Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips
What is a dung beetle used for? dung beetle battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
My tribe has a larger 'wandering room' upstairs where we have multiple dung beetles and snails. They tend to naturally group up in the middle of the room so they're easy to manage. Just watch out, they can escape through an open door or glitch through the ceiling to the level below. You also can't pick them up when you have a shoulder pet on.
Even though these dudes are superior, I highly recommend getting a compost bin just for storing poop for taming them because for some reason can never find enough poop. The compost bin prevents crap from degrading and the dung beetle especially loves human feces. this is the only tame who's preferred food is made by the player without a cooking pot or crafting. It's like everyone gets a car except instead the dung beetle eats every one's poop.
For Mobile Players: There are multiple tips suggesting to put the beetle in a cage; don't. The little bugger has gotten out of mine several times and needed to be 'recalled'. Resorted to building a stone window frame box around him. Still gives access from any side, and he stays put.