How to tame a Bronto in Ark Survival Evolved

Publish date: 2024-08-04

What the Bronto does in Ark: Survival Evolved and where to find it

Brontos are not particularly aggressive or built for battle, but they can still inflict harm on humans or dinosaurs. Their primary attack is a tail swipe, which can cause one-shot lower-level creatures, animals, and even structures. Simply stepping on things can also result in damage to them, usually on purpose when they’re angry but occasionally just by accident. The tail swipe has a long reach, deals more damage than its stomping attack, and will simultaneously launch you away, more often than not, to the bottom of a cliff to die. The Bronto has a lot of health.

You can find Brontos on all maps apart from Scorched Earth and Aberration. The Bronto, when equipped with a high armor saddle, Platform, or normal, is a turret-soaking wonder. It also can gather enough berries that many servers have crashed from a single tail swipe in a berry-covered area.

What you’ll need to tame a Bronto in Ark: Survival Evolved

You’ll need to deal a lot of Torpor quickly, so using higher-tier weapons is recommended — it is also recommended to use only ranged weapons. To tame the Bronto, you’ll need the following items:

Longneck Rifle, Crossbow, Tek Bow
Tranquilizing darts, Tranquilizing Arrows, or Element Shards
Exceptional Kibble x 52 on a base 1x Taming Rate for a level 150 or Mejoberries.