Best way to get wood is to find a nest take a high weight and decent damage mount and yoj would get atleast 600 to 1300 wood from their dams. With a chance of getting Silica pearls and cementing paste.

If you need silica pearls, cementing paste, flowers, mushrooms, wood, and chitin maybe, just raid their dams. Just prepare to run after you do so for they will agro on you or just get a Dino to kill them

Yes they should and be able to get wood and cement with out you

Can craft smithy items when saddle is on like argy.!!

They are brilliant wood collectors

Can be used as a smithy when you have its saddle equipped recommended to because it doesn't have a slot limit and can be encumbered and still used as one the only down side to this is it needs food so plop down a feeding troth near it and ta da. Don't forget it will poop so be ready with a mop.

Don’t get cementing paste,it’s a waste of engrams!

1:build a raft

2:put a box on it

3:find a beaver dam

4:collect the materials

PS be careful,they will attack

Really only good for harvesting near water, or if you can't get a mammoth or thorny dragon.

I find the carry weight on mine is pretty poor, so it's not much faster than running back and forth with a hatchet.

If you see these place battlement and put them in the area so you get cement and free food

Hope this help

Okokokok so these things are GREAT! the saddle serves as smithy, they collect wood, fiber and thatch EXTREMELY well(not as good as a few other dinos but you get my point), and they are an early-game tame(although saddle is 61, it is still useful before then)and are still good in mid to late game! I would suggest taking one of these as fast as possible.

You can harvest beavers for pelt.

Castoroides drop metal battlements! Which is very useful for tribes and solo players (Only on mobile I think).

I tamed a male and female. I plan on mating and making a pelt farm to get fur armor and then tame an argy or something of the likes.

trap one male and female make her will not escape

Than her will make dams for you and you had to collect loot from safe place and make shor her will not attack you and not had to tarp a temed creature you had to trap wild

The beaver dams that they make are useful if you need lots of wood. Their dams are also helpful if you need cementing paste or pearls.

By far the most efficient wood gatherer in ARK. Their ability to reduce the weight of wood coupled with their ability to harvest on the go makes them unmatched in the field.

Essential Tame for anyone who is into building and will make anyone's life easier.

The giant beaver dams can only be accessed from above or inside (walking over it with wyv works well).. then prepare for war as usual

When saddled, it is a mobile smithy.wood and stone are half weight in its inventory.

When farming wood far use argentavis and keep wood in castoroides to care more.