Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion

Tips & Strategies

They have a chance to give you swamy sickness if bit. Take a large land Dino like an Allo or Rex and just bite spam water to gather leech blood.
More Leech Encountering Tips
If it’s on you and you have not a lot of health idk what to do
But if you have a lot of health then create a fire and jump on it and BURN THE LEECH.
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
dont die in lava!
pls dont try this like me!!!
up so noobs can see!!
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
Fire doesn’t work to remove leeches anymore. Go to a tamed animal, open command wheel and click “hold to remove leech.”
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.