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Dung Beetle
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2051 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Dec 23, 2021   Report

How to tame

1 tame Barry and get saddle

2 enter lower south cave

3find dung beetle(s)

4kill all other creatures (except dung beetles)

5 tame with spoiled meat (don’t knock out)

6 carry it

7ride Barry out

You do not have to like the tip

3883 points   🔧 Utility   Nov 30, 2016   Report

Only upgrade weight

1399 points   🔧 Utility   Feb 13, 2021   Report

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

777 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Dec 5, 2020   Report

I took my level 500 direbear to the hunters cave and easily tamed my dung beetle he is now my best farmer (of making fertilizer) PS:dont tell compost bin i said that.

759 points   🔧 Utility   May 1, 2020   Report

This may sound weird but I think they are really cute

675 points   🔧 Utility   Jul 12, 2020   Report

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

1 point   🔧 Utility   9 days ago   Report

Dung Beetles collect Snow Owl pellets - amazing.

190 points   🔧 Utility   Nov 15, 2023   Report

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

809 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Oct 6, 2016   Report

You can grab Wild Dung Bettles using a Grappling Hook and bring them to a safer place to tame, even on PVE. Works Great on Skull Cave on The Center and probably on caves too.

739 points   🔧 Utility   Oct 6, 2016   Report

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)

423 points   🔧 Utility   Apr 12, 2020   Report

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😁

629 points   🔧 Utility   Jan 23, 2017   Report

After you use them for fertilizer and oil for awhile they will get hungry. They eat spoiled meat :)

553 points   🔧 Utility   Feb 5, 2017   Report

Get yourselves a Phiomia as well! Feed it stimberries and you'll have plenty of medium feces to throw in the dung beetle. Fill it up, and come back and watch more fertilizer than you can imagine. I'll never use compost bins again!

207 points   🔧 Utility   May 3, 2021   Report

2021, they should be able to pick up poop while wondering..

339 points   🔧 Utility   Nov 3, 2017   Report

One way to describe this creature:

Compost bin on cocaine

358 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Oct 11, 2016   Report

It is possible for your dung beetle to crawl on a lit forge, which will kill it! So keep it away from any forges if possible.

332 points   ⚔️ Encountering   Mar 18, 2017   Report

Probably the most powerful creature on the whole island

295 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Mar 27, 2017   Report

Introducing the New Dung beetle!

Compost bins hate them!

280 points   🔧 Utility   May 22, 2017   Report

If your beetle stops making fertiliser. Try taking all the feces out of it. Then turning wandering off then back on. Then fill back up with feces. Worked for me many of times.

131 points   🥚 Taming & KO   Jul 14, 2021   Report

How to raise a good dung beetle remake

1. Locate the dung beetle. They are found in the chitin cave or the south cave on the island, at the edges of the map for where the death worms are for scorched earth, in the city for extinction, (sorry idk where they are on valgero or crystal isle), they are everywhere except for the green area in aberration

2. (Optional) locate is dossier for a good explanation on what it’s good for

3. Once you reach your new Friend. They might be surrounded by danger so kill of the other creatures or where bug repellent to slip buy

4. They can be tamed using feces, spoiled meat, and raw meat. Feces should be up to medium.

5 tip for low levels: tame low level dung beetle they take a long time to eat so the lower are the less food they need

6. Dont hit them or they will get mad and gore you with there horn, but they are slow

7. They eat spoiled meat not poop

8. They are a passive tame so just go up to them and feed them some food.

9. Tame more than 1 so your beetle doesn’t get lonely

10. Pick him up and hug him give him some love he is very important for food

11. They turn poop into fertilizer and/or oil if ur an American just by saying that you may already have 10.

12. Dispite that horn they aren’t very strong protect them or level them up to be stronger

13. If your interest is there utility role then just level up weight so they can carry more poop

Have fun with your new friend. Phew that was long

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