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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.
Best Dino to take
On a rex
And good for killing fish
Traps are effective, but hard to make and these things can climb good. Whenever I tame them I try and find a nearby cliff and shoot them form there. They are VERY fast when fleeing, so try to shoot them headshots and very fast.
Make a 4 by 4 foundation with door frames 3 high all around and a ramp up one side. If fast enough Agro the spino and run up the ramp and out the door frame. If not use a flyer.
If you have around 309 health a normal crossbow base damage and lots of prey this thing is so easy to tame just start shooting it and dodge the hits
Yeah, if it’s low level, don’t use pillars. I tried to knock one out using a 5-wall high tower, and the Spino still got to hit me on the tower, YEETED me almost inside a mountain, and did 7x the damage. Just use a mount with good health, like a Carbonemys or a Dire Bear
(Tip is at the end)I tamed 2 of these beasts so far I got a lvl 2 and a 3 in total it took around 80 narcotic combined and around 10 tranq arrows. For each I used a crossbow and once they are out u HAVE to stay with them so they don’t wake up the trick is to find one by a cliff and tranq them from there
So I am only level 45 and I tamed one of these I was very far from spawn which is where my base is I just stoop atop a. Cliff and tranq him by the time he fell my heart was beating SOOO fast I thought he would kill me and my pteranodon parked next to me the spino I tamed was level 2 now he is a level 5 and slowly getting better. If you want a tame just find one near a cliff and crossbow-tranq them till the down the shove LOTS of narcotics and fish meat in then have it kill the therinzo that almost killed you when you put food in it’s inventory.
Bring as many narcs as possible I tamed a level 3 and needed 100 narcs
Compared to taming a rex, this thing is actually harder to tame unless this thing spawns in the middle of two cliffs so it’ll have nowhere to run. I once tamed a rex with only a bow and a few tranq arrows on easy mode, obviously, but I can actually kill rexes up to lvl 100+ when on lvl 30+ yourself, on mobile that is. This thing runs when it has high torpor or near death, and it runs FAST. So unless you’re a WWII veteran sniper and can track this bad boy’s movement up to an island away, you’d have to lure it in the middle of two cliffs. Griffins are also good to help you tame this guy, but they’re a pain in the arse to tame on mobile... Use bio toxin to keep down, or a ton of narcoberries. Best method is starve taming. Clear out the area of every single aggressive thing though, and remember this guy has an oxygen stat, so it’ll drown if you knock it out in waters deep enough to make it swim (shallow waters where it can stand doesn’t make it drown, same thing goes for everything that you have to tame thru knock out method). Use ascendant bows or ascendant crossbows to knock out, or a tranq dart which is more efficient. Bring 10x more the amount of narcotics, if that’s what you use, better use bio toxin to keep this down. Around two or three stacks of bio toxin should be enough for levels 100+ of a spino.
Spinos are pretty easy to tame. First get a moschops and set it on wander for Narco berries, then get at least 60 narcotics for a level one spino ( always have extra narcotics), make a crossbow, have at least 20 tranq arrows, find a good cliff, shoot the spino till it falls over, if it runs away from the cliff keep an eye on it but don’t run after it one time I ran after it and it turned around and killed me. Hope you enjoy your spino :)
(ARK MOBILE) Tamed a level 300 in redwoods without any narcotics just 4 argy kibbles and a 10× balm.
These things are super bad at the start if you see one grab your tames and run It killed my best friend rapti and my parasaur for no reason
Knocking out a Spino is pretty easy if you have a good crossbow, tranq arrows and a damage sponge tame. My taming does not involve traps, and as such I recommend a Sarco or a Baryonyx.
Alternative: A T. Rex will almost always be targeted by a Spino, so put the Rex on Passive and pump the Spino full of tranquilizers as it takes one for the team.
If you can help it, knock out the Spino on the riverbank next to Sabertooth Salmon. Use your best sickle to get Prime Fish Meat from them, or if you don't have that pray to R-N-you-know-who for some while you use your metal pick.
I always search for Spinos in the southern portion of the map, in the range of 60-75 latitude and 40-70 longitude. The eastern portion of that area is what I call "Spino Valley." I get very lucky witb Spinos there, and there are plenty of spots where fleeing Spinos get stuck. I hope all of this info helps you find my favorite dinosaur!
It cant deal damage to stone structures so make a trap with 4 big stone portals and a big bear trap
I just agroed the spino then put up a Dino gate as it got close and it works well because it tries to get you but can’t. Then when it starts torpor running you can just chase it. ☝️Up if helpful.
Do not knock out in the water biggest mistake ever
Escape a spino by climbing a mountain with a ptramadon. Okay?
If you have a primitive crossbow, don't go for low levels. Use tranq darts. A level 72 spino I tamed had about 1800 health when I knocked it. And it was getting on low health with ascendant crossbow.