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2718 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Nov 21, 2020   Report

This is what’s you’ll need to tame it:narco berries narcotics tranq arrows and some wood structures. Step one: make a taming trap. Make it big Enough so the trike can’t get out make a ramp into the trap and a small door for a survivor to fit in. Step two: Hit the trike run into the trap and go through the small door. Step three get on top of the ramp and start shooting it with Tranq arrows. Also DON’T SHOOT AT THE HEAD THEY HAVE EXTRA PROTECTION THERE.step four:once it’s knocked out put your narco berries and narcotics in the trike and wait for it to be tamed. If this helped please hit the arrow pointing towards the sky.

1 point   🥚 Taming & KO   4 days ago ✨ NEW   Report

This thing is a fossil and a dangerous 1 for everybody

613 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Jan 4, 2024   Report

We all remember when we tried to bola this guy

2428 points   🔧 Utility   Mar 24, 2018   Report

With the new TLC, it has OUTSTANDING thatch collecting ( 1000 in 4 trees with a max charge. )

845 points   🔧 Utility   Sep 21, 2022   Report

Utility Roles for Trike:

1. Tank. When faced with head on damage, they have a damage reduction. Be sure to pair with mate for extra damage resistance (level Health).

2. Short Range Scout. The Trike is not very fast, but again, due to the damage resistance it has (and it's just general beefiness), it can serve as a good scout for early game. Much better than the Para in that regard (level Health, Stam, and Movement Speed).

3. Harvester. This boi can collect quite a decent amount of wood and fiber, much more than you can by hand. Use with Charge attack for extra resources! (level Weight and Stamina).

4. Defender. Use him to defend your base and smaller tames. Really the only early game threat a Trike can't handle are alphas and the occasional Theri. But trust me, I've seen one of these things face down a Sarco and live (level Health and Melee Damage)

My name is ShinyChimchar01 and if you like these tips, please up (next tip will be on Raptor)

1460 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Aug 27, 2020   Report

It's a chill dino and doesn't get mad if you get too close but whatever you do, DO NOT pick up a trice's egg, or he will cha cha real smooth you out of existence 😌✨

811 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Jan 14, 2022   Report

First, for low levels, I suggest finding one that is stuck in between two trees which is surprisingly common. I used a crossbow, but you could just use a bow. Craft tranq arrows. Shoot at the belly, and try to do it quickly before it can get free. I suggest 4-6 tranq arrows, maybe more for a higher level. I brought a few narcotics just in case, but I didn’t use any so you don’t necessarily have to. Bring about 20-40 berries, probably more, and you’ll most likely have extra. Put it in the triceratops’s inventory and wait (in my experience it went up by 2%, so make sure you’re ready for a wait). If you leave it’s side the taming will still go up. After it is tamed, name it!

Extra: bolas will NOT work, if you use them they will start to attack.

Uses: they can be extremely strong (I have seen a group of 2-3 trikes kill a sarco, which is a much more high-level tame). Once a saddle is crafted, they are not very fast but they do collect thatch easily from trees as well as short amounts of wood. They get much more berries from a single bush than you can. They do not jump when you’re riding.

Thanks for reading! Sorry it was so long. Please up for the noobs to see! And of course, have a nice day.

1187 points   🔧 Utility   Nov 12, 2019   Report

If you ever catch these guys in the wild and wonder why their heads are glowing red, you should probably run because there’s a Rex/Spino in the area.

599 points   🔧 Utility   Jan 27, 2022   Report

If the triceratops head is glowing that means there is a large predator nearby

825 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Jul 13, 2020   Report

In Soviet Russia trike tame u

78 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Dec 31, 2024   Report

I remember the day when I tamed my first trike on hardcore mode. I tamed a 145 using a few tranq arrows. I rode it around the beaches of the southern islets collecting berries.

It was on the trike that I spent my first weeks on the island. Back in the day, the ark felt so huge, so vast, it was impossible to fully explore.

It was also on my trike that I encountered the first dangers of the island. When i was building my hut, a carno charged out of the woods, coming towards us. I was sure I was dead, and then, my trike came into view. One strike, two strikes, and the carno fell off the cliff. Gravely wounded, the carno lost interest.

In the first month or so on the island, the trike was the most useful tame I had. Countless times it saved me from hungry raptors, rexes, and more. It helped me through the toughest early days, collecting thatch, wood, and berries.

When I was about to enter the tek cave, I said goodbye to most of my tames. I remembered the early days with me and my trike, exploring the wild jungles and unforgiving northern peaks, and how I built all from scratch, to the army of theris and Rexes I had now.

My trike would stay on the island, but as the overseer sent me towards the sands of scorched earth, I was one step closer to bringing the arks home.

772 points   ⚔️ Encountering   May 19, 2020   Report

Very very easy tame. Go on top of a rock, shoot it with slingshot or tranq arrow.

If u just started, do NOT pick its egg up. If u do, try not to run to ur base. Trust me i learned it the hard way.

535 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Jul 15, 2021   Report

It's not as hard as I thought to Knock it out I did it with a wooden club (definitely dint die like 4 times)it was only a level 4 but it's cool (boost this so low level beginners can see).

670 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Jun 26, 2020   Report

Never slingshot or shoot tranq arrows at the trike’s head. They have extra protection there. aim for the body instead.

1159 points   🔧 Utility   Oct 6, 2016   Report

I can not stress enough to my friends how useful the trike is. Early game it makes a great pack animal. Late game in groups of three or four it can be used as a decent battle mount. Taming a trike early on can be a great way to start a large base and keep you well fed with berries.

565 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Apr 13, 2020   Report

I think trikes give you more berries.up if you think to

7 points   🔧 Utility   Jun 3, 2025   Report

These things are badass, I have a lvl 67 and I killed a pack of 3 T rex! It may not have good speed or weight but damage… He also killed an alpha Meg that got stuck on rocks up by carno island (it nearly killed him) but w in the chat for my boi pointy!

690 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Oct 5, 2016   Report

If you get in a fight with a couple of trikes, you'll see their head is adorned with 3 spikes, but there's no need to fear, just attack from the rear whilst using a really long pike.

304 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Apr 28, 2021   Report

Your Pocket Triceratops Taming Guide

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Some info-

Ah, the trike. Your trusty early-game berry gatherer and a surprisingly strong (and surprisingly slow!) mount. You've probably tamed one before, but if you haven't, you've come to the right place.

Taming-

I would recommend using tranq arrows or darts, although you shouldn't really need to tame a trike by the time you unlock tranq darts. Get up somewhere high (But be careful as trikes can climb better than you'd think) or get it stuck between two trees. If you want you could use a trap, but it shouldn't be nessesary. As for taming food, my choice would be mejoberries. They're easier to obtain than crops and actually tame it quicker! You'll need 85 mejoberries for a level 150. As for narcotics, you'll need to bring some, no matter what level you're going after.

Saddling and Stats-

Good bulky tames with a high health stat. Stamina is average, and is the one I put the most points into. Saddle is simply made from hide, wood and fibre (I think).

Breeding-

I haven't written a section on breeding one of these guides before, and I don't know too much about trike breeding, so don't take my word as fact. One thing you'll need, berries. Trike eggs can be hatched under 3-4 standing torches and are herbivores (obviously). You should be able to give the hatchling a few stacks of berries and forget about it.

I hope this guide helped someone today. If you liked, please consider sharing it with friends!

-SilverWings

269 points   🔧 Utility   Sep 29, 2021   Report

Cool tip!

Just realized, if you put rockarrots in their inventory they won’t spoil!

☝️ So nubs can see!!

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