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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.
I tamed a Lv 80 spino with raw prime meat
I used 200+ narcotics and 40+ bio toxin
Do not think you have any chance against it with a few simple tames and a sword as I used my two brontosaurus’s(Barry and Garry) and Barry had to watch Garry die in front of him. Barry then got murdered by a few allosaurus’s and so did I but the spoon did the most damage. One up is one RIP for Barry and Garry
Do not tame a Spino. Tame two and breed them. Tamed spinos are good. Imprinted spinos have zero chill. Hands down my favorite mount on land. Crazy fast (can out run gigas) do great damage, especially with the hydrated buff and they're super stamina efficient. The Rex can be a bit more tanky, but tank doesn't matter when you're slapping down Rexes like they're dilos.
Go on a cliff have a simple rifle at hand shoot it with tranqs and have a fly boy so you can go down I used 15 prime meat I play Xbox so yeah great experience.
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Here’s a tip if you encounter a spino near your base of you have big rocks in between you and the spino you can actually partially trap it and shoot it down as spinos can’t climb big mountains nor get through big rocks (few)
Genesis X-Spinos are worth the tame. They are like Bog Rexes that can swim. If you try to tame it, be careful to build a trap higher than normal Dino gates made of stone with a ramp on one side. This Dino needs Behemoth gates to fit through them, so anything smaller than that, but a bit larger than a Dino gate will do. Had one get stuck in my standard Dino gate trap, but it jumped out once it’s torpor got high and it found an area of gate that wasn’t perfectly level with the others and jumped right over and ran off. Taming with standard gates is possible, only if they are perfectly level with each other. Having a trap made of stone fence supports and door frames stacked super high will make escape impossible. Pillars work too, but make sure it can’t slip through them.
How To Trap Your Spino
a comprehensive guide on how to make a stupid lil cage for your megametrodon.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
16x stone foundation
48x stone doorway
12x wooden ramp
1x crossbow
30-70x tranq arrows (may take less or more depending on level)
now that youre all readied up, find your ideal spino!
i recommend searching in south zone 1, as it has a guaranteed spino spawn. they are also common in river deltas / streams near the beach. if you cant find any, kill some fish as they share a spawn.
now, how to build a trap.
step 1: place your stone foundations in a 4x4 on the ground
step 2: place your doorways in rows of 3 on each side of the trap (kinda like a carno trap).
step 3: place your wooden ramps in rows of 3 on whichever side you see fit.
now that your trap is set down, lure over your spino! preferably use a flyer, although you can also lure them over with your crossbow.
now that theyre in your trap, pump a truckload of tranqs into them until they fall asleep!
their torpor falls relatively quickly, so i suggest loading up on narcotics to feed them. the easiest and most efficient way to feed them is with raw prime fish meat, however if you have expectional kibble or raw mutton then those 2 work better.
I was starve feeding this thing till a darn theri aggravated at me but killed my sleeping spino instead ;[[[ what have we learned today? NEVER EVER try to tame something even remotely close to a theri, they will ruin your day ;[
These are one of the best in my opinion it spawned in like south zone 2 or 3 I was in 1 I was going to kill it when I saw one that was not a alpha so it was normal and it murdered 2 alpha trikes!These are op I hope I can kill it I’m only lvl 23 with some rappers and stuff but do not attack and don’t go in there domaine unless prepare and near high ground.
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These things nocked me off a cliff more than 5 times and took over 30 trank arrows for a level 20
I just tamed it by going on a high cliff with my pteranadon then shooting it with my crossbow, then doing the usual meat and narcotics. However it was killed shortly after by a bronto. R.I.P Haddasah.
I recommend using A long neck rifle to knock out these things. One bad thing about Spinos is they near fish💀 bro, these things are in love with fish,it is annoying that they always hunt them which makes it hard to tame. but all you really have to do is make a trap.or find high ground(that is high enough that the Spinosaurus can’t reach)or get A very fast mount that you can use weapons on and shoot the it down and put your food of Choice in it’s inventory. keep it asleep and boom there’s your spino
spinosaurus is alarmingly fast on land and, in water. they are deadly but, easily avoidable. they only reside in rivers and lakes, they can sacrifice speed for strength as they can stand up to deal much more damage, allowing them to plow through weaker dinos such as trikes or allo's, and can easily tear through a rex with minimal effort. 8.7 for its great speed and need to bish slap just about anything with a pulse, while being a good way to body an enemy rex just by slapping it.
Beat place to tame him is close to the island with Red obelix. U just have to have these 4 things
1.crossbow/bow and 30-40 tranq Arrowa
2flying mount best will be pterodon with 60-80 raw jest or 30-40 prime meat and arraund 30 narcotics
3 good aim
4hope
u want to tame this beast uhh i suggest find some rocks that cannot reach you or maybe a high terrain shot tranq on its head if it runs away just goodluck because they are fast as hell so better be good shooting tranq arrows in long distance i tame it using kibble and prime meat u can use soothing balm if necessary
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The Spino, while dealing a ton of damage, can retreat if it is low on hp, and is very, very fast on land. I only know this from mobile, but it could be true for pc. This also applies for when it is high on torpor, which makes it more difficult to tame, but it is in fact doable, so long as it collapses before it lands in an aggro area/ body of water.