Spino

Diver

High makes the Spinosaurus an exceptional choice of guardian for short dives. With higher damage and health than the average , they are more than capable of fending them off, make sure to watch oxygen however. The great swimming capabilities of the Spino allows it to go to great depths in search for resources and underwater creatures. It can even be used to reach to a As of Patch 243.0, Spinosaurus (and all tamed dinos) will not surface if following a player that is swimming, remaining…

Amphibious Combatant

Being a gigantic carnivorous dinosaur, its great size and power is only rivaled by other carnivores like the or . It has less and than the Rex, but deals more DPS with quicker attack speeds, drains less stamina over time, and runs faster. It also has good knockback in all of its attacks. The spino is also much more comfortable in water than other comparable militant mounts ( it can even regain in water, making it a sort of all-terrain mount, enabling it to be useful in…

Guardian

As well as being good in combat as stated above, the Spino can also be useful as a defensive unit and protection. They can be especially useful if you have a direct source of water in or around your base as the Spino can get the Hydrated buff. The Spino also has great agility when walking on 2 legs and can easily hit, kite, and knock back any enemies. (Level Health and Melee Damage)

Tank

With lower than most other large class dinosaurs, the only noteworthy advantage the Spino has over more traditional tanks is the aforementioned range and speed, though the can also serve this purpose, arguably to a greater degree. Can be useful for kiting large enemies and bosses as well. (Level Health, Stamina, and Movement Speed if used to kite)

Transportation

With reasonable health, good damage-per-second, modest stamina, decent carrying capacity, the ability to swim quickly while never draining stamina, and having a great boost to its on land when the Hydration buff is applied, the Spino proves to be an effective all-around method of locomotion. In fact, the Spino is significantly faster than other swift carnivorous dinos like the or is faster on land even if the Hydration buff isn't applied and a Spino will be hindered by far fewer…

Hunter/Fish and Jellyfish Mount

Being a swift semi-aquatic predator and wielding great power, the Spino can be great for killing and harvesting prey of all sorts, from oceanic beasts like the to land dwelling giants like the and everything in between, and is great at harvesting meat. However, the Spino is often outclassed in its gathering capabilities by many other predators in regards to harvesting resources like and ; what it truly excels in harvesting is fish meat and biotoxin. Once tamed,…

Aberration All-Around Predator

On Aberration, specifically the aberrant variant of the the Spino is the top carnivorous dinosaur, followed by the and is a common battle, transport, and hunting mount on the map. There are not many creatures on the map that can attack a tamed Spino and succeed, and with its high attack speed and decent knock back, it is capable of kiting almost all creatures. It being a semi-aquatic mount, having immunity to radiation, and with the absence of flyers, it can…

Experience Farm

Of all the breedable/hatchable dinos in the game, Spinos provide the 4th highest amount of base experience (120 at level 1) so they are commonly sought and killed for the faster leveling of players and tames. (They are surpassed by the Tusoteuthis (200), Wyvern (240), and Giganotosaurus (400).) In PvP servers you can hatch baby creatures and kill them for full experience which makes creating "experience farms" a quick and easy way to level up players and tames since babies pose…

Troodon Taming

Killing a Spinosaurus gives so much experience, a level 165 is enough to tame a 150 during the night, it is recommended to do it with babies.

Amphibious Battle Mount

Due to the fact that the Spinosaurus has gains when in water that increases its regeneration, , and which stays for a short amount of time when out of water too. (Level Stamina, Melee Damage, and Health)

Boss Killer

Many survivors love to use the Spinosaur to defeat bosses, although it has less and than a . Viable against and thanks to its water buff, but not very recommended against the ( Carnivores are weak against it), or ( Too big and doesn't deal enough damage to it). Note that in ASE the spino had a much faster swing attack, being better in DPS than the .