








This article is about Giganotosaurus, not to be confused with Gigantopithecus or
Gigantoraptor
cheat summon Gigant_Character_BP_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Giganotosaurus/Gigant_Character_BP.Gigant_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Tek Giganotosaurus
cheat summon BionicGigant_Character_BP_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Giganotosaurus/BionicGigant_Character_BP.BionicGigant_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Malfunctioned Tek Giganotosaurus
cheat summon BionicGigant_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Giganotosaurus/BionicGigant_Character_BP_Malfunctioned.BionicGigant_Character_BP_Malfunctioned'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Giganotosaurus (Tek Cave)
cheat summon Giganotosaurus_Character_BP_TekCave_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/Dinos/Giganotosaurus/Giganotosaurus_Character_BP_TekCave.Giganotosaurus_Character_BP_TekCave'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Malfunctioned Tek Giganotosaurus (Gauntlet)
cheat summon BionicGigant_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Gauntlet_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/MissionVariants/Gauntlet/Lunar/BionicGigant_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Gauntlet.BionicGigant_Character_BP_Malfunctioned_Gauntlet'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Corrupted Dinotar
cheat summon VRGigant_Character_BP_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis/Dinos/BiomeVariants/VR/VRGigant_Character_BP.VRGigant_Character_BP'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Corrupted Giganotosaurus
cheat summon Gigant_Character_BP_Corrupt_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Extinction/Dinos/Corrupt/Giganotosaurus/Gigant_Character_BP_Corrupt.Gigant_Character_BP_Corrupt'" 500 0 0 35
Variant R-Giganotosaurus
cheat summon Gigant_Character_BP_Rockwell_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Dinos/BiomeVariants/Gigant_Character_BP_Rockwell.Gigant_Character_BP_Rockwell'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Giganotosaurus (Gauntlet2)
cheat summon Gigant_Character_BP_STA_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Gauntlet2/STA/Dinos/Gigant_Character_BP_STA.Gigant_Character_BP_STA'" 500 0 0 35
Variant Experimental Giganotosaurus
cheat summon Gigant_Character_BP_ExpG_C
cheat SpawnDino "Blueprint'/Game/Genesis2/Missions/ModularMission/Mashup/ExperimentG/DinosAndStructures/Gigant_Character_BP_ExpG.Gigant_Character_BP_ExpG'" 500 0 0 35
“ | If you encounter this creature in the wild while with a tribe member, just bola the tribe member and run. | „ |
~ Dododex's most upvoted Player Tip[1] |
The Giganotosaurus (jai-GA-nuh-tuh-saw-ruhs), meaning "Giant Southern lizard", is a large, carnivorous dinosaur and of the most powerful creature in the games.
As an apex wild creature delivering an incredible amount of damages as well Gnashed bleeding effect, taming a wild Giganotosaurus can be considered one of the goal for a survivor.
It was first added in ARK: Survival Evolved on the 5th of November, 2015.
This section is intended to be an exact copy of what the survivor Helena Walker, the author of the dossiers, has written. There may be some discrepancies between this text and the in-game creature.
Giganotosaurus furiosa
TimeLate Cretaceous
DietCarnivore
TemperamentAngry
Giganotosaurus furiosa is an enormous predator, larger even than the Tyrannosaurus or Spinosaurus. Getting cornered or run down by a Giganotosaurus can mean certain death for nearly any creature! Fighting a Giganotosaurus directly is never a good idea, as its rage rapidly grows with every hit it takes. With this rage, it builds increasing reserves of energy to use, making its iron-jawed bites progressively more deadly and enhancing its stamina. Add to this the fact that its huge body also enables it to take a tremendous amount of punishment, and you have a creature that is generally better avoided or outsmarted than attacked head-on.
Taming Giganotosaurus is a dangerous prospect. Its rage reaction, even when tamed, can sometimes cause it to briefly turn on members of its own tribe. Indeed it may even throw off its rider if it has been sufficiently angered! And yet, the sheer size and immense power that the Giganotosaurus possesses means that some factions endeavor to tame it as a fear-inducing “Capital” beast of war, even at great risk!
Giganotosaurs will 'casually' stroll about the Island, slaughtering anything in their path. This can lead them to wander just about anywhere on the Island. Their lack of natural predators - or any form of threat to them - allows for their safe voyages across the Island. With no natural predator, the Giganotosaurus is considered the apex predator of the Island with its strength and size. One could argue that it is the driver of evolution on the maps they can be found on. Those that are strong enough to take one down or tame one are guaranteed to thrive nearly unchallenged. Those that can’t manage it end up with significant resources lost at best, and ripped to shreds while possibly even losing everything at worst.
The Giganotosaurus is an aggressive creature. Due to its rage mechanic, it will get angrier when being attacked, which makes its attacks deal more damage. Also, it regains stamina faster when enraged. If it builds up too much rage, it may even eat its own rider, right off the saddle!
Its rage mechanic is not a health-percentage-based trigger; it only occurs if enough damage occurs quickly enough. It will also trigger even if the server is set to the friendliest possible PvE and no friendly-fire settings, in which normally it is not possible to hurt anything not wild.
Due to its large stride, allowing it to walk over most obstacles, and naturally high movement speed, the Giganotosaurus can outrun just about anything on the island. Combined with its very large aggro range, this means it is a fast and dangerous predator.
The Tek Giganotosaurus is an unused creature that was added to the game with the release of the Genesis Part 1 DLC, and serves as a template for its mission variants. It is a unique alternate of the original Giganotosaurus, purely made of Tek. It does not spawn in the wild, but is functional though the game may not load it when resuming from a save file. This variant cannot be uploaded nor cloned.
Being the largest theropod dinosaur in ARK, Giganotosaurus can easily be identified from afar, mostly due to its sheer size, which is about three times that of a Rex, or roughly the same size as a Brontosaurus. Its mouth also hangs open, which keeps its large array of teeth exposed at all times. Unlike the other theropods, Giganotosaurus have little to no armor on its very large body, save for the spikes on its head and the ridge down its spine. The R-variant of the Giga features markings along its back and on top of its head.
The Giganotosaurus is currently the sixth largest land creature in the game, with the largest being the King Titan, the second being
Rockwell, the third and fourth being the
Ice Titan and
Forest Titan, and the fifth being the
Titanosaur. It is the largest carnivorous land dinosaur however.
This section displays the Giganotosaurus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Giganotosaurus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Giganotosaurus will randomly spawn with to provide an overall range of its natural color scheme. Hover your cursor over a color to display its name and ID.
This information can be used to alter the Giganotosaurus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Giganotosaurus's "body" magenta.
This section displays the Giganotosaurus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Giganotosaurus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Giganotosaurus will randomly spawn with to provide an overall range of its natural color scheme. Hover your cursor over a color to display its name and ID.
This information can be used to alter the Giganotosaurus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Giganotosaurus's "all muted" magenta.
This section displays the Giganotosaurus's natural colors and regions. For demonstration, the regions below are colored red over an albino Giganotosaurus. The colored squares shown underneath each region's description are the colors that the Giganotosaurus will randomly spawn with to provide an overall range of its natural color scheme. Hover your cursor over a color to display its name and ID.
This information can be used to alter the Giganotosaurus's regions by entering cheat SetTargetDinoColor <ColorRegion> <ColorID>
in the cheat console. For instance, cheat SetTargetDinoColor 0 6
would color the Giganotosaurus's "main color" magenta.
Region 1 is not used
for this Creature.
Region 3 is not used
for this Creature.
Brute Malfunctioned Tek Giganotosaurus is the Brute variant of the
Malfunctioned Tek Giganotosaurus (see below). Read its page for more information.
Corrupted Giganotosaurus is the Corrupted variant of Giganotosaurus found in Extinction. It is identical to the normal Giganotosaurus except for its corrupted robe. It is not tamable and is guided by hive spirit.
Malfunctioned Tek Giganotosaurus is the malfunctioned Tek variant of the Giganotosaurus, found during Missions of Genesis: Part 1. It can also be found as Minion of the Brute Malfunctioned Tek Giganotosaurus during some Missions. It is stronger than the original and it looks like wearing a
Giga Bionic Costume. It is not tamable.
Skeletal Giganotosaurus is the Skeletal variant of Giganotosaurus found during Fear Evolved events. It is stronger to the normal Giganotosaurus and is looking like a skeleton. It is not tamable.
R-Giganotosaurus is the R variant of Giganotosaurus found in certain biomes of Genesis: Part 2. It is identical to the normal Giganotosaurus except for its colorful robe. It is tamable.
Experimental Giganotosaurus is a Boss during the Code Red Mission in Genesis: Part 2. It is stronger but slower than a regular Giga and is followed by some VR Creatures, Turrets and Drones. It's looking decomposed and is wearing tentacles upon its head.
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase | Taming Bonus | ||
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80000 | +40 | +0.04% | -63000 | |
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400 | +0.2 | +1% | ||
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150 | +0.375 | +2.5% | ||
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4000 | +10 | +2.5% | ||
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700 | +7 | +1% | ||
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500 | +25 | +0.85% | -80% | (ETDM: 80%) |
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100% | N/A | +0.31% | ||
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10000 | +600 | N/A |
Movement [u/s] |
Base Speed | Sprinting Speed | Stamina | ||||
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Wild | Tamed1 | Tamed2 | Wild | Tamed1 | Tamed2 | ||
Walking | 1050 | 1050 | 1050 | 1681.7 | 1681.7 | 1681.7 | -29 |
Attribute | Base Value | Level Increase |
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Wild | ||
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35000 | +17.5 |
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400 | +0.2 |
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150 | +0.375 |
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4000 | +10 |
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700 | +7 |
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250 | +12.5 |
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100% | N/A |
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10000 | +600 |
Movement [u/s] |
Base Speed | Sprinting Speed |
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Wild | Wild | |
Walking | 1050
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1681.7 |
Type in values of a wild creature to see on which stats it's emphasized. Green values on a high-level creature are very good for breeding. If you have already tamed your creature you can try to recover the breeding stats with an external tool.[2]
The stat-calculator does not work in the mobile-view, see here for alternatives: Apps
Note that after the creature is tamed it gets bonuses on some stats depending on the taming effectiveness. This makes it hard to retrieve the levels on a tamed creature, so this tool is only for wild ones, but gives a first impression, how well the stats are distributed.
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After the Giganotosaurus loses a lot of Health in a short time it will be on rage mode for some seconds, on this mode the Giga doubles its
Melee Damage and starts attacking everything, including the allied players and tames.
Armor Ignorance
The Giganotosaurus attacks ignores natural armor of creatures like Rock Elemental.
For general info about domesticating a wild creature see Taming.
When it comes to knocking out a Giga, there is one major argument to consider; should you use a Longneck Rifle or Crossbow? This largely depends on the quality of your weaponry and the number of resources at your disposal. If using engram-grade weaponry (or if the weapon damage of your best crossbow and longneck rifle are similar), the crossbow is more efficient in terms of narcotics spent on ammunition per tame in comparison to using a longneck rifle with Tranquilizer Darts. If using Shocking Tranquilizer Darts, you will still be spending slightly more narcotics (about 7% more) on top of the Bio Toxin needed. This makes the crossbow the most resource-efficient method. You will also not need to worry about the crossbow's higher Health:Torpidity damage ratio, given the gargantuan base Health of a wild Giga. However, when using Shocking Tranquilizer Darts, a longneck rifle will knock out the Giga much faster than a crossbow (as long as you keep shooting and don't miss). To sum up, if resources are your main concern, use a crossbow. If you just want to knock out the Giga as fast as possible, use a longneck rifle with shocking darts.
By far, the simplest way to tame Giganotosaurus is to build a room out of Metal Dinosaur Gateway (no gates needed), leaving one side open, and put a
Large Bear Trap in the middle. Do not use the snap points, as this will make the room too small to place the fourth wall and allow the Giganotosaurus to escape. Instead, leave a small gap between each gateway. You then lure the Giganotosaurus in so that it'll get stuck in the bear trap, then fill in the remaining wall with another Metal Dinosaur Gateway. The Giga will be unable to escape the enclosure, and you can shoot at it until it's down (If you leave a diplodocus in the trap, it might buy you a few extra seconds to close the gate without the Giga escaping.). Settle in; it may take a while. It is advised to use this method as the methods that involve fliers are much harder and much more annoying, especially the Quetzal method, which is also potentially quite dangerous due to the flier nerf. (Make sure the trap is rendered at all times or the Giganotosaurus might escape)
This strategy is SUPER simple though it has questionable morals, but requires an extra player or two. On a single-player map, have the host get a little higher than the Giga and shoot it with Tranq arrows or darts. At the same time, the other player(s) keep sacrificing themselves to distract the Giga. Since the other player(s) can respawn at the host, it's easy for them to keep killing themselves. (Just make sure everybody is OK with it)
Another strategy (which is much harder) is to use a Quetzal with a platform saddle and a shooting platform built on it and to simply follow the Giga around and shoot it with tranq arrows until it falls down. This method is very time-consuming and difficult due to the tendency of wild dinos to pick a direction and sprint flat out away from you when they realize they are being tranquilized. Couple this with the surprising speed of a wild Giga, and you're in for a long chase. The addition of
Griffins gives you another option—no need to dismount but remember they don't have as much stamina. Don't over-focus and wind up coming to a forced landing right in front of your Giga.
Once knocked out, it's rather simple to keep the beast down for the duration of the tame. Simply let its torpor get low (not too low) and then spam a few hundred narcotics into it. It is highly recommended to learn how narcotic works before taming a Giga. For quick reference, 100 narcotics restore 4000 torpor, so base your math on that if needed. Due to the incredibly high amount of torpor Gigas have, though, you will usually be able to feed it enough or almost enough narcotics to last the entire tame in one shot. This allows for the player(s) to simply set a timer to come back when it's ready to feed or when it will need more narcotics since no land animal or dinosaur will attack a wild Giga. However, it can be hit by collateral damage from feuding non-apex creatures nearby, so be cautious of this.
Another strategy a player can utilize is using any type of flyer (preferably fast) with enough stamina to keep it in the air and flying for 1 and a half minutes. To tame the Giganotosaurus, the player should have at the very least 1 Metal Behemoth Gateway along with a Metal Behemoth Gate. Then, the player can have at least 3-4 Metal Dinosaur Gateways and place the Dinosaur Gateways down so that it looks like a semi-circle. The straight line would be the behemoth gate, and the curved areas would be the Dinosaur Gateways. After the gates have been placed, put some Large Bear Traps (use as many as you want!) in the semi-circle. Then kite the Giganotosaurus into the trap (makes sure the Behemoth Gate is open). Once the Giganotosaurus is halted by the Large Bear Traps, quickly close the gate and then tranq the Giganotosaurus to your heart's desire.
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4 | 161 | 60 | 30 | 0:09:36 |
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7 | 282 | 104 | 52 | 0:15:46 |
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13 | 546 | 201 | 101 | 0:29:14 |
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9 | 370 | 136 | 68 | 0:20:16 |
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18 | 766 | 282 | 141 | 0:40:28 |
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22 | 459 | 169 | 85 | 0:24:46 |
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26 | 1120 | 412 | 206 | 0:58:31 |
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43 | 947 | 348 | 174 | 0:49:43 |
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52 | 1120 | 412 | 206 | 0:58:31 |
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65 | 1406 | 517 | 259 | 1:13:08 |
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129 | 1395 | 513 | 257 | 1:12:34 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 120.01 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:01:23 |
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Time | |
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7 | 287 | 107 | 54 | 0:16:47 |
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14 | 578 | 214 | 107 | 0:31:31 |
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25 | 1065 | 395 | 198 | 0:56:12 |
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17 | 711 | 264 | 132 | 0:38:16 |
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33 | 1421 | 527 | 264 | 1:14:11 |
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41 | 866 | 321 | 161 | 0:46:08 |
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49 | 2133 | 791 | 396 | 1:50:16 |
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82 | 1827 | 677 | 339 | 1:34:47 |
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98 | 2133 | 791 | 396 | 1:50:16 |
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123 | 2689 | 996 | 498 | 2:18:23 |
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245 | 2677 | 992 | 496 | 2:17:49 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 199.35 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:02:17 |
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10 | 418 | 156 | 78 | 0:23:59 |
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20 | 835 | 310 | 155 | 0:45:01 |
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37 | 1590 | 591 | 296 | 1:23:10 |
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25 | 1057 | 393 | 197 | 0:56:16 |
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49 | 2125 | 790 | 395 | 1:50:08 |
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61 | 1302 | 484 | 242 | 1:08:38 |
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73 | 3197 | 1188 | 594 | 2:44:16 |
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122 | 2736 | 1017 | 509 | 2:21:01 |
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146 | 3197 | 1188 | 594 | 2:44:16 |
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183 | 4021 | 1494 | 747 | 3:25:53 |
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365 | 4010 | 1490 | 745 | 3:25:19 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 260.09 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:02:54 |
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13 | 553 | 206 | 103 | 0:31:11 |
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26 | 1095 | 408 | 204 | 0:58:31 |
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48 | 2075 | 772 | 386 | 1:47:53 |
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33 | 1407 | 524 | 262 | 1:14:16 |
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65 | 2833 | 1054 | 527 | 2:26:06 |
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81 | 1742 | 649 | 325 | 1:31:08 |
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97 | 4265 | 1587 | 794 | 3:38:16 |
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162 | 3650 | 1358 | 679 | 3:07:16 |
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194 | 4265 | 1587 | 794 | 3:38:16 |
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243 | 5358 | 1994 | 997 | 4:33:23 |
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485 | 5347 | 1990 | 995 | 4:32:49 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 314.67 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:03:21 |
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16 | 689 | 257 | 129 | 0:38:22 |
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33 | 1402 | 523 | 262 | 1:14:16 |
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60 | 2606 | 971 | 486 | 2:14:52 |
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41 | 1760 | 656 | 328 | 1:32:16 |
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81 | 3543 | 1320 | 660 | 3:02:03 |
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101 | 2184 | 814 | 407 | 1:53:38 |
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121 | 5335 | 1987 | 994 | 4:32:16 |
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202 | 4565 | 1701 | 851 | 3:53:30 |
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242 | 5335 | 1987 | 994 | 4:32:16 |
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303 | 6698 | 2495 | 1248 | 5:40:53 |
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605 | 6687 | 2491 | 1246 | 5:40:19 |
KO: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
Torpidity-depletion: 365.63 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:03:42 |
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19 | 827 | 309 | 155 | 0:45:34 |
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39 | 1666 | 621 | 311 | 1:27:46 |
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72 | 3138 | 1170 | 585 | 2:41:50 |
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49 | 2113 | 788 | 394 | 1:50:16 |
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97 | 4255 | 1586 | 793 | 3:38:01 |
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121 | 2627 | 980 | 490 | 2:16:08 |
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145 | 6407 | 2389 | 1195 | 5:26:16 |
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242 | 5482 | 2044 | 1022 | 4:39:44 |
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290 | 6407 | 2389 | 1195 | 5:26:16 |
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363 | 8040 | 2997 | 1499 | 6:48:23 |
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725 | 8028 | 2993 | 1497 | 6:47:49 |
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Torpidity-depletion: 414.06 / s, Time until all torpidity is depleted: 00:04:00 |
Note that the values are for optimal cases, always bring extra supplies!
For a level-dependent count of resources needed, try an external taming calculator.
Ingredients for Exceptional Kibble:
1 ×
Extra Large Egg, 5 ×
Fiber, 1 ×
Focal Chili, 10 ×
Mejoberry, 1 ×
Rare Flower, 1 ×
Water
This section describes how to fight against the Giganotosaurus.
The Giganotosaurus is one of the few creatures capable of taking down a Guardian such as the Broodmother by itself and as such much caution is needed when facing one.
A wild or tamed Giganotosaurus is extremely dangerous simply because of its massive damage and health. This makes it one of the most deadly creatures on the island (if not the most deadly); even a low level wild Giganotosaurus can (and will) be a very serious threat. Whatever creature you fight it with, be aware of its Gnashed ability.
Avoid it if you don't want to get devoured in one or two bites.
Having a tamed Giganotosaurus can be a representation of skill and progression. It is therefore not a good idea to head-on attack tamed Giga even if you can certainly take it on, which might result in retaliation from the tamer. If you are willing to invest time in taking great care of a tamed giga from a baby to an adult that is imprinted by you, then you would have one of the strongest tames in the game.
Nine times out of ten, it is best to avoid combat with a Giga at all costs due to their devastating attacks and high health pool. Conventional weapons can damage Gigas, but do very little against their huge health, and are thus not advised. Using a Lightning Wyvern or a Poison Wyvern, a rider can position the wyvern above the Giga and attack it from above using breath attacks. A player can also use a Managarmr and constantly shoot it with ice breath, and jump out of harm's way when the pursuing Giga gets too close.
Super-Bred Giga
While taking a wild-tamed or low-level bred Giga into battle against a wild one is most often suicide, if you have managed to tame and breed multiple high-leveled Gigas together, combining their stats, and imprinting the offspring; a fully imprinted Giga with most of its base stats near 50, all level points spent in melee damage, is a force to be reckoned with. While high-armored saddles are more effective, even if it is equipped with a standard quality saddle, such a tame is capable of outright destroying even the hardiest of wild Gigas in merely ten or so bites, provided its imprinted survivor is riding on the saddle, at the cost of only 25-50% of its health (dependent on saddle quality and tame's melee damage). While a super-bred Giga is without a doubt the most effective means of killing wild Gigas (even Titanosaurs), it is by all means the hardest to acquire; requiring hours of gameplay and more than a bit of luck to find and tame high-leveled wild Gigas to start the breeding process, but if it can be done, it is definitely worth the effort for such a powerful addition to any tribe's arsenal. Until then, the other methods laid out below are more viable.
On top of terms of difficulty in acquiring a high level-giga, it is even more difficult and time consuming in stacking mutations for the giganotosaurus when breeding them. It will be worth the effort when your giganotosaurus has so many mutations on its melee attack that it is killing everything, including the biggest creatures, in several bites. With all of the effort put into taming and breeding, the end result would be a giganotosaurus with your personalized color mutations.
Griffin
Griffins may make it possible to kill a Giga, as a rider can use weapons while flying. Make certain to have multiple spare assault rifles, fabricated sniper rifles, and rocket launchers; with the Giga's massive health pool, some may break during your hunt. You will also need a huge stockpile of ammo. You will probably need to level the Griffin for weight, unless the Giga is far enough away from anything important that you have enough time to run back to base and rearm. Remember that although you control steering with the A and D keys while using weapons on a Griffin, your pitch still follows where you're looking; if you're looking sideways and down at the Giga and suddenly decide to sprint forward, you won't go straight to the Giga, but you will go down where it can get you if it's faster than you are. Stay high. Remember to stop, gain some distance and replenish your Griffin's stamina periodically; a forced landing right in front of the Giga is not ideal.
Another thing many people know is that Griffins have a dive bomb and diving swipe, it is also possible to dive swipe the giga multiple times to kill it but it is a bit risky.
Phoenix
The Phoenix has a fireball attack (right click) that can allow you to attack a Giga from overhead without it getting angry in response unless you get too close. The DoT deals up to 100 damage per second for 10 seconds. This means it would take at least 80 fireballs and 800 seconds to kill it. While it's a slow process, it's fairly reliable and safe since the Phoenix does not have to land to regain stamina. Keep in mind that the Phoenix will not get kill credit unless a different source of damage from the Phoenix kills it.
Carcharodontosaurus
A mutated Carcharodontosaurus with its Bloodrage fully built up can easily decimate any wild Giga even with just a primitive saddle. Its overwhelming damage combined with its exceptional regeneration ability makes it the best dinosaur to fight a wild Giga head-on.
The health regeneration provided by its Bloodrage mechanic can effectively negate the Gnash effect of the Giga which makes killing one far easier.
Though the Carcharodontosaurus is far newer and has fewer mutation lines on Official servers, in single-player and Unofficial servers, it is a very viable option to combat Gigas.
Turret
Another possibility is to build a raft with a massive broadside of Minigun Turrets, fully stocked with ammo, and a generator; lure the Giga into the water and let the turrets shred it. If the turrets fail to kill the Giga before running out of ammunition you should at least be able to get clear, as Gigas are slow swimmers; try to lure it further into the water and hope that either it drowns, or aquatic predators can finish it off.
PvP
If fighting against tamed Gigas in PvP, they are not near as much of a threat. While still a terrifying foe, Gigas lose 63k health and 80% melee when tamed, dropping them to a much more manageable 17k base health and making low level Gigas do less damage than a high melee rex. This means that a group of solid rexes can take on an enemy tamed Giga (bonus if the Gigas are Mate boosted). Auto turrets can also shred a tamed Giga fairly quickly if you have enough of them. If attacking tamed Gigas, using 2-3 rpgs to enrage it and cause it to attack any other enemy dinos near it is a good strategy. If you do not have access to explosives, dinos that reflect damage such as the Kentrosaurus are very effective at fending off a ridden Giga; due to changes in the rage mechanics, raw damage is factored as opposed to mitigated damage. This can cause a Giga to enrage by biting a herd of Kentros, no matter how good of a saddle it has. Even if the Giga is unridden, the sheer amount of reflected damage from Kentros can kill an attacking tamed Giga.
Titanosaur
The only non boss creature that can kill a wild Giganotosaurus head-on is the Titanosaur. Wild Gigas avoid attacking them, with good reason. A few stomp attacks made by a Titano is enough to kill the strongest Giga. However, the odds of anyone just so happening to have a Titanosaur on hand to spare for this battle of behemoths are slim, so it is generally best to avoid the dangerous predator at all costs. As of the new Extinction update, the new
Titans can also kill them pretty fast.
Quetzal
It also possible to kill a giga with a Quetzal levelled in health and melee damage by attacking it from above.
Another thing is that when you dismount a quetz you stay in the saddle,this means you can pull out a weapon and shoot the giga.
Grappling Hook
It's possible to kill a Giga with just a Grappling Hook and a short-range weapon like a
Sword. Shoot the Grappling Hook at the back of the Giga, close to his tail and reel-in. When you are close to his body you can hit it with your Sword with little risk of getting hit by the Giga. Make sure to have good Armor to withstand occasional hits. If the Giga is unable to hit its attacker for a certain amount of time, it will 'flee' and turn away, moving back from the player and breaking the grappling hook. One should expect a second assault within a few seconds, as this tactic is merely a trick to get the player eaten. Repeat the above until the Giga is dead.
The Ocean
One of the most common and effective methods for killing a wild Giganotosaurus is by drowning. You just lure the Giga out to the ocean using a Ptera. Once it is a good deal away from the mainland, go above its mid section and bite it until water is up to the Giga's eyes. At this point, get the Giga out of render distance as fast as you can. Once it is out of render distance, the Giga will enter stasis were it cannot move but will still lose oxygen and die by suffocation. This version is a bit risky but can score a fast kill. The other version is lure your Giga of choice to the ocean but then get on a raft; get out to deep sea and make the Giga swim. With this method, it is safer if you manage the wild Leedsichthys but much slower to kill as you cannot drown the Giga but must let ocean predators do the work. Wild Mantas and Megalodons will start attacking the Giga but keep shooting at the Giga to keep it from fleeing to the shore. Tamed dinos are not recommended as if the Giga hits them, it could easily kill them. You cannot just leave with this one as the ocean predators will not attack the Giga when in stasis. With this method, you could lure the Giga to land when it is low on health and kill it for a lot of XP. These methods are the best methods for solo players without a Wyvern.
Allosaurus
This is by far one of the cheapest and easiest method of killing a Giganotosaurus, All you need to do is bring 2 Allos, apply bleed on it once, then go behind its tail, repeatedly tailriding and apply bleed on it until it dies, though you do have to watch out Allo's stamina, if it is too low it cannot use the gore attack, you also have to pay attention not to stray off too far from the other Allo. any stats of Allo is welcome, but it is preferred to have high level Allo (130+ tamed or imprinted)
Rexes
A pair of Rexes with 30K health, 1600% melee and saddle armor of 95 can be used to kill a level 150 wild Giga. To ensure victory, make sure the Rexes are mate boosted and there are not obstacles the Giga can use to its advantage. 3-4 Rexes can be used it multiple Gigas need to be fought at once though it is highly recommended that they are fought singularly and not at the same time.
Spinosaurus
Spinos are effective for killing gigas because they can swim and they have a water buff. Also if you are near water, you can get the buff, lead the giga down there (unless it’s already down there) and use the buff to kill it. Make sure that the spinos are leveled in stamina, damage, health and possibly speed.
A large amount of Auto Turrets can pose a major threat to the Giganotosaurus, as they can deal a lot of damage quickly. The Mini-gun and Rocket turrets can be very effective against a Giga. At one point they could be mounted on the Quetzal, but they are no longer able to be, leaving a raft as the only mobile option for bringing turrets to a Giga. Fortunately, Gigas are slow swimmers.
4-6 Plant Species X can effectively push back a Giganotosaurus, but they do not do very much damage. They are ideal for keeping it at bay while another source of damage is applied or even Torpor to begin the taming process. Be careful as to not let one come from the side. It makes it take a little longer for all the plants to target and could potentially stop a plant from shooting due to line-of-sight.
The Giganotosaurus can, and will, instantly kill all but the hardiest of dinos. This, coupled with its health reserves, heavy bleeding, and its rage mechanic make it the most dangerous dino in the game. The Giganotosaurus's torpor will drain faster than it will rise, this makes it hard to solo tame.
The Giganotosaurus can attack according to this discussion up to 8-12 foundations high and 8-10 foundations beyond a wall.
On Extinction, the corrupted giganotosaurus may now seem less threatening without the relatively high health, and bleeding, but it all gets exchanged for high damage. A horde of corrupted giganotosaurus in the Forbidden Zone with high damage and mate boost can easily kill the hardiest dinos except the titans.
The Giganotosaurus is very vulnerable in the water. Its low stamina and slow swim speed can cause it to drown very quickly. However, its massive size will keep it out of most water. A wild Giga can easily be lured into deep water and drowned. This is likely to happen on Whitesky Peak as if the Giga falls from a cliff into the ocean, the floating ice may block its way back to the surface and soon drown to death.
Another effective way of killing a Giganotosaurus is to use Lightning and
Poison Wyverns, it will make easy work of any Giga you will encounter if you hover above it and pound it with breath attacks for a while. Make sure you watch your positioning as the wyvern's hitbox is massive when flying in place and you may unexpectedly get bit a few times. It's also critical to watch your stamina and to fly somewhere safe to refill stamina when needed.
As mentioned in the General section, Gigas are vulnerable to flying units with ranged attacks, such as Wyverns and the Phoenix. Poison Wyverns double as an extra threat to the rider of a tamed Giga while Lighting Wyverns deal some of the highest possible DPS in a relatively safe fashion to wild Gigas.
They are highly vulnerable from behind since their turning radius is very wide. A Mek can easily get behind or out of reach of a giga's bite.
A Giganotosaurus attacks may have a large aoe, but it has a blind spot where its tail begins and its hip ends and the spot is big enough for a player to grapple onto with a grappling hook and kill it from there with a high damage melee weapon. Because a player is on it, the giga will constantly turn to try to bite you off, but it can't.
If you are riding on a Stegosaurus with a high-quality saddle while holding a high-quality chainsaw and having a high melee stat, you can quickly kill a wild Giga since the AI tends to go over its target before it starts biting.
When the Giganotosaurus enters rage mode, its eyes glow bright yellow — an ominous sign to warn enemies and allies alike of its boosted damage and resistance modifiers. In this state it is a force to be reckoned with, even rivaling the power of other menacing giants like the Dragon and even the DodoRex. If it is tamed it will throw its rider off and attack everything around it, including allied creatures or the player. This effect will last for 20 seconds, which is more than enough time for a catastrophic amount of destruction to occur. Before it becomes enraged, a heart is shown below its stat bars. The player should be cautious as more of the heart begins to glow. Once the heart is filled, the Giganotosaurus will enter its rage mode.
Gigas gain rage by taking large amounts of damage in a short time. This includes, but is not limited to, C4, rockets, and reflected damage from the likes of Kentrosaurus. A stomp from a Gamma King Titan (~13,000 damage against mate-boosted Gigas) is enough to auto-enrage them. Flame damage, however, will not make a Giganotosaurus enter rage mode. This can make using a Flamethrower, Fire Wyverns, or a Phoenix all viable options for burning down a Giga. Both wild and tamed Gigas gain rage and the more rage they have, increasing damage they deal (estimated at 100% damage increase when at the peak of rage.)
In the past, Gigas used to gain rage from fall damage. However this mechanic has been removed. At the same time, changes were made to make rage buildup factor in raw damage as opposed to mitigated damage. This is to prevent high saddle quality from causing a Giga to not enrage since damage was minimal enough to prevent the mechanic from coming into effect.
Roughly 45% of a Giga's max life of inflicted unmitigated damage will instantly enrage a Giga. For example, on a Giga with 17,000 health, between 7,175 (42.2%) and 7,404 (43.5%) instant unmitigated damage is needed to enrage it. A Giga with 29,310.2 health requires between 12,936 (44.13%) and 13,526.65 (46.15%) unmitigated damage to become enraged. Mate boost, imprint, and imprint stat buff all provide resistance for your rage meter.
Yutyrannus'
Courage buff,
Mate Boost, and imprinting all help deal extra damage to enrage an enemy Giga. Almost all bleed attacks (with the exception of the
Deinonychus) are, however, unable to increase the meter.
1maximum Health of the Giga
Even though the Giganotosaurus is a big pain in the backside to tame and fight, the Giganotosaurus is a formidable dinosaur once tamed. Note that for all roles it's advised to level melee damage; the Giga gains miniscule boosts in all stats so it's best to utilize what the Giga does best at: mass destruction.
note: the giga can harvest fungal wood from only the red capped trees in the bog biome in genesis (tested in single player with a level 348 tek giga)
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For information pertaining specifically to the real-world Giganotosaurus, see the relevant Wikipedia article.
This section may contain spoilers related to the background-story of ARK: Survival Evolved.
If you want to experience the story ingame, you probably shouldn't continue reading on this section.
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222.0 | Giganotosaurus is added to the game. |
222.3 | Doubled swim ![]() |
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222.6 | Fixed case where it could still stand on Rafts and Platform Saddles. |
222.7 | Gigas in rage mode will no longer target other Gigas of the same team. |
222.8 |
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231.1 | Wild Giga now has 50% less ![]() ![]() |
231.4 | Subtracted tamed Giga base ![]() |
231.7 |
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240.5 | Made Giga attacks be able to knock trees down now. |
242.6 | Reduced the scaling by 50% of Dino Adult Food Consumption rate when unstasising. This is to help compensate for the bug fix in v242.0 which now correctly utilizes the Adult Food Consumption Rate when unstasising a Dinosaur (hence the higher rate of consumption on Giganotosaurus, which were one of the few Dinosaurs to use that multiplier). |
243.0 |
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246.1 | No longer harvests ![]() |
246.3 | Fixed ![]() |
247.8 | Fixed Giga not being able to attack trees again. |
249.0 | Added ![]() ![]() |
252.0 | Reduced tamed Giga ![]() ![]() |
257.0 | New creature sounds for the Giga. |
259.0 |
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260.0 | Added new apex drop, the ![]() |
262.0 | Can no longer harvest ![]() |
264.5 | Fixed issue where Giga could not properly loot inventories. |
265.0 | Adjusted spawns of giga on Ragnarok. |
272.0 | New Giga Spawn added in the Southwest region. |
275.4 | Fixed a bug which would cause the Giga to enrage easier than desired. |
278.0 |
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285.104 | Corrupted Giganotosaurus is added to the game. |
293.100 |
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306.41 | Malfunctioned Tek Giganotosaurus and Corrupted Giganotosaurus Dinotar are added to the game. |
316.18 | Reduced Giganotosaurus maturation time by approximately 15% (Total growth is around 10~ days). |
329.3 | R-Giganotosaurus and Experimental Giganotosaurus are added to the game. |
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38.18 | Fixed an issue that caused Giganotosaurus' rage to apply to all Gigas in range. |
Relative Size to a Rex
Size comparison with a Reaper King