Struggling - First Time...

[cb88bear 0]

I'm trying to figure out the best settings for a group of people who like to have a good time, but not get completely wrecked by a level 88 dilphosaur at the start (we're all level 1 and it spawned...not fun). I tried tweaking the amount of damage dinos give as well as the amount of damage we can receive, but we're still getting higher level dinos in our easy beach starter area. Are we doing something wrong? It'd be nice to have a fighting chance to build and grow in the game (low level dinos near easy points - get harder as you move towards center)

[Magyar5 0]

There's no setting that changes the game dynamically in this way.  I would suggest using single player settings for you first forays into ARK.  Don't give up. As you play you will learn which dino's represent real threats early and which can be easily killed/kited.

Here's some early game tips for players getting started.

1).  Kill dodo's for meat and hide early.  Set up beds and sleeping bags with a small house made of thatch.  The most dangerous dino for you early will be raptors.  Avoid them at ALL costs as an early player.  You can engage them when you have a decent tame like a trike or a moschops.

2). The BEST early game tame, starting at lvl 1, is the Moschops.  They are a passive tame, don't need a saddle, and have enough life and damage to handle any early problems.

3).  Learn to build traps.  Wood traps for dinos are essential for getting trikes, anky's and Stego's.  Some of the best early game tames there are. 

Enjoy and keep at it survivors!

[you know 0]

how did you dino levels get so high 

 

[Nick 51]

On 6/12/2021 at 3:17 PM, you know said:

how did you dino levels get so high 

 

Please submit a support ticket and we can help you out with this!