The Therizinosaur is a fearsome dinosaur. EveryArk: Survival Evolvedplayer knows this fact well. You could have been at the receiving end of each of its fearsome swipes, and many players know that tempting it to chase you–without a plan–is foolish. It is a genuinely terrifying creature not to be trifled with.

However, once you’ve tamed one, you’ll never know life the same as before. These dinosaurs are helpful for a lot of things. They are efficient harvesters, and are also fearsome in battle.New players may think there’s a lot that goes into taming a Therizinosaur. While they are correct, it’s not that hard with the proper preparation and equipment.

A player’s newly-tamed Therizinosaur standing on a beach in ARK.

How To Tame A Therizinosaur

The Therizinosaur isa great companion in ARK. It can help youharvest anythingfromwood and berriestorare flowers. Aproperly-trained Therizinosaurcan go toe-to-toe with eventhe most dangerous carnivoresin combat. It will bean essential part of your dinosaur packwhether you’re ona PvP or PvE server.

If you aretaming a Therizinosaur, ensure you are at the right level. Here’swhat you will needto go after one successfully:

A player aiming a crossbow at a KO’ed Therizinosaur in ARK

Load withTranq Arrows or Darts.

Flak Armor (or a Higher-Tier set)

A KO’ed Therizinosaur sleeping in ARK

Chitin Armor and abovework, too. Focus onnot getting hit.

Mount

Any fast dino

Aside fromhelping you avoid attacks, it cankeep you ahead of the dinoas youlead it to the trap.

A player rides their captured Therizinosaur in ARK

If you are hunting a Therizinosaur, bring more Narcotics, even more than you need. You’ll need it to keep the Therizinosaur knocked out.

Where To Find And Trap A Therizinosaur

Therizinosaurs roamdifferent areas on the Island butcan frequently befound in Jungle and Forest biomes. Remember tofind an isolated Therizinosaur. Alwaysmake sure that there are no aggressive creaturesaround that canmake your taming harder. The best way tocapture a Therizinosauris to trap it.Trapping this dinosauris as simple asletting it follow youandleading it to some tightly grouped treesor shrubs. From there, you canshoot it with tranq darts or arrows. Here’s how to effectively trap it:

Definition

Luring the Therizinosaur

The Therizinosaur isan aggressive dinosaur. It isn’t hard tomake it follow youandlead it into your trap.

Trapping the Dino

Once inside the trap, you canshoot at itwithtranq darts or arrows. You can alsocreate a gatetoseal it shutwithin the trap; aLarge Bear Trapwill hold it in place.Aim for the dino’s headfor maximum torpor.

Keep Distance

Keep your distancefrom the Therizinosaur. Itsclaws give it a long reach, sokeep a good headstartwhileshooting it with tranquilizers.

Theterrainoffers some natural trap areas; use them to your advantage. Some narrow-placed rocks and even closely grouped trees are a huge help.

How To Tame The Therizinosaur

You mustmove fast to tame the Therizinosaurwhen it’s finally knocked out. The Therizinosaur isinfamous for its short torpor level.

Keep It Tranquilized

Watch the Therizinosaur’s torpor.Aim for its headto maximize the torpor effect.Narcotics or Biotoxinswill keep the dinosaur sedated.

Keep It Fed

When knocked out,use Megalosaurus Kibbleto tame it quickly.Mejoberries work, too, but they arenot as effective as the Kibble.

Keep Monitoring Your Surroundings

Make surethere are no aggressive predatorsor dinosaurs around.Taming a Therizinosaurtakes some time and alsoscales with its level.

Patience is a virtue, especially when dealing with aquick-waking dinosaurlike the Therizinosaur. Wait it out, keep it sedated, and eventually, you’ll capture it.

Using The Therizinosaur

Once the Therizinosaur is successfully tamed, use it however you wish. Depending on your playstyle, it may be a good idea to tame multiple Therizinosaurs to use them to collect resources like wood or fiber, or to develop them into dangerous combatants.

The use of this aggressive dinosaur is entirely up to you, as it proves an adaptable dino.