If you do it's second attack nothing will bother you. I was out hunting for chitin and I was curious and used the second attack. The ability will emit a reddish-orange color from the shoulder up. Then, I got chitin in no sweat
Megatherium

Player-written tips for taming, using, and fighting the Megatherium in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
RUNNNNNNNN!!! THOSE CLAWS ARE THE MAIN WEAPON SO RUN!!!!!!
I was taming a lvl 22 and it took 6 narcotics( and I probably could’ve used less) when dododex told me it needed about 33, just saying, probably don’t need as much narcotics as listed
Just one thing to say: Megatherium is the strongest land mammal in the game, you absolute need this creature to tame!
This has nothing to do with Meg. But dododex should add a imprint calculator to show how many and see if your going to get a 100% imprint on your tamed help spread the word and uping this.
Where is the best spot to tame them? What map has lots of them?
It's not 16 mutton for a 145, I had 20 raw mutton and put it on the mega I had down when it was ready to get up and it consumed it all and was only at 50+%.... Had to finish it off with reg meat...not cool doddex not cool.
Ummm is it a passive or knock out tame
Haven't find any on mobile.... don't think they existe ( exepte in the missions)
Isn’t it crazy to think that this is a sloth? Like, a big bad creature that is amazing in the Broodmother fight, AND ITS A SLOTH
Great for chitin, I will also argue that this is better than the megaloceros for thatch. Great tame to have overall period.
They will actually eat anything, but the fastest is Raw Mutton.
Mutton is a good way to go my friends and I snagged a 108 (took about 11 mutton) on a 3.18x server. He was only out during a thunderstorm or could have just been a coincidence.
There is this really hood trap that you can use to catch them all you need is 14 stone doorframes 4 stone foundations and 4 ramps.
I know this isn’t useful but…
HOW THE HECK DO U GET HONEY ON THE ISLAND!
Do use a outpost from the primal pass?
WHERE DO THESE STUPID THINGS SPAWN ON MOBILE I HAVE SEARCH ALL OF THE SNOW BIOME AND NONE
Lay off the KFC man you pretty fat
Wait they don’t have these in mobile but have a saddle for it?! Vote up so they can fix!
People who started the game should be careful as these guys look harmless but not do not go near them
I tamed mine with a scorpion that has ALOT of health and damage by just stinging it so it really works if you have a boss killer scorpion try it it works! RELLY! TRUST ME taming it got Easy!