Ark: Survival Ascendedis filled with powerful and useful tames, but one underrated dinosaur is a top-tier option. Taming is a crucial aspect of this prehistoric survival game, both for making the tedious grinds easier and for combat. However, taming the best dinosaurs can get annoying even when using kibble to shorten time. The other option is breeding powerful dinosaurs after getting a male and female tame, but that is often time-consuming, even if the result is amazing.
Depending on the map, there are a handful of creatures that are go-to tames. The most common is the Rex due to its power, but later DLCs added other popular options. The most recentAberrationDLC adds the Xenomorph-like Reapers who, despite havingone of the weirdestArkmechanics, are very strong. However, there is one base-game dinosaur that is considerably underrated.
How Spinosaurs Work In Ark: Survival Ascended
The King Of Water
The Spinosaur may not be as popular as the Rex, but it can be just as strong if not stronger than one. Spinosaurus are found near rivers and are generally a cheaper/easier tame than most other S-tier tames.They are highly mobile creatures in their Quadruped stance and get even faster in water due to the Hydration passive, which also increases melee damage by 15%. This makes them great for navigating swamps, rivers, and beaches.
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The real power behind the Spinosaur is their Biped mode, where they stand on their hind legs.This stance enhances their melee damage and attack speed. In this way, they are slower, but can also turn faster than most dinosaurs. The Biped mode also receives the Hydration passive buffs.
How Do Spinosaurs Compare To Other Top Tames?
A Powerhouse In Its Own Right
The best comparisons for the Spinosaur are other creatures found on the original Island map, since later DLC creatures became more fantastical and harder to overpower. That would make its top competitors the Rex, Giganotosaurus, and Carcharodontosaurus, which are some of thebest dinosaurs inArk: Survival Ascended. The latter two are hard to compete with given their massive stats and abilities, but are also extremely rare.When compared to the Rex, Spinos fall just slightly short in terms of damage, but there are areas where it is much better than a Rex.
Due to the Hydration buff and Spinosaurus’s large oxygen stat,it is unarguably the best base-game tame for aquatic encounters. It will overpower Megalodons or theterrifying new Xiphactinuswith ease and is capable of walking right onto the shore to battle a Rex if needed. While the location is important, Spinosaurus’s 15% damage buff is better than Rex’s, which only procs on herbivores. Especially since two of the three Island boss fights are in locations that can proc it.
Overall, while the big three of the Island and DLC creatures will, rightfully, be stronger than Spinos, they still have uses. The ability to get them easier than other options, and having nearly unparalleled aquatic combat skills combine to make it as powerful as it is. That is why this underrated dinosaur is an S-tier tame inArk: Survival Ascended.
Ark: Survival Ascended
ARK: Survival Ascended is a reimagined version of the 2017 action-adventure survival MMORPG by the developers at Studio Wildcard and Grove Street Games. Built in Unreal Engine 5, players will return to ARK to build tribes, fight and tame dinosaurs, and brave the elements as they battle to survive in a unique sandbox where crafting and resource management is essential.
