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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a gigantopithecus? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a gigantopithecus.
I found that knocking it out the build a wall of window frames round it is an easy way to tame it as it can't wander off.
It literally only took me an hour to tame a level 145 with only 50 mejoberries.
1. Gather berries and put the berries in your last slot
2. Kneel down and walk up to one of them and feed it the berries
3. Now you just follow it around while kneeling down and feeding it berries whenever it's hungry
4. Congratulations you tamed one.
Since they're commonly found in the red wood forest, I recommend only taming one if you're close to water as if you get attacked by something you can jump into the water to get away. Then when you think it's safe just go find your monkey and go back to following/feeding it.
Don’t put walls around when taming, put 4 doorframes beforehand, pick up with argentavis and then you can get close enough to tame easily, while it can’t get out. It does not fit through the doorframe. DO NOT PUT DOORS ON DOORFRAME.
monke likes snek eggos
idk why ark did it
“Taming non violent” Yeah right.
THEY ARE FOUND IN RED WOOD,! And GHILLE
Easy to tame if you can find them, they’re usually on the shore of the redwood or around/to the north of the pond on the east side of the redwoods. You can drop it into a trap that’s one high and then has ceilings around to feed it or anger it and trap it inbetween three Dino gates and with two doors. They’re strong and can hit into the thousands if you breed them well
I just wanna say i love these big gorillas
To the guy that said they wished this thing was an animal that two people can ride on I agree you should be able to ride on each shoulder. -Dino Whisperer
I highly recommend taming these things don’t need a saddle so they’re perfect for low level taming
(On mobile swipe up for them to throw you)
It’s a passive tame feed berries but I recommend some kibble because it’ll take forever otherwise
Place a stone foundation and four stone doorframes. Place inside by picking up with medium to large flying creatures ( I use argentavis), and drop it inside your doorframes. This prevents it from escaping and allows you to still get close without risking getting hit, also just crouch. I have tamed at least four this way and have trapped many more (to see how long it could survive against raptors and terror birds.) Please make it so others learn this easy way to stop them from getting away when you are taming them.
If you go the route of putting it into an enclosed space DO NOT have any other or your tamed Dino’s in there it will randomly crash out and start beating your tamed Dino’s. She currently punching my lvl 150 trike
How to tame gigantopithigas, 1. Find monkey, 2. Get berries/Titanboa kibble, 3. Feed monkey food, 4. Call it Big Foot .
Tamed my first Giganto by crawling naked with an otter around my neck.
Build a small pen with a foundation a doorway and 2 walls then get him to chase you into the foundation escape through the doorway and place the last wall behind him then add 4 more walls above then a hatch frame at the top then feed him from above
No knock out, you gotta crouch around it, preferably with a ghillie suit, and feed it. It takes berries and the like but since it’s in redwood you can easily find some titanoboa eggs and make kibble for it provided you have the other ingredients but they are fairly easy to gather and cook in a pot. Low levels take just a few kibbles but follow the Gigan to make sure it doesn’t wander into danger and lose taming levels.
Pros:
-gather great amounts of fiber
-can wear a shoulder mount and helmet
-sweeping melee attack, good for close quarters in caves, great against Onycs
-can walk up difficult slopes and steep terrain
-it can throw you in the air really high, get creative
Cons
-relatively slow compared to other animals
-as it will gather fiber, it gets weighted with each stack and can become encumbered quick, unload the fiber into your base before you take it on endeavors. 15,000 fiber is quite heavy lol
~Gyoni &
Giranoa the Gigantopithecus
Feed it a berry. Then wait like 5-7 minutes and then you can spam feed it a few times. Rinse and repeat. This way you don’t need to follow its butt around for an hour
Alright, you wanna tame a bigfoot? Ive gotchu, so these guys spawn in the redwoods, of you see one, get some berries, I recommend mejoberries, simply crouch behind it and feed it, be careful of terror birds tho. And the bigfoot is all yours!
Use gille or prepare to get your head ripped off (along with your arms and legs)
Monke. Possibly monke.
Maybe monke.