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ArkDossier

The Giganotosaurus, printed in violet and magenta
Creature archive — ARK: Survival Ascended

A personal collection of ARK taming guides, built one dossier at a time.

Dossier 001 — Giganotosaurus

The index

How to tame the new TLC Giga

The Apex Challenge, the Apex Offering, and how to get past the 50% torpor cap. Patch v97.

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The index 02 dossiers on file

The index

  1. Dossier 001 — Giganotosaurus

    How to tame the new TLC Giga

    The Apex Challenge, the Apex Offering, and how to get past the 50% torpor cap. Patch v97.

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  2. Dossier 002 — Rock Elemental

    How to tame the Rock Elemental, Ice Golem & Chalk Golem

    One method for all three Golems: a Cannon, a positioning funnel and clean headshots. Then Extraordinary Kibble or Sulfur.

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About

About ArkDossier

What is ArkDossier?

ArkDossier is a collection of taming guides dedicated to creatures I find particularly interesting in ARK: Survival Ascended.

Each dossier brings together useful information, practical taming strategies and visual walkthroughs to make understanding a creature and its mechanics a little easier.

It's not an encyclopedia, and I have no plans to cover every creature. Just the ones I feel like exploring.

Why make ArkDossier?

I've been playing ARK for over a decade and wanted to create something dedicated to the creatures I've always found interesting.

I also enjoy designing and building digital experiences, so ArkDossier gives me an excuse to combine a few things I genuinely enjoy.

There's no grand plan to document the entire game. It's simply something I wanted to make, and hopefully other survivors find it useful along the way.

Who is SRC?

I'm SRC, the creator of ArkDossier. A lifelong gamer with roots in competitive fighting games and first-person shooters. In 2016, I entered my first tournament, Battle Arena Melbourne 8, a Capcom Pro Tour event, and placed in the top 25 for Street Fighter V. I followed that up with another strong showing at OzHadou in Sydney.

I've been surviving in ARK for about a decade from ASE to ASA, with a lifelong fascination for prehistoric life, palaeontology and paleoart. Beyond gaming, I'm a Creative Director and technology enthusiast with a passion for design, building things and pushing creative boundaries. ArkDossier is another outlet for that creativity, combining the things I enjoy into something worth sharing.

Outside of gaming and tech, I'm a dedicated father of four, husband and weightlifter based in Australia.

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