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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips
How do I tame a rex? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a rex.
tamping a rex isn’t easy…
from my experience, here is how to do it:
1) PREPARATION
assuming you found one, there is a bit of preparation to be done, you need at least 30 tranq arrows (give or take a few, due to levels).
- get a crossbow, if not get a bow, the important thing is that the weapon you chose is compatible with tranq arrows.
-next, for tameing, you will need to harvest bio toxin from mitocondrias (blue belly fish found in the sea). this will raise the torpor level if it is running low, and it will avoid losing the rex after having knocked it out.
-get a lot of meat (3 stacks should do the trick, but it really depends on the level), this will allow the tameing bar to fill up: as you have probably guessed, it is not vegetarian…
2) K.O (knock the rex out)
-get the ranged weapon you are using and put it in your hot bar, then open your inventory, and drag the tranq arrow to the same slot as the ranged weapon. This will select the tranq arrow as the ammo for that weapon. If you hold the weapon in your hand, it should say something along the lines of
(weapon name)(tranq arrows loaded/number of tranq arrows)(tranq arrows)
eg, if you had a crossbow with 30 tranq arrows, it would say
crossbow (0/30) tranq arrow, unless if the arrow is loaded.
To knock out the rex, you want to find a cliff near it, and get to the top (a flying mount may be helpful). Now, just wait until it is close enough to shoot accurately, then fire away with your tranq arrows. If it starts running away, hop down the cliff, and continue shooting it (only do this if it runs out of range!!). repeat until it gets knocked out.
3) TAMEING:
careful not to hit it again, get to the rex and open its inventory, then put all the meat and bio toxin in its inventory.
from this point on, patience is required…
If you notice that the torpor level is dangerously low, feed it the bio toxin, it will raise the torpor level by 80, but, oddly enough, won’t harm the rex in any way. If the remaining meat spoils, or you run out of it, you might want to harvest more before it wakes up. when it wakes up, if you managed to tame it, it will tell you in a prompt, otherwise, you didn’t manage, and you should run as fast as possible in the other direction.
NOTES:
-tranq arrows need the mortar and pestle to craft, since you need to create narcotic (narcoberrys + spoiled meat), then combine it with stone arrows.
-a primitive bow may break before you can fully K.O the rex, so bringing two or three might be a good idea
-avoid tameing it near water, because it is defenceless against sea creatures like mitochondria or rays.
-find a solo rex, unless you want to tame two at the same time, which would be considerably harder.
Low key just grapple to a ledge that it can’t reach, shoot it with tranqs (I use darts but I suppose arrows or shocking darts work to) and then when it gets to a high torpor and starts running chase it down either by yourself or on a dino while shooting it still.
Ez to tame tamed mine recently you dont need to build traps you only need a stone for the rex your gonna tame then shot it in the head using crossbow and tranq arrows use prime meat and normal meat if you dont have enough force feed it narcotics or biotoxins to increase its torpidity up if you found this helpful.... -XxCooldude12349xX
Be a safe distance from the Rex then strike! When you knock it out make sure you have enough narcotics (if not make sure you have a raptor to get home quickly!). It’s easiest to hit it with a long neck rifle in my opinion
Guy's I did it, I have one. To tame you should invest in exceptional kibble
I tamed a Rex by taking my pteranodon and landing on a rock where the Rex couldn’t reach me and shooting it with tranq arrows until it ran away, then chased it while still shooting it until it fainted. Make sure to take plenty of narcotics to keep it unconscious while taming it though. Up if helpful!
If you are on The Island you can just grab these with a rynio and trap it easily!!
I tend to use the stand on a rock and shoot the Rex in the face, strategy......seems to always work......
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1 bring more tranq arrows meat and soothing balm if u cant afford main taming food for this beast
2 Find high terrain that he cant reach you
3 Use recommend using crossbow if u cant afford use Bow if you want to challenge yourself try slingshot with hundreds of rocks
4 if this beast run to you just dont chase be good at aiming until u take em down this is why other players and i recommend using crossbow if you on mid level
5 If you take rex down Read 1st step
be patience until you tamed it
6 goodluck hunting with your new beast
No traps needed, just take a flying mount and tranqs, and land somewhere it can’t get you, like the top of a cliff. If not cliffs or high rocks are in the area, you can just fly away from it, dismount, shoot it a few times, then remount, and repeat the process. Hope this helped! :)
you can use grappling hooks to hook onto your flyer in the air, to hang below your flyer but above the ground so you can just shoot it with tranq darts while you are up there. not sure what flyers it works on specifically, but i know it works for the quetzal and pteranodon.
Can be carried by the Rynio. (Dragonfly)
While using pitfall trap make sure to build stone door frame to the height of 4 that is 4 stone door frame stacked one above another. If you use 3 it will jump out and kill you.
feeding the rex berries makes it food goes down faster
Same with all other carnivores in the game
This guide is only for low level rexes
Step 1: get a crossbow with about 15 tranq arrows
Step 2: find a Rex
Step 3: run away from the Rex and shoot with crossbow
Step 4: repeat until unconscious
Step 5: insert raw meat into inventory and wait doesn’t need narcotics if low level
Step 6: enjoy your new Rex
Always use shocking tranqs cause they maybe do a 1000 torpor if u are high enough level up so everyone doesn’t have make a crap ton ordinary tranqs.
Caught one with a basic stone door frame and stairs trap, only took about 5 tranq darts for a level 10
Shoot it with a lot of tranquilizers
4 Dino gateways and a large bear trap. Got a level 135 down with about 65 tranq darts!