I always find myself in the beginning of a new map trying to find an equus. In my opinion it’s super useful as a mortar and pestle replacement with its saddle equipped. Definitely a good option as one of your first tames if the map you’re on has them.
Equus
The Equus is a horse-like creature that can be mounted with special saddles. While mounted, survivors can use whips and lassos.
What ARK players use the Equus for, and how to get the most out of it in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
I am literally lost in the desert on a horse with no name.
Equus are quite possibly the most underrated tame in the game. Their kick immediately does ~3x their attack damage in torpor, and the cooldown between kicks is almost nonexistent. One 2nd generation equus from a high level pair can KO almost any land KO tame in the game in…
Equus are quite possibly the most underrated tame in the game. Their kick immediately does ~3x their attack damage in torpor, and the cooldown between kicks is almost nonexistent. One 2nd generation equus from a high level pair can KO almost any land KO tame in the game in under a minute, only excluding gigas and a few dinos like gallimimus whose torpor is unnaturally high compared to hp. You'll probably be looking at around 200-300 torpor per kick on a bred, unmutated horse, depending on levels. Imagine how high you could get it through mutations.
I use these to tame Rexes, Therizinosaurus, Yutyrannus, Griffins, etc. Never breaks a sweat. I recommend gate trapping dinos with knockback attacks, flight, and other abilities though. Trap yourself in with the dino so you can keep kicking without getting flung around. Once you get an equus, you'll never need to spend resources on tranqs again.
As a bonus, these guys are a lifesaver when it comes to getting KO'd dinos out of sticky situations. The lasso lets you drag KO'd dinos around, meaning you can stop that quetz from drowning, or pull the dino you just KO'd out of the hole in the mesh it fell in. Plus their saddle acts as a mortar and pestle if you forgot to bring narcotics along, and they can gather the narcoberries for you just fine.
Level health and attack. Have fun playing with Ark's best kept secret.
They can walk up stairs.
Not sure what to do with that information...
Give it a lick. It tastes just like raisins. It's amazing.
Don't Listen to people who say that they are waste of time. If are probably used they will be the best early game dino ever and in taming you just have to complete hunt Megapirana task and you will get a 10X smoothing balm and then gather 8 to 10 bushes and you will get 2…
Don't Listen to people who say that they are waste of time. If are probably used they will be the best early game dino ever and in taming you just have to complete hunt Megapirana task and you will get a 10X smoothing balm and then gather 8 to 10 bushes and you will get 2 carrots then just go and tame it.
BEST THINGS ABOUT THEM IS THAT THEY DO A CONTINUOUS TORPOR DAMAGE WITH THEIR KICK NOT LIKE OTHER CREATURES LIKE PACHY AND SCORPION. AND YOU AND EASILY MAKE NARCOTICS IN THEM SO THEY ARE VERY GOOD FOR TAMING.
BTW THIS IS MY FIRST TIP.
I don’t know if anyone else realised but when tamed you can craft everything the mortar and pestle can while riding the Equus
Using lasso on Equus can help you a lot in taming progress, as the lasso can drag many creatures even if they are unconscious!
Since I haven’t seen anyone say this, equus have six ‘classes’ based off of their power on mobile. If it’s power is 1.99 or less its in the lazy ‘class’, if it’s power is 2-3.09 it’s in the ‘normal’ class and will not have a special name when born, if it’s…
Since I haven’t seen anyone say this, equus have six ‘classes’ based off of their power on mobile. If it’s power is 1.99 or less its in the lazy ‘class’, if it’s power is 2-3.09 it’s in the ‘normal’ class and will not have a special name when born, if it’s power is 3.10-4.50 it’s in the ‘swift’ class, if it’s power is 4.51-6.64 it’s in the ‘maiden’ class, if it’s power is 6.65-13.32 it’s in the ‘racing’ class, and finally, if it’s power is 13.33 above it’s in the ‘thoroughbred’ role. This is a good way to get a guess on a babies power when it’s born.
If you are early game and don't have Dino's equus is a perfect early game Dino!! for you and by taming 1 they have a special power they kick their back feet it causes topor to the tatget
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Very good beginner tame because you can do torpor damage using the kick and it requires no saddle to ride
It's a mobile pestle&mortar, Not chemistry bench... Js
One of the best mounts to get around in Ark ever since flyer nerf.
These guys are good starter tames in ark because you dont need a saddle to ride 1 also if it's a high level like level 100 tame it they have good hp, weight, stamina etc. Also if you encumbered you can ride this guy and put your stuff I'm him
Equus Power:
1.99 or less : Lazy class
2 - 3.09 : Normal class
3.10 - 4.5 : Swift class
4.51 - 6.64 : Maiden class
6.65 - 13.32 : Racing class
13.33 and above : Thoroughbred class
These are great to tame. Their a bit hard though because their sensitive. I use the Equus and Unicorn a lot. Gathering but mostly taming. I've tamed T-rexes, Brontos, Thylas and more with them. Just level up the heath, stamina, movement speed, and melee a bit and... There…
These are great to tame. Their a bit hard though because their sensitive. I use the Equus and Unicorn a lot. Gathering but mostly taming. I've tamed T-rexes, Brontos, Thylas and more with them. Just level up the heath, stamina, movement speed, and melee a bit and... There ya go! Perfect taming mount. :)
Due to the fact that these are faster than most dinosaurs, you can use them to kite and tame large creatures excluding: (gigas, carchas, titanosaur, and gigantoraptor) just get a good enough rifle and you can knock anything that can’t catch you out
To all the new ark players you can use a equus to knock out other players and animals
Ps: tame them with rockcarrots they tame sooooo… much quicker
TO ALL PLYERS OF MOBILE. THERE IS ANOTHER VARIANT OF THE EQUUS OTHER THAN THE UNICORN. IT IS KNOWN AS THE NOCTIS. PROBABLY DUNGEON EXCLUSIVE.
This creature is a pain to tame but worth it. When I first got it I was like “Now, what in the world am I going to do with this?” Then I realized, it is great for knocking out wild Dino’s if you are short on tranq arrows (knocked out a lvl 120 sarco with 3 back kicks). It…
This creature is a pain to tame but worth it. When I first got it I was like “Now, what in the world am I going to do with this?” Then I realized, it is great for knocking out wild Dino’s if you are short on tranq arrows (knocked out a lvl 120 sarco with 3 back kicks). It is also good for a mobile narcotic maker. Just put some rotten meat in this bad boy and run around getting narcoberries and use it’s saddle to make all the narcotics you want. Bam!!! Then you got all the taming supplies you need to go get some other Dino’s.