Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Tips & Strategies

From my testing, it seems like one of these generates 20 oil in ~25 minutes, so that’s a rate of 4/5 per minute. You can refine 6 oil into 5 cans of gasoline, so 4/5 oil per minute would equate to 2/3 gasoline per minute. A fabricator burns fuel at a rate of 1 can of gasoline per 15 minutes (1/15 per minute). So basically, with a single basilosaurus of any level, it will produce enough oil to keep 10 fabricators constantly running simultaneously if you constantly collect and refine the oil it produces. Electrical generators burn gas 4 times slower than fabricators do, so a basilosaurus can produce enough oil to simultaneously and constantly power 40 generators. I wish I knew about this before travelling to the iceberg from my base in the south to gather oil : (
More Basilosaurus Utility Tips
One of The most stupidly overpowered water Dino's following Icthyosaurus
1: passive Oil generator (spoils, sadly)
2: high hp and fast regen at surface (lose hp when deep)
3: hypo/hyperthermic insulation when ridden
4: immune to dismount effects and cnidaria stun
5: drops [__]loads of oil when killed, wild or tamed
6: great semi-battle exploration creature
7: saddle unlocks I think before Argentavis
8: little slow, but able to outrun Meg
9; is sea wiener, make human happy
King of the sea. A tuso or mosa will do more damage but you can not be knocked off a basil making them essential for underwater caves which are full of jellies, Eels and even tuso's. They are also the perfect size to navigate through them without getting stuck or having to dismount. If you have a Baryonyx they are very easy tames, just use the AoE spin attack to kill all the Manta's and you can passively tame it at your leisure. Combine their oil with organic poly and water in a cooker to make soap which doesn't expire and can be ground back into oil and organic poly when you need it.