Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
Spinos aren’t necessarily actually better than a rex for a few reasons, and theres some stuff i’ve been reading here that is just flat out wrong. Rexes and spinos are almost equals, with rexes being a bit more combat focused and spinos being better at everything else
Spinos do outdamage a rex IF they stand on 2 legs, tamed unridded spinos will NOT do this. Meaning unless it is being ridden a rex will outdamage a spino in dps
A spino does have greater knockback than a rex, good enough to juggle alot of enemies die to the fast attack speed, rexes can do the same thing but it’s harder and it will not work against creatures too fast.
Spinos get the hydration buff which increases health regen slightly (barely noticeable) damage, and speed. It gets this buff if it touches even a tiny puddle of water. It does not have to go into deep water to get the buff
Rexes do have better health than spinos (and better dps if the spino is on all fours or unridden). Rexes are usually better for bossfights unless theres water in the arena.
Rexes are in general much easier to tame. Spinos are annoyingly hard to trap unless it is a pre built trap. Even then spinos havea much easier time climbing over walls than rexes, the also move much faster and have even less attention span
NOTE: Rexes do not have short attention spans UNLESS you are on a flyer. If you are on a flyer that is landed or on a land mount or even on foot it will follow you just fine. Spinos however would much rather target fish than you, and due to their preference of water leading them away may be difficult as it might lose interest if taken too far from the water, or focus on fish if any are nearby
Standing on a rock can work however once they start running they are fast with the hydration buff, and it is possible to knock them out in the water, meaning they will drown. I highly recommend using a pre built large box trap at least 3 walls high. Alternatively if you dont want to pre build a trap you can use a large beartrap, and a few stone gateways. Place down the beartrap, lead the spino to the trap, and place the gates around him and tranq at your leisure. I recommend the first option however
Another thing is that once knocked out they prefer fish to meat, they also prefer raw prime fish meat to raw mutton or prime meat. This may may it harder or easier depending on your location and environment. On valguero and ragnarok it is easy to get mutton if you have a flyer to quickly bring it back to a tame before it spoils. I usually do this with any large carnivores to save on kibble. But if you already have a capable water mount or have nearby sabertooth salmon available then this will be rather easy as long as you keep its torpor up. Kibble of course also works as always if you have access to it.
Thats about it just a few more side notes
Tamed rexes will not i initiate a roar when entering combat. Only wild rexes do.
Spinos arent nearly as maneuverable as other aquatic creatures in the water, and you may find yourself getting outmaneuvered and bitten in the back alot. Spinos are much better for rivers and lakes than open ocean.
Theres very good reason why rexes are so often used in boss fights rather than spinos. Unless theres water in the arena rexes are almost always a better choice, if not therizinos.
I am not a rex fanboy, i much prefer spinos myself. But i cant stand blatantly wrong information being posted here. Dont get me wrong a spino will absolutely body a rex if it stands up, but because tamed spinos dont do that unless ridden rexes will out damage them, ontop of that rexes absolutely have more health.
Spinos suit a much different role in my opinion, very equal as a battle mount, worse as an army. Far superior as a travel mount. A good high level spino will kill everything outside an alpha rex, or a giga. You may have a hard time against alpha wyverns or high level alpha carnos.
It should also be noted that alpha mosas and alpha squids will, obviously prove to you that they are the kings of the deep by ripping amd tearing your spino a new a**hole.
I’m going to start breeding spinos soon to create a really good traveling tame to take me anywhere. And in my opinion thats what they’re for, traveling while being good protection against anything a same level rex can kill.
More Spinosaurus Utility Tips
These are stronger than the rex, and tame one of these beasts instead of some old rex. 1. they get an underwater buff when up to mid body in the water and farther. 2. on two legs their attacks are faster and stronger then a rexes but they walk slower,and on four legs they are faster, but not as strong. If a tamed one is following you, they will do this automatically, when riding you must do it on your own. 3. They're easier to tame then a rex! So if you're debating on taming one of these bad boys, or the infamous rex, choose this dude. These beasts need more recongition.
Spinos are really, REALLY, good. First, these things can switch between standing on 2 legs(allowing them to turn on the spot, and deal more damage, but be slower, even outdamaging a rex on 2 legs) and 4 legged mode(where they will do leas damage, but be way faster, and have a huge turning radios) you cannot use the 2 legged mode underwater, only on land, underwater u can only be with 4 legged mode. If a spino enteres water(a river, lake, inside an ocean, and so on) it will get a damage buff, health regen buff, and speed buf, making it a lot stronger. The buff is permanent as long as u at least touch the water, and lasts 30 seconds outside of it. The spino is very good at traveling, as most aggresive dinos(raptors, carnos, and so on) will become neutral towards you. The spino also has great speed on all 4, is quite slow on 2 legs, and is even faster with the water buff. It is also extremely powerful.mode. It also attacks faster than a rex. The spino also harvests a ton of meat and hide.
For my personal opinion the spino is the BEST starter tame I found a lv 54 spino near my base and easily trapped it using a large bear trap and 4 dino gate ways it has absolutely carried me through out my play through until I got a lv 112 one I was able to kill EVERY THING I mean high level rexes spinos or alphas in a matter of seconds and I was able to traverse the whole island extremely rapidly so please TRY to tame one it is REALLY useful in travel fighting and mostly anything .thanks .
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TLC patch coming in March 2018 to add the ability to swap between 2 legged mode (faster attacks and ability to attack with claws) and 4 legged mode (Faster movement), as well as increased turning radius, movement speed, damage, and health regen while in water and for a short time after leaving it.
Spinos are not only my favorite dinosaur irl, but they are my favorite mount in the game. They are agile for their size, deal tons of damage (especially when bipedal), and are so fast. If your Spino just stand in a puddle of water, it will get the hydration buff, which increases its damage by 15 percent, movement speed by 20 percent, and health regeneration by 25 percent. In the wild, they are extremely dangerous, aggroing on almost everything. However, when low on health, they will run away from a fight as a last-ditch effort to survive. Overall, even though there are faster creatures (Direwolf), creatures with more health or damage (Rex or Giga) and better creatures for diving the ocean depths (Tuso), they are the most well rounded creature to have - especially when mutated. My mutated Spino only has one useful mutation, a health mutation, but I pumped his damage so high, he is dealing over 1500 damage. I highly recommend the Spino to every survivor. It is so worth it.
Ok this beauty is literally one of the best tames in the game. I tamed one in EARLY game (like literally level 10) and holy cow it's amazing. Way easier to tame than a Rex, has two attacks, is crazy fast when walking on water, has decent weight, and if you can get a pack of these nothing can touch you. I have like at least 10-15 and it's so awesome