If you set it to wander it gathers stone then comes back to you right before it gets encumbered, so they autofarm stone basically

Use Simple Rifle and Tranq Darts instead of arrows to keep from damaging too much. Like for people to see.

Basic Logic For Basic Materials

Therizinosaurus = General/Fiber

Doedicurus = Stone

Casteroides = Wood

Ankylo = Metal/Flint

Taming even a low-mid level can turn building in stone into an afternoon instead of a weekend. Highly recommended must have dino for everyone.

The new update reduced the weight of stone on this bad boy by 75%

If something’s chasing you hide behind this guy so the creature is distracted trying to kill it ⬆️ For people to see

So much misinformation here. Where to begin lol ok so as of Aug 2023, you can knock out w tranq arrows no problem, just go for level 80+ shoot in the head not the shell, wait 5 seconds between shots. You can’t bola them so ignore that comment. Creatures do not take torpor damage when they are caught by bear traps so ignore that comment too. Someone said to use biotoxin to keep them unconscious that’s a terrible plan because these guys wake up pretty fast, and they take quite awhile to tame high levels. You want to use narcoberries because they take the longest to take effect, the time it takes to fill up all the way is invaluable compared to filling it up fast.

Be sure to shoot the doedicurus on it's underside, not the shell, the shell only takes half torpor

One of ark’s essential tames alongside the trike (berries), anky (metal), argent (heavy travel), ptera (quick travel & argent taming), and beaver (wood).

They are excellent at getting stone, but they cant damage stone buildings..... im confused

Pretty slow so just walk back and if they get close enough to atk U will already be out of their range and aim for head (if it's a low lvl U might have to use tranq darts)

Could you add the Dino's spawn regions, and also make it really specific (like a percent chance).

Use a equus when it’s balled up to tame fast

First you bola, then shoot in the head. Shooting in the shell will lead to hundreds of wasted tranqs.

they say nothing about how when it balls up its basically impossible to knock out

The Doedic is one of the most essential Dino's on ark. It's the most important thing when building stone buildings, or other stone structures. The higher the level the better, and weight is essential!

Don’t listen to ppl who say u need tranq darts if it’s high enough lvl it won’t get low enough to curl in a ball so if it is a high lvl you can use tranq arrows freely:)

To long to tame?

Pick it up with an argy and drop it into a pen. Place a sleeping bag down and sleep when you wake up it will be starved. Then knock it out at your leisure. Hope this helps.

Me: So you can harvest the most stone out of any method, take a quarter of the weight, but can’t break stone walls…

Doedicurus: Yes.

These things mainly spawn in redwoods.