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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips

What is a rex used for? rex utility tips and strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Im playing medium so max level 150 and I tamed a female Rex (lvl140) level went up to 207 with tame effectiveness and I found this male Rex(lvl150) but was attacked once by a dire wolf so with tame effectiveness his level went to 220 losing 5 levels but anyways they had good stats, I bred them and on their second baby it had their best stats so I kept it fully imprinted and took it out to level up. Creating a monstrous Rex. Sitting at 10k health nothing special but also sitting at 1255% damage😭 which is (for me) 1017 damage💀 and also having a weight capacity of 1k and a speed of 150% but only with 1.7k stamina which is the thing I’m working on. All that at level 243😭
Rexes are one the most anti climactical and yet practical tames in ARK.
While they can be easily tranquilized with no challenge, they provide a backbone for a dino army and are a great way to defeat bosses. They are strong if bred and mutated, and are also respectable hunters and intimidators.
These are very dangerous,if you dont have the stuff to kill ortame,save it for later.
Killing:get a crossbow and attach a grappling hook to it,get any weapon that does high damage.Hook yourself on its back or leg by shooting your crossbow,then kill it to kingdom come
Taming:you should either trap one or kill and revive,start shooting it with crossbows with toxicant or tranq arrows,if not,use longneckriffles with shocking or normal tranq darts,there are also other options
This is basically the go to choice for almost all the bosses.why? because its the one of the best for fighting bosses especially forest,ice and megapithecus, because point you probably don't have a giga at that point,it has high HP and high damage and if you breed it up..it's gonna crush the weaker bosses.if you want to add up the damage output of the Rex with the yuty then sure you can do it if you're willing to go into the snow and possibly get ambushed by purlovias.