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Tips & Strategies

What are tips for giganotosaurus? Tips and strategies for giganotosaurus in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
I love how this actually tells you how many fist hits or club hits it takes as if anyone would be dumb enough to try to knock out a wild giga with bare fists or a melee weapon. If someone shows prrof they knocked it out with their fists and no god mode/cheats on then id give them 100$ cash.
Practice your sniping skills
Step 1: be on foot and shoot giga
Step 2: run like Heck and shoot
Step 3: gain experience shooting
Step 4: forget escape vehicle
Step 5: cuss and smack the controller into the tv
Step 6: cry into pillow
Step 7: get woke up by by giga chomp noises
Step 8: look outside bedroom window
Step 9: crap bricks into pants
Step 10: unknown
WHEN TAMED! On a pvp server mostly make sure 100% of the time he/she is in a separate cage completely away from all other Dino's!! This is because after a certain amount of dmg done to the giga he will begin to "rage" he will turn on you even after all the happy memories you've had. Also even attacking all his Dino friends! :( so be sure to lock up this beast of a Dino!
When you tame a giga it loses 65k health and around half it's damage.
The babies need a ridiculous amount of food. Had to commit genocide to make my little bastard a snack.
Why Hello everyone!, looking to tame an R-Giga?, 145 to 135/130 or less? Maybe more?, I’m talkin 150! To 155!, ( 155 if you’re on higher than default levels I suppose!)
Anyway let’s get to the point,
First Disclaimer!!! This isn’t a tip for the suitable and well prepared requirements.
Do you wonder if you’ve got what it takes a tame a Giga with JUST some bows and tranq arrows? And you lack the ability to get good rifles or just don’t want to wait that long?, or is the game not giving you a single good blueprint or whatnot for one?
Welll do you ATLEAST have one or 2 JOURNEYMAN Crossbows? Or one JOURNEYMAN crossbow AND a MASTERCRAFT Crossbow?
( and if you’re like me, also have an ascendant compound bow?)
Because approximately 1x Journeyman crossbow with about 283 durability or more, plus 168% weapon damage
( more especially according to my calculations if you’re taming any higher than 145 that I did with this method but I’m not sure how bunch the torpor differs between lvls on R-Gigas.)
Anyway, combine that with a Mastercraft crossbow with 202 weapon damage (or more) and 141 durability ( i know that’s bad, just what mine is at as an example)
(If you don’t have one another better or similar Journeyman crossbow/s should do the same thing.)
Combine that with an ascendant compound bow ( both of my other bows broke so I had to use this) and 741 tranq arrows with only 7 or less misses will knock out a Lvl 145 R1Giga with 261 tranq arrows left.
( again the compound bow probably isn’t necessary whatsoever as long as you have either multiple journeyman or better crossbows.)
Anyway my attempt of taming a 145 R-Giga on Fjordur was a booming Success!.
Mind you I used a trap, and sat there shooting it in the head with mostly guaranteed success in hitting my shots apart from some misses until I got the right position!.
My new R-Giga (male) is black with green stripes and I shall name him Master Chief, I do hope this was helpful in some way or other!.
If 0.001% of you thinks “maybe this cliff isn’t tall enough”, you’re right. Leave immediately. When it comes to Gigas, “life uh finds a way”. Luckily my Argy is built different and I was able to save him and my stuff before the Giga ate him.
I have tamed my first Giga. Two of my eagles died in the process and I died several times myself. However, after two hours I was finally redeemed and my very first giga was tamed. I have never been so happy in this game. (700h)
I didn't have a name right after taming. I wanted to think of one on the way home. My path ran along the northern beach.
After 300-400m, less than 30 seconds later, I ran straight into the arms of a lvl 4 Giga.
I've rarely been as shocked as I was at that moment.
I tried everything to turn my giga around quickly. However, it had a turning circle of what felt like three trucks...
Rip Giga without a name
I've never been so broken.
I still can't believe this story...
When I tamed my first giga, I thought it was super weak… no better than a good Rex. And it was! It changed when I bred my first two and hatched and fully imprinted my triplets: Eclipse, Thunder and Frenzy. They are all much, much better than any Rex I’ve ever had. Not to mention having twice the hp and more than twice the damage of their parents. I will continue to breed, too. 👆if you relate
Pro tip:
Gigas can't swim well or breathe underwater. Knowing this may well save your life one day.
Hide your children, hide your wife, and everything will be alright
If you see one and you don't have any of your tribe mates to bola, just bola yourself
Don’t waste your time trying to farm up narcotics to feed your giga while it’s out! Just kill a bunch of jellyfish and get biotoxin and feed the giga. I believe it does more torpor anyway.
If you see one near your base, my suggestion is to pack up everything and run. It is only a matter of time. You cannot fight back.
Do not, I say do not!!! Try to kill a wild giga with a tamed one!!!
Wild= 80,000 HP
Tamed= 18,000 HP
Run for your life. Fly or run whatever just don't fight them
I wasted like 450 metal for gates and 60 tranq darts. I misread and brought 1100 narcotics with me needing only 86. I then tame the giga and feel proud of myself. I then check the stats to find that it has 17080 health and 20% melee damage.
Some helpful tips
Space ur metal dino gates a tiny bit that a human can walk through the edges
Have at least 2 or 3 bear traps
Keep them there for another giga ecounter
Use a argy for best results mainly due to smithy portability and if u messed up can be fixed
If using primitive gear, carry a second or 4th if u are using tranq darts and not the shocking variant
Before tranqs get ur narcotics/biotoxin and your kibble if you have any
Make sure to clear the area before attempting the giga
In the wild, you can't do much with them. You'd think they'd be excellent for luring to bases, but it will prioritize all other Dinos over you, so it isn't worth the effort. Once tamed, the Giganotosaurus is the best method for hunting. Should you need to stock up on meat for breeding, raising, or just feeding, this is your best bet. Of course they're also just high damage Dinos too, so they're excellent for PvP, tanks with jaw of iron. Fair warning, when trekking across a map with them, take the flattest route possible, they're terrible in forests, mountains, and water. They also take fall damage very easily, so avoid jumps of any kind. Should you end up falling off of a cliff, dismount before hitting the ground and the damage will be avoided.
You cannot win, it will chew you up so much that your friends won’t be able to identify your body