Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for rex? Tips and strategies for rex in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
How to tame a rex
WHAT YOU NEED: a ton of tranq arrows, a ton of meat, a pternodon with saddle (2 players) or a quetz with platform saddle ( single player) and a crossbow
HOW TO DO IT MULTIPLAYER: pick up your buddy, armed with a crossbow and tranq arrows pterno, fly over to rex, tranq it a ton till it gets knocked out note they'll run away at high torpor, then feed, you'll need loads of meat + narcotics, be ready. HOW TO DO IT SINGLE PLAYER: literally, just go on quetz platform an shoot, once you knock it out, of course you gotta feed it!
I tamed a high lvl Rex with harpoon tranqs it’s faster then tranq arrows
Get a friend and pick them up with a argey, fly in the air where the rex cant hit you and shoot then with narc arrows, the rex cant hit you and you can knock it out with ease!
make a stone box 2 high with stone window walls and shoot it through the window holes. make sure you put a stone ceiling.
You can, easily make a trap for them with, a beartrap and some dinosaurs normal gateaway
Good method is a decent thylacoleo,cause he's a bit tanky,can reach places than the rex cannot,and you can shoot when mounted,IF not latched to a wall with it.
Also quite useful to kill everything around your unconscious rex and collect prime meat in a pinch.
Remember to bring extra supplies and put down a bed in a safe place in case something goes wrong!!
Easy tame.... Just make a 2x3 stone foundation and cover 3 high with doorframes on the sides. And 2 high on either end. Place wooden ramps (They're temporary but easy to make and repair) just get aggro and run inside the trap. Takes about 30-45 tranq arrows from a mastercraft longneck. On mobile the kibble is easy enough to make. Get a fast mount with knockback. Go to fars peak and run around pulmonoscorpions to find their eggs. The kibble needs prime jerky and longrass so if you have that set up, rush a few caves give it a soothing balm and under level 70 only needs one kibble. So that's a convenient benchmark. It's expensive to build the trap big enough to get the red out so once tamed just request it back to base. Unless a Giga or enemy tribe shows up it will be untouched if left alone.
Whether you want to tame or kill this strategy works. You need four people two Tapejares. Two people fly two people get on the back and shoot it. one person circle the Rex and one rests swap out now and then so you can keep you stamina up, or if you feel bold both circle it and shoot it.
So I see all these tips on how to tame a Rex. I was able to tame one by standing on a cliff and using about 40 tranquilizer arrows. Once it starts to run away, DO NOT BE AFRAID. Just chase after it and keep shooting it. IT WILL NOT CHASE YOU (at least it never does me). Once it becomes unconscious, dont just use any meat. Use Pulmonoscorpius kibble. I only needed 3.
If you knock it out build around it, the only 2 places it spawns in have terror birds and dire wolves/sabertooths unless you’re lucky enough to have it wander across ME SWAMP
Tame a tapajara. Sit on back passenger seat ( or grab tribe member ) and just tranq it from the air. But make sure u have a high lvl tapajara with tons of stamina.
Last time I tried use bola for taming this dude but he got angry moral useless bola
One thing you can do is get a flyer I recommend a argue or pteranadon and get a truckload of tranq darts and meat it worked for me plus I wanted to get revenge for the time it killed me my tamed and base
It takes more time and resources than Dododex says
The Rex said that the torpor rate I drop is high. I disagree. I have tamed two rexes with raw meat and I did not need to use any extra narcotics or narcoberries. All u need is a bow with around 40 to 50 tranq arrows, and meat of any kind. Find a rock that is high enough for u to shoot the Rex and knock it out,
For instant tame you have to just run underneath the rexs and tickle it’s belly no kibble or prime needed
2 Large bear trap then 3stone gateways.
Dododex has Dino info button under the amount of arrows
Rexes are scary to tame and hard to tame but it’s worth it 😀
Use a tame that can take a beating, like a thyla, preferably an imprinted one. Then use a really good crossbow, they reload quicker so as your tame takes the beating you don’t have to worry about it being killed as you are pelting the rexy with arrows. Then once it starts running you can take your time pelting it with arrows so you don’t kill the Rex you are taking.