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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for bison? Tips and strategies for bison in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Bring a cryopod if you're claiming a baby away from your base. These things walk like they're untouchable.
This beast is already insanely fast but if you have the new skill tree you can get the speedy harvester bonus and whenever you harvest bushes you will get a stacking speed boost get speedy harvester up to max and the bison might be the fastest animal on land and maybe even the fastest means of transportation in ark to date. On top of all of that the bison is kinda of a beast with pretty good combat ability and a massive weight stat combine all this you have a charging, metal running beast.
Don’t try tame just kill it and take baby
Easy bison
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THEM!!!!!!!!
I watched TWO kill a rex easily.
It’s a simple knockout tame that likes berries and veggies u find it in a new area near the highlands where gigas and carchas spawn it’s a plains they usualy come in groups of 3 or 4
These guys can also stun you for a few seconds so keep this in mind if you are fighting them or they are chasing you
So build a three high platform then kill the other bison that you don’t want to tame after their all dead trap the one that you want to tame in large gateways then knock it out it eats berries i think and then you have a giant bison
Bison will knock you of your argy if you try to tank them that way..for example, My Argy had a small headache after trying to kite a bison
They're great for PvP since you can dismount other players, and then throw both their tames and them in the air while building up charge to make the next blow even more painful. I have a secret tip regarding flyers trying to pick you off : you can right-click while in K mode so you can time your stun to when they are right in range of it (plus your "Head down" right click will send a flyer very far away once unmounted)
Ad long as a baby, juvenile, or adolescent Bison is near a female she produces 1 milk every hour. You can extract the bison embryo and raise the embryo in an incubator then put the baby near a female and she will produce milk. I suggest having a herd of females and 1 male for a milk farm. The more females the better.
You can find these guys on the big northwest island (shellycoat island)
Standard knockout tame, easy to trap and takes veggies, berries, kibble.
This Giant Bison is a herbivore, and it is very large, so it lives up to its name. The Giant Bison can be aggressive, though, when it runs out of food or is hurt.
Can be found on Lost Colony as well. I've encountered several. Carnos and Polar bears seem to spawn in their area as well...
Number of shots for tranq arrows with crossbow is off for level 140 or higher. It's like 44 to 50. Then again always bring extra and pace your shots.
If you can lead the adults in a herd to a Giga or Rex, you can claim the babies once the adults die