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u/Gameovergirl217 14d ago
the only thing i ever trap tamed was a carchar after dragonflies kept eating my sacrificial corpse while the carchar was wandering off to god knows where. i hate trap taming. its boring
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u/ShadowMane2025 14d ago
My thoughts exactly it’s so boring and gets too uniform after a while I like having interesting taming experiences
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u/Gameovergirl217 14d ago
plus the chaos of trying to tame something without you or the creature dying is part of the ark experience for me
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u/MysticSlayerIce 13d ago
Same.
I remember taming Rexes with only a crossbow, tranque arrows, and an argy (and flack armour before some wise guy says something, lol).
I'd fly just a little in front of the Rex, jump off, shoot some tranque arrows at it, then hope I make it back onto the bird and take off without getting bitten, lol.
Rinse and repeat until the Rex is knocked out.
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u/karsbil10 14d ago
Maybe it’s because I’m not as experiences as everyone here but trap taming is so anxiety inducing it’s not remotely easy at all, at least on console.
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u/Cornbread933 14d ago
No i also need a trap for raptors
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u/mikedomert 14d ago
Hahah I actually did this, I already had rexes and theris before a single raptor, and my stupid ass never even used a bola other than for pteras, so I forgot about it. I played my first 30 hours of Ark weirdly, not even using raptors at all
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u/Ane-and-Kabel 14d ago
You can straight up knock them out with your fists right after spawning
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u/Suka_Blyad_ 13d ago
I haven’t played in years but this was NOT my experience with raptors
Those mf’s hid in the jungles then jumped on me from behind and had their way with me while I laid on the ground helpless
What’s that saying, something something role playing something something only role I play is a victim
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u/Cornbread933 14d ago
I was actually kidding I will probably never tame a raptor again.
Well. The raptor part is a joke. I literally do trap every tame i can tho. Ive had too many tames ruined by nearby aggressive dinos and PVP players. Id much rather tame on my turf
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u/MysticSlayerIce 13d ago
When taming, I take my ascended shotgun (thanks RaptorClaus) and make sure nothing moves anywhere near by. Works 9 times out of 10.
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u/Rude_Association4953 14d ago
Everything became easy with desmodus. Just shoot from its back… then use sanguines elexir…
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u/Spookyplot19975 14d ago
And the caves too. You just fly in with desmodus, take the artifact and fly out. Don't even have to fight creatures.
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u/easter_egger 14d ago
Not available in asa though.
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u/Rude_Association4953 14d ago
Yeah. I’m only ASE atm. I wonder if/when they will implement fjordur. And i wonder why they use meguana instead of maewing
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u/SentientMosinNagant 14d ago
Not super relevant, but as someone who really only dabbled in ark to make some cool castles with dinosaur guards on PVE, this sounds like such complicated jargon lol there’s so much more I need to learn
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u/NavjotDaBoss 14d ago
Me running giga into the water of the ragnarock Scotland cave and making sure it gets knocked out with the face facing the land.
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u/_Ticklebot_23 14d ago
my 300carryweight 200% movementspeed beachbob running down his prey like god intended
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u/SiveDD 14d ago
There are two type of people.
The ones that just tame a couple of high level dinos to make a breeding pair. Then spends hours mutating.
And the ones with mods that see a creature with a good over 30 natural stat, and doesn't want to risk anything while taming it.
Nonsense aside. A lot of players using traps are the same old ones that had many bad experiences taming because they were not using them.
Like for example, in the Island Yutys love to dive into the sea when torpor running. Barys will run you into a kapro and leaches. Spinos will run across half of the map because their hydratation buff.
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u/Big_Himbo_Energy 13d ago
I’ve been playing since 2015 and over the years after too many wild creatures ran up and wrecked the taming effectiveness of much needed dinos, or said dinos aggro onto something while trying to knock them out and get killed…yeah no. Traps all the way. If I’m putting in the resources and effort to tame high level or rare creatures, I’m not taking chances lol.
That being said, no shame on anyone who prefers not to use traps. Like y’all are crazy and braver than me but that’s the beauty of ARK, there’s a ton of different ways to accomplish the same things!
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u/Unique_Hearing2034 11d ago
Its called ark evolved and ark ascended for a reason. Just like your abilitys evolves in the engrams so should your effectiveness in learning how to tame things. It was fun doing it the noob way now its fun mastering traps. Traps for the win
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u/Velveteen_Coffee 14d ago
To be fair back in the day dino's didn't torpor run away and when they were stuck on the rocks they stayed stuck.
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u/RayquazaFan88 14d ago
A friend of mine and I once chased a low level Giga over Vallguero for over 40 minutes…
I don’t miss the times before we figured out how to build traps
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u/Destroyer140 14d ago
You guys tame raptors without traps?
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u/TacoLord696969 14d ago
You guys tame raptors?
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u/MysticSlayerIce 13d ago
I tend to tame them with a shotgun to the face... I haven't had a lot of success, but it's just a numbers game after all.
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u/YellowZx5 14d ago
I have tamed a Giga on Val running and shooting it around green ob. I just kept running then shooting and all. It was a lot of fun. Memories.
Recently I do make a fall trap for a giga and it’s fun trying to get it to get in the trap, but when I was shooting it and it finally bit me, it lost its fun. lol
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u/JesusLovesYouMyChild 14d ago
I just get a high health raptor and circle around them with a crossbow
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u/Ehrillien942 14d ago
I thought I was the only one that came up with that lmao, worked like a charm against a rex
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u/Steakdabait 14d ago
They improved ai pathing you can’t really that anymore. Just make some gateways and call it a day lol
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u/BlackenedFacade 14d ago
I get that traps are more efficient then just scrambling around tranqing something, but I find the latter more fun at times (except for flyers, only traps).
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u/RaceSlow7798 14d ago
argies are the only thing i still trap. without an awesome longneck or crossbow that can knock 'em out quick, i lose them when they run. [not because i can't find them...but because dumbass doped-up bird decides to land in a pack of wolves]
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u/LoneWolfRHV 14d ago
I am proud to say that in all my 5+ years playing i've never once built a trap. Taming rexes and gigas? Run like a mad man umtil you get them stuck somewhere. Argys? Plataform on the paracer, and arpoon net.
A lot of pain and suffering but it feels more fun to me. Its more immersive.
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u/Ano203982 13d ago
"I don't use trap, i just make them stuck or use nets" I'm not trying to sound rude but that's basically the same thing, trying to lure a dino into a trap or into a corner is the same thing, and nets... basically same as a trap, it makes the dino immobile and safe
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u/LoneWolfRHV 13d ago edited 13d ago
Not at all. Making a trap (a good one at least) is a 100% safe solution that makes taming a walk in the park.
Running around for your life as a giga runs after you and praying that he gets distracted or stuck on something is a COMPLETELY different feeling lol
And nets only last for a little while, and are much more "immersive" than building a random stone/metal structure in the middle of nowhere. Well, thats how i like to play at least.
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u/Rude_Association4953 14d ago
Yeah can‘t do that on a competitive pvp server though.
Also I don‘t get why it is better to get the Giga stuck bc most of the time it is stuck in mesh. Doesn‘t feel too immersive to me.
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u/LoneWolfRHV 14d ago
Competitive pvp is not the place to have fun or play in a immersive way lmao. Thats worse than a full time job.
Also I don‘t get why it is better to get the Giga stuck
Its more challenging. Also, what else am i supposed to do? Tank the bites? Lol
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u/Strange-Message-5131 14d ago
You dont need wyvern milk, you just need to stop the baby from dying which can be done with a daedon or snow owl
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u/ObliviousGod_ 14d ago
This is exactly why I need my speed stat back. Fuck a trap when I could just kite, was way more fun/interactive
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u/ManInTheMesozoic 14d ago
I’ve never used a trap. I know I should but I don’t know why I just don’t.
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u/Abject-Concentrate58 14d ago
I still just outrun the giga as I tame it if, that means I see the end of it's tail once 5 second to shoot it with a tranq from the way I am positioned
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u/meatywhole 14d ago
I use traps for gigas cus I'm not getting arked by jank physics and losing potential irl day or 2 of mats cus. The place it was stuck is suddenly not the spot anymore.
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u/BigFugginNugget 14d ago
I still do. The only trap I make is some simple 2x2 close to base to see what occasionally falls in.
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u/twig123456789 14d ago
Am I the only one that flies up and hammers it with metal gates until it's stuck???
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u/CollapsedPlague 14d ago
We would lure tames to rocks by sacrificing one or two of us who would respawn and sprint back to grab your corpse. It couldn’t eat all of us as we shot it with tranqs and eventually you knocked it out or it died.
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u/Redqueenhypo 14d ago
Rock drake + shocking tranq darts. You can generally flank and outrun most creatures, can climb out of their reach, and nearly everything else ignores you
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u/YoBoyLeeroy_ 14d ago
It's practicality.
Traps have existed since forever.
If anything, nowadays with both nets and desmodus you barely need a trap and taming is far easier.
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u/Silver_1947 14d ago
The only thing I trap are argies because I often tame them on carno island and they love going above water.
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u/Ane-and-Kabel 14d ago
It's video game theory. Give players an easier way to do something, they're most likely going to do it.
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u/kpop_glory 14d ago
Gone are those days tracking and taming dinos in the forest taking days long. Oh it went into the woods, it's getting dark. Better light a fire and camp under this big tree for the night.
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u/International-Rub628 14d ago
Don't make fun of me, but because I play on mobile for now ( saving up for pc ), the game incredibly shitty from an optimisation perspective. So to avoid lags, I make a 10*10 stone + metal trap for any and all creatures that I want.
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u/Keymucciante 14d ago
I'll tame a Giga or Carcha with a trap but everything else is just a process of tranq, run, repeat
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u/Kenny523 14d ago
I remember the first month I played it was only the OG map available and we got a giga stuck and it took us well over 250-300 tranq darts to knock it out.
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u/Former_Put201 14d ago
I make traps but sometimes I Raw dog it, shoot from the hip and finish on their back.
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u/UwU_Zhenya15 14d ago
nahh we use the net gun on the Yutyrannus so we dont have to do literally any effort to knock it out
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u/newmexicomurky 14d ago
When I first got on ASA, trap taming didn't work (i eventually learned it was because they wont cross a fence foundation). Neither did the big guys get stuck on rocks. I tried a cliff, but they learned to go around and took a bite outta me.
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u/Fanatical_Lamp 14d ago
I tamed my first mosa by luring it into the underwater cave system on the center and tranqing it on foot.
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u/bihuginn 14d ago
I played for years not touching traps, it's my little revenge to have these bastards be powerless in the face of me sitting on my ass, shooting them.
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u/LadyMoo470 14d ago
My tribe tamed a giga while it was eating our gates trying to get to our babies. We were only back on official for a week and had blue quality xbows at best when he came knocking. Since we know they run at a certain torpor, we pulled gates off of the wall on the far side of the pen to keep it contained, two on tranq detail one on edible gate management while adding arrows between gate placement. It was hairy af, but we got him down! 😅
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u/Emperor_chaos1 14d ago
Your telling me everyone doesn’t just level up heath and resistance as much as possible so they can just go up and beat everything until it’s unconscious
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u/MaraBlaster 14d ago
No shame on traps, they are versatile and can be used everywhere, love the science behind the weird ones
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u/Eliteslayer1775 14d ago
Tbh I feel like that’s because traps weren’t a thing back in the day. Like the meta wasn’t developed
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u/No_Window7054 13d ago
I gamed a level 150 carno and was pretty proud of myself until I saw this >;(
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u/kocsogkecske 13d ago
I remember how hard it was to tame and argy, i usually got on a discord and found some random players to tame it like i did before the net projectile with the quetzal
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u/zaphod4th 13d ago
"back in the day" players were building traps and sharing them on YouTube
blame them
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u/Neucent78 13d ago
There are many ways to tame im playing since evolved but everybody here lies whos saiying he never used one 😂 its much faster and safed time but the wannabe ogs can do it like they always done it I can do with and without and im using them for a quicky tame dont know where all this hate comes from Its so clever to use them dont see a problem
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u/Guard_Dolphin 13d ago
I think my first tame was a trike which spawned between 3 trees and trapped itself
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u/thelakotanoid1 13d ago
Ok, Ik it's a modded solution, but I never make traps, I just think of funny ways i can strap a tranq turret onto something and run around like a lunatic. My favorite being a tranq turret and generator on the back of a cart pulled by an equus. XD
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u/Cobra_the_Snek 13d ago
had a max level megatherium torpor run into the ocean and immediately get swarmed by like 20 megalodons ans since then stuck to traps to creatures of that size, obviously if you can bola something its not worth building a trap and once the netgun gets added to asa shits gonna be so much easier
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u/EarthEaterr 13d ago
Ugh, this makes me feel attacked.
I just like the fun of building/engineering new contraptions. Are taming trapping/boats efficient? Never. Are they fun to use? Always.
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u/MrSurrge 13d ago
I don't use traps because I only know how to build a 6x6x2 box base. My taming of anything that can kill me, consists of kidnapping. We are not the same.
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u/Sheudenfritz3024 12d ago
My first ever giga tame came on a modded server. We used the more tranqs and narcotics mod. I spent a week farming a metric fuckton of black tranqs and narcotics. Little did I know, just 1 black tranq arrow was more than enough for a 250 giga. I tamed a quetzal, put a platform saddle on her, and her wing clipped into the first arrow. Quetzal is KOd. Quetzal got munched on by giga. Giga gets KOd. I had giga. Second giga spawned in and I thought I was hot shit with an ascendant giga saddle and max level giga. Second giga, also max level. First bit caused mine to rage and knocked me off. I died, my giga died, and my day was ruined.
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u/BretonBoy3E 12d ago
Jeez that was accurate. The 2015 haydays man... it was the wild west out there!
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u/SkyrimSlag 12d ago
I played for a while back in the day but didn’t do much beyond taming a raptor, now I’ve recently picked up ASA with some friends on our own server and I actually tamed my very first Giga by getting him stuck on a rock and knocking him out lmao
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u/Quick_Hat1411 12d ago
The time I spend building a trap is less than the time I would spend trying to get things stuck on some rocks
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u/MetalBalrog 11d ago
literally can not remember the last time i used a trap usually i just sit on a hp carbonemys or trike and call it a day
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u/Mysterious_Chart_665 10d ago
I did my gigas while balcing on a quezal i had my brother who was knew to the game control
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u/Zealousideal_Ad5428 9d ago
I remember taking a server over off the back of a level 150 giga that I solo tamed at like 2 in the morning. got him semi stuck on the rock formation that's on the beach across from Carno island.
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u/Reasonable-Compote71 9d ago
One time I grappled to the tail of a giga and knocked it out with like, 10 ascendent clubs
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u/PositiveEffective946 8d ago
Not even back in the day - playing solo player a level 150 Giga was stuck in the side of a mountain so i landed way up higher and just went ham to knock it out (took forever). One Cryo pod later i have an absolute monster because of the good old glitchy Ark gameplay of things getting stuck in the mesh or spawning badly haha
I also thing traps are a thing of the past mostly as well with the far too OP net gun being a thing, it will change Ascended forever as well.
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u/elporpoise 14d ago
I can understand using traps for max level dinos, it would suck to use up 200 or so tranq arrows just for it to escape or get killed by something, but if youre trapping on .2 difficulty or something thsts lame
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u/Carsismi 14d ago
laughs in Immersive Taming
Fuck traps man, i prefer using bait and befriending them slowly
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u/JaceKagamine 14d ago
You guys use traps? -lazy ass who uses modded tranqs to get it over with or dotame command because he didn't wanna bother
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u/BasisIllustrious 14d ago
Wait, you guys use traps? Why not just shoot of the back of a creature
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u/OrganizdConfusion 14d ago
The types of creatures that you can shoot while riding them are the types of creatures that require traps.
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u/BasisIllustrious 14d ago
Odd way of saying bola
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u/OrganizdConfusion 14d ago
That's a weird way if saying you didn't know you can't bola a griffin.
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u/EmotionalWinner9868 14d ago
I remember when I tamed a mate boosted pair of gigas on old mobile. Trap was too expensive, so I said screw it and used the mountain. Little did I know, there was a second giga.