These things are found near rivers. Stay away from the river, like far away, and don’t attack it. It should leave you alone. If this does not work, click the ⬇️

One question what’s the best place to find them?

New players might underestimate this dino once they see them fighting in wild... They cant turn around so fast.. even after tamed if they are following you they behave like stupid... But once you put the saddle on he is all in your control.. he spins around way fast... Just like other small dinos! I am happy to get this beast in my list

They spawn in every region in the Aberration DLC

People stop saying their unless here’s the reasons

1.they do not roar before they fight

2.spinos have fast claw attacks but deal a lot of damage

3.they have a water buff like the tropical wyvern double dmg regeneration hp and etc.

4.have can swim fast than a rex

5.they can get prime meat and prime fish meat better

6.these boi’s are deadly when you have a lot of them

In my opinion it is better than a Rex, it get hydro buff and can swim. Also is probably faster idk for sure. Also just overall looks cooler

Forget traps I have tamed 2 with a cliff. Get on top snipe with crossbow and stone arwow then move to tranq arows and boom he is down

If you play on mobile just use soothing balm and you won’t need any narcotics / bio toxins

Extremely easy tame (for low levels)

Saw a lvl 10 near my base whilst travelling with my raptor to go sarco hunting. It was fighting an iguanodon and didn’t notice me. I decided to try shooting it with tranq arrows, not expecting it to pass out second arrow. 10x soothing balm, only took 2 pieces of prime meat. And now I have a lvl 10 spino. Only 50 more levels for its saddle.

(Don’t waste your time planning traps, just shoot and run)

Note that they cannot fit into the Tek cave unless you cryopod them past the entrance.

Spinos are a pain to deal with if you are just starting out. My advice is run for the hills.

Real easy to knock out. Use stone dinosaur gates to create a semi circle. With a fast mount agro the spino and run through the gates. Tranq spinos from the safety. Advanced players will have a door closed behind the spino so it can not run when near being downed

However much narcotic you plan on bringing, bring more. I'm talking like 400 - 500 narcotic if you're taming with prime meat. These guys' torpor goes down almost as fast as a beavers, so be prepared!

Overall great tame definitely tame

-stealthhunter389

Rexes Are highly utile they can gather alot,Have high weight,They are better for tanking with a decent dps

Spinos are highly mobile they can swing,Run fast and a good amount of stam,That are better for dps with a decent hp

The best tame Under level 80 for mobile! Its Hand/paw/Idk attack at two feet stance makes it unbelievably powerful since its knock back renders even alpha rex/raptors useless since they dont get a chance to attack! Plus its amphibious!

I play solo easy (new to ark) and I tamed a level 95 (170 after tamed) and it killed just killed an alpha raptor level 50 easy with no hp loss! Tame one as soon as u reach level 71!!!

These spawn loads in the canyon area on ragnorok

1 stack of raw meat lasts 30min on babies

OK here’s a good tip do the hunt piranhas and get soothing balm and find one of these knock it out put fish meat and there you go.

Little known fact their swipe attack on 2 legs is ever so slightly weaker than a Rex's bite but is also way faster than a rex bite and if in water is ridiculously faster than a rex bite. Add in the fact that they're twice as easy to tame as a rex as long as ya have the narcotic grab some raw fish it's the easiest thing to get other than berries and grab yourself the highest level you can itll be well worth it I promise I have loved every spino I've ever had, everyone who's had one that I know of love them