Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
Dont me on lost island. Found lvl 90 Mantis and beat it with a club, realize it was a passive tame after knocking the hell out of the bug.
You can find deathworm statues around the volcano on fjordur Midgard which when harvested give deathworm horns
You need to get one
1 get bug repellent, kill deathworms, get chillies armour and maybe a canteen or two
2 eat the bug repellent and put the deathworm horns in your last slot, find a high level and sneak up from behind. once you feed it run away and repeat
3 make sure to give him a sword or a tool for whatever you might harvest
WARNING: make sure that if you do this with a tame that you feed it bug repellent too otherwise the mantis will aggro and you can’t tame it. you can only tame a mantis when your over level 40 and the saddle unlocks at lvl 50
If you are taming these for their Eggs, make sure to place them in an area that's "Unknown" (changed to "Wilderness" in recent patch). It'll quadruple your Egg harvest. Just leave render range for 5-10 minuted, come back and collect your eggs. They can also be egg-boosted by a Oviraptor now so make sure one is in range.
You can pick a mantis up and drop it in a 1x1 box. After that, you can feed them through the wall to tame, no bug spray needed.
Tip #1 - Don't tame a dung beetle in between feeding intervals. The mantis will attack it and reset tame.
Tip #2 - clear all vultures in the area, mantis will fight them and reset tame.
Tip #3 - Don't waste time taming a mating pair, as they are unable to mate :))))...
Tip #4 - Bring extra horns -_- and bug repellent.
the time is between
1.20min and 1.45min withe rino horns
They aren’t in mobile so for all those people out there who plays only mobile don’t waste time trying to find them
HELPFUL TIP! Make sure you have more horns than needed as Dododex was wrong on the amount, ruined my 150 tame