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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for megalosaurus? Tips and strategies for megalosaurus in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Just knock them out when they are already asleep. It’s like waking someone up and saying “It’s time for bed” but it’s probably the most effective method. Just regular tranq and meat tame the end.
The Megalosaurus is very good for fighting the Dragon, possible better than the Therizinosaurs, when you bring them to the Dragon fight, they don't get attacked by the dragon, the dragon only locks onto, allowing them to deal damage without dying, to do this properly I would suggest riding a tanky Therizinosaur just in case and bring 19 megalosauruses (or 18 if you want a Yutyrannus, just make sure the Yutyrannus is following your Therizinosaur while on passive with "ignore whistles" activated) you could even do alpha dragon with megalosauruses if they're strong enough (NOTE: MAKE SURE IT IS NIGHT TIME WHEN YOU SUMMON THE DRAGON OR THE MEGALOSAURUSES WILL TICKLE HIM)
Fatal here again today I'll be talking about this nocturnal beauty
What it's good for
1. Boosting riders increased movement speed and attack power
2. Tanky mid-to-late game combat
3. Clearing caves and clearing dino spawns more efficiently
4. Gathering moderate resources without switching creatures
5. Pickup can pick up dinosaurs
6. Great for boss fights if leveled properly
What it's not good for
1. Long distance travel stam drains, speed is ok
2. Stealth or ambush situation (too big and loud)
3. Early-game taming (you'll need strong tames to even knock it out safely
Difficulty to tame
Early game very hard
Mid game moderate
Late game easy
Annoying parts
Knockout takes a lot of narcotics
They'll swing wildly can accidentally hit you or other tames
Needs lots of food after tame
Is ONLY awake during night
Recommended trapping method
Large metal stone traps with a ramp or platform
Tranq rifle or crossbow with plenty of narcotics
Passive tame is possible but sloooow
Player 2: should I get one?
Yes. The megalosaur is a mid-to-late game powerhouse. It's boosted ability makes it perfect for combat and travel when paired with a strong rider. Not only the best early-game starter, but once tamed, it dominates PVE and PVP alike
They get a buff at night
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Absolutely tame these guys during the day. Yes they wake up but they move much more slowly and seem to have a less powerful attack, although don’t quote me on that. I can tell you for sure that every time i tried knocking one out whilst it was awake at night, it tore through my armour me and then my tame faster than I could squeK
They are in mobile! They are only in the artifact of the clever cave Though
He live in the blue area (Maybe in other cave area) on Aberrations, but never at "surface", just becarefull ! The Megalosaurus is always buffed and can't sleep on Aberrations ! If he catch you, end is near ! (He is irradiated, so it's a nice fighter in Rock Drake nest because he don't take any radiation damage)
Run when you see it at night a lvl 20 killed my 197 argy within a min
Clearly one of the most powerful creatures when its night. Other creatures wont attack u even if u attack them. if u play on pvp servers u should know that the only weakness of these creatures is water. They are suuper slow when they get to water. If someone mounts them they also cant attack on water.
Do not leave ark while taming this,the cave will reset and it will gone!,from my experience,aw man,at least I find one with higher level :)
These guys can be introduced to you on The Island and Scorched Earth within caves. During day they sleep by night they are awake. They are much more of a threat if you encounter them on Aberration as they are awake all the time like any other dino. They are kind of like an allo with kapro’s grab. Megalos are primarily found within Aberration’s red and blue zones.
How to tame one of these beasts
First:tame an araneo i have written a tip for taming an araneo some days ago so you can get some help
Second : these are only found in clever caves so mount your araneo and go to clever cave dont forget tranq darts not arrows
Third :they sleep in day and then woke up in night so its better to tame them in day
Fourth :craft some doorframes and fences to make trap
Fifth:make trap like this find a megalosaurus and then find a very thin place place fence there and place 2 stone doorframes one at bottom and one at top
Sixth : lure megalosarus in trap it will be busy in breaking the doorframe and on that time you can fire tranq darts on him
Seventh:after their torpor will be high so they will start running so careful of this
Eight: feed its preffered kibble oviraptor kibble or if you dont have oviraptor kibble so then feed it shooting balm and raw prime meat
Boom you have tamed a megalosaurus
Its saddle unlocks at level 57
Be wary that the Megalosaurus received a major nerf in the form of the latest raptor TLC. Raptors can now dismount Megalosaurus riders and seem to attack them on sight. Megalosaurus often use their grab attack while the raptor will still have you pinned even while it is in the Megalosaurs mouth. The raptors allies will then proceed to eat you and then kill you in that order.
So I play mobile single player pretty exclusively, which means I have NO use for a megalo. After playing for a while, I’ve found I’m not happy unless I have one of these things sleeping on my floor. I’m sure they’re useful for night raids, but again, I don’t do that. Have to be honest though, if you decide to ride it around at night, you’ll realize absolutely nothing attacks you or even runs away
Are these things found in the same cave as that artho/centipede creature?
Im going to the southwest cave today
Wish me luck 😬I really hope they don’t spawn there