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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for thorny dragon? Tips and strategies for thorny dragon in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
These guys can shoot their spikey scales at you when tamed
If you encounter a thorny dragon at a low level, either run back into your house or go in between two rocks. You can easily dodge the torpor projectiles.
It's a simple KO tame, the Thorny Dragon will shoot its needles at you in all directions, the needles deal damage and will make your torpidity go up.
They're commonly are in a group of 2 so you have to kill one or knock both.
Traps are not needed if your fast enough or on a cliff next to the dragon(s).
Boomerang + Regular Kibble
If you ever come into contact with one get to a cliff where its easier to avoid its tail spike attack that can inflict torpour.
If you’re in a terrain where you can have the high ground you’ll only need an argy.
1: Lore them closer to the rock/cliff you’re standing on and set your argy to passive.
2: Start firing tranqs until they’re knocked out.(their spikes don’t do much damage or torpor so it’s okay if you get hit a few times).
3: use the Argy to kill large creatures and gather prime meat/or use kibble if you have it.
4: Pick up your new Thorny Dragon with the Argy and fly it back to your base.
I just got it to follow me, netted it and used tranq darts to knock it out. It went out pretty fast but took quite a few minutes to tame.
A weird and maybe good strategy I found was to make a simple wooden pen out of three walls and one window wall, alternative is to use a ramp. Tranq the adorable little demon and feed it whatever you have that’s good for taming, you have a living tranq now.
Use tranq arrows on the thorny, I keep accidentally killing them with a boomerang and slingshot
They are pretty easy to kill, just 3-5 hits in the head with a spear, works with a level 20-30.
Remco The Quick
Took more mutton than dododex states and food needs to go down more than it states too
I knocked one out by just circling around a big tree and shooting its tail with narc arrows
Pretty easy knockout tame. Got a level 8 down with a few tranq arrows(with a regular bow) and just fed raw meat
These creatures are dangerous me and my friend died multiple times just trying to walk away from it.
Ride a fast animal get tranqs shoot it and run then Repeat
It takes more cooked mutton than it is stated here. I placed 40 in the inv of 120 and it was not enough.
If u r looking to breed make sure u r close to the Egg as it changes in temperature from beign too cold to going back to incubating. So this is a Dino you can't take ur eyes of the egg
When taking avoid spines they are deadly