Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for giganotosaurus? Tips and strategies for giganotosaurus in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
When you want to knock it out the easy way is to just put metal dinosaur gates next to it but first corner it then someone places down the gates because if you put stone or wood gates it'll eat it and kill you
If u have a Giga the only thing that can kill a tamed 1 is a wild giga because after a wild giga tames the stats go down. Be carful
Giga's are easily drowned and are extremely slow in water leaving them open for attacks
The Giga when tammed can enrage when it's health goes to far down when enraged it will kill everything near it encluding you and your other tames
Crouching or laying down lowers the chance of the giga seeing you.. but don't trust it 100% when you get the chance... RUN!
When knocked out let torpor drop to 1500 then pump if full of narcotics, this way you can do a little farming while you wait and you don't have to watch it every 3 minutes!
A good method for trapping a giga is to place 3 metal Dino gates in a small square and place a large bear trap in the middle. Lure the giga into the bear trap when activated you have 10 seconds to place a metal gate behind it to complete the square. Then the giga will be stuck. I recommend you have multiple people to shoot the giga with tranqz as the giga loses 200 topour every 5 seconds
Once you find the lvl you want ( go as low as possible if it's your first ever gigs tame) get supplies and I mean supplies! You can never have enough when taming a giga so get together at LEAST 1000 narcotic a few hundred tranq darts and arrows for backup as well as any food source u want to use. Then make a large trap an a few metal Dino gates to make a trap lure it into the trap and surround it with the gates to keep it stuck....then KO it and go through the normal process of taming an animal once you have finished enjoy your new "pet"
Ignore all these metal behemoths traps because they cost too much, use stone behemoths. The gigas can damage the gates but you should easily knock it out way before it can breakthrough, after every tame you can just fix the gates, simple as.
From experience, three key things to focus on when taming: 1.) Always bring 400-500 extra narcotics and tranq arrows/darts. 2.) Never put kibble in a dino's inventory. 3.) Lure it away from any water. When it is knocked out, give it 1 narcotic every 2-3 seconds and every 5-10 minutes, look around and check for any hostile dino's.
When applying narcotics to your knocked out giga use your dododex app beforehand to find out how low to let it's torpor drop to apply the suggested nacortics all at once. Then all you would need to do is sit and watch. it would also be a good idea to have extra narcotics/tranqs you can never be overprepared!
For a low level giga trap it in a circle of stone dinosaur gates, for a high level use metal. The torpor of a giga drops about 200/second so if you stop shooting it it will lose it all. It's possible to solo tame, though the more you have the less time it will take to knock down. You should use darts, always bring a couple extra hundred.
Ok I've seen several tips like run but that doesn't help your dinos or base :_: . So here's my simple steps process to lure it away from your base. 1st hop in water and swim down if shallow run under rocks and stuff. 2nd find unneighborly neighbors. Run by their house and place a tamed dodo or easy animal adjacent to the wall. Wait for the giga to wreck m. Remember stay far away. And take your reward.
Don't use a long neck to knock it out. A crossbow is much more effective because of its shorter reload time. Using a long neck will waste a ton of tranq darts.
I met one once I died instantly don't even try to kill it just run whilst putting late bear traps
An easy way to tame/knockout a giga is to, craft 4 metal dinosaur gateways with a large bear trap. You place 3 of the gateways in a square shape spread a few inches from each other. Then place the large bear trap in the middle. Then with an argy or ptera pick up a dodo and lure the giga into the center of the gates to get trapped by the trap then jump off and place the last Dino gate in the open area and the giga will be trapped and able to shoot and tamed:)
Do not attempt to kill a wild giga unless you have a tamed Titanasour or a flying tame with multiple arrows. It would be much easier to tame than kill!!!
If fighting is an absolute must, wyverns seem to be good and keeping them away with their wing beating. 2 wyverns on beating (preferably fire or lightning) and 2 on breath attack duty (preferably fire or lighting)
When stamina is low, switch the jobs of the wyverns
Do not swim with your giga they do not like that don't swim to carno island may kill it
So the beat way to tame a giga would be to use the grapple hook. It allows you to hang over the giga and keep his attention on you and not other dinos around you. You want to either use a quetz or argy and have a buddy fly it. Also once the giga is down allow his torpor to drop to the last bit and pump him full of narcotics using the amount the app specifies. It will save you a lot of trouble and you can literally go do anything else for a solid hour.