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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips

What is a triceratops used for? triceratops battling strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Probably a much-loved species amongst farmers, as they can gather incredibly absurd amounts of berries, seeds and occasionally carrots (particularly if you are gathering with one of these in The Footpaw Region you should gather a fair bit of carrots. Once I managed to claim multiple stacks of them), which increases when leveled in weight capacity fairly frequently. However, one should also make it an effort in buffing the health and stamina of these guys, as they are excellent at defending you and any other animals you may have tamed, and as for the stamina part, well, they eventually get tired after too much berry-gathering. Their basically able to fit any task that they may find themselves being asked of, however they are often overlooked in favor of the more-capable Stegos, of whom can pump in more weight capacity per level, allowing for a greater load in less time despite not being as fast since Stegos are unable to charge compared to the Trikes. Regardless both are excellent.
Useless, unless for leather (a little bit)
Doesn't have much meat as well, doesn't provide any special availability, and even if they does a great job to defend themselves, when not tamed, once they're, came defenseless...
Just help to carry things
Bronto is a bit more difficult to tame, but actually provide so much higher carrier ability...
This is Not a great travel mount. Instead, tame one and keep it near your base to collect berries from bushes and clear tree's if you need to or need thatch.
Once you have one, don't be afraid to tame another far away from your base wherever your exploring and simply leave it there. Travelong on a trike takes a whole day just to do the southern coastline.
They are vital for making narcotics and other potions/mixes and rubs
My trike was the second thing I tamed and I use it for everything. Since it tamed up at lvl99, I have killed 3 allos at the same time, a carnival or two, numerous troodons, raptors and dilos, a Rex, an alpha raptor and much much more. 10/10 for utility. Taming runs (mobility and defence), metal runs (anky defence), berry collecting, killing sprees, adventuring into new areas... anything is possible on a trike (ok except for defending from titans, gigas, possibly alpha rexes if they are high level and thyla attacks but you get the drift). I may not even replace it with my 115 spino that I have waiting for a saddle.
These guys are great for many reasons
1. Base protection (if you have enough of them)
2. Berry gathering
3.wood and thatch gathering
But don’t make a tame trap for these. You can usually outrun them while you are taking them. If for some reason you are not fast enough, you can just jump behind a tree. Another tip I have is putting most points into
1. Melee damage
2. Stamina
3. Weight
Those stats are preferable if you are planning on using your trike for gathering