How can I keep Prime meat from spoiling long enough to get back to base?

[Tooch]

Is there any trick to it? I'd like to start using it, as I get it frequently now that I have a T-Rex.

[Zadira]

You can put a campfire down really quickly if you know you are about to get prime meat. After it is cooked, I think you have about 45 minutes until it spoils.

[Tooch]

Thats very smart. Thank you!

[Chiika]

It also keeps longer in your dinos inventory than in yours.

[icyfuzz]

In your dino's inventory it lasts 8 min, then if you have an industrial grill you can cook many at once.

[A҉g̷e͢nt̨ o͡f ̴Çh̨a҉nge]

Spoil time is doubled in a dino's inventory

if you put it in a carnivore though make sure you have regular raw meat for it to eat.

also If you get a platform saddle for something a mobile preserving bin or generator/fridge would more than do the trick.

[Aphotep]

Just get yourself a Paracer (or Bronto), place an industrial grill on it's back and set it to follow you when you go hunting.
If you can't get the meat to the base (fast enough), bring the base to the meat.

[Chop]

If I need prime, I just have a few fireplaces on me when I go hunting so I can cook on the go. industrial grill is nice for alphas though

[Gazz]

Also, try dragging the corpse to the campfires / grill. =)

[Jerryn]

Industrial Grill and hunting with a bird.

Also, timing is key.

IG can cook 12 at time. So, only take 12 at a time off our your dino; use T or double click(drag and drop wastes time).

Also, only place 1 can of gas and then turn it on.

Once the first 12 are on, I get the next 12, and put on the grill; if you have no other meat in your inventory, use the Transfer all button.

I then wait for the first 12 to finish cooking, take the 12 cooked prime off, turn back to my bird, get the next 12, turn to the IG, Transfer All, wait for the previous 12 to finish cooking, take those...rinse and repeat.

If you get a good rythm down, you can cook a lot of prime very quickly, with little waste.

Once the prime gets below 18 seconds when not on the bird/animal, chances are it will spoil before it cooks. So, once I feel I am getting close to the end of the prime spoil, you can sometimes get a little more cooked by going to the end of the animals inventory, if you happened to kill more than one prime giving animal.

On our server, we keep the IG outside; if it is not save to do so on your server, just enclose it with a door for access.

You want to prevent as much running around/time wasting as possible.

[Jerryn]

Also, if you are an area with a lot of primable creatures, only harvest a few, get it on the grill, and go get more. The IG will burn for 15 minutes on 1 can of gas.

[Brawling]

When I was first getting into Prime farming (on a Trex as well) I made it a habit to pre-construct multiple campfires. I would farm the meat directly with the Trex. After getting 5-10 pieces, I would throw down a fire, then feed the pieces *1 by 1 off the rex* into the fire. That would minimize spoilage.

[Xyberviri]

Build a boat, put a preservation bin on the boat, park the boat next to your hunting spot, use the boat to get the rex there too.

Or put a genny on it with a fridge.

this has a fridge, genny and weapons on it and i use it to transport my dinos to the hunting ground.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=536801624

[Index]

Use a faster mount for farming prime. Like a saber or argy.

[Jerryn]

Gazz brings up a good point. Drag your prime to the fire, if you are in the wild. Also, especially if you are using a campfire, don't harvest the creature all at once.

I also use similar for taming. If I kill something that is a source of prime, but not ready to use it yet, I will leave it, or I will only take one attack worth of prime and come back to it before the corpse expires.

[A.Loris]

Easy, lure the prime meat pacar (have it chase u) back to your base and kill it there.