Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Utility Tips

What is a dimorphodon used for? dimorphodon battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
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.
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!
When tamed
1: can be used as a distraction of have enough hp
3: now they can deal with trikes with none dying
5: can protect you from raptors, troodons, and other small carnivores
10: now you can kill carnos with ease (with support from you with a gun or crossbow
15: I have this many and some have 1k hp, can kill rexes, spinos, and therizinosaur with little effort
My xp multiplier for my file was about 5 and it can get them to have at least 200 hp pretty quick. Thanks for reading this and up if this was useful!
These little guys, tame no less than 15, the more the merrier, I'm at 30 currently. I don't use them often because ut feels like im cheating. LOLOL They shred through Alpha Raptors and Alpha Carno but they're all 2nd gen at least for the imprint bonus. I level HP Dmg and movespeed to 115% minimum.
Highly underestimated tame, great damage potential. Keep on your shoulder and triple your damage factor whilst riding Pter others. Also will attack close range targets so you don't whack your dinosaur on accident. Also, can load excess weight onto it because 50% conversion rate to your carry weight