Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies

What are tips for diplodocus? Tips and strategies for diplodocus in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
If you don't have a rock to bounce on there is a spot under the Diplo right behind the begining of the neck you can stand under and it will try but can't push you
If you stand between its legs in the right spot it'll infinitely try to pus you but it'll never work.
Lots of people compare these things to busses but I like to think of them as cargo trucks mutate the heck out of its health and all of a sudden you got a tank that can yeet enemies and carry a small army on its back kinda broken 100 likes and wild card will add a diplo tek saddle
Get a lot of berries, the kind they like. Put it on your hot bar and tap it when it is hungry. This is the most annoying passive tame I’ve ever seen (in my opinion). It will ‘playfully’ push you. When it does that, you go back like, 80 yards from it. Warning: DO NOT TRY TO TAME NEAR CLIFFS. There is a big chance it might push you off. Do not tame near carnivores, as if they attack it, all progress is lost and it might die. It is surprisingly weak for such a big Dino. It has much health though. Every time you feed it, it will add 2% to taming (in my experience).
If ya want to tame one of thses guys passively than after you feed them berries let them (play with you) like let them keep hitting you and knocking you back then they will want more food.
Diplos also love Algae, on 2x official they get ~2.5% per Algae but it doesn't give them much food so they take in <5 mins to tame.
All you have to do is go under it then feed berries then wait for a long time but make sure you are moving with it cuz then it will fling you like a piece of dust.
Take crouch go neer him and feed it what he need.
A way to skip the wait after you initially feed it is to sleep in a sleeping bag (mine was 1 hour and 14 min, i used a bunk bed and it skipped most of that time), then after that feed it a second time, position yourself between its 2 front legs while it is doing its eating animation, so that it will keep attacking but won't knock you back, and just afk and feed it every 25-45 seconds.
also be sure to do this in a safe place, since if it gets hit once your taming progress will reset.
If you’re higher level taming to breed for a carcho use a ghille suit so it doesn’t bump you
Tip stay away if he chase you and go back if he stop chasing you
They'll shove you around if you try to ta.w them, but it does no damage. They eat berries and the best option is Mejoberries. You can jump before they shove you to not go quite as far. Just beware of cliffs or getting shoved into dangerous areas.
Why is it that these seem to always spawn by a cliff?
Just get under them (easier on a hill) and just feed them mejos for a while I suggest farming them with a parasaur or trike cause you’ll need a lot