ark-survival-ascended

[signal cove]

for lvl185 eggs, 40 points into 1 stat is considered good or shoudl i aim for 45+

[silent matrix]

50+

Even on sp with max wild level being 150 you should have 190

[signal cove]

i havent seen a 50+ over at least 200 eggs

[lost shard]

your game is broke then haha

[silent matrix]

Honestly 40+ would be good for 150 wild but if you have 185 then 50+

[signal cove]

wat the fook

what are the odds we talking about here

like 1 egg out of a 1000?

[severe matrix]

Eggwipe then

[signal cove]

and actually just out of curiosity, might be a myth,, but eggs are supposedly dependent on the wild drakes nearby or completely unrelated

in terms of their level

on the unofficial im playing, ppl tell me to not kill the high level wild ones so the eggs can be respawned at higher levels(dunno if thats true or not)

[lost shard]

Yup

I think thats how it works

[signal cove]

oh ok

im probably just gonna leave them alive then

[lost shard]

I got a ton of 185 duplicates because one of the drakes was stuck to the wall and wouldn't move

if the drakes chase you then they'll probably just despawn anyway

[signal cove]

i often end up killing them on the spot

since drakes arent exactly strong

[lost shard]

might as well

[silent matrix]

I would honestly kill them all uintill a max level spawns

[signal cove]

well there are max ones that spawns in the group

but often i realise too late until they ded

[silent matrix]

Get the awesome spyglass mod if you are on steam then

[signal cove]

playing on unofficial with others

they don’t have mods installed other than fjordur map

[silent matrix]

Well then get them to add the awesome spyglass mod

[signal cove]

they won’t xd

don’t want any quality of life mods for some reason

owners reasoning is to make it feel more like “generic ark”

[paper nimbus]

that sucks

[plucky estuary]

finally

a good spino

[real heron]

...sarco took my para

for some reason, everytime i tame a para it dies horribly soon after

my first tek para was killed by a titanoboa

[silent matrix]

There should be absolutely no reason your parasaurs should be dying

[junior mirage]

recently my whole group of parked paras and a Iguanodon died to a Raptor.

[silent matrix]

You probs left them on passive

[junior mirage]

Yeah bc they would go hunt for everyone coming by attacking any of my tames

[silent matrix]

I never ever leave any on my tames out.There always cryo or soulballed

[regal laurel]

If there's one thing I love, it's how the parasaur was portrayed in the animated trailer.. The dude was kicking ass!

[paper nimbus]

ye

[junior mirage]

I do. I like to have them around with their riddicolous names xD

[silent matrix]

Well that's how they die. If you don't want them to die make sure there on neutral

[junior mirage]

Its okay now. I put some auto turrets around xD

[plucky estuary]

what should i name my spino

[regal laurel]

BiggusSpinnus

[junior mirage]

I called both mine Spino-Man and Spino-Woman

[pastel monolith]

bro i wanted to tame a iguanadon and i didnt know they can attack and it messed me up cause i just loaded up a new world and only have hide

so whos excited for lost island?

[junior mirage]

defenitely gonna give it a visit

[silent matrix]

Me

[regal laurel]

I think you can guess what I'll be taming first 😈

[silent matrix]

A sinomacrops

[solemn kiln]

Took excavation strider to space

Begun swimming in crystals

[pastel monolith]

dude i cant wait for lost island

[solemn kiln]

It's so slow in space tho

[pastel monolith]

yea

whats yalls least favorite animal

[solemn kiln]

In ark?

[pastel monolith]

for me its microraptors

[paper nimbus]

ark or irl

[silent matrix]

you play Borderlands?

[pastel monolith]

yea

[silent matrix]

poggers

[pastel monolith]

yea i play borderlands

[silent matrix]

you play Flak?

[paper nimbus]

microraptor or troodon, idk which

[solemn kiln]

Well the thing that pisses me off the most rn is the summoner

[silent matrix]

Microraptors are worst then troodons

[pastel monolith]

yea

[silent matrix]

Flak goated tbh

[pastel monolith]

i agree

[solemn kiln]

Micro raptors aren't hard to deal with

[silent matrix]

my least favorite animal is Cnidaria

[silent matrix]

Exactly. Just don't go near the ground

[paper nimbus]

just annoying

[regal laurel]

Just you wait until a certain something steals your shit, and runs for the hills

[silent matrix]

Pegos aren't that hard to deal with

[pastel monolith]

pegos

[paper nimbus]

i was trying to check a rex's lvl and got pounced off a cliff

[pastel monolith]

damn bro that happens so much with me and thylos

[silent matrix]

Ichthyornis and pego are annoying to

[solemn kiln]

The micro raptors that have tried to jump me ended up going in circles when I was mounted, and were eventually bitten and killed

[silent matrix]

yeah they circle and I just bite them at the right time

[solemn kiln]

So I'm either just lucky or they aren't as bad as they used to be

[pastel monolith]

like i find a 150 rex and a thylo comes in and says "NOT TODAY BOI" then just throws me off and my argy doesn't do sht for me

just watches me die

[silent matrix]

RKO

[pastel monolith]

facts

[silent matrix]

That would be because it's ARK. If something grabs you your pets just fly away even if there on neutral

[pastel monolith]

thats sad bro

[solemn kiln]

See this is why you have a reaper instead

They don't abandon you

[pastel monolith]

yea

[silent matrix]

EVERYTHING abandons you

[pastel monolith]

oh

man

i actully got my hopes up

[solemn kiln]

If something so much as touches me my reaper ended up tail whipping it and then chasing it down, soooo

[silent matrix]

the second I see the Thyla leaping out at me I A. wet my pants, B. take out my shotgun with 0 ammo C. die because I have no ammo

[pastel monolith]

i do b and c

thats why i always keep a backuo

[silent matrix]

You obviously are not playing ARK if your dinos actually help

[pastel monolith]

backup

yea

cant rely on sht in ark

but otters i like

[solemn kiln]

My theri army was useless, ravagers got stuck on everything, spinos and rexes were unreliable

[pastel monolith]

they are like the best pet they are so underatted

[silent matrix]

I usually end up hitting Thyla with pike and get to 1 HP

[solemn kiln]

But that ONE reaper

Always had my back

[silent matrix]

Otters are only useful for going into the cold and for grabbing more then one artifact

Other then that dimorphodons are the way to go

[solemn kiln]

Otters are better

[silent matrix]

Otters are good for heat

and cold

[pastel monolith]

otters keep you warm and also they killed like 5 terror birds for me and saved me

[solemn kiln]

Don't need as much fortitude and they can also incubate eggs

[pastel monolith]

yea thats why otters are so underatted

[silent matrix]

Otter is basically portable max fortitude

[junior mirage]

wow update and all my settings are screwed over

[pastel monolith]

but you have to kill fish for them

and sometimes that can get annoying

[regal laurel]

I'm going to steal an ascendant crossbow off one of you, mark my words.

[silent matrix]

can you beat ARK without killing anything

[pastel monolith]

if you do that your dead i hope you know that

[solemn kiln]

The only map I don't use an otter on is scorched earth

[silent matrix]

No

[pastel monolith]

i will get a ARMY on you if you do that

[solemn kiln]

But that's because I need a jerboa

[pastel monolith]

yea

[junior mirage]

playing SP but go ahead try it

[pastel monolith]

i dont think that otters dont spawn on scorched earth tho

[silent matrix]

I imagine as long as you could get 2 Rexes you could breed for bosses and kill the Overseer without killing any dinos

One of my mates has a friend that has ARK but they way he plays is so dumb. He doesn't harm anything. Like seriously

[silent matrix]

How will you get artifacts?

[regal laurel]

You know what spawns on all maps and makes your life hell when not paying attention? Me 😈

[silent matrix]

fucking leg it

[silent matrix]

Good luck. Arthros will fuck you over instantly

[real heron]

the one dino that legit freaked me out was that big bird with freddy kreuger claws

[pastel monolith]

otters i like

[solemn kiln]

They don't sadly

[silent matrix]

You dissing the theris

Theri

[pastel monolith]

I will keep you warm

[real heron]

i was riding my adamantoise loaded with supplies and then i see the fucker sprinting at me from the distance

[solemn kiln]

The only thing my theris were good at was killing the dragon

Compared to other tames

[pastel monolith]

I can kill you easily

im the better one

I know you can steal things but i can kill you and any other one easy

the reason why i dont spawn on some maps is cause im better and the reason why you spawn on almost every map is cause your USELESS

The small monke is better than you

and they only unlock doors dude

doors and all you do is steal

[solemn kiln]

Can you not pretend to be an otter

[pastel monolith]

bru

[solemn kiln]

Lol

[pastel monolith]

the pego is pretending to be a pego

[solemn kiln]

And I have a shotgun

[pastel monolith]

so i can pretend to be a otter

oh wait

i have a flamethrower

[solemn kiln]

Yeah

[pastel monolith]

get wrecked

and i have a army of other otters and they 150

[solemn kiln]

No joke though, the pump shotty I got and worked on has like 460% damage

It's pretty good

[pastel monolith]

yea sounds like it can wreck eveything in its path

[silent matrix]

Did you like crafting skill a bp?

[pastel monolith]

every

[brazen furnace]

A single rex could probably kill all of them, unless they are all super fast

[pastel monolith]

i think a bp

[solemn kiln]

Yes

[pastel monolith]

yea they got 1k speed

so we unstoppable

[brazen furnace]

Oh, well, that’s something

[pastel monolith]

yeaaaa

[solemn kiln]

Had one of my friends use a mindwioe and put 120 points into crafting

[pastel monolith]

i have a question

[solemn kiln]

Then we exploited the BP system and got ramshackle flak with 800 armor

[silent matrix]

I have the crafting skill potion mod so super cheap crafts

[pastel monolith]

so you know how the island has like the worst levels right?

[silent matrix]

Same as scorched, ab and extinction

[solemn kiln]

Island goes in increments of 4

[pastel monolith]

why does everymap other than the island have like the best levels

[silent matrix]

You can change that

[solemn kiln]

Scorched is a bit better and so is ab

[pastel monolith]

damn

[solemn kiln]

Eztinction has poor levels again

[pastel monolith]

oh shit

why does valguro have like the best levels

everywhere i go its 150s

[solemn kiln]

Custom made maps with different level points

[pastel monolith]

shi

[brazen furnace]

Hah, not if you’re on mobile

[solemn kiln]

Probably better chances for higher levels

[pastel monolith]

ima be honest i like the deinocusys more than the thylos

[solemn kiln]

I like rock drakes over thylos and deinos

[silent matrix]

That would be because Rag, Val, Ci have more higher level spawning more frequently but with all the story maps they prioritise lower levels over higher levels

[solemn kiln]

Rock Drake best climber

[brazen furnace]

True

[pastel monolith]

yea

[solemn kiln]

I love the drake's man

I just wish they put a nesting area somewhere on gen 2

[pastel monolith]

yea i loveeee drakes

i have a question

[regal laurel]

Ice wyverns are perfection

[silent matrix]

No

[brazen furnace]

I like Pteranodons

[silent matrix]

You just asked one

[pastel monolith]

which one is better

deinonocusys or thylos

[solemn kiln]

They totally could have had a small cave dedicated to drake's on Genesis 2 actually

[silent matrix]

There is another one

[solemn kiln]

Deino is the feathered raptor right

[silent matrix]

Yes

[solemn kiln]

Then deino

[pastel monolith]

yea

[brazen furnace]

Thylos are honestly overall better in my opinion

[pastel monolith]

for me i like the furry raptors

[solemn kiln]

Thylos are alright, but deino pack buff

[pastel monolith]

yea

and they are like way smaller and THEY DONT JUMP YOU

and i think there saddle is less expensive

[brazen furnace]

Wait are we debating which is better or which is more annoying?

[pastel monolith]

better

[solemn kiln]

Yes

[plucky estuary]

named my spino spingus peeble

[brazen furnace]

Ah

[solemn kiln]

Can we put screenshots here or no

[pastel monolith]

yea we can

i think so

[narrow mortar]

go ahead and try then

[brazen furnace]

I don’t think on this specific channel

[pastel monolith]

that would be a sick combo actully

[brazen furnace]

#fanart-and-screenshots

[pastel monolith]

diloraptor

[plucky estuary]

perhaps the channel called fanart and screenshots would be what youre looking for

[pastel monolith]

yea

[narrow mortar]

[junior mirage]

dammit all settings are resetted -.-

[pastel monolith]

oh shit sorry i spelled your name wrong good sir

[narrow mortar]

Its ok i guess

[solemn kiln]

Rip

[pastel monolith]

rip my gang

i just saw a giga

[narrow mortar]

Why does everyone think its diloraptor, it sounds so stupid and its quite clearly visible on the screen

[pastel monolith]

idk

i think they miss the o

[paper nimbus]

dilo is short for dilopho?

[narrow mortar]

Theres more then just an o buddy

[narrow mortar]

Ppl call me dilo, not diloraptor

[brazen furnace]

Ark players seem to make a short form for literally everything

[solemn kiln]

Dilophosuar

[paper nimbus]

wdym? i dnt d tht

[narrow mortar]

Saur

[solemn kiln]

Doesn't matter

[brazen furnace]

I’m exaggerating but still

[regal laurel]

What's one Dino you absolutely adore in ARK?

[real heron]

The turtles

[lyric inlet]

In combat or cuteness or something

[regal laurel]

Both :p

[lyric inlet]

Gorilla

Cuz when they are male i can call them harambe

[regal laurel]

Fair, those are good fun! As are the turtles

[lyric inlet]

And they also are funny

Oh yeah i have a question abput mutations

[paper nimbus]

i love the direbears, they are cute and powerful

[regal laurel]

Very true

[lyric inlet]

When i get 20/20 on dads side how do i get 20/20 on moms side?

[narrow mortar]

More mutations

[lyric inlet]

Ik but how would u stack them on moms side?

[narrow mortar]

Its automatically transfers over

[lyric inlet]

Oh

[narrow mortar]

Iirc

[lyric inlet]

Confusion

[plucky estuary]

where do ankys tend to spawn on ab?

[silent matrix]

Bulbdogs

[long flicker]

blue zone

but they can be hard to find

[silent matrix]

they're the most underrated shoulder pet and are so adorable

[plucky estuary]

man

not sure if i can go there yet

[silent matrix]

get a Spino or a Megalo or a Reaper or a Drake or a Crab and you'll be fine

bring radiation suit if u wanna ensure u don't die also light bulb dog pet

[plucky estuary]

ive got two high level spinos

i think thats good

[cursive scaffold]

If he can’t get to blue zone yet why would he have a drake or reaper

[prisma sand]

Any suggestions on getting black pearls with my only option underwater at the time being scuba gear and a frog?

I need 43 black pearls and I’ll be happy I swear

[paper nimbus]

trilobites?

also, ichthys are surprisingly good at farming sea scorpos cuz of high torpor and knockback resist

[foggy burrow]

no blue zone in canada but we have drake

[long flicker]

good question

[timid fulcrum]

Whats The best Way To Lvl up a Thylacoleo on ragnarok???

[long flicker]

kill alphas, what else

[timid fulcrum]

and what alphas can a thylacoleo take?

[long flicker]

if it's a good level, then any alpha

[timid fulcrum]

aight thanks

[long flicker]

just make sure to spam attack, else you might not get kill credit

[timid fulcrum]

oke

but where do they spawn cuz i saw some in the desert

[prisma sand]

Do I need to worry about the sea scorps hitting me when I’m on an icthy?

[paper nimbus]

hmmm....idk

[paper nimbus]

megs dont seem to.. so??

[prisma sand]

I’m just gonna go for it surely its better than farming trilobites for another 6 days

[signal cove]

bleed not giving kill credit is kinda annoying

[long flicker]

yeah

[long flicker]

anywhere

[real rover]

Just run along beaches killing everything

[long flicker]

yeah that works too

also killing spinos can be nice but there's not that many of them on rag

[tulip schooner]

Any1 wanna give me a jump start on smalls or 1x? 👍

[obtuse pumice]

im confused a little bit now, whats the max level a magmasaur can get on official realms. 450 or 500?

[mental minnow]

does fjurdur have a release date?

[glad totem]

Only that it comes out next year.

[foggy burrow]

that's against COC

[tacit sandal]

Do not discuss RMT 🙂

[snow light]

question about procedural ark worlds

how do you like

delete the world

[silent matrix]

you just press delete

[rocky summit]

real

[silent matrix]

450

every dino 450

[gentle stump]

Genesis dinos can go to 500

[hearty comet]

guys

i

need

a

good

ps4

sever

that

is not dead someone plz message

[silent matrix]

Why whould you kill trilobites fot that long

[prisma sand]

i didnt kill them for 6 days ive only been playing for 6 days and i just kill them as i see them

[silent matrix]

Oh i thought you we're Like straight hunting em for 6 days lmao

You need blackpearls still?

[long flicker]

sea scorpos?

oh eurypterids

[silent matrix]

Go to rag i think sw 2 its called there in the Water ja loads of em in rag maybe watch a yt vid on where exactly @prisma sand

[long flicker]

tag lol

the easiest way to get black pearls would be to get a gacha

[silent matrix]

I mean rag

[long flicker]

gachas give a lot of black pearls easily

[silent matrix]

True

But Sounded to me Like He plays rag and thats why i tried to Show him where on His map

[long flicker]

ic

[silent matrix]

Anyone built on smalls? If you let me join ill bring something worth it but no dlc ill buy them soon

[long flicker]

also I just remembered that ichthies are torpor immune

[silent matrix]

Are they?

3k hours and i didnt know

[long flicker]

they are

but their health is so low that it doesn't matter much

[silent matrix]

Fr😭

[long flicker]

I don't even tame ichthies
I use a sarco for underwater shit

[silent matrix]

I use maewings lol

[long flicker]

I mean I barely go underwater anyway

I only had one maewing and I used it for all my transport so I didn't want it dying underwater

so I got sarcos instead

[silent matrix]

They are op underwater

They swim hella fast

[long flicker]

I know

[silent matrix]

Ye and no oxygen just straight op tame in general

[upbeat charm]

Are there any good central base spots on the island? The redwood being there is a bit annoying

[junior mirage]

Once built on that hill next to the swamp and beneath the volcano.

[hard dust]

Whats the best large rathole on any map on unofficial

[ocean hemlock]

This is a game I really gotta commit to playing
Might be my computer or it might be the pile of mods I've amassed in the span of a couple days
But it often takes upwards of half an hour for this game to load into a world

[wary barn]

only takes like 30s for me

but i play official, without mods

[foggy burrow]

if ive got a lot of mods maybe 2-3 minutes? got a good ssd

[ocean hemlock]

Might be the external hard-drive I'm using then

[hard dust]

Whats the best large rathole on any map on unofficial

[foggy burrow]

you asked that 3 times already

[ocean hemlock]

What even is a rathole

[foggy burrow]

if no one answered it's that no one knows

hidden cave, you know little spots where you enter and its huge inside? kinda that

[ocean hemlock]

Ah

[runic zephyr]

Pretty much every Gen 2-unique tame is OP

[ocean hemlock]

Still mildly disappointed that this game does the shitty Skyrim trope of holes in the ceiling letting in daylight that don't actually exist

Like
I actually tried climbing out of one of those holes in the south cave since I had the means to do so
Just got stopped right as I reached the light

[upbeat charm]

Megatheriums aren't passive tames, are they?

[foggy burrow]

no they're not

[polar vine]

no, the megaterium is tamed by sleeping it and giving it meat and I don't know which kibble

sorry for the bad translation

[foggy burrow]

thanks god they changed the kibble system because it was ass

[junior mirage]

tbh i only make exceptional kibble to tame everything xd

[polar vine]

xd yes

[ocean hemlock]

So I've been seeing these big lanky spider crab things around lately
What are those and are they of worth to me

[silent matrix]

what map

[ocean hemlock]

The Island
Have some mods that add creatures from the DLCs to all maps tho

[silent matrix]

probably a Karkinos

if you kill it it drops tons of organic polymer for late game items

[sullen ether]

Karkinos, they're great for farming as you can pick up ankys and doeds and use them to autoharvest

[ocean hemlock]

Immediately went after it as organic polymer was exactly what I was out looking for

[silent matrix]

they can dismount you

beware the Karkinos of the shallows

[ocean hemlock]

Joke's on it, I took it on on foot with an assault rifle and a sword/shield
Went surprisingly well tbh

[silent matrix]

harvest it

ez polermyer

[ocean hemlock]

Already done so and returned to base with this teleport pad mod I found recently

[tardy eagle]

awesome teleporters?

[ocean hemlock]

Forget the name
It add a folder with a really funky name containing the pad?

[silent matrix]

It's instant kill candy

[low tartan]

guys please someone tell me! can we purchase engram points in gen 2 ? for 1000 hexagon? I did it multiple times and I dont have any increase in my engram points 😦

[foggy burrow]

what?

we can't purchase engram points? the fuck you been smoking?

[torpid quarry]

Hey, which channel can we advertise our server in?

[foggy burrow]

#800537627752398899 #800537518843756544

[torpid quarry]

Thank you

[candid sky]

Yes you can 😂 I now have every engram in the game

[signal cove]

u can in hexshop

[foggy burrow]

looking at the wiki and can't see it

[candid sky]

You can only buy so many with what you got, if you exit and re enter the price will be higher, best thing to do is save up the 1,150,000 or so hex and you will get all buyable engram points

[foggy burrow]

must be new i guess?

[candid sky]

Came out with gen 2, it goes by how much hex you save

[static geyser]

Anyones server crashing or lagging?

[ocean hemlock]

I swear the creatures in this cave are organizing their efforts against me
Attacking in large multi-species groups

Had to hire a team of scorpions to keep my dung beetles safe since I haven't made an actual enclosure for them
I just let them wander free-range around the cave

Meanwhile since I couldn't be bothered to tame a quality flying dino
I just made a flying raft instead

Also just found a Therizinosaur that
Somehow knocked itself out ig
So that's a nice free tame

Assuming I can keep it down long enough for the taming to finish anyway
It wants berries and those ain't exactly the fastest way of doing this

I've had to keep tranqing it to keep it unconscious
Worried I won't be able to keep this up much longer
Either cuz I run outta arrows or cuz I killed it

[tight mauve]

Run around and pick berries. Feed it narcoberries and mejos

[ocean hemlock]

Let it wake up in hopes of subduing it again and resetting the taming effectiveness and it killed me

Was at like 90% too, you'd think if it was that close to listening to me it would at least be passive lol

[silent matrix]

You should have fed it berries

[ocean hemlock]

I did
Just not narco ones

[silent matrix]

force feeding stuff will make hunger up and a´not help taming bc force feeding doesnt give taming+

[low tartan]

@foggy burrow @candid sky I'm new yes but when i click convert 1000 hexagon into 20 engram points... it doesnt work... my engram point is 35 and i did this purchase three times and it is still 35... am i doing something wrong?

[foggy burrow]

i'd like to help you but I didnt know you could do that until you said it so I have no idea

[tough yarrow]

#bug-reports, sounds like its messed up. You should be able to.

[low tartan]

this is how we refer the issue properly ? I actually prefer that I'm doing something wrong and have engram points by doing it right :/ now I have to wait for devs to check-on it? 😅

thank you btw 🙂 @tough yarrow

[silent matrix]

You should only feed mejoberries and narco berries but never force feed the mejoberries. Only force feed narcos when it's getting low on torpor

[tough yarrow]

Usually if there is an ingame bug you send in a bug report. Officially, reports need to be sent in through #bug-reports. Here, there is only a slight chance the devs may see it, they do not always pop in chat. You're welcome.

[timid fulcrum]

What food do i give a lvl 150 wild thylacacoleo to not lose any lvls?

[solemn kiln]

Mutton

Or kibble

[timid fulcrum]

Raw or cooked

[solemn kiln]

Raw

[prisma locust]

Why can't we move items between servers?

[solemn kiln]

Your taming effectiveness won't be perfect but you should stay around 99-98%

[prisma locust]

Why can't we move items between servers?

[timid fulcrum]

I searched on google and it said cooked mutton

[solemn kiln]

Ah, I gave you the wrong thing then

[silent matrix]

Use raw. Don't use cooked

[grizzled pike]

Raw is better

[prisma locust]

Why can't we move items between servers?

[timid fulcrum]

For thylacaleo

[grizzled pike]

Oh yeah nvm cooked is better

[tough yarrow]

For thylas you need to use cooked mutton

Pretty much everything else you need raw

[timid fulcrum]

Aight gotcha

[tough yarrow]

Or kibble

[prisma locust]

Why can't we move items between servers?

[solemn kiln]

Because your not allowed to escape

[tough yarrow]

I'm not sure. There may still be issues on nitrados end? You can do #server-reports for transfer issues. We're just volunteer discord janitors.

[warped plinth]

cant even log in keep getting lost timeout connection message when trying to load in on gen2

[tough yarrow]

#server-reports

[warped plinth]

server is up

but cant load in on it

[tough yarrow]

Transfer and login issues go with the server outage

Not necessarily meaning the server is down

[stray sun]

I hope wildcard doesn’t shut down ark after ark 2 is around for a couple years

[dense fern]

I think it depends on how ark 2 does

[stray sun]

Ark is a constantly changing game so it’ll probably be different then the island

[silent matrix]

I can see it doing very well if all of the issues that ARK 1 has are gone and they actually fix issues rather then leaving them in the game for many years

[stray sun]

Ark 2 would probably have missions to do like in genesis or a enemy that actively seeks you out

To show that it’ll be a different game

[dense fern]

From what I heard it’s going to be more primitive right?

[silent matrix]

I think so. I actually reckon that's a good thing

[real heron]

Can't believe I spent two hours playing and all I did was lose resources

[dense fern]

Same

[silent matrix]

How?

[turbid sapphire]

They should buff damage throwing spears does in the new game because...

[real heron]

Raptors and a carno

And piranhas

I should probably go adjust game settings until I have a foothold finally

[dense fern]

Hopefully if they have enemy bots that hunt you that they will be good lol

[silent matrix]

If they do then they can't be OP

[dense fern]

They also can’t be bobs, running into walls and crap

[silent matrix]

Like they can't come running at you with a Rex, giga and all the super OP dinos while you have a wooden house and still only have a pteranodon and parasaur. That'll just make everyone hate the game. They should just not add enemy bots like that anyways or if they do make a setting to disable them

[turbid sapphire]

I remember my first day in ark some guy broke down my wooden/thatch house with a trike :\

[silent matrix]

I remember my first day. I played singleplayer and I still do. Well apart from the days that my dad joins me

[regal laurel]

My first day I spent 8 hours taming a level 30 bronto on 1x taming speed official... Then it died 😂

[turbid sapphire]

Nothing wrong with wherever you play, I personally prefer the online environment. For Ark 2 though my only request would be the character system - hoping 'character loss' is not a thing.

and yeah that was my experience too, can't gather berries without having a forced 30 second PvE encounter every swing

[silent matrix]

They need to make the females in the game look more feminine. They look hideous in ARK 1

[proud sundial]

i just beat the swamp cave

[keen brook]

hey i just got antimeshed in a boss fight any way to get loot back ? and my dfinos

[halcyon shadow]

Why is alpha creatures so common? I met like 3 alpha raptors 2 alpha carnos and an alpha rex in one journey back home to bring metal

[chrome reef]

Any tips of gerting out of server 65?

[wispy palm]

Hey guys if I'm looking for high lvl rexes should I roam in the same spot and kill everything or roam around the whole map and kill only rexes?

[chrome reef]

Whap map you on?

[wispy palm]

crystal isles

[chrome reef]

Worst map

[wispy palm]

why

[chrome reef]

For funding rexes

[wispy palm]

Ah ok

What map should I go to then?

[chrome reef]

Go to island

Or rag

[runic zephyr]

Island has terrible level distribution. Rag would be best

[chrome reef]

Or gen 1 space biome

For tek rexes

[wispy palm]

I heard center is the best for high levels and there is some type of island full of rexes, should I go there or should I just go to rag as you guys say?

[wispy palm]

I don't have gen

[runic zephyr]

Haven't heard Center mentioned in ages

[chrome reef]

You from epic?

[paper nimbus]

id recommend cranking exp and taming up, maybe tweak it so your dino stats increase mor each time

[reef ermine]

Have the server transfer issues got resolved by now?

[chrome reef]

Yes

[reef ermine]

oh nice

[real heron]

Alright. Should I change dino and my characters resistance or no?

[solemn kiln]

Genesis space biome is so good for electronics

[runic zephyr]

It's actually Lunar.
Calling it space could be confused with the space ring in Gen 2

[rich fox]

Devs can’t fix shit. Also devs want to complain about sexual harassment in other games? Lmao

Meanwhile our hero is chasing around minors in the next ark lol

[chrome reef]

Whio's not chasing minors

[rich quarry]

hey guys im on windows 10 version of ark and I can't use the whistle stop all, anyone know how to fix this?

[fickle pumice]

When is OFFICIAL beginner wiping today?

[upbeat charm]

what spots do doedicurus usually spawn in?

[brazen furnace]

What map?

[upbeat charm]

Island

[brazen furnace]

I often see them roaming the base of the mountains, the volcano and the red woods

[silent matrix]

Kill mammoths

[brazen furnace]

Or an Ovis if you can find one

You could also tame it

[silent matrix]

Beavers, Mammoths, Ovis and I think wolves give pelt

[brazen furnace]

Make scissors to cut your hair

[silent matrix]

You could go to gen 2, mammoths and ovis are easier to find there and you don't need to go to snow area on Island.

[upbeat charm]

does it matter what level the doed is for stone gathering?

[brazen furnace]

Weight will allow you to carry more stone and damage will increase how much you gather

[silent matrix]

If you don't have kibble, it'll take a while for the doed to tame so keep that in mind too

[upbeat charm]

I'm on singleplayer with a few enhancements, so it's fine

Why is picking up anything in this game with a flyer practically impossible. Ffs, first it was the ankylo now a doed

It's just not being picked up, I don't get it

[brazen furnace]

Is it wild?

[upbeat charm]

Yeah.

I can pick up my tamed moschops, but anything else just doesn't seem to be working.

[brazen furnace]

Yeah idk, i had that same problem on Ragnarok

It works for tamed creatures, but not wild ones

[upbeat charm]

it's so stupid, cause now I have to hope this doed doesn't get killed and its right next to the redwood. 🤦‍♂️

and since I can't pick it up, I'll have to try and tame it here, which will be practically impossible, unless I can protect it from everything.

[brazen furnace]

Before you tame it, make a bunch of spike walls

[vital lily]

Wooden spikes are a girls best friend

Ark had a lot of problems with ppl dropping wild creatures in bases in the past. A shame

[brazen furnace]

Isn’t that just strategic thinking?

Enemy of my enemy is my friend

[upbeat charm]

I'm just standing next to it with my argie rn, 27% done

It's also level 108, so near the level cap (120)

And the reason I couldn't pick it up was because of a setting I didn't have ticked on, damn.

[silent matrix]

The frog is fantastic although the wiki entry about predators ignoring it needs clarification because literally every predator notices it

Too bad it can’t turn spiders and scorps into paste

[upbeat charm]

I do need a frog too, but ill do that after this doed is done and i have a lot of shotty bullets done for the swamp adventure for chitin

[silent matrix]

can I tell you a secret @upbeat charm

[thorny heath]

pls help a bird took all of my items and i cant kill it its camoing in the air

[silent matrix]

doeds and ankyls both spawn regularly on red mountain, center of redwood. set up a temp base camp there and you can just pick some off from the higher hills

if you have an arg you’re set

I set up my main base at... the base of red mountain and I’ve been amassing every kind of harvester from there too

[upbeat charm]

I've got both now, but I'll keep it in mind for the future.

[silent matrix]

Oh sorry

I’m still figuring out the water myself. My paracer can dominate anything on land short of a titano or giga

Without it I wouldn’t have anything

[raven stone]

Can astrodelphis saddles use shards as fule

I just transferes to scout a map and forgot I dont have unstable ele learned

[jade leaf]

They resolved the issues with dcing etc? Worried about dinos starving but, worried about going on

[upbeat charm]

I've just managed to find and knock out a level 120 theri. It's my world's level cap for dinos, Holy hell this is so lucky.

[runic ruin]

Lol u do have issues with picking bless ya. Practice when ya not busy so next time u can jus fly in n pick it. Sometimes ya gotta go in at stupid angles for doeds tho

[runic ruin]

😂😂😂 u wally

[upbeat charm]

Yeah lmao, I've got it now though. And a 120 theri on the way

Took like 60 tranqs though, insane

If all goes well I'll have a level 179 theri, best tame yet.

[spice cedar]

Bobs

[upbeat charm]

Also, are there any good ways of getting charcoal for gunpowder?

I'm struggling to get much, and when i do it takes a while from the refining forges

[heavy steppe]

campfires make some too

[runic zephyr]

The Industrial forge makes 1 charcoal every second from wood.
It's quite the investment, but well worth the price.

[upbeat charm]

yeah, I recently unlocked the blueprint for it.

it's a massive investment, but I think I'll make it when I change my base location, rn I'll just have to deal with everything else.

[pallid perch]

yo

if anyone on pc how do you re set all your files to default

FOV ini files everything

dm me

[upbeat charm]

And the theri woke up. Goddamnit.

[stable epoch]

selling 1400 pop gigas

[upbeat charm]

Are Dimetrodons useful for anything?

[outer widget]

being cute

[slate widget]

dimetrodons work as air cons.

raise melee to make them better.

[neat wadi]

Anyone experience not being able to place structures at a base after using admin cmd forcejointribe? It says enemy foundation too close. Nitrado ark

[warm depot]

Why are servers hidden? @gloomy arrow

I have a problem, can you fix it? @gloomy arrow

[gloomy arrow]

no, sorry

[warm depot]

I can't see all servers

[proud willow]

does lost island come out in 4 days

[long wren]

Anybody want to just play on my server?

[severe matrix]

@uncut tree
It look like him
I know it's not base off him

[uncut tree]

Didn't even think about him at all and for me Hardy looks very different XD

[solemn bronze]

What map are you on? If you harvest the red glowing trees around the volcano on crystal isles, you’ll get charcoal instantly. Tons and tons of it

[neat wadi]

Password protected to make them "invite only" maybe.

[tough yarrow]

Looks completely different

[prisma sand]

Can yutys fit through Dino gates? I read somewhere that they were the largest tame that could but wanted to verify before I went out found a high level yuty.

[tough yarrow]

They should be able to, but then again rhinos still cannot if there is a door on the gate....

[prisma sand]

Very nice. That makes trapping so much easier.

[regal laurel]

Rhinos do be chonky bois

[tough yarrow]

They fit just fine without a door, makes no sense lol

[regal laurel]

Haha! I've been breeding rhinos on my own server, bloody good damage dealers

[tough yarrow]

I love them, fluffy (in ark), chubby unicorns. But I wish they fit through dino gates.

[regal laurel]

Just have to have them without the doors 😉

[errant torrent]

does pumping speed into flyers actually change their fly speed

[severe matrix]

I mean
A well breed and mutated can kill a wild giga with good aim

[severe matrix]

It SHOULD but there's probably still bugs about that

[subtle ember]

No event this weekend?

[raw wind]

hello I'm recently coming back from a devastating loss on my server I'm discouraged from getting back on i need some advice on a good server to join that is cross-play as i play on xbox but will be getting on ps4 in the future any suggestions

[proud willow]

does lost island come out in 4 days

[pastel epoch]

anyone play 1000x fusion pvp?

[visual elm]

Is there a way to refresh the dinos on a map? I can't find one above 100 for the one I want

[quartz lance]

anyone selling anything ?

[ocean hemlock]

These beginner servers are a neat concept
Might help alleviate issues like the ones I had back when I was a fresh Bob
Where I'd spawn in the middle of a city and have to spend the next little while trying to find a gap in the buildings large enough to set up my own little hut

[ornate ember]

Yo we got dev wiped and they gave us a reference number as in to why but i can’t figure out how to make a ticket for it. Any help?

[hidden fern]

what is a dev wipe?

[digital kiln]

@visual elm kill everything. I mean every living thing. Then cross fingers on the respawns lol.

[visual elm]

so kill all the ones I can find of that breed?

[digital kiln]

My Server PVE NA 561 has been offline for like 3 days. My main toon is there.

[visual elm]

Ah well that does make sense

[digital kiln]

Kill everything else too. At least thats what I do. It works fairly well.

[visual elm]

oh man Idk if i brought nearly enough ammo for that lol

[digital kiln]

haha go grab a good giga.

[visual elm]

Lol

[digital kiln]

What are you looking for btw?

[plucky estuary]

how do you tell what stat got mutated?

[outer widget]

compare the stats to the parents or export to ASB

[prisma sand]

The mutated star won’t match either of the parents

[signal cove]

sometimes it will get several mutations at once

[silent matrix]

Are double doors, gates, and windows supposed to float in space when their frame is demolished before they are?

[signal cove]

no

[silent matrix]

oh weird

I'll have to upload some screenshots then for a tiny bug fix on xbox 😄

[plucky estuary]

ah

sad

[prisma sand]

Supposed to no. Is it believable that it happened? Well it is Ark.

[plucky estuary]

my first spino mutation is in stam

[prisma sand]

That’s better than food lol

[signal cove]

^

[silent matrix]

ok guys, how useful is the anky for underwater in practice

wiki says it's great for oil

[plucky estuary]

true

and it looks cool as fuck

[prisma sand]

Not at all

[signal cove]

there are surface oil rocks

[silent matrix]

that's what I figured

[signal cove]

and alternatively if ur map has veins, use oil pump

[silent matrix]

I'm playing on the island, wanna complete everything in order 😄

[signal cove]

just surround ur oil pumps with like a wall if u are scared something will break it

[silent matrix]

[although I'm not opposed to unlocking stuff on the dlcs and porting it back to island]

[prisma sand]

If you’re on island the NE corner of the map is littered with oil nodes on top of ice bergs just take an argy to tote around your anky

NW I’m sorry

[silent matrix]

so that's where they are all at

thanks @prisma sand

[signal cove]

if u need only small amounts, trilobites also works

[silent matrix]

I've run all the way out there with my paracer before, I might just make the long trek with a platform saddle next time

[prisma sand]

I use a raft.

[signal cove]

kinda heart breaking after a week of breeding, the only drake that got a mutation was female D;

[prisma sand]

Well now it’s a motor boat. I guess you could say I’m coming up in the world

[silent matrix]

Oh wait... so it's not part of the mainland lol

hm ok, yeah maybe I'll take an arg or boat

[signal cove]

there are resource maps

[prisma sand]

No. It’s right off shore though.

[silent matrix]

I only used the resource map to look for pearls lol

[signal cove]

might revisit island tbh, haven’t played that map in a long time

[silent matrix]

oil I can get easily enough right off the starting island

[silent matrix]

congrats btw

now that I have a frog, I'm finally past my major hurdle with upgrading to industrial everything

meaning I can join you soon 😄

[signal cove]

anyone ever have flew too quickly on dino into unrendered areas and then turns out u flew into someone’s base and can’t get out?

[prisma sand]

Just make sure you park it somewhere safe. If you’ve never used a raft before stay close to shore and don’t go into deep water with it or a Leed will get your goodies

[silent matrix]

yeah that's the one thing I was nervous about after reading about leed

[signal cove]

industrial forge life saver

get a baryonux

[silent matrix]

yeah that's my next goal, the forge

[signal cove]

i believe baryonyx stun works on leed

[silent matrix]

takes way too damn long to do everything in the medieval forge

[prisma sand]

Leeds are only in deep water as long as you stay close to shore you’re good

[signal cove]

i mean on fresh wipes for servers, ppl generally just have like 20 refining forges until they can get 2-3 industrial

[silent matrix]

I think I need to redo my stats lol. I dumped enough points in to have 200% oxygen which is great for kiting megas to shore but now that I have scuba I don't really need it anymore

[prisma sand]

There are several spots you’re gonna think “ oh I’ll just cut across here” DONT DOIT

[signal cove]

mind wipe tonic

[silent matrix]

yep, I have like 7 recipes for that with my paracer casually stepping on alpha everything and predator anything

[signal cove]

also i recommend making ur own custom recipes with food

[silent matrix]

excited to try it once I get all the goodies together

so what's the main pull with custom recipes? haven't seen much convincing me

[signal cove]

they are more compact, lighter weight and offer better stats

[silent matrix]

ahhh ok

[signal cove]

e.g: custom food can heal up to 160 hp from just one single consumable

u can use element dust in your custom recipes if i have some from killing tek dinosaurs

[silent matrix]

how are the numbers determined? ingredient quality?

[signal cove]

they are much lighter and have longer spoil time which makes it convenient to carry around

[signal cove]

i believe ingredients are just kind of assigned with like a number value

higher value = better stats, obviously different food does different things

best ingredient is just element dust

super easy to get and lightweight

[silent matrix]

hmm. I was about to start cranking out jerky en masse but if there's value in what you're sharing with me, I might give custom recipes a try too

lightweight is crucial, I'm discovering

at least with a normal armor set and a scuba set

might re-invest points into weight honestly

260 doesn't feel meaty enough

[signal cove]

i generally prefer at least 400 weight

[prisma sand]

400 minimum

[silent matrix]

dang, so I was waaaay undershooting it

[signal cove]

400hp, 200 stam and 125% movement speed

[grizzled pike]

I do 800

[silent matrix]

I tried looking for recommended stats on the wiki but couldn't figure it out

[signal cove]

i think 800 is a little overkill

[silent matrix]

121% movement speed, 180 stam, 210 hp lol

[grizzled pike]

Not when your grappling mofos

[signal cove]

stam abs movement speed is most important

oh fair enough

[prisma sand]

It all depends what you’re doing. I roll 200 health and Stam 400 weight 140 movement speed and at least 30 fortitude for PvE

[grizzled pike]

Some people do 1k weight with the new Gen2 levels

[silent matrix]

melee damage seems kinda wasteful since I can just use guns or a tame

[grizzled pike]

It is useless

[silent matrix]

but I got that sucker up to like 200%

[signal cove]

i never upgrade melee

[silent matrix]

primitive pike hits for 82 per

[prisma sand]

The only benefit you’re gonna see with that is being able to knock out a carno with your bare hands

[silent matrix]

but I mean virtually all my dinos hit for at least 200 per

[signal cove]

btw i don’t think mindwipe tonic is reusable several times

[silent matrix]

ok yeah, mind wipe time lol

[dim sun]

Just make more forges...

[signal cove]

i could be wrong

[runic ruin]

Melee isn't just for fighting it also can increase how much per hit u take on mats too

[signal cove]

pretty sure u can only use once until ascension

[prisma sand]

It has a cool down

[silent matrix]

I changed that setting since it was possible 😄

[fair walrus]

24h

[prisma sand]

I thinks it’s like 24 real world hours

[runic ruin]

Yep

[signal cove]

oh nvm then

[silent matrix]

yeah I forgot about the melee damage > resource ext relationship

[signal cove]

not worth since dino harvest is better most time

[silent matrix]

I mean I don't really do anything anymore other than pick oil lol

and gathering by hand from bushes doesn't benefit from melee right?

[signal cove]

better to just use a bronto ig

[dim sun]

It does but it's not significant.

[signal cove]

stam and movement speed and weight is priority in leveling imo

[silent matrix]

looks like all I really have left is to get some sea tames together and I'll have everything covered

[runic ruin]

Dino's may not always be an option. Stryders are better farmers than tames anyways but again not always an option

[dim sun]

A high melee survivor is still inferior to even a lower level harvesting dino.

[signal cove]

when are tames not an option?

[dim sun]

No-tame/no-tek servers

[silent matrix]

yikes

[runic ruin]

When people can't or don't have what they need to tame them

Or when too many bellends online griefing

[silent matrix]

I tried starting a new character in scorched earth and aberration and I felt so lost after being on the island lol

like wtf do I do with myself and my stats

[runic ruin]

Ab can be hard to start from scratch

[signal cove]

aberration is probably least forgiving

[runic ruin]

Agreed

[dim sun]

Ab is easier than SE

[signal cove]

most fun imo

[silent matrix]

and then I randomly started eating shrooms in ab and fell asleep and fell off a cliff and didn't die until a reaper snacked on me

[signal cove]

SE just bad map in general

it’s hard but not fun

[dim sun]

It's a nice speedbump to make me appreciate Ab more.

[signal cove]

but that’s just my opinion, aberration is hard and fun for good reasons

getting high off shrooms

[silent matrix]

so how many times can I transfer loot between servers? is it once per character?

[signal cove]

i think i saw someone a while ago running around on aberration server with 400+ hp healing food

[silent matrix]

jesus

[signal cove]

no limit if it’s a cluster, idk how it works on singleplayer

[silent matrix]

I couldn't find anything concrete other than like a 24 hour cooldown

I don't know if that means I can just go back in and "oh by the way, glowsticks and zipline" or if I'm boned

[signal cove]

hmm im not too sure

data should be accessible regardless of what story ark map u are on since it’s all stored local

so id imagine u can just upload to tribute and access elsewhere (provided it’s not a free dlc map, community maps are separately saved iirc)

but don’t trust me on that, test it with something not that important first ig

[silent matrix]

maybe I'll rush scorched earth first instead - to unlock engrams do I need to actually bring the dlc character over to island with engrams unlocked already or how does that work

flamethrower's seeming tasty

[signal cove]

u have all engrams unlocked already i believe

unless setting doesn’t allow u to access other maps

[silent matrix]

I see some grayed out "unlock in scorched earth" "unlock in genesis 1" "unlock in aberration"

[signal cove]

oh ok, server i play in just lets me get them regardless, not too sure then

believe u can just download survivor

[silent matrix]

I'll look around and see if I can tweak a setting for that

[signal cove]

i generally only play cluster so everything is pretty convenient for me to transfer between maps

[fair walrus]

to get all go gen 2 you can learn everything

[silent matrix]

oh really?

[fair walrus]

except tek stuff that you get from bosses

[silent matrix]

hmmm, if that's the case I know what I'm doing with my christmas xbox cards

[signal cove]

gl with them xd

just my opinion, didn’t really enjoy genesis 1 tbh

[silent matrix]

is genesis supposed to chronologically take place right after island, or is it just there for convenience

[signal cove]

map was kinda integrated badly between different environments

[fair walrus]

gen 1 hard whit the missions

[signal cove]

nope

[silent matrix]

nope to which one lol

[signal cove]

felt a little reliant on shop and missions but ig it’s fine

[silent matrix]

the lore I read about it suggests genesis is right after ab and before ext

[fair walrus]

its island, scorched earth, abberation, extintion, gen 1 then gen 2

[silent matrix]

oh shit, really?

somehow I thought extinction was finito, the end, the terminus

[dim sun]

Extinction would've been the best place to end the story

[signal cove]

^

[fair walrus]

center, valguero, crystal isles etc are free mapes but no story stuff

[dim sun]

Gen 1 & 2 were mistakes, period

[silent matrix]

the free maps seem like a good investment for boss battles ie wyvern milk for that damn dragon

[signal cove]

i disliked the map on gen 1

[silent matrix]

I am dreading the dragon battle

[signal cove]

element farming is a joke on genesis in general

tbh element after extinction just went to shit

[dim sun]

Map is whatever. The resource harvesting, the missions, gating the boss fights behind repetitive and poorly designed missions.

[signal cove]

mini games aren’t it for me

[silent matrix]

yeah I read about missions and was like "wait is this still the same game"

[fair walrus]

dragon i did whit some more people we had deino duo + shotty yuty and a theri army

[signal cove]

deinonychus is best bet

[dim sun]

There are lots of ways to do each boss

[signal cove]

easy and cheap to breed and replaceable whilst having latching

[fair walrus]

yea fast and you can shoot from back

[silent matrix]

oh man, I'm boned then, going solo. I think all I can come up with is digging out a yuty and some rexes

[signal cove]

bleed % with mate boost

and also with deinonychus bleed is pretty much gonna be near the 3000 per second since it’s % hp damage on alpha dragon, assuming it has sufficient meleee stats

[silent matrix]

got damn

[fair walrus]

and pack if have more

[dim sun]

Solo is still easy. Just don't rex rush unless you have some highly bred rexes.

[signal cove]

it’s capped 600% melee

i think most i’ve done is 3k from bleed per second on dragon

well it wasn’t full stacked

[fair walrus]

if you ride on pack leader attack speed is fast

[signal cove]

only annoying thing with bleed is never giving kill credit

[dim sun]

Dragon fight tames: deinonychus, megalosaurus, lioncatfish, rhinos, mammoths, stegos, moose, therizinos, rexes, allos, magmasaurs, glitched basilisks...

[signal cove]

basi :/

[dim sun]

relatively sure that's a console only thing though

[signal cove]

imagine breedable basilisks

[fair walrus]

if i would do it solo shadowmane pack

[silent matrix]

what kinda HP am I needing for? 50k plus?

[dim sun]

For dragon? You care more about melee than hp.

[signal cove]

30k with good saddles

and aim for 800% melee minimal

[silent matrix]

melee is great as long as my dino's alive

[signal cove]

saddles tanks for a lot

[dim sun]

You misunderstand the fight then Grumbly

[fair walrus]

doesnt tank the fire damage

[dim sun]

The dragon fight is about how fast you can kill it because you will not win a war of attrition against its % based fire breath.

[signal cove]

there’s time limit and also dragon does % hp

50k gets melted

[signal cove]

mb then

i’m still trying to reach lvl 400 deinonychus

[silent matrix]

somwone know how to lay down a behemoth or dino door tek ?

[signal cove]

still sitting at lvl 388 trying to stack the female mutation line

[fair walrus]

using herbivore is better for dragon

[silent matrix]

shit, so I need to go pokemon on this and master the wild breeding levels and all that

[dim sun]

So 25-30k health max, unless you just happen to have bred higher, and focus on melee. My crew of 31.4k health / 1800-1900% melee rexes smashed it pretty quick and only lost 2 to getting stuck under the dragon in the lava.

[silent matrix]

jesus christ

[dim sun]

Herbivores are fine, but not the end all of dragon fight.

[fair walrus]

they only go to 450

[dim sun]

He may not be on official

[signal cove]

yeah ik

[dim sun]

or official-like unofficials

[signal cove]

but i can’t breed the stats more

[silent matrix]

I'm solo singleplayer 😄

[signal cove]

it’s like capped for me rn

[dim sun]

Then no worries about that 450 cap for you Grumbly

[signal cove]

i couldn’t find higher base stats for the deino

[fair walrus]

if i mess whit breeding i can reach 400+ ez on deino

[silent matrix]

ugh, time to do more research lol

[signal cove]

since it starts at lvl 150

how do u even reach 400

[silent matrix]

I feel like I oughta get a degree at this point

[fair walrus]

highest i got is 456 egg lol

[signal cove]

huh?

are u playing boosted or smthing

eggs for deino starts at 150 max

[fair walrus]

no

i got mutated ones

[signal cove]

mutated up to lvl 400+?

[dim sun]

It's not hard Dootud. Perfect tame 150 mates with perfect tame 150 and both have complimentary stats, so probably popping a near 200 level baby. Then start mutation, going up 2-4-6 levels at a time. 🤷‍♂️

[fair walrus]

if i mess whit breeding some yea

[signal cove]

my perfect base pair resorted in lvl 270/80(cant rmemeber) ish, with 40 mutations stacked im still capped hard af

idk how to get even higher than that

[dim sun]

You move all of those mutations onto a male and breed with unmutated females

or abuse the negative mutation counter glitch

[fair walrus]

need mutations on 1 side best on male then breed whit clean females

[signal cove]

its 40 mutation stacked from male and female parents

i bred 20 from male,, 20 stacked on female then bred one child

its the end of the line with no more mutations avaliable unless im understnading something incorrectlyu

[dim sun]

Doesn't matter... lemme send you a screenshot of my current rexxes.

[signal cove]

the mutation counter doesnt really mean anything since its not actual stats but just colours

[fair walrus]

then use a clean female

whitout mutations

[signal cove]

oh fuck im stupid

time to go digging through cryofridge ig

idek where my clean females are at anymore

[silent matrix]

Is crystal isles good for a beginner?

[dim sun]

Mutation counter is just which parent a mutation came from and that's it.

[signal cove]

counter means nothing

mine has over 70 as well

[dim sun]

lol I'm aware

[fair walrus]

yea you can get wyvern ez

[signal cove]

idk why its actually there

[dim sun]

Wait until you get the counter into negatives 🤣

[signal cove]

i have heard something about it, playing on unofficial someone had a lvl 600 dodo

[fair walrus]

i got a giga at 90k and 20k mutations

[silent matrix]

why a dodo 🥴

[dim sun]

Bored pve player

[silent matrix]

just for proof of concept?

[signal cove]

their goal is beyond our uynderstannding

[fair walrus]

to kill gigas

[signal cove]

i think they said like 30 generations after max mutation reaches negative

[silent matrix]

secret cheat code for permanent dodorex

[dim sun]

Once you get negative counter on both sides, it basically resets and treats the mutations counter like both values are < 20 so you don't have that reduced mutation chance.

[signal cove]

ah i see

so it reaches binary limits since ark runs stackings on 32 bit right? (or is it 64 bit)

[dim sun]

So lots of people breed super unclean (like the second screenshot I sent you) so that you keep breeding to and eventually bug out the counter and can get regular base mutation rates indefinitely.

[signal cove]

hmm i see

[silent matrix]

my god this breeding shit makes my head spin

bout to go play conan or something lol

[dim sun]

Syntac, for whatever anyone thinks about him, has a very good video on breeding for mutations. I highly recommend for new players.

[fair walrus]

time to find another red obs

[silent matrix]

is that the only way to get these big numbers?

mutations?

[signal cove]

start with selective breeding best stats from parents

if its something that is affected by taming affectiveness, parents will be around 220+ after tame

[upbeat charm]

Right so, I've got a fabricator, grill and etc in my house, but I think I need to make it bigger or move somewhere else for the larger structures, like crafting the industrial forge or chem bench, does anyone know any good base spots on the island?

[signal cove]

u can probably get an eventual perfect offspring mix matching different parents and end up with a lvl 300 base rex

[fair walrus]

herbivore island

[dim sun]

Capped x-rexes pop at.. 411? 412?

[signal cove]

no mutations?

[dim sun]

Oh lots of mutations

[fair walrus]

best 412 i believe

[silent matrix]

mine might not be the best idea but I like camping near red mountain in redwood forest, access to nearly everything including crystal and metal, and just across a river you can drop into the volcano and grab obsidian

[upbeat charm]

Only problem with that is how far it is from the main island. I need a place thats quite central for easy access everywhere.

[dim sun]

The first screenshot I sent is a capped x-rex.

[signal cove]

do x dinosaurs and normal have different caps?

[silent matrix]

you can grab just about any dino you want from the base of red mountain

[dim sun]

Yes, they max at lv500

[signal cove]

what about r dinos

[silent matrix]

and a few paracers captured nearby are very serviceable guard dogs

[fair walrus]

x, r and gen 1 and 2 dinos are max 500 normal 450

[upbeat charm]

That's not a bad idea, but its definitely a little dangerous trying to build there, obviously.

[signal cove]

kk gotchu

[upbeat charm]

and I wanna make something large, that can fit an industrial forge, so I'm gonna need a lot of space

[silent matrix]

right right, that's why I went in on my paracer and stomped everything to death first, then dropped a few trees, then laid down a wood base

[dim sun]

Space whale 😉

[silent matrix]

built everything from the back of the paracer, then dropped it down in stages and jumped back up the saddle each time

then switched up to stone

[signal cove]

best deino is deinonychus

they just look cooler imo

[silent matrix]

I set up on the east side of the mountain where it's relatively clear anyway, and since my base was established I don't have anything spawning there other than dilos that wander in and occasional pachys

[dim sun]

psycho was talking about something large with a platform saddle

[fair walrus]

left of redwood

[signal cove]

just be careful with flyers

[silent matrix]

My friend has his base like half on ice half on grass there us oil near him water for his water dinos lots of metals and u can farm lvls there and etc

I have infinite room to grow, plus I can set up those tree bases too

[upbeat charm]

I'll scout out west of redwood for now with my fastest flyer, then decide

[silent matrix]

just build lil bridges between em and I have an infinite base 😄

[dim sun]

I should be prepping for tek cave but I have no energy tonight.

[silent matrix]

good luck! and I recommend staying relatively high above the trees so you don't get thyla'd

[knotty furnace]

how's ark on switch doing currently? i can't find any recent videos covering ark switch players and most videos covering it from a few years ago said it sucks.

[silent matrix]

I got sniped twice scouting when I let my guard down

[upbeat charm]

Oh yeah, definitely. Never ever flying below the trees. Even with a parachute or two, that's freaky af.

[signal cove]

still trying to see if its possible to replicate 200+ healing food i saw

idk what they dumped in there

cantj ust be dust can it?

[silent matrix]

I honestly forgot switch has an ark version

[fair walrus]

having a shotgun helps for thyla

[knotty furnace]

dang

[silent matrix]

like all things switch, you can guarantee it's gonna be handicapped severely

that said, I haven't played it personally, so I don't know how well it actually stacks up

[silent matrix]

I find that I'd need a pump action for how ridiculously fast they can dish out pain

I got lucky last time piking a low level thyla off me

well I guess it's off to make some mega saddles and see what I can accomplish in the water

[fair walrus]

Yea and full flak

[signal cove]

pump shotguns are a funny weapon

i think the more primitive version has more damage in one shot but due to reload, less dps

[upbeat charm]

If I remember right isn't there like a massive valley / pit that's relatively safe and very large somewhere on the island?

[fair walrus]

Or you can use a land dino to kill them

[dim sun]

even prim flak should protect you against a thyla if you have more than 200hp

having a good sword or pike helps generally

[signal cove]

is it even worth wearing ascendant riot

[upbeat charm]

I might build there if it's on this map, could be good.

[silent matrix]

whistling is kinda broken for half the whistle types in xbox

so trying to coordinate my dinos is a coin flip: I whistled right and they respond, or I selected a dead whistle that does nothing

apparently "attack my target" is a dead whistle

[silent matrix]

the only valleys I've seen in the island are filled with prey and predator combos, very risky

[signal cove]

whistles work for me pretty well but rarely have to use them

other than landing flyers

[silent matrix]

passive fails to work too

[fair walrus]

Aggresive?

[silent matrix]

I have to walk up to my paracer and say "hey dumbass calm down for a moment I'm tryna cap this kitty"

[signal cove]

xd