Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips
How do I tame a doedicurus? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a doedicurus.
It's a longer tame for new players, but can make getting your first behemoth gates up so much easier, and stone is a useful resource for most of the early-mid game
Shoot the head as you walk backwards away from it, then run next adjacent to it when it runs away.
The bola does actually effect it, it makes it to where it cannot go into its shell and you can shoot it in the head with tranqs
I think they are broken rn. I was taming a 140 put 100 tranq arrows in it with a 218 damage crossbow. And it’s the second one in a row that did that to me. Like after they go into their shell and then come back out they don’t move. They are broken.
Where to find them:
In ark mobile Dodecirus can be found in large numbers at the redwood forests at the top left of the map or the mountains.
Taming details:
Dodecirus are knockout tames and they eat berries
Problems:
They have armour on the top where they take less torpor so shoot their underside and if you damage it to much it will curl into a ball and it will be hard to knock them out and if you hit a Dodecirus all nearby Dodecirus will attack you
Advantages:
Dodecirus are slow so you dont need a mount to outrun them and you wont need a trap because it might not catch up to you.
Abilities when tamed:
Dodecirus will turn into a ball and roll really fast also they can destroy rocks,bushes and trees and gather their resources and they have a weight reduction on stone abd the saddle is unlocked at level 34 and made in the smithy.
Liam Sameer
Use Net Projectile for prevent him to go ball mode. Probably only useful method on this comment section
Do not shoot it in the tail! I dropped it in my taming pen and was about 5 shots in when I realized it doesn't register at ALL.
These things are actually easy to tame! First, Let's pack some things.
- Large bear traps (If possible)
-Tranq arrows (Bring at least 20 or more, You can replace arrows with darts or shocking darts)
-Narotics or biotoxins (Bring 50 or more of them)
-Taming foods (Preferred kibble is Dilophosaurus kibble or Regular Kibble. If using berries bring at least 100 if not using sooting balm, Recommended with sooting balm to tame.)
-Argentavis with saddle (Optional)
Taming without Argy (Argentavis):
First, find one of these animals.
Then place the large bear trap down and get it to aggro on you.
After it gets trapped, shoot the head, don't shoot the body because it has a protective layer of shell that could lead to many tranq arrows wasted.
After it's knock out, Give it its preferred kibbles or berries,Using sooting balm can decrease the time needed to tame. Remember to keep an eye on its torpor, Feed narotics or biotoxins if necessary and protect it while it's being tamed.
Wait for a while, then you'll get one of these! Ride it if you have the saddle, or just bring it base and goodluck keeping it safe on the way to your base!
Taming with Argy:
First, build a taming pen with a material which doedicurus can't damage.
Then, Find one of them and pick them up with your argy and fly back to your taming pen and drop it.
Then, Shoot its heady and not the body like I've mentioned before.
When it's knocked out, Feed it its preferred kibble or berries, sooting balm is recommended like I've mentioned.
Wait for a while, You'll get it soon. Remember to keep an eye on its torpor too and feed it narotics or biotoxins if necessary! Bring it to your base with your argy if you want.
Thanks 😊
Hello, this is my second tip after my argy tip, im gonna tell you how to easily tame it and what it was used for,
TAMING:
First you just need to prepare a weapon and the ammo and that was:
1. U can use an bow or crossbow with an Tranq Arrow for knocking it out
2. U can use an riffle with the ammo of Tranq dart
Or 3. U can just use a slingshot with rock as an ammo
After that you need to prepare a food and the food was berries or you can use kibble, and don't forget the narcotic/biotoxin for keep it unconcious
And you just need to find one
And after you find 1 just knock it out and feed it ( i recommended to hit it on head not on his Shell ) and after that just keep looking the unconcious bar if it reduce feed it with biotoxin or narcotic to keep it unconcious
And after it's tamed, tadaaaa you have an stone collector, this Dino is can used to get much of stone
And i think only that i was want to tell you
And sorry for the bad English cuz i am an indonesian
~Signed your ark fella
I see tons of these walking bowling balls all over aberration, and a lot of them are in the fertile lake area. If you see one, start shooting it in the head with tranq darts. Arrows do more damage but if you don’t have access to darts yet, you can use them. If you do end up using the arrows, wait 5 seconds before every shot to do max torpor with minimum damage. Once tamed these things can roll like a ball, gather stone like BONKERS, and have decent defense. Although, I still wouldn’t recommend attacking a rex with it. Overall, it is a good tame for early game stone gathering.
-LEELEE1250
It'll poop 12 times before you can even finish 1 rock...
Leave it on wander by your base with a tracker it will collet stone
Love these creatures! I got an ankylo as my first utility animal thinking it would get me a lot of stone, but this is guy is the way to go. I just did a run for stone on my island and got over 1,000 stone just from a few river rocks. And they were small. They aren’t bad at swimming either and I love the feature of the rolling! So cool
Don't bother putting in the speed when you can roll it
Just grab it with an argy and have your friend shoot it while in your claws.. stops it from rolling up, easy ko.
Always use an Argy to drop into a 4x4 stone doorframe pen for taming.
You can fit so much stone in this bad boy *slaps roof of Dino
If you take a snow owl you can heal it when it balls up. Once it's health is up it will come out of the ball and you can continue to tranquilize it.
Space out the tranq arrows so it doesn’t ball up I say every 5 seconds blow up for noobs
This dino can now collect element dust from light posts on extinction your welcome.