Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
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
Don’t aggro it in redwoods. DON’T AGGRO IT IN REDWOODS!
For all you beginners out there do not just randomly attack these guys and expect a easy fight once you hit one a whole army will go after you killing you and probably your take you brought with you. Up so beginners can see.
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!
Easily the easiest tame in ARK.
I desided tame them.
15 minutes later I had 6.
It is always a good plan to have a room of these. Even just having 3-5 is effective. They will fend off attackers brilliantly if you put the right stats and use them wisely!
Yknow...
I might get dimorph army again
This is just a tip for a general gameplay strat- not sure where to put general gamepkay stuff like this...sorry. Anyway, putting all your tames that stay at your base on Neutral is *the* way to do it. This way, they won't get into unnecessary fights, but if an arse of a dino decides to say an unwelcomed "Hello. It's me..." then they can at least defend them AND your base. Neutral puts your dinos on alert mode so that even if a wild dino starts attacking even your fence post, your dinos will whip into action and defend the base. Also, while out on tames, neutral mode allows your dino to protect itself and you while you throw it that damn kibble in a whirlwind of panick. *Literally* the best mode to be on at all times (of course, it'll work as well as per what lvl your dino friends are, but they'll still put up a valiant fight regardless!).
If you go into deep water they can’t attack you!
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
Bola them when on they have landed. KO one with tranq arrow to the head and repeat to all nearby dimorphs. Select which ones you want to tane based on level and sex and kill the rest.
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.
These little guys are great for base Defence. The first technique I mostly only use to defend against quetzals is strapping C4 to a low level dimorph, then whistle him to attack the quetz, and trigger the C-4. Just as he's closing in to bite the quetz. You might need four or five of these guys to down the quetz, but if you ask me, 5 10 minute tames are worth it for a game that probably took the opposition a few hours to tame. Another technique like to use to take out rexes gigas, and other tanky dinos, is go around, behind them with a swarm of dimorphs (don't do this against Brontos or any Dino with a huge AoE attack) Then whistle attack (which is ".") on the rider. They will shred through him so fast, he won't know what even happened. After the rider is off, you can easily trap the giga in a large bear trap, kite it off a cliff (or away from your base) or just kill it, when the Dino doesn't have a rider, it sacrifices attack speed which is a very vital part of PvP.