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ARK ASA: Complete Guide to the Grand Tortugar - Taming, Abilities, and Utility
This detailed guide introduces the Grand Tortugar in ARK: Survival Ascended (ASA), covering its origin, its location on the Astreos map, taming methods (KO taming), its unique skills such as protection in its shell, underwater walking, and its roles as transport and mobile platform. It also addresses the reproduction and limitations of this creature.
1. 🐢 Introduction to the Grand Tortugar: Origin and Arrival on ASA
- ✅ The Grand Tortugar originates from the game Atlas and was officially integrated into ARK: Survival Ascended (ASA) following an update.
- ✅ This creature is currently available on the Astreos map.
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1. 🐢 Introduction to the Grand Tortugar: Origin and Arrival on ASA
- ✅ The Grand Tortugar originates from the game Atlas and was officially integrated into ARK: Survival Ascended (ASA) following an update.
- ✅ This creature is currently available on the Astreos map.
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2. 🗺️ Location and Behavior of the Grand Tortugar in ARK: ASA
- ✅ The Grand Tortugar is found south of the Astreos map, near the desert island, in the lagoons and on the surrounding islands.
- ⚠️ It is aggressive in nature and will attack players who get too close.
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3. ⚔️ Stats, Loot and Challenges Encountered with the Grand Tortugar
- ✅ The Grand Tortugar has moderate HP compared to its size.
- ✅ By killing it, you can harvest hide, meat and keratin.
- ⚠️ A challenge is that the Tortugar can fight against marine creatures, which can complicate its taming.
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4. 🏹 Taming the Grand Tortugar: Method and Food
- ✅ The Grand Tortugar is tamed by KO (knock-out).
- ✅ It is recommended to use a crossbow or rifle to put it to sleep, aiming at the sides because the dorsal crest offers resistance to damage.
- ✅ Once asleep, it can be fed with berries, meat (preference for mutton), honey or superior kibble.
- ✅ After taming, the player receives an XP boost as with a dino dossier.
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5. 📊 Post-Taming Stats and Grand Tortugar Saddle Options
- ✅ After taming, the Grand Tortugar has decent health and high weight, making it a good transport mount.
- ✅ It has no oxygen stat, which allows you to have more points in the other stats.
- ✅ There are two types of saddles: a normal saddle available at level 43 and a platform saddle available at level 52.
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6. 💺 Saddles and Abilities: Shell and Platform
- ✅ The radial menu allows you to open and close the shell.
- ✅ The level 43 saddle offers additional armor and a visual style.
- ✅ The level 52 platform saddle prevents the shell from opening and allows you to build on it.
- ⚠️ You must remove the structures from the platform saddle before replacing it.
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7. 🛡️ Main Abilities: Shell Protection and Aquatic Mobility
- ✅ Opening and closing the shell is a key ability. When closed, it protects against attacks and offers unlimited oxygen.
- ✅ The Grand Tortugar has a decent speed in the water and can outrun most marine creatures, except the Xyaifactinus.
- ✅ It can walk on the ocean floor by magnetizing itself to the ground.
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8. 🌳 Terrestrial Interactions and Limited Harvesting
- ✅ On land, it can trample trees and small creatures.
- ⚠️ Its attacks (bite and tail swipe) do not do much damage, but the tail swipe can repel enemies.
- ⚠️ It does not harvest resources, only corpses (hide, meat, keratin, etc.) in small quantities.
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9. 👨👩👧👦 Accommodation Capacity and Immunity in the Shell
- ✅ The Grand Tortugar can accommodate up to 4 passengers in its shell.
- ✅ In the closed shell, passengers are immune to jellyfish and protected from external attacks.
- ⚠️ The Tusoteuthis can grab the Grand Tortugar.
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10. 🧪 Resistance Tests and Reproduction of the Grand Tortugar
- ✅ The shell stops sniper bullets but not the gas from the Noglin.
- ✅ Immune to microraptors when the shell is closed.
- ⚠️ Cannot enter boss arenas.
- ✅ Can reproduce, allowing you to mix stats and have mutations.
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11. 🥚 Reproduction and Feeding of Baby Tortugars
- ✅ Reproduction allows you to benefit from the mate boost and mix stats.
- ✅ The egg requires a high temperature for incubation.
- ⚠️ It is not possible to make kibble with the Tortugar egg.
- ✅ Baby Tortugars are omnivores and require imprints like cuddles and walks.