Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
Get a few tranq arrows, and snipe it while it's in the air and aim for the head and fire once or twice. Then feed it 2 meat and narcotics if you need to do other things. But I used my fists so it was unconscious.
I saw a 225 Rex once ran to get gear come back and watched it get killed by one of these shits up if you feel my pain
If you have these guys with you do not, I repeat, do NOT, attack a stego or anky! I was once roaming around with my mini army and attacked an anky thinking I would win (since my army has taking down a theri AND pack of raptors). Worst mistake ever. One swing from the anky’s tail and three of my Dimorphs flew across the map.
R.I.P. Debby, Sprinkles, and Jaws
Make sure you have a spear ready when taming, I got killed by its pack members. And then they killed it when it tamed
Pair a pack of these with a bunch of dilos and you got yourself both land and air superior. You can also bring these with you when you’re riding your Pteranodon on exploration, they will save you and your Pteranodon’s ass when you need to land to regain stamina. They basically dilo but on the sky.
I games my first one of these pretty early game, and she saved me so many times. I just made sure to up her movement speed, and she never had any problems with stegos or diplos or anything! It’s now nearly six months later, still have my original, and have literally about 27 of them. They constantly follow my tech quetzal, keeping her safe from any potential threats. They can take down and totally dismantle pretty much anything we come across instantly. One of my favorite tames for sure!
So it turns out that if you set this thing to aggressive and have it perch on your shoulder, it can shout at you to warn of incoming danger, which the Mesopithecus(Monkey) is also capable of, but will instead go “TAH! OOH- OOH!”. This is pretty useful in case you are near an animal that you won’t be able to survive an encounter with and don’t realize it. Dimorphodon will also throw a rather hard bite at your enemy to give you a fair hand in escaping, and may kill other creatures looking to prevent you returning home, however Mesopithecus is a better guardian because your monkey will throw balls of poop that slow the predator down, giving you the upper hand should it be that you should stand no chance should you decide to kill the predator. Either way both are quite effective at vocally warning you of danger ahead of time so you have time to correct your position to a safer location.
A tip for beginners:
If you attack these guys with your dinosaur be warned...
Even during riding your Mount, they will kill you first, not your dinosaur…
And they do tons of damage and are not that easy to hit with smaller dinosaurs (small hitbox)
Try to avoid them early game
Get a C4 and attach it to one of these and then whistle attack. "Hunter killer drone deployed!"
Never accidentally hit these guys,
If you hit one of these, a bunch more will com to attack you, they're strong for their size,
What makes them more dangerous is when your on a mount they focus on the rider, so they will attack you and finish you off, without you knowing,
And when tamed they make great shoulder pets,
And if you have a dozen and target them on something, they will shred it
When in areas that have many dimorphadon remember to be careful and not to hit one by accident when fighting other creatures as you can easily be overwhelmed.your mount will not be able to save you as they deal damage directly to the rider.
Ok, HERE ME OUT
1. Bola it
2. Knock out (use tranks! Not fists. Fists will get u killed!)
3. PUT A TENT OVER IT! i didi this and it saved me 3 hours of safety
4. Give it meat
5. Give it narco berries, i used this strategy and i now have a 150 friend
6. Enjoy a tactical nuke
Try taming the ones that are alone, never attack a group, they are sky piranhas