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ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
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What is a velonasaur used for? velonasaur battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
Their ranged attack is bonkers, I went from worrying about every nearby predator, to gunning down everything I don't like.
They burn through Stam fast in turret mode, but they can run forever.
We won't know for certain if their melee damage increases their needle damage until the dev kit releases, or until someone shows conclusive video proof.
Tame one of these and have a blast.
Once You get a group of these You can put them on a Quetz platform saddle, level up stamina, fill their inventory with raw meat so they never run out of stamina, then set them to turret mode. (Also don’t forget to allow AI special attacks)
Congratulations, You now have a Quetz gunship that runs on raw meat.
Fun facts about Velonasaurs!
-Velonasaurs are medium-sized carnivores that were introduced in extinction. They have a saddle unlock at level 27.
-Once tamed, you can fire several needles at a very fast speed, but note that they do less damage to flying dinos.
-They are one of the best creatures to hunt and kill rock golems as their projectiles bypass its armor.
-They have a turret mode where they automatically fire needles at nearby dinos.
-On turret mode, the velonasaur only around 20 damage per shot, regardless of their melee.
Thats all! I hope this was hopeful.
It's about the size of a carno with a machine gun head, can easily take out dinos with its ranged attack. Stamina depletes pretty fast in turret mode, can go long distance running, can't regen when in turret mode (on dino) and seemed to be squishy against other velenasours (didn't have a saddle on). Very fun dino, like really fun.
Breed about 8-10 of these bad boys and you can solo an element node/orbital supply drop fairly easily. Just do not attempt one unless they are 120 or higher. You can do the easiest ones with lower, Like 100-, but do not go over like, medium, and make sure to imprint them all, it helps. (They love cuddles. If they request kibble that you don’t have, Cryo them and throw them out again, they will most likely want a cuddle again.)