
What is a dung beetle used for? dung beetle utility tips and strategies in ARK: Survival Ascended & Evolved.
For Mobile Players: There are multiple tips suggesting to put the beetle in a cage; don't. The little bugger has gotten out of mine several times and needed to be 'recalled'. Resorted to building a stone window frame box around him. Still gives access from any side, and he stays put.
I love these things so much! I always keep a few of them at my base. They’re a passive tame that eats poop, i mean, what’s easier than that? I guess the hard part is its location. The easiest location to find them is the lower south cave. Be sure to bring a strong mount and arm yourself because the cave is home to some pretty nasty creatures. Once tamed they eat poop and produce fertilizer and oil. It only produces the oil and fertilizer if it’s set to wander, so just put in a cage.
-M.L.
For easy fert and oil, get loads of medium poop, set your ding beetle to neutral, only have poop in your inventory, disclaim the beetle then let it kill you, it should gather all the poop in your inventory with no weight restrictions. You can do this to slot cap it so no need to refill it every hour or so and no needed cages. Best way to farm and most time efficient. Can say it works as I use it all the time. Never needed to go oil farming with 7 of these. O P G O D