Best tip (idk if people know this but it's best trick)

Instant of using cage on them to produce fertilizer do this

Get a dino that u can ride (prefer Phiomia)

Ride it and command dung beetle to follow it (they follow the create if u command follow while ride other creatures)

Then set beetle to ignore wishlist and make it follow distance lowest)

And then command it wondering

(It will follow phiomia while generating fertilizer I call it poop factory)

Up me if u like this trick

Only upgrade weight

TIPP: (EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW)

1) They spawn inside the LOWER SOUTH CAVE and you can easily tame them up PASSIB using ROTTEN FLESH

2) If you put POOP inside their Inventory and let them WALK they will produce FRETILIZER and OIL after a period of time

3) I would recommend to JUST LVL UP THEIR WEIGHT so they can CARRY MORE POOP and PRODUCE more FERTILIZER and OIL

4) Build a small enclosure (or a box) for them to walk around inside it and also place a feeding trough filled with rotten flesh if you want

5) THEY CAN CLIMB OVER FENCES

~MADARA UCHIHA

This may sound weird but I think they are really cute

Tame a Phioma(Those fat gray pigs) and give them stim berries because they will start pooping a ton and you can fill your dung beetles that way for more fertilizer

Since ark ascended they now pick up the feces themselves. The range is actually ridiculous AND it won’t stop picking up feces even if it’s past its max weight. My dung beetle is 60/8 overencumbered and he still keeps picking up feces from all my tames without moving. Don’t even bother setting up a cage, the range for picking up feces is so broken they will overencumber themselves and stop moving in no time. And they’ll still pick up.

The little QoL turned this guy from a neat early game source of oil and slightly better bin for fertilizer into an actual 0 maintenance oil pump

In ASA, they now have the ability to collect poop remotely and the range is based on overall level.

The Dung Beetle creates fertilizer and oil when he poop are in inventory. It must be wandering to produce. To remain at that spot, place it in a cage on a foundation (ceiling = drop)

Once you use them for oil and fertilizer they will get hungry so instead of wasting their weight for food keep a feeding trough nearby with spoiled meat😁