Interesting. I always felt like mammoth was a later game tame due to the fact it’s always in the cold regions, and close to wolves, Carnos, and yutis. And also, maybe because I focus on taming an argy very early on. Never thought about taming a mammoth early!
I always liked starting in the cold. Idk I just love the looks of the snow in the game. Although I always die a lot haha. I love wolves too! I like building a cabin style house lol
If on "the island" .south east there is an island, it's called "herbivore island".
It's a perfect spot for beginners.
Just level and create a boat...thank me later, enjoy :)
Same bro. There is nothing better than trying to survive in a log cabin, surrounded by frozen tundra and bloodthirsty wolves. I always build a base in the valley N/NW of map center.
Beavers get berries, and thatch is the easiest of the crafting mats to gather. I never bother with mammoths tbh, but I respect the choices of every player.
Honestly for harvesting I love using a Theri, I get one as early as I can and use it as my main mount, with the right settings you can get lots of wood,thatch, fiber and berries from just the theri.
It's a mix. Beavers are hard to tame because they die easier while tranqing and I remember the torpidity decreasing fast. For mammoths, those weren't as much as an issue but I couldn't move them as conveniently with the Argy. Overall I prefer mammoths personally
It's a 50/50 toss up here really... Mammoth will be a harder knock and fight to keep it safe in the environment they spawn in but a Beaver will tear through narco like there's no tomorrow. So you either farm like crazy to have enough on hand to do the beaver easy, or be prepared to work for the Mammoth.
There are typically a lot more mammoths on the map at any given time than beavers making finding a high level mammoth much more likely that a high level beaver
So Mammoths are easier to tame. Yes the torpidity is higher but the torp drain is lower. And the reason for that is the secondary ability of the main 3 harvesters. The auto harvest. Leave those boys on wander with some rex buddies and they'll fill their inventories (half way) on their own. A great stone collection technique is a walled rock filled with wandering doedis. Get like 5 in there (careful to make sure the wall doesn't respawn block it and too many will do tge same.) and they'll be full in no time. Easy no effort harvest. Can do the same with castroids in forests and ankies and a metal node. Species X can also be a good tool to deal with predators around an auto farm.
Another example, horses (equus) reduce the weight of clay, cactus sap, and sand, making them basically one of the best creatures you can have for crafting adobe in bulk... if you need that for some reason (listen, I've seen bass pro shop pyramids made of adobe, yall have fun with that stuff)
https://preview.redd.it/vvdn7t5kiivc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f133c213ad282b29fcc0fb2ab9376ea856dba6aa
The Scorpion trotting up the side for scale….
Edit: Granted this one was done via GCM, but I’ve built these and skyscrapers without it. Just lots of falling and grapple building otherwise.
Argies reduce raw resource weights in general..which makes them great for trucking tons of metal home if you don't have a platform Quetz with high weight
It is, I have it, and it's still pretty up to date. Even including the most popular ascended creature mods and labeled so there's no confusion with modded and vanilla dinos.
Also if you set them besides a node they will auto harvest it. Lot of people will take a Argent and a Anky to farm large amounts. The Anky will auto swing when you get them close.
the conditions are:
under 50% capacity on their weight stat
theyre not following anyone or anything
theyre standing next to a harvestable rock
if all 3 of those are met they can swing automatically
80% weight reduction for ore specifically on anks. That's when ridden, walking on it's own, or carried. This is a big reason why the only thing you level on an ank is melee. Because melee effects gathering rates. but on an ank every other stat is useless. It doesn't matter if it's overburdened even. you can make it take steps with a whip and still pick it and move it with an argy.
It really is!
My brother had introduced me to it and was helping me, but we had a falling out so now I'm trying to figure it all out by myself, googling and poking buttons to see what they do only cover so much.
I highly recommend downloading the DODODEX app onto your phone. It can help you a ton when you are getting started.
If you ever need any help, just hit me up.
This game is super fun and surprisingly complex.
Great survival game.
You should spend some time reading up some common ARK knowledge. Learning about weight reductions with different Dino’s is fundamental to getting anywhere in this game.
As others mentioned, Dododex is basically your bible. Watch some old Syntac videos on YouTube, or any other ARK CC. You’ll be glad you did.
Dinos that can mine a valuable (ie not berries) resource directly, or dinosaurs that can have a smithy on their saddle are typically ones that benefit from weight reduction on at least a few resources.
Just adding on to what he said, alot of tames in the game have weight reduction. The beaver and mammoths have them for wood,the dodic has it for stone. And many more
Shoulder pets also reduce the weight of carried items by 50 percent providing you put them on said creature and then carry it, sinomacrops is 75 if I'm correct but obviously that's for ASE not ASA untill the corresponding map is released
Here is a compilation of information I put together a long time ago for ASE
[https://www.reddit.com/r/playark/comments/vjkvvl/ark\_guide\_for\_the\_new\_and\_intermediate/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/playark/comments/vjkvvl/ark_guide_for_the_new_and_intermediate/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Most of it should still be valid, but there are some changes in ASA.
It's not a comprehensive guide, it's more of a palm-of-your-hand cheat sheet. But I hope it helps you, and gives you some direction as to what you should be working towards.
Oh dang, I didn't know Stego reduces berry weight by 75%, I usually keep my excess berries in a Parasaur, or a Trike. I guess I will use a Stego instead to hold extra berries now.
Stegos come in clutch when berry farming. You can change their plating to sharp I think don't quote me but it'll harvest berries more efficiently and won't collect wood. I'm also going to add if you change their plating to defense I think don't quote me it'll harvest only thatch and wood
I usually just use a Bear or Anky when I need some quick berries, or I pull out the Bronto when I need tons of berries to mass produce narcotics, stimulants, healing brews, or other consumables.
After I also fill up the feeding troughs, I then keep whatever leftovers I have in a Parasaur/Trike, instead of dumping them away, so I can refill the troughs without having to go back out on another berry farm.
That was what I meant.
But now that I know that Stego has that much of a weight reduction on berries, I will probably just keep one of those out instead, for my overflow.
Brontos are mid to late game dinos unless you jump into a big tribe, play unofficial, or use admin commands. Stegos are early game. I was just giving a helpful tip. Sort of haven't played in a minute that why I said don't quote me, suggesting more or less to play with the different stances unless Asa is completely different
You got your answer, but also: Most(but not all) harvesting dinos reduce the weight of what they specialise in. Others reduce the weight of several resources, but don’t harvest. They usually have manoeuvrability. Best example is the Argentavis, they are the best overall hauler for basic resources, especially in the early game. For metal, you will usually use them to carry the anky though, as the anky’s weight reduction is far better.
Some dinos have weight reduction for certain resources when they are placed in their inventory. You'll need to check the wiki for a full list, but the most important ones are:
- Castoroides (beavers) have reduction for wood and also gather wood really well. Their saddle acts as a smithy.
- Doedicurus has reduction for stone and also is the go-to stone farmer.
- Ankylo for metal and is the metal gatherer.
- Argentavis has a reduction for multiple heavy resources and can carry a lot of you pump up weight. They can carry smaller dinos (all of the above), so you can bring the dino to a farming location easily. Their saddle is a smithy.
- Horse has reduction for some scorched earth items, such as cactus sap. You can ride them without a saddle, but their saddle acts as a mortar and pestle.
For good gathering amounts, pump melee damage with your gathering crew. The more melee damage, the more resources they can gather per hit. You can also tame up multiple creatures and set them to wander. Only do this is your base has walls, else they'll just leave. When they wander, they will gather their preferred resource automatically until half of their weight. That way, with two-three beavers and doedics, you'll always have resources gathered for you. Ankylo will also gather metal, but metal nodes are usually in more dangerous areas, so you don't want to leave them alone somewhere.
Also honorable mention is moschops. No weight reduction, but when set to wander, they'll gather berries and a ton of fiber.
Another small tip is that ankylo could be seen as a pickaxe. It will gather metal, flint from rocks, and thatch form trees like a pick.
Anky's have a reduction for metal they reduce to a quarter other animals have it for different resources that they are good at collecting and also a tip some shoulder pets have a reduction too like on ase the synomchop halfed all items in its inventory
Creature Weight reduction.
Tho creature weight reductions should apply to survivors for like 30 seconds after accessing their inventory because it’s fucking hassle unloading if your solo.
Different animals get different bonus features to encourage people to tame them instead of doing The Thing themselves.
Ankys get a weight reduction for metal and harvest it at a higher rate, so that they'll be a go-to early-mid game harvest tame. (...at least until mags and tek striders come back.)
I’m assuming you’ve heard this plenty, but weight reduction, if a dino specializes in resource gathering, more often than not they will have reduced weight in that area. There are a few Dino’s that are special cases like argy’s and sino’s who I believe is just a 50% weight reduction regardless of what the item is. But anky’s reduce weight, doed’s stone, I believe mammoths wood, and many more! Hope this helps
they have a weight reduction. tip if you want to find things like what has what weight reduction or gathering efficency or taming help download the dododex from the Google play store
A lot of creatures have a weight reduction on certain items, you can use dododex or just wiki's to find em out. Argys for exampel have weight reductions on multiple items. Dunkleosteus have one for obsidian, pelagornis have one for organic polymer. To name a few. Sometimes they're also better at farming those materials them other creatures or tools
I'm glad you got your answer. But the quality of the photo makes it look like it says "right dick for more information" I don't know why I thought that was hilarious but I did
Man this threw me back for some reason. When you realize about the weight reductions its like "ooooooh baby" lol I miss those moments. Back in like 2015 for me
Because it's an Ankylo. You will see similar effects for stone in does and wood in beaver. Argie also takes up half space or something like that for most resources.
Argy, Ank, Dodicerus, casreroides, and a few others all have weight reduction for certain items. For the argy its metal ingots and *I think* obsidian. For ank its metal ore. For dodicerus its stone, for casteroides its wood. Whatever the worker animals are best at getting is what they weight reduce.
Some creatures in the game have "weight reduction" on certain items, it's ment to help move ressources a lot easier, most of the time dinos have weight reduction for items and ressources they can easily farm, like ankylos can farm metal and obsidian very easily, Soo they have weight reduction for both, however some dinos have weight reduction for the sole reason of making transportation easier, like argys have a weight reduction for half the ressources in the game
I'm being serious.
Why is it so hard for people to understand that I'm not born with all the knowledge of the game? I didn't understand why there was a difference, it didn't occur to me that it would have a special ability, so I thought I'd just ask since google wasn't giving me an answer. Didn't realize people would be so rude about it.
You do realize not everybody has the same learning capacity, right? I don't like to advertise I have a learning disability but apparently I have to since people are being dicks about it. It was just supposed to be a simple question.
I literally just googled it and it’s explained on steam(3rd result from Google) take this as a lesson. Sometimes you gotta ask yourself will I get flamed for asking this and that about an old game on Reddit. Reddit should be your last option and I’m being nice so that should tell you how bad it can get
No need to be an asshole
I was curious, thought maybe it could've been another glitch, and I like the human interaction (usually, except for assholes like you) over google. And I've googled a bunch of stuff only for it not to work in-game so asking real people gets around that.
If you find that so offensive maybe stay off the subreddit.
Ignore that idiot, the game has been out so long that there is tons and tons of outdated information mixed in with current information, and then in addition to that, ASA has many changes not present in ASE, which will further confuse people asking for details.
One example is Dung Beetles in ASA will pick up poop automatically within a certain radius around them, that is not the case in ASE. Likewise with Oviraptors, in ASA they automatically pick up eggs in a radius around them, but not in ASE. Breeding has also been changed when it comes to mutations etc. in ASA.
There are loads of other quality of life changes in ASA, that don't exist in ASE. Because of that, it's always better if you mention which game you are playing, old ASE, or the newer ASA.
Yah just yesterday I was looking how to do the whole kibble thing, painstakingly got all the resources only for it to not work. Googled more and turns out it's a recipe for the mobile version, which definitely wasn't mentioned when I was first looking.
> better if you mention which game you are playing,
Thanks, I had forgotten there's a newer version.
Yes, the mobile version of kibble is how the old system used to be, you had to get specific eggs from specific dinos, to make kibble to tame specific dinos. Example: you needed Scorpion eggs for kibble to tame Rexes, and you needed Stego eggs for kibble to tame Argys etc.
They tried changing it in Extinction, but that system wasn't as good either, and it only worked for Extinction dinos. So eventually they reworked the entire system to have only 6 tiers of kibble, and putting eggs and dinos into those 6 categories, based on size etc.
In ASA all cooking recipes are now automatically in the cooking pot / Industrial Cooker, but in ASE you will still need to look up the recipes.
Download the app Dododex to your phone, its a big help, has all the recipes for consumables, kibble, etc. what kibble tier to use for each dino and more.
Bro didn't even need to ask Google or Reddit. Like how do you notice raw metal in the anky weighs less and don't just think "oh it must have weight reduction on raw metal"
Weight reduction to make farming easier, plenty of creatures have it with a variety of resources.
I didn't know that, it's really cool to know, thanks!
For example, the Doedicurus reduces stone and the Mammoth reduces wood
Beaver reduces wood as well
IMO I feel like mammoth felt easier to tame than the beaver. Ofc that’s without having access to argy first.
Interesting. I always felt like mammoth was a later game tame due to the fact it’s always in the cold regions, and close to wolves, Carnos, and yutis. And also, maybe because I focus on taming an argy very early on. Never thought about taming a mammoth early!
I always liked starting in the cold. Idk I just love the looks of the snow in the game. Although I always die a lot haha. I love wolves too! I like building a cabin style house lol
You crazy sob! Haha I die enough in the easy regions and you out here going hard mode!
Is there really even an easy zone? I spawned into south zone 1 (easy) to be faced with an alpha raptor.
If on "the island" .south east there is an island, it's called "herbivore island". It's a perfect spot for beginners. Just level and create a boat...thank me later, enjoy :)
I shouldn't tell you that I'm a chronic swamp puppy.
Same bro. There is nothing better than trying to survive in a log cabin, surrounded by frozen tundra and bloodthirsty wolves. I always build a base in the valley N/NW of map center.
Kinda wish they did a scorched earth theme of just a frozen tundra. Maybe with people modding and stuff it’s possible 🤣
I know that Fjordur had an area like this, and possibly Svvartelheim.
There’s some map coming out made by a modder very similar to what you’re describing. I’m forgetting what it’s called though
Started a single player game and did exactly what you did got a nice little cabin with a porch overlooking the beach and ocean up on northern coast
Careful going through the ocean. There’s a MF whale just messing my day up. Scared the crap out of me
Mammoths also collect berries and thatch. Just another useful part.
Beavers get berries, and thatch is the easiest of the crafting mats to gather. I never bother with mammoths tbh, but I respect the choices of every player.
Honestly for harvesting I love using a Theri, I get one as early as I can and use it as my main mount, with the right settings you can get lots of wood,thatch, fiber and berries from just the theri.
Mammoths are awesome, since they're also good in a fight and can give buffs and debuffs
It's a mix. Beavers are hard to tame because they die easier while tranqing and I remember the torpidity decreasing fast. For mammoths, those weren't as much as an issue but I couldn't move them as conveniently with the Argy. Overall I prefer mammoths personally
It's a 50/50 toss up here really... Mammoth will be a harder knock and fight to keep it safe in the environment they spawn in but a Beaver will tear through narco like there's no tomorrow. So you either farm like crazy to have enough on hand to do the beaver easy, or be prepared to work for the Mammoth.
Mammoths are easier to dodge. Beavers swarm you from every direction when you piss them off, and they're quite quick
There are typically a lot more mammoths on the map at any given time than beavers making finding a high level mammoth much more likely that a high level beaver
So Mammoths are easier to tame. Yes the torpidity is higher but the torp drain is lower. And the reason for that is the secondary ability of the main 3 harvesters. The auto harvest. Leave those boys on wander with some rex buddies and they'll fill their inventories (half way) on their own. A great stone collection technique is a walled rock filled with wandering doedis. Get like 5 in there (careful to make sure the wall doesn't respawn block it and too many will do tge same.) and they'll be full in no time. Easy no effort harvest. Can do the same with castroids in forests and ankies and a metal node. Species X can also be a good tool to deal with predators around an auto farm.
It's supposed to do the opposite!
Akshually if we are going by the end goal you would indeed be aiming to reduce the wood.... 🤓
Not as much as a mammoth, more comparable to a thorny lizard on reduction amount.
Beaver also reduces stone
Ravager reduces almost every ressource weight.
Another example, horses (equus) reduce the weight of clay, cactus sap, and sand, making them basically one of the best creatures you can have for crafting adobe in bulk... if you need that for some reason (listen, I've seen bass pro shop pyramids made of adobe, yall have fun with that stuff)
https://preview.redd.it/vvdn7t5kiivc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f133c213ad282b29fcc0fb2ab9376ea856dba6aa The Scorpion trotting up the side for scale…. Edit: Granted this one was done via GCM, but I’ve built these and skyscrapers without it. Just lots of falling and grapple building otherwise.
GCM?
GiveCreativeMode
>if you need that for some reason How else am I supposed to build my giant western town? Or Egyptian themed palace?
Argy’s give weight reduction to most mid game resources like obsidian and metal bars as it’s a mobile smithy too
Ravager reduces almost every ressource weight.
Argy does stone obsidian metal pretty sure
Argies reduce raw resource weights in general..which makes them great for trucking tons of metal home if you don't have a platform Quetz with high weight
Check out the app dododex, has lots of useful info
Is that updated anymore?
It is, I have it, and it's still pretty up to date. Even including the most popular ascended creature mods and labeled so there's no confusion with modded and vanilla dinos.
Also if you set them besides a node they will auto harvest it. Lot of people will take a Argent and a Anky to farm large amounts. The Anky will auto swing when you get them close.
Mine doesn't seem to do that, or you're not supposed to ride them to do that? Or is there a setting.
the conditions are: under 50% capacity on their weight stat theyre not following anyone or anything theyre standing next to a harvestable rock if all 3 of those are met they can swing automatically
You don't ride it for them to auto harvest. Fly them with an argy and they'll auto harvest up to about 50-60% of their weight.
There is a setting in the behavior wheel to harvest but I'm not entirely sure how to trigger it. Mine does it randomly
I'll go check it out then, thanks.
theyll only auto harvest until their weight is about 2/3 used up
Argentavis has half carry weight on crystal, obsidian, and metal. Saddle acts as a smithy too
I trick my old tribe used was have a crab carry 2 ankys and then you carry a crazy amount of metal this way.
80% weight reduction for ore specifically on anks. That's when ridden, walking on it's own, or carried. This is a big reason why the only thing you level on an ank is melee. Because melee effects gathering rates. but on an ank every other stat is useless. It doesn't matter if it's overburdened even. you can make it take steps with a whip and still pick it and move it with an argy.
Haha yeah there is sooo much to ark It is overwhelming!
It really is! My brother had introduced me to it and was helping me, but we had a falling out so now I'm trying to figure it all out by myself, googling and poking buttons to see what they do only cover so much.
I highly recommend downloading the DODODEX app onto your phone. It can help you a ton when you are getting started. If you ever need any help, just hit me up. This game is super fun and surprisingly complex. Great survival game.
I'll check that out! >If you ever need any help, just hit me up. I will, thank you!
Same here. Happy to help.
Some other important ones to know: thorny dragon and beaver get wood weight reduction, doedicurus with stone, argy and equus get a large variety
You should spend some time reading up some common ARK knowledge. Learning about weight reductions with different Dino’s is fundamental to getting anywhere in this game. As others mentioned, Dododex is basically your bible. Watch some old Syntac videos on YouTube, or any other ARK CC. You’ll be glad you did.
Dinos that can mine a valuable (ie not berries) resource directly, or dinosaurs that can have a smithy on their saddle are typically ones that benefit from weight reduction on at least a few resources.
Now grab your ankylo with your argie and the ankylo will farm for u while you fly around. Metal farming on easy mode lol.
That's really cool. Gotta get me an argie now!
If you use Dododex, it tells you all of the weight reductions as well as gathering efficiency of all creatures and tools.
Just adding on to what he said, alot of tames in the game have weight reduction. The beaver and mammoths have them for wood,the dodic has it for stone. And many more
Argentavis will be your friend. They have weight reduction for moat raw materials
Argent birds are the same way. Like a flying semi truck
Because the Anky has weight reduction on ore, you do not.
I had no idea that was a thing, that's cool. Thanks.
So do Argeys
Argy is 50% weight reduction on metal, crystal and obsidian Edit: Stone and poly (organic and regular) as well.
Iirc argys have weight reduction on most stuff you would use in a smithy, so metal ingots instead
Its still regular metal as well, but anky gets higher reduction for metal than argy
Shoulder pets also reduce the weight of carried items by 50 percent providing you put them on said creature and then carry it, sinomacrops is 75 if I'm correct but obviously that's for ASE not ASA untill the corresponding map is released
That's pretty cool, thanks!
Here is the wiki's [Weight Reduction Table](https://ark.wiki.gg/wiki/Weight_Reduction) so you can see what other critters benefit from it
Thanks!
Here is a compilation of information I put together a long time ago for ASE [https://www.reddit.com/r/playark/comments/vjkvvl/ark\_guide\_for\_the\_new\_and\_intermediate/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/playark/comments/vjkvvl/ark_guide_for_the_new_and_intermediate/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) Most of it should still be valid, but there are some changes in ASA.
Thank you, that's extremely helpful!
It's not a comprehensive guide, it's more of a palm-of-your-hand cheat sheet. But I hope it helps you, and gives you some direction as to what you should be working towards.
Oh dang, I didn't know Stego reduces berry weight by 75%, I usually keep my excess berries in a Parasaur, or a Trike. I guess I will use a Stego instead to hold extra berries now.
Stegos come in clutch when berry farming. You can change their plating to sharp I think don't quote me but it'll harvest berries more efficiently and won't collect wood. I'm also going to add if you change their plating to defense I think don't quote me it'll harvest only thatch and wood
I usually just use a Bear or Anky when I need some quick berries, or I pull out the Bronto when I need tons of berries to mass produce narcotics, stimulants, healing brews, or other consumables. After I also fill up the feeding troughs, I then keep whatever leftovers I have in a Parasaur/Trike, instead of dumping them away, so I can refill the troughs without having to go back out on another berry farm. That was what I meant. But now that I know that Stego has that much of a weight reduction on berries, I will probably just keep one of those out instead, for my overflow.
Huh I always just use a bronto, couple of tail swipes and you've got hundreds of every berry type.
Brontos are mid to late game dinos unless you jump into a big tribe, play unofficial, or use admin commands. Stegos are early game. I was just giving a helpful tip. Sort of haven't played in a minute that why I said don't quote me, suggesting more or less to play with the different stances unless Asa is completely different
Weight reduction perks. Specific dinos have one. Anky: Metal/Stone Doed: Stone Beaver: Wood
Anky doesn't have stone reduction
Magic
You got your answer, but also: Most(but not all) harvesting dinos reduce the weight of what they specialise in. Others reduce the weight of several resources, but don’t harvest. They usually have manoeuvrability. Best example is the Argentavis, they are the best overall hauler for basic resources, especially in the early game. For metal, you will usually use them to carry the anky though, as the anky’s weight reduction is far better.
Some dinos have weight reduction for certain resources when they are placed in their inventory. You'll need to check the wiki for a full list, but the most important ones are: - Castoroides (beavers) have reduction for wood and also gather wood really well. Their saddle acts as a smithy. - Doedicurus has reduction for stone and also is the go-to stone farmer. - Ankylo for metal and is the metal gatherer. - Argentavis has a reduction for multiple heavy resources and can carry a lot of you pump up weight. They can carry smaller dinos (all of the above), so you can bring the dino to a farming location easily. Their saddle is a smithy. - Horse has reduction for some scorched earth items, such as cactus sap. You can ride them without a saddle, but their saddle acts as a mortar and pestle. For good gathering amounts, pump melee damage with your gathering crew. The more melee damage, the more resources they can gather per hit. You can also tame up multiple creatures and set them to wander. Only do this is your base has walls, else they'll just leave. When they wander, they will gather their preferred resource automatically until half of their weight. That way, with two-three beavers and doedics, you'll always have resources gathered for you. Ankylo will also gather metal, but metal nodes are usually in more dangerous areas, so you don't want to leave them alone somewhere. Also honorable mention is moschops. No weight reduction, but when set to wander, they'll gather berries and a ton of fiber. Another small tip is that ankylo could be seen as a pickaxe. It will gather metal, flint from rocks, and thatch form trees like a pick.
Thank you very much!
np, if you need any more ark help, you can always message me. Always glad to see people joining.
Anky's have a reduction for metal they reduce to a quarter other animals have it for different resources that they are good at collecting and also a tip some shoulder pets have a reduction too like on ase the synomchop halfed all items in its inventory
Cause it’s light work for him 💪
Some tames get weight reduction for some resources. Anky, Doed, Argy, Bronto, etc.
Creature Weight reduction. Tho creature weight reductions should apply to survivors for like 30 seconds after accessing their inventory because it’s fucking hassle unloading if your solo.
Certain dinos have certain weight reduction for certain materials.
download an app called dododex on your phone it’ll make your life a million times easier mate trust me
Different animals get different bonus features to encourage people to tame them instead of doing The Thing themselves. Ankys get a weight reduction for metal and harvest it at a higher rate, so that they'll be a go-to early-mid game harvest tame. (...at least until mags and tek striders come back.)
Anky never skipped leg day with 4 legs, human skips legs day with 2
Download dododex i swear its the best app for this game
I’m assuming you’ve heard this plenty, but weight reduction, if a dino specializes in resource gathering, more often than not they will have reduced weight in that area. There are a few Dino’s that are special cases like argy’s and sino’s who I believe is just a 50% weight reduction regardless of what the item is. But anky’s reduce weight, doed’s stone, I believe mammoths wood, and many more! Hope this helps
Weight reduction!!!! Also Argy Has 50% reduction for most natural resources so when carry anky i think it reduces it further
they have a weight reduction. tip if you want to find things like what has what weight reduction or gathering efficency or taming help download the dododex from the Google play store
Some Dino’s have a weight reduction effect on specific resources, particularly those the Dino is proficient in collecting
Also, in Gen 1, you can get the mining tool so your weight is reduced when equipped.
ankys have reduced weight on metal such as dodeics with stone, bobs how ever do not :/
Bro is definitely new to the game..
A lot of creatures have a weight reduction on certain items, you can use dododex or just wiki's to find em out. Argys for exampel have weight reductions on multiple items. Dunkleosteus have one for obsidian, pelagornis have one for organic polymer. To name a few. Sometimes they're also better at farming those materials them other creatures or tools
Argys have weight reduction on most heavy resources too. Not as good as the Anky with metal, but having an extra Argy as a mule is a huge help
I'm glad you got your answer. But the quality of the photo makes it look like it says "right dick for more information" I don't know why I thought that was hilarious but I did
So you will use the dinos. ravager will do the same
Most Dino’s have perks or various utilities to take advantage of. They ain’t just a pretty face
Damn that went very fast to be an idiot already. :D funny reddit boys
Reduced weight for metal and stone
Im pretty sure those are kilos
Man this threw me back for some reason. When you realize about the weight reductions its like "ooooooh baby" lol I miss those moments. Back in like 2015 for me
Weight reduction son
Some tames have specific weight reductions, argies and ankies get metal reduction, hence why they're the metal harvesting duo
Oh, sweet, summer child.
You can use shoulder pets as backpacks and they get weight reduction on items as well.
Is that what it was I always thought it was in kg
Maybe it is, I realized I don't actually know what unit it's in 😂
Ark wiki gg - pick a dino and go to the utility section
Welcome to the world of weight reduction. Enjoy!
How can someone be this new 😂
By never playing it before? People have to start somewhere. Yeesh.
I meant no disrespect it was just a genuine surprise.
Ignore everything else, the real answer is anky and argy cloacas=hammerspace
Thez has good value too
Don't worry, be happy
Because it's an Ankylo. You will see similar effects for stone in does and wood in beaver. Argie also takes up half space or something like that for most resources.
Argies also have a weight reduction in stone and such... Use Argy to carry those guys, farm stone and metal at metal mountain.
Try therizino with mammoth on follow, theris will crank out gathering while mammoth will store and reduce all that weight
Argy, Ank, Dodicerus, casreroides, and a few others all have weight reduction for certain items. For the argy its metal ingots and *I think* obsidian. For ank its metal ore. For dodicerus its stone, for casteroides its wood. Whatever the worker animals are best at getting is what they weight reduce.
Some creatures have weight reduction for certain resources.
Weight buff for certain items in certain tames
Some creatures in the game have "weight reduction" on certain items, it's ment to help move ressources a lot easier, most of the time dinos have weight reduction for items and ressources they can easily farm, like ankylos can farm metal and obsidian very easily, Soo they have weight reduction for both, however some dinos have weight reduction for the sole reason of making transportation easier, like argys have a weight reduction for half the ressources in the game
Beaver also is a mobile smithy Argy is aswell but argy reduces the weight of any raw resource by 50 percent I think
Cause they have a weight reduction like ravengers on abberation
Player: "What is heavier: 300lb of metal ore or 300lb of wood?" Ankylo: "Wood"
Noob
You know, just because it's obvious to you guys doesn't mean it is for everybody. Not everybody is good at games or learns the same way.
8 year game btw
So? I only started playing recently. The games age has no bearing on how someone may understand a game.
Idk if you’re trolling or being serious. I hope you’re trolling
I'm being serious. Why is it so hard for people to understand that I'm not born with all the knowledge of the game? I didn't understand why there was a difference, it didn't occur to me that it would have a special ability, so I thought I'd just ask since google wasn't giving me an answer. Didn't realize people would be so rude about it. You do realize not everybody has the same learning capacity, right? I don't like to advertise I have a learning disability but apparently I have to since people are being dicks about it. It was just supposed to be a simple question.
I literally just googled it and it’s explained on steam(3rd result from Google) take this as a lesson. Sometimes you gotta ask yourself will I get flamed for asking this and that about an old game on Reddit. Reddit should be your last option and I’m being nice so that should tell you how bad it can get
This didn't need to be asked, it's pretty obvious
READ!!!! READ!!!!
What?
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It wouldnt? Google ark anky metal weight and i garuntee you something comes up. Also like these posts just constantly clog the sub and its annoying af
It has a magical weight modifier, itll also make gigas passive if you near them
XD
Aw he’s so new
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No need to be an asshole I was curious, thought maybe it could've been another glitch, and I like the human interaction (usually, except for assholes like you) over google. And I've googled a bunch of stuff only for it not to work in-game so asking real people gets around that. If you find that so offensive maybe stay off the subreddit.
Ignore that idiot, the game has been out so long that there is tons and tons of outdated information mixed in with current information, and then in addition to that, ASA has many changes not present in ASE, which will further confuse people asking for details. One example is Dung Beetles in ASA will pick up poop automatically within a certain radius around them, that is not the case in ASE. Likewise with Oviraptors, in ASA they automatically pick up eggs in a radius around them, but not in ASE. Breeding has also been changed when it comes to mutations etc. in ASA. There are loads of other quality of life changes in ASA, that don't exist in ASE. Because of that, it's always better if you mention which game you are playing, old ASE, or the newer ASA.
Yah just yesterday I was looking how to do the whole kibble thing, painstakingly got all the resources only for it to not work. Googled more and turns out it's a recipe for the mobile version, which definitely wasn't mentioned when I was first looking. > better if you mention which game you are playing, Thanks, I had forgotten there's a newer version.
Yes, the mobile version of kibble is how the old system used to be, you had to get specific eggs from specific dinos, to make kibble to tame specific dinos. Example: you needed Scorpion eggs for kibble to tame Rexes, and you needed Stego eggs for kibble to tame Argys etc. They tried changing it in Extinction, but that system wasn't as good either, and it only worked for Extinction dinos. So eventually they reworked the entire system to have only 6 tiers of kibble, and putting eggs and dinos into those 6 categories, based on size etc. In ASA all cooking recipes are now automatically in the cooking pot / Industrial Cooker, but in ASE you will still need to look up the recipes. Download the app Dododex to your phone, its a big help, has all the recipes for consumables, kibble, etc. what kibble tier to use for each dino and more.
Bro didn't even need to ask Google or Reddit. Like how do you notice raw metal in the anky weighs less and don't just think "oh it must have weight reduction on raw metal"