Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Taming & KO Tips

How do I tame a doedicurus? Tips and strategies on taming and knocking out a doedicurus.
On Ragnarok, I have seen them mostly in the black volcanic zone. There are a lot of dangerous animals that you should keep a distance with. Mostly mantis, Spider, and centipedes. I have seen rexes, carnos, and raptor there too.
If the Deodic balls up when tranqing it, stop. The tranqs will not work while its balled up.
In Valg. U can tame these when lvl 9, with boomerang. ( you have to spawn in chalk hills tho )
This thing can't be tamed using bole.you need to use tranq arrow if we shoot it it we attack.so avoid its attack and hit in its head
So if you’re on scorched earth just use a boomerang they are slow. So you can just easily boomerang them and have a new fried
I managed to tame a low level one with tranq arrows + Crossbow. I shot his head a few times then I tried shooting at his feet. When he went down he had half health.
Do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT use tranq arrows it will kill it and I found a lvl 150 one and I stuck 200 tranqs in its head and it still didn't go down.
Once you're deep in tranq darts trying to tame this, punch it... I punched it and it unwound itself to start running, punched it again and it became unconscious.. almost used 15 darts before I knew the shell absorbs half torpor 🥲🥲 he's a level 2 😂
Build a taming pen......trust me.
If you ok darts for long neck rifle I can pierce through the shell
Swipe up on mobile to do a rolling move, it consumes stamine every second that you roll. Just for found when i accidentally swiped my screen
Super good at collecting stone. I recommend using a bear trap and building a structure around it to make gaming easier. They’re also pretty cute 🤣
Just ignore those saying that you should shoot them into head or tail. Shooting into shell deals the same torpor as long as they are not curled up. This is why dododex gives only one value on numbers of darts or arrows needed, and no extra value for head or tail.
I found it is best to use a nets gun to immobilize
Then tranq and then kibble
Their torpor rate is lower than most creatures, needs to be updated.
I haven't been playing long enough to know if this is an actual change but when I was taming it with a crossbow, headshots worked fine and it didn't curl up, it just ran away(slowly)
Use an eques to knock out. They do a lot of damage
If you don't have an argy, get a few sleeping bags and spike walls and go to redwoods. Make sure to have a weapon since you might have to fight Carnos and other creatures while it tames. Up for others to see!
Shoot it anywhere you like as it is a myth that you must target it’s legs head or belly. The shell provides the doedi zero protection while not balled up and thus no reduction to torpor gain until it curls up into a ball. Don’t believe the widespread don’t hit the shell BS.
If you are taking a dodic have a friend to hold it with an argentavis and it won't curl up so you can knock it out