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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
My gf and I have our own unofficial and are Duo running Lost Island PVE. We decided due to being so early game and the amount of carnivores being so high and resources being so low that a stego may be the way to go for a decently "tamed" encounter as for KOing and we brought roughly 50Tranq arrows and xbow each. We found a beauty of a level 130 and while we may have tamed her, we walked out with 1 broken crossbow, and about 20 arrows total.
Make a taming pen, aggro and run in, this will save you so much time and frustration if using Slingshot/Tranq Arrows. In the future we will build one for larger/beefier tames for sure. Bring minimum 75 tranq arrows for anything above level 100, if you don't use a pen keep at least 1 Stego length between you and your target tame and always for the head. When it runs, make sure to keep some distance so it doesn't loop around and begin smacking/man-handling you. Good luck, have fun and stay alive! UP SO ALL CAN SEE.
Tldr: Beware of high torpor. Bring extra ammo/supplies for knocking out/taming/surviving. Preferably build a medium sized ramp taming pen 3-high crows nest, 2 high walls and doorway for you to escape out of stone or better.
More Stegosaurus Taming & KO Tips
In my case it got stuck in a rock so I just used slingshot and it got knocked out...... btw I was lvl 6 so you can do that or climb on top of a rock and then shoot it.... just make sure the rock is big enough and it cannot climb it
Walk backwards and slingshot to tame. No trap required
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-BorkBro75
If you want to tame a stego find a rock clump up and slingshot the stego until he is unconscious.
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If you dont tame it with kibble you can catch up on some netflix shows of yours :).
Do NOT listen to the people saying to use a slingshot and tame from atop of stones Stegos can and will use their tail to take you out!
1 u climb high rock
2 make sure thereβs no other stegosaurus
3 fire tranq darts until unconscious
4 make sure no dinos charging at u
5 feed it berries
So just find low level it took me like five tranq arrows and crossbow to K.O. then hundred rockaroot and a little bio toxin and now I have a stego! Plz up people must see
At times 5 taming speed it only took me 5 potatoes to tame a stego. Up. so more people will see this
From experience: You can tame it without a trap if you're fast enough, just make sure it's alone first. I used tranq arrows in a crossbow and just ran from it, turning around every few seconds to shoot. Not too hard to hit the head, to be honest. Of course I can't guarantee this will work for everyone, but it worked for me :)
Just grab some tranq arrows, a crossbow, stand on a rock and shoot. Then feed it berries and give it a saddle.