Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
Fire does NOT work. Instead press and hold the use button (Y) when prompted. The leech may be on your screen but that doesn't mean it's on you.
Check all your dinos and you should see the message "hold (Y) to remove leech. Do this for all affected creatures and the Leech should then go away.
More Leech Encountering Tips
To get a leech off of you, you need to create a fire and jump on the fire for a few seconds until the leech dies
On the island there’s many outbreaks of “swamp fever”. You get Swamp fever by getting a infected leech stuck on you and TRANSFERRING NO longer Gets RID of SWAMP FEVER.
No latch onto Beelzebufos
FOR MOBILE PLAYERS ONLY:
These are in the swamp, they’re just super rare and you rarely will find them. They must be removed via campfire or cooking pot, same thing applies to dinos that aren’t native to the swamp.
FOR MOBILE PLAYERS ONLY:
I read on the ark wiki that they dont latch onto tames native to the swamp
WATCH OUT THEY GO ON LAND AND WIGGLE
The yutyrannus, not the rex, is your best friend for leech hunting. The leech is vulnerable to the fear roar, and the debuff reveals their location. This makes hunting them a simple errand. You'll collect so much leech blood you could start a swamp fever clinic.
Fire doesn’t work to remove leeches anymore. Go to a tamed animal, open command wheel and click “hold to remove leech.”
Hi guys i read on google that if there is a leech already hanging from your body you need a fire or cooking pot to remove ... hope this helps - T♡
I found a bunch of leeches in the swamp cave and got a bunch of things like leech blood.