Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Utility Tips
What is a dodo used for? dodo battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
Alright since everyone’s tips are saying they are dangerous they’re actually not. I’m not joking at all and being serious. I got four max levels. They can defend you from small threats you’ll likely to face early game like a weak lone sarco a few compies or a small dilo pack. But not something like a rex or a giganotosaurus or 7 raptors at the same time. Punch the like so beginners see.
A tip is get this sick with swamp fever (or even better Mega rabies! Only if close 2 someone's base) put c4 on it drop into the best tribe in the server (they cant have turrets) and put in they,re base, detonate the c4 (they have to be online) and then one will go after it for meat then they will get sick infecting the tribe, then bring gas masks and flush em out raid em take em prisoner!!
Infect a bunch of dodos with swamp fever,
Put them in a big box on the back of a quetz that has a Dino gate at the back wall,
Then fly the quetz over the map and when you're above the base of a tribe you don't like, open the gate on the quetz and fly over,
The diseased dodos will fall out the back and infect everybody with swamp fever,
Works best when the dodos also have C4s so that you can blow them up as well,
Works even better when you have an unclaimed onyc biting away and giving the dodos rabies,
Works even better than that when the dodos are max levelled entirely on melee damage,
Works EVEN better than that when the dodos are accompanied by some raptors,
And EEEEEEEVEN better than even that when the dodos have some pegos as well to steal any weapons and cryoed tames, after that just go back and bring any dodos raptors and pegos that somehow survived back with you and take anything in their inventories
These guys are not only a good starter tame, they also have 2 more utilities. They are technically the best distraction tame
(tames that are sacrificed to save the owner's life). They can be be used to escape carnivores such as Dilos, Rexes, ecc.
They are the best distraction tames because they are the easiest ones to tame, and they are also common.
They are also an early-game kibble source.
I bred battle dodos with super high melee and decent health and have them hiding behind corners in my base on aggro. When someone hears or sees one they laugh. Oh how they laugh. All while being pecked to death by killer chickens. It works so well because the punch that hurts the most is one you don't see coming. By the time they realize they need to defend themselves after a couple packs it's to late.
If you make a pen for dodo breeding I highly recommend the following method: Dodos have a tendency of escaping through my briefly open doors so I made a small hall with a door on each end. One door is to the outside world, the other door goes into the dodo enclosure. This ensures that if a dodo sneaks by me through the enclosure door, I can catch it before it gets completely outside. Never lose your dodos to accidental escape again!