Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
This was done on mobile.
Finding and catching:
Diplocaulus is found in the swamps I'd say they're uncommon but predators will kill them if they're nearby making them hard to find. I strongly recommend using a flying Dino when looking for one I used a pteranodon for it but you can use whatever can pick it up. They're pretty simple to find but DO NOT TRY TO TAME IN THE SWAMP. Unless your really prepared I wouldn't recommend risking it. When I was catching it I picked it up with my ptera and put it in a taming pen at my base. When picking it up wait for it to be on land, because if it's in the water it's much harder to pick up or maybe it's not possible I don't know(I spent hours trying to pick one up in the water and died many times). It may take a while to find one on land it'll save you a lot of trouble.
Note: don't try to go for one that's already being attacked by another Dino especially kaprosuchus
Knocking out and taming:
In the pen knocking it out is simple just use tranqs or darts, also keep in mind the health you don't want it to die. When it's knocked out taming is like any other Dino just put the kibble or meat and wait. I starved mine to make the taming a bit faster and found that the hunger decreases relatively quick and you can speed that up by sleeping while it's torpor is around 3/4 or more. Not really much to say it's torpor drains slow so you won't need to many narcotics unless your starving it and by the end of the tame you should have yourself a newly tamed diplocaulus.
-AHS
More Diplocaulus Taming & KO Tips
I waited like 20 minutes to tame one with raw meat. Listen to me! USE RAW FISH MEAT! Dododex needs to remove raw meat as a taming option. Couldβve saved me 30 minutes of life and Iβd have Boomerang (Dilpoβs new name) sooner. Up this comment!!
All these tips here tells you how to tame it... but what they fail to mention is the fact, you have to breed it on land, canβt move the egg and the baby HAVE to STAY IN THE WATER!! Donβt push the baby on land or it WILL EXPLODE!!!! I just watch my baby explode right before my eyes!!! Never have I seen a Dino exposed before!!!
Super easy tame. Knock out with and bow and trans. Feed it raw meat. Boom π₯ TAMED!
This baby don't need a saddle to ride and gives you oxygen while riding and also supplies you with a breath π« or 2 under water.
β¨ANNND another thing it is SUPER fast under water π¦
If you happen to ride by one of these on your kapro, you can pick it up and run off with it. I found one in the water near the swamp and took it to a safer place to tame it via my kaprosuchus. You can bola these as well if you happen to have one on you! Please π to pass the word
How to tame diplocaulus
Where to find:
Diplocaulus spawn in swaps but they are rare but many of them spawn in dungeons.
Taming details:
Diplocaulus are knockout tames and they eat meat
Problems:
Diplocaulus are always getting eaten by everything so if find one keep it safe also diplocaulus have low health so you might accidentally kill it
Abilities when tamed:
Diplocaulus can only be ridden underwater and they dont need saddles and when you ride it yoy wont loose oxygen but the diplocaulus will and diplocaulus are fast underwater
Liam Sameer -----
They are skittish but not anywhere near faster than humans. They have low torpor and health, so tranq darts are recommended. Tamed like any carnivore, kibble is Archeopteryx. Can be found anywhere in and around the swamps.
On a 135, 13 crossbow shots DO have a chance of killing it.
Useful to supply oxygen to divers who do not have scuba gear at hand but very weak in battle.
The easiest way to tame is to pick it with your arge and put it far from water ποΈββοΈ
They eat kibble differently from other dino.. normal dinos like rex or quetzal eat 1 kibble every 80 food but the diplocalus eats 1 kibble every 120 food.. you need to re-adjust and calculate it again