Mod:ARK Additions/Brachiosaurus

The Brachiosaurus is a dinosaur in ARK Additions.

Behavior
The Brachiosaurus can be found roaming The Island, The Center, Ragnarok, Aberration, Valguero, Genesis: Part 1, and Crystal Isles. Most of the time it is docile, though if provoked, it will quickly become defensive.

Appearance
The Brachiosaurus towers over most sauropods, even standing taller than the. It is covered in thick, leathery scales and has a vertical neck and a cap-shaped head. The has spots instead of stripes.

Combat
This section describes how to fight against the Brachiosaurus.

General
The Brachiosaurus is a dangerous creature to fight, as it can deal large amounts of damage and has a lot of, coupled with a slight damage reduction from most attacks. However, utilizing the right strategies, a survivor can quickly defeat a Brachiosaurus.

Strategy
Aerial creatures can be used to fly above the Brachiosaurus's front shoulder, hindquarters or head to attack it, though the latter has a less reliable hitbox. This prevents the Brachiosaurus from being able to use its attacks against the survivor, however, it can still do damage using its devastating mega stomp and fend off the survivor's creatures using its bellow. The survivor should avoid using any slow terrestrial creatures when fighting the Brachiosaurus, as they risk the possibility of the Brachiosaurus being able to hit the creatures with its mega stomp.

Weaponry
Creatures with high or aerial creatures are recommended for fighting a Brachiosaurus. In addition, an Acrocanthosaurus, also from ARK Additions, with sufficiently leveled health and melee damage, can prove quite effective in exploiting the mega stomp attack to go into adrenaline mode to deal extra damage. Although fighting the Brachiosaurus on foot is risky, the survivor won't be affected by the bellow. On foot, the Brachiosaurus can be combatted by aiming for its flank with a or an.

Dangers
Fighting a Brachiosaurus with a rider can prove dangerous, and sometimes deadly, as the rider has control over the timing of the mega stomp and bellow. The Brachiosaurus has the ability to damage all structures, making it a huge threat to a survivor's base. Furthermore, the Brachiosaurus's bellow can cause almost any creature to flee, potentially putting the survivor in danger of a counterattack or an environmental hazard.

Weakness
The Brachiosaurus's basic attacks do relatively little, and the mega stomp is not used as frequently by a wild or riderless Brachiosaurus. Exploiting the ground oriented hitbox of the Brachiosaur's basic attacks with a flying mount, especially on a wild or riderless Brachiosaur, proves especially effective.

Its ability to take on a bipedal stance and unleash its mega stomp can take a while to occur and can prove to quickly drain a Brachiosaurus's, allowing time for the survivor to escape, as well as leaving it vulnerable to taking considerable amounts of torpor, potentially knocking it unconcious, if a survivor can shoot at its back legs and deal enough damage before it reaches them. The Brachiosaurus is also a large target, making it easier for long-distance ranged attacks to hit.

Bleed effects also prove effective for chipping away at its large health pool.

Preferred Food
The brachiosaur takes around the same amount of resources to tame as a brontosaurus of the same level, however its torpor drains significantly faster, at a rate comparable to a therizinosaur or a spino. Make sure to bring a decent supply of narcotics to keep it under once it falls unconcious.

Taming Method
Unlike most knockout tames, the Brachiosaurus cannot be knocked out through traditional strategies. Instead, the survivor must attack the front of the Brachiosaurus's hind legs when it takes a bipedal stance. If the Brachiosaurus receives enough damage, it will fall into an unconscious state, allowing for taming. It is recommended to use a semi automatic weapon, such as a, as this gives the survivor more chances to deal as much torpor damage as possible per rear up cycle. The fabricated sniper especially allows better control over the shots that the Brachiosaurus takes and reduces the likelihood that it is hit after being knocked unconscious. While low fire rate, high damage firearms such as the longneck rifle are effective, if taming solo the brachiosaurus' naturally high torpor drain will usually drain most, if not all, of the torpor dealt before the next time it rears up on its hind legs. Only firearms can be used to deal torpor damage to its hind legs, arrow projectiles only damage the dinosaur.

By exploiting the poor turning radius of the Brachiosaur, a survivor can easily kite it by doing a small circle just out of range of its attacks. Clear out a large flat area, such as a beach or plateau, of trees, rocks and any berry bushes that may obstruct your vision. Lure the brachiosaur to this area, and begin to circle it. It is recommended to keep its aggression with a low damage ranged weapon, such as a crossbow loaded with tranq arrows, as a brachiosaur will quickly lose aggression when left unprovoked, and the low damage will minimise the risk of the brachiosaur dying before it is knocked out.

While possible to do solo, it is helpful to have a friend to hold aggression and other tribe members present to deal as much torpor as possible the moment the brachiosaur rears up onto its hind legs.

Controls

 * - This key triggers a frontal stomp with one of its forelegs.
 * - This key triggers a rear kick with one of its hind legs.
 * - This key triggers a bipedal stance. Using the will unleash a devastating mega stomp.
 * - This key triggers the Brachiosaurus fear bellow, which causes fear in most creatures.
 * - This key cycles through gathering efficiency. This will alter the damage of the attack.

Roles
Harvester - The Brachiosaurus is able to harvest all resources, making it one of the best creatures to gather with. The key will allow the Brachiosaurus to specialize in, , , , , or. Furthermore, the Brachiosaurus receives 50% weight reduction on, , and. A Brachiosaurus with decent and  as well as high  will prove invaluable for gathering resources.

Siege Weapon - The Brachiosaurus is able to damage all structures, making it invaluable for destroying enemy bases. When leveled in, , and and paired with soakers such as  or , it becomes a force to be reckoned with.

Decimator - The Brachiosaurus possesses high and high  when performing the mega stomp, allowing it to draw in aggressors and eliminate a vast amount of survivors and creatures in one stomp. The attack must be used wisely though, as there is a 30 second cooldown as well as a delay before the Brachiosaurus can hit anything, making it highly vulnerable.

Intimidation - The Brachiosaurus utilizes a much stronger version of the 's fear roar which can scare off a. This ability can be used to fend off enemies and make them much more susceptible to damage.

Fertilizer Producer - The Brachiosaurus can produce, which can be fed to s to produce a large amount of.

Tame Assist - When a creature susceptible to the bellow hears it, in addition to fleeing, their damage resistance is reduced, making the knockout process cheaper and less time consuming. This is especially useful when trapping a Giga to tame them. Keep in mind that like the debuff inflicted by the yutyrannus, if an animal passes out when under the debuff, it will attack your brachiosaurus nonstop once it's tamed. This can be fixed by putting the creature in a cryopod and releasing it again.

Bellower - The Brachiosaurus possesses a more potent version of the 's fear roar, and this ability can even frighten a and some alpha creatures. Below is a list of all creatures that fight back instead of fleeing after hearing the Brachiosaurus's fear bellow.

Furthermore, certain creatures completely ignore this bellow. Below is a list of all creatures that ignore the Brachiosaurus's fear bellow, including Alpha creatures, bosses, and their minions.

Notes/Trivia

 * Brachiosaurus immensus roughly translates to "immense arm lizard."
 * The R key that cycles the gathering efficiency of the Brachiosaurus cycles through various damage types. These are "values" that are sometimes specific to a certain creature which determine how well something gathers a specific resource. These show up as what a creature gathers best and what a creature can gather.
 * As the brachiosaur uses said damage types, it transfers the effects of them to its attacks. Interestingly enough, this allows it to do torpor damage, but only when it is cycled to thatch harvesting, as it uses the therizinosaur's delicate harvesting damage type, which deals a small amount of torpor. This means the brachiosaur can be used to knock out high health targets like gigas, though it isnt the safest option or the most efficient.
 * The "Mega Stomp" seems impossible to block with shields as it deals so much damage it merely just breaks it and is shown to be capable of one-shotting the almighty . as such it is highly advised to just move out of the way.

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