While it is cheesy and very hard to pull off on most maps, if you can lure a mantis into swimming deep water, then they either chase after you and then lose agro and dive underwater or they lose interest immediately and return to shore. After they run back to land/dive, you can get a free feed while they swim back with next to no chance at an agro, plus their food drains a little quicker because of the swimming.

P.S this was already said by other people but my comment spreads the taming method easier (I'm blatantly stealing)

Why is there not an option to add a mantis with a club in the weapons option for Dododex??

The mantis is one of my favorite creatures, so I will do a guide for it. #1. The mantis is aggressive, and will attack you. They usually are found in the Desert, in packs of three. They have 2 attacks: the first is a standard melee swipe, and the other is kinda like a pounce. #2. It is tameable, but the way is hard. First, you will need Bug Repellent, then you will need Rhino horns ( kill woolly rhinos). The Ghillie is optional, but you definitely need bug repellent: just stay behind the Mantis. If you find a pack, kill the ones you don’t want, and tame. #3. It has a saddle, and you can give it weapons and tools. All known items I know it can give it are Picks, Hatchets, Sickles, Swords, and I think Pikes. The tools behave the same way when you use them. This is my guide to the Mantis, and I hope it is useful! Signed, Pickle844Luvr

Have a tribe mate land on the mantis with a wyvern. They won't move for the entire taming process.

When breeding eats spoiled meat

You can use a mining drill or/and a shoulder pet for weight reductions while farming

Best method I was told. Build a 2x2 stone [or wood if low] foundation with 2 high walls, drop in with flyer, feed through wall. Has a massive hitbox to feed it through if lured close to a wall. No repel needed with this method.

Up for breeding tips section pls

Make a 1x1 box. Pick up mantis. Drop in box.

You can now passive tame your scythe boy through the wall without bug repellent.

Your welcome.

The mantis Lays eggs more often in the Desert (the desert also has 100% wind)

These guys eat rotten meat once tamed!!

Where do they spawn on lost island? Sky arrow if spawn deep in the desert

If you need deathworm horns go to 0,10 (northwest corner of the map) in Scorched Earth and just keep walking back and forth along the northern barrier, a deathworm should spawn in less than 5 minutes.

Ok the creature you kill to tame the mantis are endgame but mantises are mid game that makes no sense

Use bug repellant and a gillie suit. It allows you to get close without it attacking you.

Just found this out, a tamed mantis with a paint brush equipped can damage TEK! not as good as a arthro but still is able destroy any structure with it

This thing when tamed is insane when paired with a good swordi have a Mastercraft 250 damage sword and my mantis when I found it was a 135

If you have a wyvern and you’re on a map with an ocean you can pick the mantis and drop it in water, it won’t agro you and you can tame it without needing any ghillie armour or bug repellent.

Eggs cannot be moved, much like bloodstalker. Cannot eat cooked meat or will starve.

Be warned that they have a fairly long range pounce, and do good damage. Don't fight these unless you're truly prepared.