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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips

What is a iguanodon used for? iguanodon battling strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Utility Roles for Iguanodon:
Mount. One of the best mounts in the game. On all fours the have infinite stamina! (level Movement Speed to cover more distance)
Combatant. Due to their infinite stamina, you can use them for a combat mount and make a quick escape if you get low on health. (level Health and Melee damage)
Harvester. You can use them to harvest a lot of berries. They have less weight than the Parasaur but their infinite stamina makes up for it (level weight, Melee Damage, and Movement Speed)
My name is ShinyChimchar01 and if you like my tip, I've done similar on Trike, Raptor, Carbonemys, Lystro, Para, and Moschops. Next one will be on Sarco
Honestly, I’ll said it before and I’ll say it again, this guy is a parasaur on steroids. Whenever I got out on a resource run I take my iguanadon, Richard, with me because his weight and stamina is insane. He can carry stacks on stacks of stone and wood, and his stamina allows me to get away quickly if a predator agros on me. I recommend upgrading weight, stamina, and movement speed. Seriously one of my favorite early game tames.
I've always found the Iguanodon charming. Even though it is weak in the grand scheme of things in ARK, it is one of, if not the best beginner's tame in the game. It has two modes: Quadruped and Biped. The base stance is Quadruped. In this mode, you are less agile, but are extremely quick. And the best part is, you have infinite stamina! You can run as far as you like in Quadruped. The Biped mode is toggled with right click (or left trigger on console.) In this stance, you are slower, but are more agile and able to attack and gather berries. Stamina is consumed, but only at a rate of 3 stamina a second. Regardless of the mode, the Iguanodon is a farmer's best friend. It is able to convert berries into seeds, sparing time from trying to gather them normally. It's strong points are speed, stamina, and weight. It's weak point is health, with okay melee. Overall, the Iguanodon is a good mount for beginners and those in midgame. And I didn't know when to say this, but it has a cute roar too.
Single player uses:
1. Early game jack of trades: If you're lucky enough to find a high level you'll have a decent early game mount, iguanodon is basically just a better Parasaur aside from the paras ability to detect danger.
2. Travel mount: Iguanodon is very fast and literally has infinite stamina.
3. Taming mount: You can also use weapons while riding it, and it jumps fairly high.
A long long time ago my parasaur Jar Jar died by a raptor, and he was my main gatherer and terrestrial travel companion. But then I met RICHARD, the concerningly orange iguanadon. I love him and he’s my favorite tame, even to this day. Trust me when I say if you upgrade their health, movement speed, and melee you’ll have a great battle animal for early game (but I still use Richard late game and he does great :) ).
The Iguanadon is a very great all purpose mount, however note its egg size, though the iguanadon takes simple kibble to tame, their eggs can in fact be used to make regular kibble, if gathering a bunch of scorpions seems too challenging, the Iguanadon is an amazing alternative for the early game egg farm, they can be transported easier as well!
parasaur on steroids: they can run without stamina drain besides if they are in attacking position, collect berries and carrots and seeds amazingly and can deseed stuff, really overpowered if you level melee and hp, and can outrun pretty much anything with enough levels into movement speed. Sorry i wrote so much i got excited •v•