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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Tips & Strategies

Not sure why people say you cant tame baby gigaraptor with parent trapped. I did it today as of March 30 2024. Used 6 foundations, 4 dino gates with doors, 4 walls (2high each side). Lure parent into trap, close gate, go to nest to tame. After a couple mimic attempts baby doesn't do mimic gestures. Probably why they say it doesn't work. But if you make 1 of the stone walls a secret door way, go in trap, punch parent (to gain aggro) leave trap thru secret door way, leave aggro range(or until away from parents render distance) go back to nest, repeat. I found this resets the baby to do gestures again and parent is trapped the whole time.
More Gigantoraptor Taming & KO Tips
Just don't lose your cool and be patient. I did freak out when I first tried to tame it bc the mother would aggro on me all the time or just get too far away and it wouldn't work. So I killed any other dinos around that could be a threat to the mom, got more eggs, (Rex eggs, the best ones I have at the moment), and used an Argentavis to drop the eggs not too far away, just enough where I would be able to see the big bird. Used full ghillie suit. The mother eventually gets back to the nest even if she hasn't eaten all the eggs, then you have to get away, and wait for her to go back to eggs, and that's how it goes. The taming effectiveness won't go down if you get out of the nest, only if you get the minigame wrong. In my singleplayer that on 4x for taming, just 4 eggs were needed. It's a super fun tame once you get it right, and it's absolutely worth it. The babies are the cutest ever
While taming it an alpha rex decided it would be funny to 'help'
Been taming these on official smalls, Archeleon eggs are the best for low budget, they last as long as giga eggs
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.
If you're bold and lucky like me, you don't need the eggs. Just a full ghillie suit
Taming a Gigantoraptor with another Gigantoraptor DOES give bonus taming levels IF you manually leveled it up. The bonus taming levels gained are based on the x/88 levels you put in. So to get 75 bonus levels on a lvl150, you need to level it 88 times. Oh, and you need to own a Gigantoraptor that is higher lvl than the baby you want to tame for it to work. Same goes for other baby dinos.
That one tip where they say you donβt need insert eggs is not true! The eggs must be fertilized
Fun fact! Unlike other babies, if you eliminate the parent, you still can't claim the baby. Learned the hard way π
Step one. Sneak into nest
Step two. Imprint on babys.
Step three. Run for your life with baby.
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)