Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Tips & Strategies

Frog has the most damage against them and then torch below that. Water can make them avoid you but they can also be outran just by walking if you start moving as soon as your targeted. Running gets you away faster tho obviously.
I see people saying to go into water, please be careful though there are sarco’s and other swamp unfriendly creatures. I don’t want to see anyone get mad at people for saying stuff without warning, I haven't tried the whole water thing but did notice they didn’t Afro to me if I was in water so I think it works, just be awhere of the Dino’s around you. Also piranhas are in the water of the bog in Genisis!
Won't target you on a Spino or frog but they'll try to eat your parasaur!
If you are just starting the game and you encounter a insect swarm RUN
They don’t damage you in water.
Burn them!
Literally, hit them with a torch
They are weak to fire, and should die pretty quickly
It’s recommended to keep resources in your inventory to repair said torch when in the bog as it attacking with it burns through its durability
NOW WILDCARD PUT MOSQUITOES?! THEY ALREADY HAD ENOUGH BUZZING BITHIS
I just read that on Xbox you bedded to be in third person to harm them, I’m not saying that the person is wrong because it might be something with their game, but I can attack them just fine in first person on my Xbox one. I don’t know if it’s a different Xbox thing or what but Xbox one users don’t need to be in third person, was just playing the game and it let me hit them just fine! 😁
They deal the same damage regardless of armour value, also don't try to use ranged attacks they don't work.
The best way to Kill this sh*t at the begining, is to use the torch.
Parasaur wont detect them, X-plants wont attack them and the crop plot will be nearly instantly destroyt. Have fun!
A noob's worst nightmare buzzing around,
Just be careful to have a tame to hear the sound,
Can kill it with a torch, if not
Also a hatchet, but some have not thought,
You can easily kill them with a sword or pic
Even though you can't tame this prick.
Use torches to burn them, very effective however these dumbies spawn persistently so be weary the second you kill one another one could spawn any second. As soon as you get full fur armor LEAVE THE BOG and go to the arctic.
HOW TO KILL: get a spino and go into standing mode, then just start swiping EVERYTHING
For some reason on single player when I was targeted by them i didnt have a torch becuase i was building my base they chased me like 5 minutes i think and then died i saw them on my base floor dead. So if you dont have a torch stay away and survive
These things are the worse things in the game. It seems as if you kill one swarm, 2 more show up in its place.🤦♂️
They target crops, having crops will cause them to aggro and plant x does not target them 😭