Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
Parent cannot he trapped or baby enters go into the imprint stage. Best bet is to have full asc ghillie and sneak into nest while parent is facing away. No eggs needed. If u prefer to use eggs then I've found yuti to be one of the best. Generally get at least 3 imprints per egg. Once baby is tamed the parent will no longer aggro on you but it's best to kill her as she won't spawn another baby there. Once grown you have the ability to imprint on any orphan baby dino by using its call then getting close to baby, putting cross-hairs on it and pressing triangle. You can also incubate 2 eggs at a time in the saddle which will not hatch after timer expires until prompted to do so. Add the eggs by placing in chickens inventory, selecting the egg, then in the centre bottom of screen u have the option to add egg to basket. You can also bond with any baby dino up to rex size I believe, by placing dino in basket and killing creatures that have a red skull n xbones over them. Once bonded you can then give the baby a 30% imprint by killing and eating a bunch of dino. Bonded dino also get a nice boost while close to the graptor, making them good to take to boss fights, paired with the yuti boost. Multiple dino can be bonded to one adult. Adult graptors also produce feathers u can plick every once in a while that will give a higher % chance to pass a pre determined higher stat to baby when breeding. Just place the desired feather type in the mother when breeding. Shares spawns with theri
More Gigantoraptor Taming & KO Tips
While taming it an alpha rex decided it would be funny to 'help'
You can NOT imprint on orphaned gigantoraptor, I learned that the hard wayπ’π’π’π’π’π’ππππππππ
If the baby refuses to do the taming minigame with you, try breaking some of the rocks/trees around the nest. I think whatever wildcard did to prevent trapping the parent extended to ANYTHING that could potentially stop the parent from reaching the nest. I tried multiple times to tame a baby and got no response, but as soon as I cleared the area for the parent, the taming game worked first try.
Fun fact! Unlike other babies, if you eliminate the parent, you still can't claim the baby. Learned the hard way π
Step 1, bring an egg or two just in case ( i brought rex eggs)
Step 2, find a nest with parent and baby.
Step3, place the egg with some distance from the nest, and wait for the parent to see the egg and start to pick it.
Step 4, make ur way to the nest and hide in it(there is an interaction button that says hide in nest.
Step 5, wait for the baby to start the minigame for taming the baby.
Step 6, the parent should come back to the nest shortly after starting the minigame, dont freak out, it wont attack you while you do the minigames with the baby, it will protect you and the baby from any intruder, ur tribemate can even stand there with u beside the nest, but any sudden movement from your mate will alert the parent and attack, during a conflict where the parent runs away too far will make the baby pause the minigame, therefor u should put up another egg close to the nest to make the parent return, then the minigame with the baby will resume.
Step 6, once the minigame is 100% u got urself a Gigantoraptor :) and no u cant tame the parent (i play official pve)
Iβve tried looking for a maximum distance on how far the parent can detect fertilized eggs, 80m worked but Iβll keep testing
That one tip where they say you donβt need insert eggs is not true! The eggs must be fertilized
Step one. Sneak into nest
Step two. Imprint on babys.
Step three. Run for your life with baby.
-The parent will peck at a fertilized egg for about 30 seconds, typically enough time to perform one action with the baby. Higher levels will need multiple actions.
-When the baby wants to do an action, itβll walk towards you in the nest and jump. Youβll be shown a list of actions, one of which the baby will start doing, and you have about 3 seconds to pick the correct one to mimic.
Don't use your Gigatoraptor to tame a new one... do the mini game again so you get taming effectiveness bonus levels!! I wish the people that put the tip would have stated you get no taming efficiency... :-(