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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
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What is a triceratops used for? triceratops battling strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Triceratops are probably the most useful dinosaur when you have just started playing ark. Not only are they one of the best berry collecters in the game, but they can also help defend you if you are in trouble with dinosaurs such as raptors and dilos. Once upgraded they can even take on Carnotaurus. Upgrade there stamina and weight if you want them just to collect berries because their weight is not very good, and neither is their stamina.
Absolutely a priority early tame.
I'd argue that it's superior to both the Parasaur and the Stegosaurus, in terms of efficiency. It's in the goldilock zone of it's kind.
While the Parasaur is easy to tame, the Trike doesn't take much time either, even with just mejoberries. And the Stegosaurus is usually too much for a very early tame. Just keep in mind to not tranq it's head shield, as it takes much less torpor than it's soft body.
The turn rate is optimal and matches the Parasaur, while the Stegosaurus has a very big problem with it's rotation. The Trike is perfect for turning to farm the bush nodes.
The Parasaur has no defense, and the stegosaurus has a hard time with dealing against packs of small creatures. The trike has a very powerful push back, combined with the turn rate and health it can defend itself and you- it can tank against carno assaults, which you will encounter everywhere.
It also functions as a cargo dino, with a great weight.
They're not great harvesting dinos in my opinion because they can't carry too much, but at higher levels they become strong battle mounts. I took my lv185 trike into the swamps to tame a beelz. When I finished I killed 7 titanboas 2 sarcos and a ton of dilos with it. I also tamed 2 high lv Beelzs and a low lv kapro. I was very impressed with him and I recommend you get one if your looking for a little protection.
P.S. if your looking for a good traveling or harvesting mount at low to mid level get an Iguanadan.
These guys are op I mean I just killed 10 carnos with a trike if your trike is higher or equal in level to a carno or therizino it can easily fight them because of it's knock back attack just pump health, meele damage and stamina. They are great for collecting thatch and berries.