Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips
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If they are SWIMMING you can ride them. Use this to get black pearls from trilobites and lobsters but watch out because everything that aggro on humans will aggro on it so watch out Also if riding on mobile you have infinite air. This dude is how I obtained enough black pearls to tame that tuso that got stuck in rocks
Found mostly in swamps,
How to be able to tame these things
1. If a beginner or don’t know how to shoot, get about 10 narco arrows, if you do only make 1-2.
2. Shoot it.
3. Once knocked out, feed it MEAT
4. Have fun exploring the ocean waters!
Good stuff about it is that you get to get infinity air in water, they are good for getting oil, chitin and pearls, and they can outspeed a megalodon in water!
Bad thing is that they die easily
An offer overlooked tame. While yes, there are better tames, if you’re an earlygame or begennier, this is a pretty good dino to travel into the sea. It can also get black pearls from trilobites really well. Oh and did I mention you can take oxygen from them if you’re drowning? Again, very overlooked and underrated tame.
Level oxygen, movement speed and health, tame a higher level so you don't have to pump most of your levels into health, at first it may look like you can't ride it because it doesn't have the option or of the water, but once you get in the water, you can suck oxygen out of it so if your playing on primitive plus or don't have scuba yet it's very good
Outside of not having saddle armor and being harder to tame, this little guy is essentially an upgraded Ichthyosaur. They give you oxygen like a scuba tank (abd available much much earlier) and are the best creatures for harvesting trilobites. Just don't expect much in the way of combat capability. You can't shoot off the back though, which reduces their usability for underwater taming. Perfect for resource cave runs. As they are amphibious you can take them over land to places other aquatics can't reach, although you will want a flyer to carry them because of how slow they are. Even a Pteranodon will work.
They're also skrunkly little salamanders, it's impossible not to love them.