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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips
What is a triceratops used for? triceratops battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
I strongly recommend everyone to tame this creature and pump stamina weight and a little bit of health and speed as this will turn it into the perfect all around useful mount it's knock back effect , his ability to farm berries and if his weight is high allows him to carry ultimate amounts of resources and survive most predators
What I recommend doing is getting at least two trikes (preferably one Male and one female to get a mate boost), then setting them at your base to serve as defense. If you do this, be sure to invest in melee damage and health. Don't forget to pick up a third trike for exploration purposes!
When tamed, it can do many things. It can harvest more berries and thatch than you. It can charge at your opponents stunning them like a micro-raptor. Its head is a shield for the rider and it takes reduced damage. When killed, you get the basics of meat and hide, but also keratin.
Trikes are the best mount you can have early game. Just find a decent one, and make a trap. They take a bit of patience to tame but is 100% worth it. Their thatch collecting ability is off the charts, and are AMAZING for gathering berries. Knockback is insane even with the basic attack and they soak turrets. Useful for both PvE and PvP.
Jurassic Bio: Triceratops
Name means: Three Horned Face
Period: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Herbivore
Height: 10ft
Length: 20ft
Description: Triceratops is *one of* the most famous, and easily recognizable dinosaurs. While people may think that Triceratops used it’s horns as a weapon, they actually used its horn to only intimidate predators, and compete against other Triceratops for a mate or territory.
— The Wyvern King tm
Trikes are one of the best starter tames you can have. They’re tanky and also hit pretty hard. Combined with their knockback, you can easily kill small to medium sized predators like raptors, carnos and sarcos. They also have a buff when large carnivores are in the vicinity. They’re slow but have great weight, and you can use their charge to run around the map. (Imprinted trikes are relatively fast). Trikes are also great berry and thatch harvesters.
Their slow speed also makes taming them pretty easy (just remember to kill the other trikes in the area first). For low levels, you can use slingshots to knock them.