Best ways to get through the swamp.

[Stubbz]

So i play on the island alot and end up having to go through the swamp alot any good ways to go through? Not using flyers so i got to go through on raft or by land dino.

[Vesuvius]

Theriz..... Procoptadon....frog...

[Possessed One]

Originally posted by Stubbz:

So i play on the island alot and end up having to go through the swamp alot any good ways to go through? Not using flyers so i got to go through on raft or by land dino.

Large dinos are best because swamp dinos will ignore them.I personally recommend Spinos for the job,or Megatheriums.

[jcekstro]

As long as you have a decently strong dino that can kill you will be fine. The only things to look out for really are leeches (just bite at the water while going through to avoid) and kapros (have a pike or sword on you and a stronger dino on neutral that you ride and they will easily die quickly). Kapros don't do much damage and don't have much health so while scary, they aren't anywhere near as dangerous as thylas. Other than that, everything is easy to kill. Sarcos and snakes look very scary, but in reality are very easy to kill. Even with a wolf or something small like that they will just melt. Just keep your head on a swivel and look out for the kapros and you shouldn't have too much trouble. Going through redwoods is much more dangerous than swamp imo.

[TheShadow]

Mammoth, too tall for Kapros to grab you off of, beefy enough to handle anything in said swamp and flowers/mushrooms for days, also wood.

[crashonwar]

red wood is dangerous for flyer mainly cuz most ppl fly in staigh line,which is simply asking for trouble.....but thyla are alone most of the time,while kappro will often spawn 3 close by,and if u get caugh they bring you far from your mount, and most of the time you'll find yourself surrounded by snake&kappro which is how the kappro is more dangerous then thyla....

those point are y i say go for spino or rex, they are easy tame..for earlier go for trike...only thing to keep in mind is keeping those kappro ahead so the jump attack cant touch you..if they are behind you they will grab you

and in case u want to avoid the swamp ,the west side is not peacefull but kinda easy too travel from south to north

theri is a good choice as well,but try not to hit tree,u will found yourself overloaded...can be a dead call again kappro

frog are easely the best at surviving the island just dont stand still

and you will laugh at thiss but paracer are very effective in the swamp , my perssonal take, in se again golem and wyvern put a grill on it a catapult & a ballista and some chain shot and some friend or plant also a lil detail,if it havent change ,im not too much into stat thingy,but last time i checked the damage was even with spino....it can get alot of hp and stam,run fast o.0 laughable with a house on it >.< ,grill make it easy for cooking prime meat(main reasson i love it ahah)

[sir_palamides]

My personal opinion ... which doesn't amount for much with the few hours I've played .

Male T-rex . I don't specify the sex for some shovinistic reason. Simply I don't want to be tempted to to grab T-Rex egg that had dropped and endanger myself for jumping in the water.

Why a T-rex you say?

1. Line of sight ... I can look above the trees and lower it to see below the T-rex's hips to see on coming threats. Above = looking for any sort of alpha dino . Below = looking for a Dino' you don't want to kill like a high level Baryonx or Snail.

2. A T-rex can kill anything in the swamps , as long as you find high points (above the water line) to make stops leeches won't get a chance to attack and attach. Even if they do, get out of the saddle while staying on the T-rex's back and look at it and hold "e" and select remove leech . Then look down and get back into the saddle .

3. T-rex's get EXP for destroying trees that they store NO Resources like wood to slow them down ... this will also help when leveling a breeded Rex to make them strong quick to go to boss fight's . Outside of just hunting for alpha's .

4. If attacked while off the T-rex run to the bottom of it's arm's. It wants to give you a hug and make it better . 8)

[Vesuvius]

I go with theriz so i can get fiber/rare mushroom/flowers at the same time

[sir_palamides]

I'd go with a T-Rex I can get fiber anywhere , and my Anklo can farm rare mushrroms and flowers next to my water fall base,,, fallowed by my Bronto that farms Plant species X ... no where near the swamps.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1148787206

Just on the other side is tons of rare resources