Their torpor does not go down fast, it’s just really hard to keep its torpor up. Like so people see

Use Net Projectile for prevent him to go ball mode. Probably only useful method on this comment section

Since these spawn in the redwoods. I recommend that you check there if you want to tame one and if the redwoods are to harsh and dangerous, then take your argy and pick it up to a safe taming spot. That’s what I did

⭐ yes, tranq him in the face and if they chase you, back peddle and keep aiming for the face, if they turn and flee, try to run along side it and aim for the underbelly... if it curls into a ball, crouch in a bush or something and wait for it to uncurl... definitely a necessary mid game creature to capture for building with stone...

He is so annoying to knock out!

You can't bola them. Don't shoot tranq in the shell cause it's a huge waste

A handy tip to see if you need arrows or darts is to find out how much total health your doedicurus has and then choose your weapon to knock it out. Then using Dododex, see how many shots it takes to knock it out and then click on the weapon to see how much damage it does. Multiple those 2 numbers and if your answer is the relatively close to the health stat, choose a longneck instead. Example: I have a level 120 I want to tame. I have a crossbow that takes 40 shots to knock it out and does 150 damage per shot 40x150=6,000 so I switch to darts. If I had a level 100 and wanted to tame it with a crossbow that did 90 damage and took 50 shots to knock out 90x50=4,500 which (let’s pretend mine had 7k health) is less than 7,000 so I can knock it out with a crossbow. Remember that the examples at the end are NOT accurate just the idea. Happy taming!

Walking through the jungle looking for an argey to tame and I came across a cobalt blue doedic. Not sure is that is normal, but since I never see many true blue dinos I though he was very pretty…probably should tame it lol

A lot of these spawn at the northern part of the redwoods and also in north zone 2 quite a bit

These are actually decent swimmers, I swam to the island from herb island no problem. (Im also on mobile) They also have an underwater attack, if you swipe up on your left screen side, it will do a bite attack and it actually works.

A trap really isn’t needed, as it runs very slowly. Would recommend using an argentavis (if available) to pick it up and take it to a safer spot. Tranq darts and tranq arrows work just fine.

It takes 9 kibble for 145 sorry

An easy way to tame is to use a net gun. It will prevent the Doedicurus from balling up and removes the need for a pen of any kind.

These guys could shell themselves up and so it’s harder to kill them lol

They gather tons of nameless venom on fjördor

Just go to the abberant cave at around 54 84 and hit the slimy looking rocks

If you are looking to get stone fast try to tame a doedicurus for fast and easy stone

Tranq darts are ideal, though tranq arrows work fine as well as long as the creature is at full health. It's relatively slow, so you can score some easy shots on foot, though it's adviseable that you aim for the head and nowhere else. They'll take less torpor when shot anywhere else.

Also, bring a good amount of narcotics or biotoxins to keep their torpor up until it's all tamed up.

Shoot for the head or tail with trans arrows and crossbow combo. When it rolls into a ball leave the area and keep an eye on them with a spy glass. Wait for it to start moving before approaching and shooting again. For high level ones, use a magnifying glass to check the torpor lvl while it's in ball form. Takes several rounds to get them knocked out. Don't waste your time trying to apply torpor while it's in a ball. Good luck.

Use tranq arrows if u don’t have darts then just whack with a wooden club when it’s curled up in a ball

You can find them in the redwoods, by obsidian mountain, and north of the beaver spawn near hunter cave. I highly advise using an Argentavis so you can just pick it up and knock it out in a safer spot.