Tek Parasaur

Transport

While not able to carry as many supplies as larger creatures, Parasaurs are a good beginner's pack animal (Level up Weight, Speed, and Stamina).

Dino-Clamp/Parasaur Hunter

Because of the Parasaur's small footprint and relatively large hit box it can clip into the hit boxes of other wild Dinos and lock them in place, this is especially true of other Parasaurs. Simply pull up parallel to them and then rotate 90° so that you are heavily clipping into them, this will lock them in place and allow you to easily kill them with your Parasaur. This is an excellent source of very early game meat and hide. It's typically less reliable when…

Early Berry Gathering

While other dinos are more specialized at berry gathering, even a low-level Parasaur can gather dozens of berries in the time it would take a human to gather a handful. Parasaurs can make it much easier for beginning survivors to collect enough Narcoberries to tame a more efficient berry gatherer such as a or ; just be mindful of their narrow hit radius when munching berry plants

Living Tripwire

When placed in Turret mode, Parasaur can notify audibly and visually towards nearby threat. If used while ridden, it just visually detects for nearby threat. Enabling consumes food.

Peace of Mind

Even for advanced players, Parasaurs set to turret/detection mode can help boost productivity by letting you know if someone or something is stalking you from the bushes while you’re occupied with a task. Rather than having to continually keep an eye out or fall victim to a surprise attack, let them do the worrying and surveying for you!

Radar

Due to the Parasaur's ability to detect enemies locations when on turret mode (or mounted), they can be used as a radar. This makes them very good for fresh survivors to avoid dangers. Note: this does not tell you what the danger is, only a general location and that there is a general danger. So if you cannot see what the danger is, be wary. It could be anything from a compy to a gigantosaurus. You just don’t know!

Phoenix Finder

Since its enemy detection also works on wild , this makes it a perfect choice for finding it outside Heatwave weather event.

Travel

Parasaurs are a good mount for a starting player, but can be difficult to corner due to their tendency to run away. While much slower than a or , they are faster than . Unlike other options however, the Parasaur is reasonably fast in and underwater; making it a good choice as it can outrun land based threats and outswim water based threats. With this and low stamina drain, even a reasonably trained Parasaur is capable of diving to underwater caves after some speed and oxygen investment.…

Gasoline/Oil/Metal/Element/Electronics farm: it's eggs can be hatched, babies raised and then killed and harvested for the mentioned materials (must be Tek Parasaurolophus)

Bodyguard

A decent level Parasaur is capable of holding their own against most small and some medium sized predators, making them a good bodyguard for beginner players. (Level Health and Damage)

Their unique honk ability also allows them to scare away mid sized creatures for safe travel.

The following small dinosaurs will flee if within its horn range: