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Northlander Mar 17, 2016 @ 11:19pm
Electric Prod
Built one of these tonight thinking it may be an interesting addition to the arsenal. Little dissapointed in how it works though. I was wanting to knock out dimorphedons, small little birds. Hit one, nothing. Did some poking around, a 112 dimo has 750+ torpor, the rod does 266. It would take 3 or 4 rods to take out a high level dimo.

The only use I can see for these things is PvP and perhaps getting a start on torpor for dinos like dimetredons which are hard not to kill otherwise.

Am I missing something? For the cost I thought they would be better. Should I carry 3 or 4 to take down a dimo? Seems easier than actually hitting them with an arrow...
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Chemen Mar 18, 2016 @ 12:17am 
They are mostly meant for pvp, but also usefull to take out an animal thats been dropped in a taming pen. I used them to take out a low lvl quetz in a cage on the back of my quetz, just build a fabricator up there with some angler gel in it to recharge, then its provably the fastest way to knock creatures out
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SpacePanda001 Mar 18, 2016 @ 12:53am 
also they scale like other items, so i.e. a mastercraft would do it
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Chemen Mar 18, 2016 @ 1:26am 
Originally posted by SpacePanda:
also they scale like other items, so i.e. a mastercraft would do it
True, they even spawn in deep sea loot crates, but the question is, will a mastercraft one take 8 gel to reload, or something like 200 since they go up in rescources quickly?
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Kazarl Mar 18, 2016 @ 1:28am 
find a electric prod is useful for critters that have low health but high torpor makes it easier to knock them out without killing them
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❅ac1999🔥 Mar 18, 2016 @ 2:20am 
the repair cost is 8 for any quality, my apprentice one still costs 8 to repair
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Führer Alex Mar 18, 2016 @ 4:09am 
Originally posted by Northlander:
Built one of these tonight thinking it may be an interesting addition to the arsenal. Little dissapointed in how it works though. I was wanting to knock out dimorphedons, small little birds. Hit one, nothing. Did some poking around, a 112 dimo has 750+ torpor, the rod does 266. It would take 3 or 4 rods to take out a high level dimo.

The only use I can see for these things is PvP and perhaps getting a start on torpor for dinos like dimetredons which are hard not to kill otherwise.

Am I missing something? For the cost I thought they would be better. Should I carry 3 or 4 to take down a dimo? Seems easier than actually hitting them with an arrow...
They may be used to tame a dinosaur i believe, the titanosaur. The huge sauropod that says it can take on gigas in the dossier.
It says on the dossier they are extremely resistant to torpor so lots of hits to the head will knock it out. This means a new item to knock it out with, the club (maybe a new advanced club) or the electric prod.
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AD33L Mar 18, 2016 @ 4:26am 
Well dimo's have weird hit detection, thats why nothing may have happened. Try it on a high lvl ptera.
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Chemen Mar 18, 2016 @ 4:37am 
Originally posted by CommanderPanda5:
Originally posted by Northlander:
Built one of these tonight thinking it may be an interesting addition to the arsenal. Little dissapointed in how it works though. I was wanting to knock out dimorphedons, small little birds. Hit one, nothing. Did some poking around, a 112 dimo has 750+ torpor, the rod does 266. It would take 3 or 4 rods to take out a high level dimo.

The only use I can see for these things is PvP and perhaps getting a start on torpor for dinos like dimetredons which are hard not to kill otherwise.

Am I missing something? For the cost I thought they would be better. Should I carry 3 or 4 to take down a dimo? Seems easier than actually hitting them with an arrow...
They may be used to tame a dinosaur i believe, the titanosaur. The huge sauropod that says it can take on gigas in the dossier.
It says on the dossier they are extremely resistant to torpor so lots of hits to the head will knock it out. This means a new item to knock it out with, the club (maybe a new advanced club) or the electric prod.
I believe the catapult might be used to knock out a tinano since thats what i understand of hitting such a huge beast on the head. With a huge rock. Multiple times ^ω^
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Führer Alex Mar 18, 2016 @ 8:17am 
Originally posted by Alyptic | Chemen <3:
Originally posted by CommanderPanda5:
They may be used to tame a dinosaur i believe, the titanosaur. The huge sauropod that says it can take on gigas in the dossier.
It says on the dossier they are extremely resistant to torpor so lots of hits to the head will knock it out. This means a new item to knock it out with, the club (maybe a new advanced club) or the electric prod.
I believe the catapult might be used to knock out a tinano since thats what i understand of hitting such a huge beast on the head. With a huge rock. Multiple times ^ω^
Yeah, i don't know why i didn't write that down too lol. forgot it exists. most likely the catapult. I can't wait to tame one myself
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drazan (Banned) Mar 18, 2016 @ 8:33am 
Originally posted by CommanderPanda5:
Originally posted by Northlander:
Built one of these tonight thinking it may be an interesting addition to the arsenal. Little dissapointed in how it works though. I was wanting to knock out dimorphedons, small little birds. Hit one, nothing. Did some poking around, a 112 dimo has 750+ torpor, the rod does 266. It would take 3 or 4 rods to take out a high level dimo.

The only use I can see for these things is PvP and perhaps getting a start on torpor for dinos like dimetredons which are hard not to kill otherwise.

Am I missing something? For the cost I thought they would be better. Should I carry 3 or 4 to take down a dimo? Seems easier than actually hitting them with an arrow...
They may be used to tame a dinosaur i believe, the titanosaur. The huge sauropod that says it can take on gigas in the dossier.
It says on the dossier they are extremely resistant to torpor so lots of hits to the head will knock it out. This means a new item to knock it out with, the club (maybe a new advanced club) or the electric prod.


the titanosaur, the biggest dino ever going to be added, knocked on the head with a club?
that must be one hell of a big club then, or a catapult loaded with clubs being shot at it(s head
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Führer Alex Mar 18, 2016 @ 8:34am 
Originally posted by raptor d:
Originally posted by CommanderPanda5:
They may be used to tame a dinosaur i believe, the titanosaur. The huge sauropod that says it can take on gigas in the dossier.
It says on the dossier they are extremely resistant to torpor so lots of hits to the head will knock it out. This means a new item to knock it out with, the club (maybe a new advanced club) or the electric prod.


the titanosaur, the biggest dino ever going to be added, knocked on the head with a club?
that must be one hell of a big club then, or a catapult loaded with clubs being shot at it(s head
m8, my ramshackle club is sick m8.
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