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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for dunkleosteus? Tips and strategies for dunkleosteus in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Tried to tame a 150 with dmg 211.4% crossbow it died :(
This big fish stays still even if there's a megalodon behind it. Thats why its easily killed.
To knock out these easily, you should use an ichthyosaurus and crossbow with tranq arrows. You will need a lot of tranq arrows. Stay on the ichthyosaurus so the dunkleosteus won’t attack you. Don’t let anything dangerous get in the way. Hope this helps.
It's only passive when ur riding on an ichthy and gets pissed off when u shoot it or hit it but runs away
(mobile) Interestingly once tamed they won't be targeted by wild cnidarias but do get aggro from every single other underwater creature. They're built like a slow, ponderous but heavy-hitting tank so expect them to outrun nothing but hold their ground against anything...that isn't a Tuso or alpha mosa.
Looks scary but isn’t. Also gives a lot of chitin if you need some.
I literally just grab it with a tuso took it to a safe corner and just waited took about 2 hours to find and tame 2 X versions of this
Dunkle - Dark, Osteo - Bone. That’s all.
They take the most amount of tranqs to knock out out of any aquatic knockout tame. Since the x-dunk takes %40 the damage of a regular dunk, it makes it one of the hardest things to knock out. However, it’s extremely cowardly, so if they dunks try to surround you, one tranq is always enough to send them running. Plus, plesios, megalodons, parakeet fish schools, anglers, Electrophorus, Mosas, and of you’re unlucky enough, Tusos, will come from every where and try to kill you. The only good news is, knocking it out is the only hard part. It’s a very quick tame afterwards, and doesn’t require any narcs most of the time. Stil, the x-dunk is one of the hardest things to knock out in the game lol.
Pretty easy tame with prime meat and chasing with a bary, just keep an eye out for jellies and megalodons
So I seen one for the first time and they r way way bigger then I thought lol I really thought they was small or medium sizes for the longest time ... But no they are huge lmao
Cheap stone trap with small water dinos or yourself
4 foundation
3 walls high each side, it will not pass thru
1 giant hatch frame and gate on top
Thats all
Bow take your dino, lure it from top and you get out from the side without walls. Dunky is slow and clumsy so you have time to return on too to close gate
Voila
Also work for shark
Useless on mobile version. Don't have any weight reduction in oil, are very slow and very low stamina, jelly fish are still threat, my level 250 ankylo in water does a better job than this level 400 dunky. Better avoid taming this, Same goes for PC (Island) version but PC have weight reduction which might serve you well.
You want to have kibble, bring about 150 arrows, and bring scuba suit