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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips

What is a triceratops used for? triceratops utility tips and strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
Listen very carefully to what I'm about to say. These have a huge damage reduction on their head--about 50%. The application for this is twofold: first, never pump tranqs into their head, it will take about 50% more. When taming, get above and shoot for the back. Second, because the player is protected by their head while riding, they are actually quite good for mid level raiding. You can hide behind it while riding on top, either shooting rockets or dropping c4 (it's like a built in riot shield). Furthermore, they can tank auto turrets as well if not better than turtles simply because auto turrets always hit their damage reduction area! In short, if you are using turtles, you might want to consider a high level trike as an alternative.
Triceratops dossier:
Triceratops are very strong. While they might look like easy game, don’t underestimate them. You’ll just get beaten to the death. That is, unless you climb a rock. Then you’ll just rot away up there. Use them as distractions to carnivores.
Domesticated:
These are very slow but mighty pets to have. They protect you, but it’s better to have a pack of trikes or a pack of different tamed animals. I have two raptors (Raptory V [the fifth] and Raptorsaurus II [the second]), a trike (Triceratops-level die), an iguanadon (Iguana), a carboneys (Carbony), a parasaur (Parasaphugus), and two dilos (I forgot their names because I left them in cages). It killed a Rex. My animals did that. I’m so proud. Sorry it’s so long, but I had to tell you.
Up = New respect for trikes (they are awesome)
Down = You are my new enemy. Just do up.
A fantastic early game tame. If you can get up on a ledge and shoot tranq arrows into its butt, then tame it up with mejoberries, you'll have a buddy that's good at fighting, hauling, berry and thatch gathering, and just being an all around reliable steed. They get a buff against big Carnivores like rexes, so tame a few up (both sexes for mate boosting) and you'll be the king of the beach!
They're ok ig,I don't really tame them. Personally I prefer ya to tame a stego instead of these guys since stegos are overall just better in everything including stats wise,I even Personally would use parasaurolophus over trikes since paras are easier,collect barriers earlier in game in (level 10 for para level 16 for trike sadel) for narcotics gathering and then ya can switch the para with a stego later