Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Tips & Strategies

I found that the best bet to take one down and tame is to run around in a 8 foot circle continuously shooting it in its feet and or head with a dart gun. Super easy and fast. By the end it'll ball up and you can then focus its under shell by aiming your shots. Narcotics are a must and so is dilo kibble.
More Doedicurus Taming & KO Tips
First you bola, then shoot in the head. Shooting in the shell will lead to hundreds of wasted tranqs.
Use Simple Rifle and Tranq Darts instead of arrows to keep from damaging too much. Like for people to see.
On PS5 you cannot feed the equus when mounted for whatever reason, if you press triangle again you dismount it doesnโt let you feed or if you press L1+left on the d-pad you eat the carrot yourself and you donโt feed the carrot to the equus? Iโve had to go into creative mode and forcetame one to actually have one. Not sure if itโs a bug but just letting it be known.
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 canโt 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 thatโs 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
They are excellent at getting stone, but they cant damage stone buildings..... im confused
Use a equus when itโs balled up to tame fast
they say nothing about how when it balls up its basically impossible to knock out
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. โ๏ธSo the noobs can see
Use Net Projectile for prevent him to go ball mode. Probably only useful method on this comment section