Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
While unable to gather metal from metal nodes, it is able to collect metal when attacking obsidian nodes. It is much better than the anky at collecting obsidian. However,there currently is a bug that prevents it from gathering anything but stone in the colder regions of the island map. If a large amount of stone is needed, metal and Crystal nodes give a significantly larger amount of stone per swing than standard rocks. Wild animals will not remain aggro'd to a curled up doed. So in the even of a losing fight with wilds, you can jump off of it, it will curl up at less than 1/3 health and you can kill the animals or take aggro and lure them away. If you stay on it it will stay uncurled until dead. Follow will also prevent it from curling.
More Doedicurus Utility Tips
There’s a way to fully lock a wild doed in place (or atleast on UME)
1; Get plant species Z fruit
2: find a doed
3: Hit the doed until it enters its shell
4: throw the fruit at it, it will become confused and “leave the shell” but technically still in it. The game becomes confused as its ment to be in the shell and it is and not at the same time, so it stays immobile.
The one i hit is still there.
Equip your Doedicurus with a saddle, pick it up with an Argentavis and fly near rocks as it automatically harvests the stone as you fly. Level up the melee damage to harvest more stone with each swing. Level up your Argentavis’ weight capacity be an insane stone harvest team.