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2 points   🥚 Taming & KO   3 days ago ✨ NEW   Report

PUNCH IT TO MAKE IT BE YOUR FRIEND, then put in berries, careful, very dangerous 😈☠️

231 points   🔧 Utility   Dec 30, 2024   Report

Regular people playing Ark : get high level tames, eventually fight the boss

Me and my friends playing Ark : breed dodos all day long to get all colors possible and align them in rainbow order

1up = +1 for dodo army

2782 points   🔧 Utility   Jan 19, 2020   Report

Step 1:Tame dodo

Step 2:Get it to level 150

Step 3:switch between health and melee dmg upgrades

Step 4:Throw and tell it to attack an unsuspecting victim

Step 5: Laugh as they die to a dodo

4444 points   🔧 Utility   Oct 5, 2016   Report

These tames can be used as a bomb. You place C4 on the dodo and drop it into a base. Detonate and watch the fireworks!

2457 points   🔧 Utility   Jun 28, 2020   Report

When a baby dodo is newly hatched it will need berries or it might starve to death.

1300 points   🔧 Utility   Jun 3, 2020   Report

Very fun for single player

When you get lonely it’s always There

544 points   🔧 Utility   Apr 6, 2023   Report

In Ark Mobile you can breed dodos to get larger or smaller. Dodos below 0.8 scale can be mounted on your shoulder and above 2.4 scale they can be mounted and ridden.

998 points   🔧 Utility   Feb 1, 2021   Report

For the guy who said that it would be cool if a dodo could sit on your shoulder: on ark mobile, a dodo smaller than .75 can in fact be carried on your shoulder. Dodos over 2.6 can be ridden. Fun fact. :)

8 points   ⚔️ Encountering   May 17, 2025   Report

Warning

They have the health of a titanosaur

The attack of a giga

The speed of a galimimus

And spawn in packs

If seen, avoid at all costs

1020 points   🔧 Utility   Oct 3, 2016   Report

Dodos have a chance of laying an egg every time it poops. Unlike all other tames, which have a chance to lay an egg approximately every 25 minutes.

295 points   🔧 Utility   Jun 24, 2022   Report

You can get prime meat from the babies, but it spoils very quick, so this is how to get it all to a predator:

1. Incubate lots of dodo eggs so they only have one or two seconds left to hatch.

2. Carry the dodo eggs as well as a campfire (you might need two) and fuel.

3. When you’ve knocked out the predator you want, light the fire and hatch some of the dodo eggs.

4. Kill the babies and harvest their meat with a metal pick.

5. Feed the meat to the predator and enjoy!

I’ve experimented, and it looks like you get two to six prime per dodo.

519 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Mar 15, 2020   Report

Taming a dodo is super EASY!

But good for first Dino 😄

119 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Mar 17, 2024   Report

Dodos are quite easy to tame, and have few uses, but here’s a guide anyway.

1. Find a dodo, they are found on the southwest, south, and southeast beaches, sometimes they are in the jungle next to the beaches.

2. Easiest way to knock out a dodo is to use fists, however it’s sometimes problematic with high level high health dodos, so I recommend a club or slingshot. Tranq arrows are kind of a waste, and can kill the dodo depending on level. No trap is needed because the player is able to outrun the dodo

3. Mejos work great, and won’t really affect the effectiveness so I recommend those, you won’t need narcs, and it is a quick tame, so just sit by it until it’s up

Happy taming!

P.S. I’m making an in depth taming guide for every creature in ark, so check those out, all my tips have this format and end in Happy taming! If these are helpful, please raise it to the top so it can help more people

328 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Dec 19, 2021   Report

if u are new to ark then yes u can tame one or two but don't let ot get tooo much. i know they are cute but that's it. they are not helpful and u need to take care of them. i had so much of them and it broke my heart to kill them because i couldn't tame more dinosaurs

706 points   🔧 Utility   Oct 6, 2016   Report

Placing a dodo on agressive wander and your gigas/rexes/raptors/ect. On nutural will provide the same protection without your valuable creatures wandering away. Once the Dodo attacks, the rest follow.

354 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Nov 15, 2020   Report

Do not try to tame.

They are not lame.

Dodos can come in packs of 2 or more,

But that's enough to chase you across the moor.

If you somehow succeed in the task,

You'll have to wear a suit and mask,

They emit a deadly toxin,

And claw you until you're boxin'.

Strap a c4 to their beaks,

Throw them over all the peaks,

They'll survive,

Though you won't be alive.

Earning the trust,

Impossible and I must.

Sometimes you can find them roaming the islands and trees,

They'll topple you in the slightest breeze.

Beak is the hardest material,

Pecks you 'till your gone.

Feathers are sharp like a thorn,

But more poisonous than a snake's fangs,

Destroy your crops and corn,

Just to eat the horn of a unicorn to tame.

Beware of the deadly creature

Because you'll be it's next torture feature.

8 points   🔧 Utility   Apr 17, 2025   Report

Their wild purpose is a free source of meat and hide, their tamed purpose is to cure your depression or loneliness

248 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Nov 13, 2021   Report

Alright so this is how to tame a dodo for newbies

1: get some berries (make sure it’s a decent amount so you don’t run out)

2: find a dodo and punch it/club it until it's unconscious

3: feed the dodo the berries (give it more as needed)

4:you have a dodo! Give him a name and enjoy 😊

52 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Aug 8, 2024   Report

My friend had a dodo... and it has like 8000% melee damage and 2000 health.... the most op thing we have tamed

509 points   🔧 Utility   Oct 17, 2016   Report

Dodo's have a chance to lay an egg every time they poop. So force-feed them a bunch of stimberries (That will make them poop, and lay eggs)! Just make sure that you have some regular berries because it will make their food go down. Never again will you have to worry about obtaining Dodo eggs. You will only need to tame one!

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