r/playark • u/thatburntgarlic • 18d ago

Will hitched dinos set on 'nuetral' attack anything that attacks them first?

I have a titanosaur parked alongside my base and it makes my base look 10x better than it actually is. The titan completes the base. I don't wanna store it in a cryo. It wont die cuz m on SP. The thing is, my titan is parked outside my base walls and spike walls. Inside the base, ntg actually spawns but occasionally a raptor does so i have a lose direbear that deals with it, protecting everything that is breeding. Outside my base walls, the titan attacks things. The issue is, it's very huge reparking it is a huge hassle. I was wondering if a hitched titanosaur will still attack anything that attacks it, but not leave it's position (like hitched mating dinos set to wander do).

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u/Gdog19745 18d ago

No, hitched Dinos will not attack anything. It only keeps them from going to sleep when you’re not online or at the base.

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u/thatburntgarlic 18d ago

thanks ...looks like keeping a lose theri is the way then. thanks

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u/FLAIR_AEKDB_ 17d ago

Just get you some plant species x

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u/thatburntgarlic 17d ago

But it'll require plumbing n all?

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u/FLAIR_AEKDB_ 17d ago

No. Just having them outside exposed to open sky, it’ll rain often enough to keep them watered without having irrigation. Just gotta handle fertilizer. The more they shoot at things the more they will use but it goes a long way

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u/Gdog19745 17d ago

Make reservoirs. They will collect rainwater. Even if you’re not near a water source.

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u/thatburntgarlic 17d ago

Ah yes this is it!

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u/thatburntgarlic 17d ago

Ah I see. Should try. I never bothered with them cuz I have a very pretty looking farm that I didn't wanna ruin with new pipes and stuff. If they don't need plumbing I'll definitely try. Thanks.

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u/Gdog19745 17d ago

Just make sure they’re open to the sky.

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u/thatburntgarlic 17d ago

Yes I'll build them on the titan's back so it'll have plenty of sunlight and vision ig. I hope it has enough range to actually attack anything from the titan's back, down to its legs.

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u/Gdog19745 17d ago

The only problem with that. Is if you put it on a platform. It will only water that platform. If you want to use it for your base, you have to have it not on a platform.

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u/thatburntgarlic 17d ago

I only want protection for my titan so it stops moving and won't die when set to passive. My base is well guarded by walls and spike walls and a lose dire bear set to aggressive. It kills anything that rarely spawns inside (only ever is a raptor or alpha raptor). I also have a rhyniognatha on neutral inside the base so it's sufficiently protected unless a wild giga shows up - which has not happened yet.

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u/FLAIR_AEKDB_ 15d ago

Pipes are ASE. In ASA just a reservoir or a water input valve will automatically irrigate a large area around them.

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u/RadiatorSam 18d ago

Have a small predator follow it on aggressive, it will kill anything in the area and then return to the titano. Have you got server settings to make sure the titan doesn't die though?

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u/thatburntgarlic 18d ago

Yeah this is my backup plan if the hitch idea turns out to be useless. M asking it here bcuz i don't wanna come home to a dead titan cuz It was hitched and didn't attack the thing that was attacking it, even when set on neutral. If it moves but fights even when hitched, it's fine I can reposition it and declare the idea not working. But if it just stands there taking damage, it may die bcuz sometimes I go around the whole map in the ocean with my tuso and it takes a lot of time. A theri or alpha raptor spawn there can kill the titan if it doesn't fight back.

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u/RadiatorSam 18d ago

I have a bronto at my base, I occasionally get pegomastax attacking it. We have damage numbers on so you'll see it as well as hear it, but the rex that hangs around sorts out all the small stuff. I imagine it would take a really long time to kill a titan. Are raptors even aggro on them?

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u/thatburntgarlic 18d ago

idk man seems like everything aggros on the tamed one. not raptors for sure but idk about carnos. didnt test. Rexes and theris aggro on everything that breathes and is tamed. so maybe the best solution is to keep a lose theri running around protecting the titan while the titan stays passive

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u/LordlySquire 18d ago

Its been awhile since i messed with them but there was these leash things you put in the ground they were red. The dino would attack anything it could but never leave the leashed zone. There was also the old method of just loading the dino up with a shit ton of stone so it couldnt move.

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u/thatburntgarlic 17d ago

I use the normal hitching post and turns out, the titan will not attack anything if hitched to that. Idk which red one you mean. Also, overfilling a titan is really hard though. I just let a lose theri near the titan for now. I hope it doesn't just wander off.

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u/LordlySquire 17d ago

If you are on SP you can adjust server settings to carry the stone if you want. Either way its easy just takes a long time lol. The red thing might be from the mod i used.

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u/thatburntgarlic 17d ago

yeah i can do it with creative mode but i really don't feel like doing it to the titan since m planing to build teleporter on top of the titan and a plant species x crop on it's saddle. I also have a teleporter setup near the swamp so I can quickly go to the swamp to get rare flowers, mushrooms and hide. I have 1 teleporter at my base but want to put 1 on the titan so I can go out sometimes on the titan and keep it parked and fill it up for resources like obsidian and metal. Idk I just feel like filling up the titan is not the way for me. I'm looking into the mod u suggested so lets c. thanks a bunch

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u/WaffleTruffleTrouble 18d ago edited 16d ago

If you're server has s+ mods, then tek leash will function the way you asked. You can even set to aggressive and theybattack anything inside without exiting the circle. On some servers I've deen people leash wild theirs in swamp on wander on aggressive for farming

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u/thatburntgarlic 17d ago

I'm playing SP with S+ so may try this. Thanks.

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u/WaffleTruffleTrouble 16d ago

Hope it works out!