How dangerous are mountains?

[Raptor Jesus]

I need large amounts of Metal and I don't currently have a Argent saddle unlocked so how dangerous is it to climb by foot? I'm talking SP and in that serve all I can afford is Hide armor.

[Raptor Jesus]

Originally posted by Tony Soprano:

Originally posted by coolguy49:

Prime spoils to quick though and I don't have time to go hunting whilst keeping track of the rex.

What you could do, is drop the rex with tranq's, then while it's knocked out go and find a Bronto or if you have the dinocolours+ mod, find a baby creature and then go back to the rex with your fresh prime meat ^_^

If you're not quite map savvy yet, then you could always place a load of camp fires as a light beacon to find where you left the rex.

What dinos can kill a Bronto though as using a musket would probs take forever.

Originally posted by sir_palamides:

Heres the trick about the mountians . Go to the Volcano... AKA the highest peak .. Bring a fair amounbt of water bags . Like 4 or more . It has metal , obsidian and crystal . It might take serval trips but it's worth it . Learn way points to land if need be. Most if the peaks and high
points have resourses you want . It's just deciding if you want to land to harvest.

I'll look at the spawns and decide.

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by coolguy49:

Originally posted by Tony Soprano:

What you could do, is drop the rex with tranq's, then while it's knocked out go and find a Bronto or if you have the dinocolours+ mod, find a baby creature and then go back to the rex with your fresh prime meat ^_^

If you're not quite map savvy yet, then you could always place a load of camp fires as a light beacon to find where you left the rex.

What dinos can kill a Bronto though as using a musket would probs take forever.

Originally posted by sir_palamides:

Heres the trick about the mountians . Go to the Volcano... AKA the highest peak .. Bring a fair amounbt of water bags . Like 4 or more . It has metal , obsidian and crystal . It might take serval trips but it's worth it . Learn way points to land if need be. Most if the peaks and high
points have resourses you want . It's just deciding if you want to land to harvest.

I'll look at the spawns and decide.

A decent carno can kill a bronto, but then there's the matter of taming the carno.

[sir_palamides]

Originally posted by sir_palamides:
Heres the trick about the mountians . Go to the Volcano... AKA the highest peak .. Bring a fair amounbt of water bags . Like 4 or more . It has metal , obsidian and crystal . It might take serval trips but it's worth it . Learn way points to land if need be. Most if the peaks and high
points have resourses you want . It's just deciding if you want to land to harvest.

I'll look at the spawns and decide.

At the valcano top is a ridge that makes it hard for spawns to stay there , which makes it easy for you to land . But remember it's avaolcano ... if your Fortidude is no so good to close r you go yo the laval inside the HOTTER it gets . Thus the fair amount of water . Remeber small flame and you loosing water fast. Big flame and your loosing water and health.

On the flip side ... once to get cold weather gear. (I grew and cut my own hair to make my first set) At the top of the mountaian with the Blue obelist share that same benefit, that it's hard for spawns to stay at the very top. It has Crstal , obsidian and metal.

[Chicago Ted]

Custom recipes help a great deal with the cold. You can wear one bit of fur with 40+ fortitude and not worry about the weather.

[hoddo]

I was about to suggest the enduro stew. It not only keeps you alive in freezing temperatures but heals and damage you may have. However, rather than goi9ng to the snow covered mountains, I think the OP would be better off starting with the smaller southern hills for his metal and then moving on to the much warmer Fang when he has better air transport. A small base with a forge to make ingots and maybe a garage for an anky would set him up well. Of course he should be careful not to build on any of the resource spawn points or other players may get
a bit peeved.

[Raptor Jesus]

Originally posted by Scheneighnay:

Originally posted by coolguy49:

What dinos can kill a Bronto though as using a musket would probs take forever.


I'll look at the spawns and decide.

A decent carno can kill a bronto, but then there's the matter of taming the carno.

Taming a Carno isn't hard, they are just hard to find.

Originally posted by sir_palamides:

Originally posted by sir_palamides:
Heres the trick about the mountians . Go to the Volcano... AKA the highest peak .. Bring a fair amounbt of water bags . Like 4 or more . It has metal , obsidian and crystal . It might take serval trips but it's worth it . Learn way points to land if need be. Most if the peaks and high
points have resourses you want . It's just deciding if you want to land to harvest.

I'll look at the spawns and decide.

At the valcano top is a ridge that makes it hard for spawns to stay there , which makes it easy for you to land . But remember it's avaolcano ... if your Fortidude is no so good to close r you go yo the laval inside the HOTTER it gets . Thus the fair amount of water . Remeber small flame and you loosing water fast. Big flame and your loosing water and health.

On the flip side ... once to get cold weather gear. (I grew and cut my own hair to make my first set) At the top of the mountaian with the Blue obelist share that same benefit, that it's hard for spawns to stay at the very top. It has Crstal , obsidian and metal.

Hmmmm. Seems like a good idea.

Originally posted by Chicago Ted:

Custom recipes help a great deal with the cold. You can wear one bit of fur with 40+ fortitude and not worry about the weather.

Cool.

Originally posted by Evil_monkey_Behind_you:

Build close to metal, 2x2 base with sloped roof and internal catwalks, place storage on those the space use is good...

Sounds good, I think I should tame Argents or Rexes first to prevent being over encumbered.

[Leslie]

The first Island East of the Footpaw has metal & crystal on top. Location 75 45
The third island East of the Footpaw has a little (3 - 4 nodes) metal on top. Location 80 65
The Island East of the Redwoods has metal & crystal on top. Location 65 60
Herbivore Island has metal. Location 85 85

Lots in the round river rocks found at virtually every shallow river crossing.

[Raptor Jesus]

Originally posted by preorbital:

The first Island East of the Footpaw has metal & crystal on top. Location 75 45
The third island East of the Footpaw has a little (3 - 4 nodes) metal on top. Location 80 65
The Island East of the Redwoods has metal & crystal on top. Location 65 60
Herbivore Island has metal. Location 85 85

Lots in the round river rocks found at virtually every shallow river crossing.

Cool but gonna have to get good tames first.

Originally posted by 1234life:

Since the caves changed even lower south is worth it for obsidian, metall..
Just need to find a way to deal with with snakes, spiders etc.

If you reach to clear the cave though you could put foundations and never worry about dinos again.

Firearrows, Spikewalls, Dimorphs might help with that.

For good starter dinos checkout herbivore island - a decent level ankylus or a pack of them has only a few enemies wich could stop it.

Noice.

[M.R. Smith]

Originally posted by Silky Rough:

Originally posted by coolguy49:

Prime spoils to quick though and I don't have time to go hunting whilst keeping track of the rex.

How do you think everyone else does it?

They wait until they are a higher level and have at least an argentavis to hunt mammoths on or something.

[Raptor Jesus]

Originally posted by M.R. Smith:

Originally posted by Silky Rough:

How do you think everyone else does it?

They wait until they are a higher level and have at least an argentavis to hunt mammoths on or something.

Holy crud that's gonna take a while. Thanks for the help guys.

[sir_palamides]

Originally posted by coolguy49:

Originally posted by M.R. Smith:

They wait until they are a higher level and have at least an argentavis to hunt mammoths on or something.

Holy crud that's gonna take a while. Thanks for the help guys.

No, no no.... I'm not saying walk or ride by ground I mean fly there .... FLY FLY over the negativity of can't do ... and do what you need to get the base materials that you may need to grow . The mountain tops I mentioned have vast resources that you can pick off for the basics.

[Raptor Jesus]

Originally posted by sir_palamides:

Originally posted by coolguy49:

Holy crud that's gonna take a while. Thanks for the help guys.

No, no no.... I'm not saying walk or ride by ground I mean fly there .... FLY FLY over the negativity of can't do ... and do what you need to get the base materials that you may need to grow . The mountain tops I mentioned have vast resources that you can pick off for the basics.

Ok. So seeing in how Pteras are bad when it comes to weight unless you have a whole flock of them... I'm assuming I need Argents which don't sound TOO hard to get but I might tame a decent Trike herd just incase I get jumped by a sneaky T-Rex (So I can keep it distracted to tame or kill, probs kill to prevent my taming getting ruined.).

[=Sarsante=]

Mountains are dangerous, I fell of a cliff and died.

[Raptor Jesus]

Originally posted by =T$ECore= Sarsante:

Mountains are dangerous, I fell of a cliff and died.

Seems like I might need a Archeopteryx or a Parachute then. Thank you.

[Scheneighnay]

Originally posted by coolguy49:

Originally posted by =T$ECore= Sarsante:

Mountains are dangerous, I fell of a cliff and died.

Seems like I might need a Archeopteryx or a Parachute then. Thank you.

always carry at least 3 parachutes because you never know when you need to make an overdramatic exit.