ichthy and a crossbow. Harpoon launchers don't exist on mobile.
For both versions, you could also use a Tusoteuthis and grab/hold the desired Dunkleo, but this takes a long time since they have high torpor and I wouldn't recommend it. You could also be interrupted by other hostile creatures such as Megalodons or Plesiosaurs if you do this. If you don't press attack, the Tuso will inflict torpor but no damage. You'll need more tranquilisers than you think.