Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips
How do I tame a dimetrodon? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a dimetrodon.
Can’t be picked up by argys on mobile, don’t waste your time like I did!
I suggest leading them away from the swamp before attempting to knock out, as there are plenty of dangers in the swamp and it is much easier.
Was it just for me or does their torpor drop super fast!?!
To tame this with one cooked fish meat your taming speed has to be at *drumroll* 116! Not bad
Previous Mosasaur
Use narcoberries instead of narcotics. This is very important when taming an animal with high torpor drain. The narcoberries take longer for the torpor to rise, and narcotics take a smaller amount of time to rise. This is useful for a dimetrodon tame because narcotics will not last as long as the narcoberries and you want to have the torpor rising for as long as you can.
Ik people have said this but you can’t pick up dimetrodon on mobile unlike what Dododex says it is really annoying
Pls make this carryable so some of us in ark mobile can tame these without getting killed
If you are on mobile
Trap him in a small trap
Sleep!!
Knock him out
Use soothing balm!
Feed him
You tamed it easly and fast
Kill something (Moschops and Phiomia are good because they provide a lot of meat) before shooting it, then lead the Dimetrodon to the corpse as you tranq it. Around halfway through the process or when its low on health stand near the corpse and let the Dimetrodon attack you. It will consume the corpse as it attacks you, and regain health. This way there will be no risk of killing it. You can also use a Snow Owl to heal it if you have one.
Pfff I wound one lure it by honey and when I almost knocked out it disappear 🙄😒
Kill the high level so low levels can spawn.
Don't tame a high level this thing will chug all your narcotics like beer.
Easy way to tame (Works if you have Argentavis or Quetzal):
Step 1: Go to the swamp with your Argentavis or Quetzal and search the area for Dimetrodon. Once one is found, pick it up and carry it somewhere safe (recommended: The Dead Volcano, or your base. Just make sure everyone is set to passive).
Step 2: Let it wander around for a while. Knock it out every so often to check on its hunger. If it is not hungry upon knockout, let it wake up and heal for a while. Repeat until it is completely starving.
Step 3: Once one of your checkups on the Dimetrodon via knockout reveals that it is completely starving, grab whatever meat you have as fast as you can (prime meat if its a high level). The starving status causes the Dimetrodon, as well as all other creatures tamed via knockout, to constantly eat every second until they are either tamed or not hungry anymore.
I did all of this myself at the Dead Volcano, which it arrived there via my male Quetzal, Flappy. Argentavis can also pick them up for delivery. Hopefully this helps.
First i use slingshot club and wooden fountain fence to a wild male dimetrodon whin he's unconscious feed him some raw meat and soothing balm and huzzah i name him gordon to the base
Fast, Effective and Easy Taming Method (Starve Taming)-
1. Place a sleeping bag near your desired dimetrodon
2.Wait till night to sleep in it, clear out the area in the meanwhile (keep the prime meat you get, you’ll need it for later! Try storing it in a tame)
3. Once it’s morning, tranq out the dimetrodon and feed prime meat, no need for kibble this way because the dimetrodon will be so hungry it’ll tame in seconds!
Hope this helped! Spares you time and resources on getting a quetzal egg and making the kibble.
Wtf? Says can be picked up by an argy.Try it out on mobile.Cant even picked it up.nani.it is smaller than a iguanodon but u can't picked it up???
When timing keep an eye on it.
Mobile version sucks -_-
You can't carry em with an argy
These creatures needs alot of narcotics. When knocked out, wait for the torpor to drop. Then force feed narc (1 narc = 40 torpor). The torpor meter will slowly rise and give you time to do other things.
Also remember they need natural water in order to lay eggs. They cannot drown after a patch i belive
Use narcoberries, NOT narcotic. Torpor loss is paused while it's being gained, and berries cause torpor to rise much slower. It's the difference of being able to walk away for 10 minutes vs 2 minutes.
I was hoping to tame a gallimimus but then i needed dimetrodon kibble i check on dododex for taming and i find out i need quetzal kibble, a ton of quetzal kibble.
These guys are hard to find because they sink into the mesh underwater. I recommend flying over the swamp with an argy looking for any signs of movement or sails. Sometimes they’ll be on the shores of the swamp, too, so check there.
Once you find one, pick it up (if you’re on an argy) and take it to a safer place. Otherwise, just kill any dangers in the area and chase it around with your tranq method of choice. Use their huge turning radius to avoid their bites.
Once tamed, level melee to increase their insulation. Good luck!