Good tanks for raids! Use as a frontline attack in front of Brontos or Gigas etc, can push tames back when attacking so you can use this for defence too. Their high speed allows you to run from turrets when on low health. Worth it when passive tamed as the low kib needed means you can tame more.

If Ark actualy did research, diplodocus can tail whip other carnivores and the speed of its tail whip is said by scientists that it could of been so fast it could break the sound barrier

Jurassic Bio: Diplodocus

Name means: Double Beam

Period: Late Jurassic

Diet: Herbivore

Height: 30ft

Length: 90ft

Description: Diplodocus was the 2nd longest dinosaur in history (1st was memenchisaurus). Unlike its relative, Brachiosaurus, it stood completely horizontally. It likely would’ve used its whip like tail as a weapon against predators.

— The Wyvern King tm

As a resident diplo daddy, I love these guys.

They're easy enough to tame and have great health, stamina and weight.

In most cases, when you ride solo, the few things that attack it can be easily overtaken and escaped from (notable exceptions being the rhyniognatha and wyverns). This, combined with their stat spread, makes them great for safely hauling resources over long distances. They can also be used as a host for acquiring a rhyniognatha, should you wish to.

In the wild it is slow but when tamed it can run like heck

Great early-game tame so long as it has an escort. Apart from its lack of damage, all of its stats are fantastic, and it's very fast for its size.

Don’t let anyone tell you the diplodocus is completely useless. I’ve found a VERY viable use for it (especially in aberration)

The diplo may not be able to defend itself however its pretty dang fast,, it also has a crap ton of weight. So I use my diplo for metal runs. On the island I used it as an argument of sorts instead of carrying an anky with an argy (I had just started at the time) I tamed a diplo and used it to carry all my metal to and from base. And because the diplo is really fast it made the journey way less slower than it would’ve been. I now use my diplo in aberration as a permanent argy, except I gather the metal with my anky and cryopod it with all the metal in my diplo

Taming this thing can also be good for food, if you tame a female you get its eggs and it’s eggs are very good because it gives 100 food and 100 health and 100 Stamina.

This guy does 200 trample damage while sprinting, can carry a ton, run fast and is easy to tame.

The ideal first tame.

When you tame one put a saddle on and make your whole server ride it, best time you will have on ark...

Gosh stop with the tail attack. Just get a bronto, in my opinion they’re even easier to tame. All dinos have their special abilities and a tail swipe isn’t one of them!!!

Seem slow, look weak, and called useless. Wrong. They amazing, they fast when running and stamina last a good while. The saddle can hold 11 people, with 10 being able to all shoot darts at once. Focus speed and weight, run around tranqing and taming everything. It’s a all terrain vehicle. Passive or unconscious tame. Outruns most Dino’s, too. Faster than a Equus, and with a bunch of people you can have extremely fun time.

We use this to tame stuff, sometimes a Tapejara.

8/10 tame.

3/10 if solo tho.

Easy tame, I use them for hp. I have one with 50k, up the speed and you have a fast soaker.

Diplo are pretty good at storerage

These are very useful. They don’t do any damage but when you get a saddle you can use it to push animals away without aggroing it. It’s really easy to tame. Either knock it out while going backwards. Or get under its front legs and it will stop moving so you can passive tame it. Up if helpful

Use these as an extra storage box. Since they can’t exactly attack, storage is about all they’re good for.

These giants aren't as useless as you think. While they deal no damage, they can push dinos and players around. They also have 10 passenger seats, ideal for carrying a tribe. Diplos can be used as distractions, while you kill the attacker. Good luck out there.

-JahboyCO

They are probably the best pack animal in the game, for its size and carry weight it moves super fast allowing it to quickly transport huge quantities of supplies over long distances. It's recommended to pair it up with some other animals as guards as it can't do much in a fight and even though it has a massive health pool it regens health pretty slowly.

I often use diplodocus as a tank for taming aggressive creatures like carno or therezino if there is no cliff nearby for my pt. I level up its health and ride on it and shoot some shocking tranq arrows.

Here's a few tips for beginners,the Diplo is very tanky,even at a low level it still has a ton of health, It's pretty good for gathering,I recommend upgrading it's health, stamina and weight, lastly the one thing the diplodicus is really good at is being a meat shield,when you raid another players base make sure the diplodicus is at the front so that it would soak up all the damage and protect your other tames.