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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a velonasaur? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a velonasaur.
You don’t need to trap this to tame, it’s a solo tame. If you run up to it, it will go into turret mode then you need to walk circles around it and keep hitting with tranq until it eventually tries to walk away *in turret mode so really slow walking*
They can be found in the Fjordur Map on the shores in the Volcano biome, along with some X-Trikes and a few more stuff- — Bob the Builder
Actual Kibble: Regular Augmented Kibble
Recipe:
1x Medium Sized Egg
1x Cooked Prime Meat
2x Rockcarrot
2x Savoroot
5x Mejoberries
3x Fiber
10x Blue Crystalized Sap
1x Water
Medium Sized Eggs: Ankylosaurus, Baryonyx, Carno, Dimetrodon, Diplodocus, Iguanadon, Kaprosuchus, Kentrosaurus, Stegosaurus, Pachyrhino, Pelagornis, Sarco, Scorpion, Terror Bird, Troodon, Carbodemys.
Net it and trank feed kibble done
That one dilophosaur after i feed him 100 potent dust
The regular augmented kibble requires savoroot along with rockarrot!
We can use the net projectile with this dino, easy tame!
About a couple weeks ago, I was so lucky I was fooled into thinking a Velonasaur disregarded a shooter when mounting an Allosaur. Just now, I thought about how a Stegosaurus protects it's rider from arrows, and then shot at the Velonasaur between the plates in Hardened mode. I got very little damage comparatively, and knocked it out in relative peace. Stegos are the key, my packmates.
I just pick them up with a quez and drop them in a two by two trap. Never had them affect the quez but then I'm straight in and grab them.
Make a 2x2 cage with ramps and a door. Lure the velonasaur in with a flyer. If you stay close to him he won’t enter turret mode. Leveling melee raises his projectile hit points. Also level stamina to attack longer. A high level can shred everything I’ve come across. Can’t wait for an imprinted one for the speed bonus.
I found a bug a few days ago with a pteradacle if that is how you pronuce it. If you use the pteradacle and walk up to a velonasaur on it for some reason the velonasaur goes into turret mode and does not shoot or anything. It just stands there so just walk up to one with a pteradacle and when it stares into your pteradacle for forever just load it with trans off of the pteradacle and you got a velonasaur.
Up for people to see this is the easiest way to tame this guy.
Shut up, Andrewsarchus is not better and i refuse to believe it.
How to tame a Velonasaur:
1. Prepare.
You Need:
A Harpoon Gun with Net Projectiles
Longneck and Tranq Darts
(optional)A Riot Shield, color it red, white and blue so you feel like Captain America
Superior Kibble
2. Find a good Velonasaur, watch out! They usually spawn in pairs.
3. Avengers!….Assemble…
Use the shield to block the incoming needles, when you see an opportunity, shoot at it with the Net Gun…you can also just sneak up on it and fire at it.
4. Knock it out with Tranq Darts
5. Feed it Superior Kibble, give it Narcotics if it’s close to waking up
6. Name your Velonasaur! They have a good melee attack, however they can also shoot needles out of their neck frills. Make sure to level up Health, Stam and Melee.
- Tatakae5339
If you tame one, I suggest using this method. First, build a 1x1 of any material except thatch ( since they can break it). on each of the walls, place a window. Whenever you need to shoot, you open a window and shoot. Close the window to reload and to be protected from the needles. I had my tribe mate do this because we made a bet that if he survived while trying to knock out the Dino, he would give me his armor. Hope this helps you tame a velonosuar!
I don't know what everyone is saying about strafing around these things, on xbox they literally shoot spines in any direction around them, even straight behind
This Velonasaur is way to OP like a machine gun on legs with a big range and never misses a shot
Use large bear traps to tame them because they cant shoot you while trapped and you dont need many shots to knock them down. For example you need two large bear traps for a lvl 5.
I tamed one the other day by placing a wood fence foundation and a wall when he tried to shoot I hid behind the wall and every now and then I would shoot him with a tranq dart he was a 145
If you use a snow owl to freeze it then while still mounted to keep it frozen surround it with wooden billboards so it can’t shoot you or get out
If you have a tanky large Dino with good health you can hide behind it so it gets shot and not you and easily shoot the velonasaur with tranqs
EZ tamme
Just get a harpoon gun with a net projectile.
Net it and then shoot it with your friend ( if you're on a tribe ) , a few shots from an ascended long neck rifle from the. Two of you
Will down it in a few seconds.
Note : bring a metal shield Incase if you have a primitive rifle, shoot it once it gets up
Tank the needles with the metal shield wait for 10 secs thenn net again