Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
So I was out swimming in my raft when I see a bright pink bird in the water. I go to the Dododex, realize I can’t tame it cause it’s over water, and then it got killed by a fish thingy. Rip hot pink bird. One up is respect for this guy.
Did you know if you use the controls that you would use to make it fly(ex. For mobile, you would swipe up on the left slide of the screen)repeatedly, it will go underwater? Make sure you keep spamming those fly controls to keep it underwater longer, but it has an oxygen stat so be mindful!
Don't bola and knock out if floating it will drown try to find one that is on or close to the shore
Started a new game with Ascended and got disgusted by all the low level Pteranodon everywhere after looking for decent level ones for days so I settled for a Pelagornis in the meantime… Not a bad bird at all!
When I tamed mine it was a mid-ish level and the stats weren’t the absolute best but it served its purpose well with grabbing a few chief resources I needed and with general scouting on the island. I pumped mainly health, stamina, weight and melee into mine and it’s working out so far so good. It’s alright for fighting off smaller creatures but usually I try to gtfo before it gets too hairy so the bird doesn’t get killed. It’s handy that it can fly, walk on land and swim. It recovers stamina even while moving in the water so it’s nice to constantly be moving whereas you have to find a safe spot to land and rest with other bird mounts. Insta-kills fish like piranhas which is helpful! But please don’t try to fight Megalodon with it, it might not end well lol.
All in all, it’s definitely helpful when you’re starting out. Knocking them out is not the hard part; just simply bola it and tranq it. The hardest part is having enough narcotics to make sure it stays down while you tame it. Prime fish meat and kibble works best and lessens the amount of narcotics to use.
I’ll be content with using this animal until I upgrade to an Argy at some point. It’s a decent substitute for a Pteranodon but it’s not as fast as one and I don’t think it packs a punch with melee all that well.
Hope this helps. Happy taming and good luck everyone!
Rockin,Rockin and Rollin.Down to the beach I’m stollin.But the seagulls poke at my head, not fun!I said “seagulls...mmgh!Stop it now!Everyone told me not to stroll on that beach.Said seagulls gonna come,poke me in the coconut, and they did,and they did.Had me goin’ like“HOAAHAHAHAHA!”Nothing I could do but yell,when these birds attacked me.When I tried to run I fell,and then these kids start laughing.And then..got hit in the neck with a hacky sack.Where’d it come from?Run,run,run,jump. I can be a backpack while you run. Run,run,run,jump. And stop..put me down. I love to groove and boogie. Great. Show you some dance moves. No I don’t want you to. If I had your giant feet, out there on the beach, could have outrun those birds. You’re a phycho weiner. Let me grab my beater. “MMHAMHMHMHA!” Stop it please! Don’t hit me! Please! Don’t hit me! Come on man! Quit that banging! Hey what’s that stank? You put a fish in our basket! I forgot I did that! (Sorry, couldn’t fit the rest of the song in)
You can tame it on primitive plus but you need to make the kibble in a cooking pot. It won't work if you make it in a cauldron. Hopefully that's helpful to those that are trying to make kibble but cannot.
Tame a male and female and breed them
Breed them as much as u can and incubate the egg until its like 2sec or 3sec remaining until hatch
When you really really need poly hatch the egg and MASS MURDERER THE BABY, SEND THEIR SOUL TO JESUS and harvest the body with wooden club for a LOT of organic poly
Keep in mind tho that organic poly can spoil and cannot stacked that much