Whats best way these days to kill a basilisk pls?

[MagicMan7678]

looked on google a while and all i can find is taming guides etc but nothing on the best way to kill one either via a dno or wep!

i had one in my base and even on my 188 rav with 350m we both got killed asap :(

so any help would be a great.

[🦊 Hermit]

Gasmask or hazmat helmet to avoid the breath is a must. Don't need the full hazmat suit, just the headpiece.

Other than that, same rules apply as to most creatures - just get a high damage output creature with a high quality saddle, or a large pack of smaller creatures to whittle it down. I'd recommend against megalosaurus, as in my experience even without the damage nerf of daytime their DPS leaves a lot to be desired. Spino would be ideal, especially if you can fight it in or near water.

If none of those are available, get something big to tank, for example a trike (it's knockback will actually reduce the amount of damage it takes too, not just defense), and have damage dealers come up behind. A pack of ravagers could work if they're high level and mate boosted, or even other tanky herbivores.

If you can get it stuck in trees or stand on top of a cliff then you could take it with ranged weapons, but again you'd definitely need some kind of gas protection as it's breath would end you quick. If it's a high level it'd take a lot of ammo too, so be prepared for a long battle.

[MagicMan7678]

thanks very much for all that info thats great.

I have a spino with 480melee / 6k hp, if thats any good and best wep i have is a mc shotgun at the moment. And i aint been on this map for long just taking a break from lag etc on extinction and i wasnt aware of the hazmat head part which is gonna be very useful, thats what protects against the red mushrooms too isnt it!

thanks again

[🦊 Hermit]

Not sure if just the hazmat head protects against shrooms, or if you need the full suit for protection against them. But the headpiece will save you from basilisk breath definitely - I have a tamed one and soon found out that their breath is like wyverns and can kill their rider if fired too close, but the headpiece protects just fine against that without the rest.

That shotty would do some pretty mean damage if you could get up close, but sadly to get close enough to be useful you'd probably have to be close enough for it to hit you back, which wouldn't be ideal on foot. If you had a tanky tame with a good saddle that you could use weapons on the back of, that may be a possibillity too though - say a turtle with a high def saddle or something. Only real issue then may be if your mount was tranqed before the basil was dead, as their bite does torp damage too...

[MagicMan7678]

i forgot to ask can they climb over behe gates and normal gates and what size walls would keep them out! unless the can climb then it wont matter?

I have all this info thanks so i have alot of planning to do ect :)

[Shiina]

Originally posted by S.T.U.L:

i forgot to ask can they climb over behe gates and normal gates and what size walls would keep them out! unless the can climb then it wont matter?

I have all this info thanks so i have alot of planning to do ect :)

They can't climb over gates, that would be ridiculous.

I would use the same wall height as used to keep spinos out of your base.

[MagicMan7678]

no worries, well u have to ask when other dinos can glitch over things like titanosaur :)

[🦊 Hermit]

Most creatures can be kept out by a 2 high wall. I know spinos can sometimes glitch and go over 3. I think the only thing that can get over 4 (without uneven terrain on the outside to get a head start) is a titanosaur or the crazy big stuff on Extinction. Basilisks can clamber over some surprising obstacles, but I don't believe they can climb vertical walls, no.

[SharpleK]

Just do forcetame command and let it wander on aggresive in the seas XD

[Shiina]

Originally posted by Cancer:

Just do forcetame command and let it wander on aggresive in the seas XD

There are no oceans in Aberration.