Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
On ume and pc if a baby/juvenile/adolescent giga dies in front of its parents, or it is dealt too much damage in a short time (heart meter at the bottom fills up fully), then the giga(s) will be instantly enraged, dismounting you if you were riding it then roaring with glowing yellow eyes, then if theres any wild or tamed creatures nearby it will get aggressive and attack them with double damage. You will also most likely fall off the giga onto the ground and will probably get 1 shot by fall damage or your own giga then after 20 seconds your giga will be okay but can't say the same about any tames/structures not made of stone or metal nearby
On old mobile though if you ride a tamed giga off a cliff, a baby/juvenile/adolescent giga dies in front of its parents, or it is dealt too much damage in a short time, then the giga(s) will also be instantly enraged, dismounting you then roaring with glowing yellow eyes, then if theres any wild creatures nearby it will attack them and any tames nearby... not set to passive will also follow the giga and attack whatever it's attacking since it technically has its aggression set to aggressive. You will also fall off the giga onto the ground and will have to chase after your giga and your tames. After 20 seconds have passed and you have found your giga clumped up besides it there will be a big mess of tames... that are alive and probably have their aggression level set to neutral or attack target.
More Giganotosaurus Utility Tips
WILD = 80,000 hp
TAMED = 18,000 hp
I'll say no more.....
honestly not worth taming anymore besides the novelty of having one. they harvest a lot of meat but tamed gigas have HORRIBLE stats so just donβt bother. get a carcha instead for a million reasons. Better damage; better health, better mechanics, cooler appearance, harder, better, faster, stronger.
If your falling off a cliff just simply dismount and he won't rage up on you, good luck fellow survivors
He t h i c c
He s t r o n k
But most importantly
He a n g y
The giga can pierce wild creature's defenses so for example they ignore doed's 90% damage reduction when balled up.
You can also use this to kill titanosaurs since they also have a 90% damage reduction if you have a good enough saddle and melee damage
WILD = 80,000 hp
TAMED = 17,000 hp
WILD = 100% melee damage (500 damage per hit)
TAMED = 20% melee damage (100 damage per hit)
I'lI say no more....
DISCLAIMER: IF YOU ARE ON ANY OTHER PLATFORM BESIDES OLD MOBILE IGNORE THIS TIP.
On old mobile these things are neutral to all tames, meaning that if you try to lure a giga to a rando's base to be evil and they have all their tames set to passive, then that's not gonna do anything unless you manually aggro the giga then tank each hit with your tame and the dude's tames in the giga's hitbox until something dies.
This also means that you can easily trap a giga by using a medium sized mount, equipping 4 metal dino gates in your hotbar, then go up to the giga and quickly place the gates when it stops moving. There exists a video somewhere on the ark mobile discord of me doing this with a pachy.
This also applies to rexes
However if you try this on any other platform including ark use you and your tame will almost certainly die as unlike old mobile wild gigas WILL always be aggressive to all tames.
Step 1: Get on Giga
Step 2: Eat rare flower
Step 3: Prosper
Dont try do cross a large sum of water it will lose stamina and drown. RIP Doomsday 348lvl
If only we had tek gigas in the wild, I saw the name gigabyte which would've been perfect