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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips
What is a gasbags used for? gasbags battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
Another tip most dont even know that when the gas bag is inflated it take 80% reduced damage. And with a saddle that can add lets say 50 armor to it this thing becomes a super solar for any turrit tower you may encounter.also keep in mind you lose air with the amount of damage you take but you can continue to suck in air. I recommend living oxigen and health
If you inflate them, they take significantly less damage, and can be used for soaking. Then once you soak the base, you can use their excellent weight to pack all their stuff into. It’s one of my favorite soakers. Only downside is that their blue underbellies take 3x more damage if they get hit there, so it isn’t recommended to drop gasbags on someone’s base as they will shoot it’s stomach
If you are on extinction, you need this animal late-game. Snag an anky, or if you have genesis, Get a magmasaur. Cryo it, then empty your inventory of everything but what you need. (Bring a glider or parachute for emergency landings. Tek boots work too.) then fly around on the gasbags, then when you find a good metal and/or obsidian node land, uncryopod the anky/magmasaur, then harvest the node. Cryo the anky/magmasaur again, then load the heavy resources into the gasbags. Repeat for crystal, metal, obsidian, wood, or even element dust, then when the gasbags’ weight is at about 85% capacity, fly home and drop off the resources wherever you want them. Repeat this whole process as often as you want for MASSIVE quantities of resources. I got 3000 metal ingots with a 4000 weight gasbags, a 800% melee anky, and some gas with and industrial forge. All in under half an hour!
Turret soakers. 80% dmg reduction when you have gas. Damage deflates gas. Level o2 and HP. o2 allows you to draw more air in and faster so you can suck in more than turrets can deflate leaving you with a constant 80% dmg reduction. Back into turrets and you won’t get shot off. Suffer from tek turret knock back but great for heavies. Slap a good saddle on for more protection