Pound for pound these badasses are the second most powerful land predator in the game. Base damage of a spin-off is 50 vs Rex’s 60, and Rex is a little tankier. However, Spina has higher attack speed, giving it higher DPS. It has 2 and 4 leg movement modes, so it can move a hell of a lot faster than Rex, and even outrun Gigias. In water it gets awesome buffs that last 30 seconds when it strays onto land. Also, they make a great water mount until you get a dedicated water Dino like a Plesi or Moses, so Spino is your foot into the door of underwater exploration. This is a must have for any survivor’s war-Dino herd.

Spinos r great for going underwater mid game/end game plus they get a water buff that makes them go faster and do more damage plus if I’m not mistaken they do not get leeches attached to them when they go into the swamp so overall try and get a spino by raising it from and get or getting it from people or taking it cuz they can rlly help you in the long run

I tamed my first spino at level 13 and when I say it sucked trying to get the material and levels for her saddle I mean it really sucked but Jawbreaker will always be my favorite girl ♡

Just better than Rex trust me, on a quadrupedal stance they can run faster and more manageable for travel and on the bipedal stance they are great for offense while slower on land and water they can make up for raw damage, first off the Rex only has a slow space for attacks and has to move a lot for fast targets which is same for Spinos but when they go bipedal they have extremely fast reflexes for attacks and a fast pace for more space and range so I recommend for anyone

It has less health and is (slightly) beat by the rex in raw damage output, but the utility of a spino makes it the FAR superior option between the two apex carnivores. It can go anywhere, it doesn’t get stuck easily, and it’s one of the best gatherers of biotoxin. It’s also able to go into radiation without issue. These things are at their best on aberration, but they’re powerhouses everywhere.

It’s not as good as a rex for fighting bosses, but it’s superior for every other role.

Great in the swamp and for dealing with alpha raptors and carnos, but not alpha rexs. I killed an alpha carno with mine easily

to hell with the karkinos and megalosaurus in aberration just get a spoon they are so strong and fast and they attack fast and can alt turn plus their roar doesn't take stamina like the bary and giga.

Spinos are good on water,underwater (ocean). The oxygen drop down slowly!

Can kill a rock elemental if health and damage is high enough

In ark mobile if you tell a spino to attack then use the spy glass on the Dino being attacked the spino does 3x more damage

Never spawn in west zone1 because sometimes it spawns there too

Killed alpha broodmother with 18 of these, 1 yuty and a daeodon. Haven't tried any other bosses yet, but I absolutely shredded alpha broodmother.

How Spinos compare to rexes (IMO):

Spinos are better mounts than rexes, considering they are a great deal faster, more agile, and versatile on land and in water. However, due to their lower health, alpha boss fights will be considerably harder when you use Spinos instead of rexes, although Spinos have a higher DPS than rexes, with levels, rexes have significantly higher hp than Spinos, making them difficult to utilize against alpha bosses, however, from experience, the Spinos tend to do very well against gamma and beta bosses. They both have their pros and cons, but for me: Spinos for traveling and for meat runs, and rexes for boss fights.

Can easily kill Alpha Rexes when they are near the shore line (like lava on the Centre). Approach the shore at a right angle and aggro the rex, then walk backwards into the water. The alpha won't attack you but will turn back to land. Nom it a few times then rinse and repeat. Killed 3 alphas in one visit to lava with 11k health and basic saddle.

Before you get to the point where you have wyverns, depending on your location spinos can be the best meat gathering tame. For my tribe, our Gigas are the best because we live near the swamp, but if you live somewhere with lower spawns, the spino can get you to the meat easily.

Great for collecting oil go into the swamp and kill leeches also chitin

Please, PLEASE keep babies near warmpth at ALL TIMES. I had triplets that died cuz they weren't warm enough

Always get a abberant spino. Its a key in abberation playthroughs. Strong, durable, rad-immune, get a good one and it will get you some rock drakes

In ASA, these things get a hydration buff in The Center arena, so consider that while planning out your boss army.

The most op dino of ark biside the giga