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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for spinosaurus? Tips and strategies for spinosaurus in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
How to tame a spino if you are bad at the game like me.😁 You will need a cross bow, fifty tranq arrows and a large amount of narcotics and biotoxin, and most importantly a flyer. -First locate the spino, I found mine on the west Coast near the water falls, then use your flyer to lure him out and get him to fall off a cliff. Once he can't get you start shooting him with a lot of tranq darts bring around 50 to be safe (you may need more or less depending on difficulty and level). Once he's down feed him fish meat and narcotics and protect him. THINGS WILL AGRO ON HIM. And then boom you just got yourself a spino AKA one of the best dinos in the game. Next name him Nokia and remember he gets a crazy stat boost in water.
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Bro if it's low get crossbow tranq lead it to the forest stay distance away from it😀
This beast is my preferred alternative to a rex and in all honesty the Spinosaurus seems to be generally better with the only bad stat being weight. This amazing dino excels both on land and in the water and get an increase to attack speed and movement which makes them even more deadly. They also seems to have a higher dps, along with two attacks that can only be used in certain stances, 4 legged stance offers a simple bite, while the 2 leg stance offers claw slaps (or something idk) which are executed faster and are much more powerful; they can also trample smaller creatures. Because of Spinos quick speed they are a pain to tame when they flee which makes a trap viable but not necessary.
10/10 from me, exceptional creature.
When you tame a spino, ALWAYS BRING BIO TOXIN. You need a bunch of it, because here on do do dex, and in the game, spino torpor drops high. What I mean is, the spinos torpor goes down fast. So I recommend if spino torpor gets to the middle, feed it bio toxin until its almost full of torpor. When I tamed my spino, it was a close call. A very close call. 1. I ran out of tranq arrows.
2. No more Cnidarias were in the area, (OR SO I THOUGHT), so I thought hope was lost, when suddenly, boom, a group of cnidarias were in the water. I killed them all for bio toxin. At that time, when I got there, the Spino was only at 280.1 Torpordity, so I quickly started feeding it bio toxin. I tamed it with raw meat ONLY. Fish meat was scarce where the spino was, and Bio Toxin, was a need. Also, take a direwolf with you along with a flying mount. Put them on stop, and make sure the direwolf is far away. 1. Direwolves give a boost on the drops of the creature they kill. (On Back Only). So they can gather lots of meat, more than your metal tools.
3. Direwolves are a good source of protection, and very floofy.
If you are planning on taming another spino, please take lots more tranq arrows. Sorry if I have bad grammar. I posted this on my Phone. I play on mobile, so some of this stuff may not work. Check Do do dex for more info. It really helped me!
I tamed my first ever Spino. She/He, can kill other Spinos. Now when I have it out, I am not afraid of anything. It can even kill a Rex. I wanted to go easy mode, so I picked Casual, and Easy. My Spino is now lvl 40 something. Thats a lot. With great power comes great responsibility. Get yourself a Spino. If you plan on taming a high lvl, I recommend taking loads of raw meat,
And a bunch of Bio Toxin. I had a few close calls when trying to tame my Spino. I named it Rexy. Spinos have underwater buff, they are stronger when attacking with their front claws. Bites are slower and weaker. Spino also knocks back. Be careful! Spinos are strong. Get to a high cliff, then shoot it up with tranq arrows if you are a low lvl. Feed it with raw meat if its the only source. Feed it bio toxin if torpor is almost gone. -TinaZ, with Rexy.
These things ain’t as bad as they look. A decent level sarco can take one down with a few shots from a longneck first.
So, the Spinosaurus. Ya’ want to know how to tame one, correct? Well, here is a list of ways I’ve tamed them in the past.
1: Stonehenge & Large Bear Traps
Build 6 stone dinosaur gateways, and put one in the front, and then 2 long around the sides. Like a rectangle Stonehenge but have the very back has no gate. Fill the place up with large bear traps at the one dinosaur gateway. Lead the Spino inside and then go around the back and place the final Dinosaur Gateway. The Spino is now trapped within Stonehenge and can easily be tamed with an ascendant bow/crossbow, a decent crossbow, or a normal Longneck with tranq darts. Keep shooting and don’t stop until it’s unconscious. Feed it any prime meat or fish meat, and use 150+ narcotics or bio-toxins. Try bringing 100 narcotics for level 30, 150 for level 100 and 300 for level 200+. If you are on mobile, try using Soothing Balm if you don’t have enough food/narcotics. Hope this helps!
Oh shoot I’m at the character limit.
You do not need all the prep to tame a Spino. Simply use large bear traps. Also don’t waste time with narcotics. Bio toxins are much easier to get and work better.
If your on genesis you can find them at lat 59 lon 78.
Pro tip! Have a flyer or mount that you can fire weapons from if you dont want to use a trap. Please do not attempt to tame on foot unless you are stupid fast! They will run you down and if you do manage to survive than good luck chasing it.
Always have a bronto with yourself or any other high hp dinosaur this will take spinos attention from you to your dino and start shooting with crossbow tranq arrows
Great Land and Sea mount!
Others have pointed out its great farming capability in water but more specifically I was able to farm 2k chitin from eurypterids in under 5 minutes with my spino<3
Btw the load of eurypterids i found is in the shipwreck in the bottom of the cove at Viking Bay(:
Spino can eat them up to collect the resource so you avoid getting stung and KOed under water!
So you get loads of chitin, meat, oil and pearls!
To tame a spino you need about 4-5 tranq darts, you can tame a lvl 10 spino with 2 darts and an raptor, use the raptor to rush the spino and tranq it once, it will agro, so run away, then go back and dart it again and it is knocked. To find they are most active at beaches or any place with water, you can find 1 in a beach, 10 in those water fall type of valleys.
Be careful there fast dangerous and can kill you
You’ve probably already seen this but the best trap for a spino is 4 normal sized Dino gateways and a bear trap. Place the traps in a square shape but leave the last one open, don’t place it yet. Place down a bear trap, lead it to the bear trap then but the gate behind it and boom.
For low levels all you need is height, 10 tranq darts (get more just incase) 30 narcotics and 20 fish. Shoot it, feed it with narcotics (and fish) until it get to like 94% tame, and you should have a spino. I did exactly that, died once but it got knocked out when I respawned and now I have a level 4 green spino! Goodluck!
Spinosaurus vs Rex:
Spinosaurus: has two modes: one for travel and one for attack. It’s faster and stronger than the Rex depending on the mode. Four legs = faster Two legs = stronger
Rex: only has one mode but has higher health and stamina than the spinosaurus. The Rex is basically a tank that can take some hits and it may not have as good damage as the spinosaurus, but can deal a lot of damage.
They are both good. Just choose who you want
Rip: Bubbles spino died by giga
Bein' a piratey raft lad, I don't go inland to oft'n so I know thems sailed critters don't live on the out'r beaches, so don't go lookin' for a saily lad if on the shores.
I'd take a spino over a rex simply because they are arks ATV's. They can cover mountains, rocks, and can swim very well. They're also very good for conquering the swamp.