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My high level Carbonemys vs a Spino
I have a high level carbonemys and there's a spino near me. I know it's a dumb idea, but it's my best dino and i need the spino dead. According to the wiki my turtle's stats will be equal to the wild spino and better in health.

Here are its stats:
Health: 1458
Stamina:360
movement speed:168%
melee damage:294%.

Should i fight the spino with my turtle or should i leave it. I would also try taming the spino but i feel i would struggle with only a crossbow and narco arrows.
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Veeshan Jun 18, 2021 @ 8:13am 
A) add in your xbow dps
B) dont let spino touch water
C) post video

I just sent my parasaur herd at a local basilisk... didnt go as bad as I thoigh. Mostly cause of hit boxes though. Spinos have excellent hit ranges.

And remember that the melee percentage is only the percentage, there's also the base attack damage to consider. So your melee percentage would need to be probably three or four times higher than his to be equal. And THEN there's attack speed. His is also much higher :)
Last edited by Veeshan; Jun 18, 2021 @ 8:15am
Pico Jun 18, 2021 @ 8:14am 
I see you have chosen death
Serious Jun 18, 2021 @ 8:19am 
spino have great range, fast attack speed and high knockback.
I would say even a low level spino can kill a extreme high level carbonemy easily.
What you can try is let your carbonemy tank, and you kill or tame the spino with crossbow.
Spino tame with crossbow only even with standard quality is no bad idea at all. Torpor of spino is pretty low compared to other big predators like rex.
Depending on your worldsettings and spinolevel you might should check a tamingcalculator how many arrows you need +at least 25% more, to be on the safe side.
captainnoodles Jun 18, 2021 @ 8:24am 
Originally posted by Veeshan:
A) add in your xbow dps
B) dont let spino touch water
C) post video

I just sent my parasaur herd at a local basilisk... didnt go as bad as I thoigh. Mostly cause of hit boxes though. Spinos have excellent hit ranges.

And remember that the melee percentage is only the percentage, there's also the base attack damage to consider. So your melee percentage would need to be probably three or four times higher than his to be equal. And THEN there's attack speed. His is also much higher :)
what's xbow dps
captainnoodles Jun 18, 2021 @ 8:25am 
Originally posted by Serious:
spino have great range, fast attack speed and high knockback.
I would say even a low level spino can kill a extreme high level carbonemy easily.
What you can try is let your carbonemy tank, and you kill or tame the spino with crossbow.
Spino tame with crossbow only even with standard quality is no bad idea at all. Torpor of spino is pretty low compared to other big predators like rex.
Depending on your worldsettings and spinolevel you might should check a tamingcalculator how many arrows you need +at least 25% more, to be on the safe side.
ok thanks so much
Smaugi Jun 18, 2021 @ 8:37am 
Keep shooting it with your crossbow / bow and it will die
A low lvl spino will have around 1000hp
Guts Jun 18, 2021 @ 8:51am 
personally, I'd just lure the spino into a gate trap. Then I'd have a spino.
Veeshan Jun 18, 2021 @ 10:30am 
Xbow = crossbow
Dont listen to these folks, spino torpor is one of the worst in game, you'll need stacks and stacks of berries real often. Major tame effort unlike rex which is almost ko and forget.
captainnoodles Jun 22, 2021 @ 9:56am 
Originally posted by Serious:
spino have great range, fast attack speed and high knockback.
I would say even a low level spino can kill a extreme high level carbonemy easily.
What you can try is let your carbonemy tank, and you kill or tame the spino with crossbow.
Spino tame with crossbow only even with standard quality is no bad idea at all. Torpor of spino is pretty low compared to other big predators like rex.
Depending on your worldsettings and spinolevel you might should check a tamingcalculator how many arrows you need +at least 25% more, to be on the safe side.
i did this and now i have a spino! tysm. sorry it took so long i got scared to lose my carbonemys as he was my first real tame
Veeshan Jun 22, 2021 @ 10:35am 
Originally posted by BIG NOODLE:
Originally posted by Serious:
spino have great range, fast attack speed and high knockback.
I would say even a low level spino can kill a extreme high level carbonemy easily.
What you can try is let your carbonemy tank, and you kill or tame the spino with crossbow.
Spino tame with crossbow only even with standard quality is no bad idea at all. Torpor of spino is pretty low compared to other big predators like rex.
Depending on your worldsettings and spinolevel you might should check a tamingcalculator how many arrows you need +at least 25% more, to be on the safe side.
i did this and now i have a spino! tysm. sorry it took so long i got scared to lose my carbonemys as he was my first real tame
Dang. That even beats my first real tame of a Theri. Was the torpor any trouble to keep filled?
captainnoodles Jun 23, 2021 @ 8:56am 
Originally posted by Veeshan:
Originally posted by BIG NOODLE:
i did this and now i have a spino! tysm. sorry it took so long i got scared to lose my carbonemys as he was my first real tame
Dang. That even beats my first real tame of a Theri. Was the torpor any trouble to keep filled?
the torpor was only slightly annoying since i had a lot of narcotics and i was ready with meat
Guts Jun 23, 2021 @ 7:59pm 
Originally posted by BIG NOODLE:
Originally posted by Veeshan:
Dang. That even beats my first real tame of a Theri. Was the torpor any trouble to keep filled?
the torpor was only slightly annoying since i had a lot of narcotics and i was ready with meat
Tip for fast waking dinos: Let their torpor drain to about 10% then pump them with enough narcotics to fill the bar. This saves narcotics because torpor doesn't drain when narcotics are taking effect. The longer the filling time, the less narcotics you need in the long run.
Originally posted by BIG NOODLE:
Originally posted by Serious:
spino have great range, fast attack speed and high knockback.
I would say even a low level spino can kill a extreme high level carbonemy easily.
What you can try is let your carbonemy tank, and you kill or tame the spino with crossbow.
Spino tame with crossbow only even with standard quality is no bad idea at all. Torpor of spino is pretty low compared to other big predators like rex.
Depending on your worldsettings and spinolevel you might should check a tamingcalculator how many arrows you need +at least 25% more, to be on the safe side.
i did this and now i have a spino! tysm. sorry it took so long i got scared to lose my carbonemys as he was my first real tame

Congrats! Spinos are awesome btw.
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Date Posted: Jun 18, 2021 @ 7:56am
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