Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Tips & Strategies
Make sure to stick close while it's taming. They patched it so you can no longer tame it out of render distance
Alright to actually tame this giant turtle you need to lead a microbe swarm to the turtle, then protect it from sharks and eels while it passively swims around and eats the swarm
Preparation is key to not spending 10+ plus hours like I did the first time trying to tame. First setup behemoth gates each with doors in the shallow water as a trap. I'd say 5 to be safe but can be done with just 2. Allow space between behemoth gates big enough for a mosa to fit tightly between. Make sure you have a speargun or crossbow to kill coels and sabersalmon since they spawn and eat the fish swarm. Go ahead and trap your megachalon. You dont need a roof on your trap since the creature gets stuck in the doors. Here's where things change depending on solo tame or duo taming. You must be within a few blocks for it to maintain in taming. So if you have a partner, choose who will stay with the megachalon and who will be pulling swarms to the tame. Put poop in your last slot to maintain aggro of swarm. You most likely will need multiple swarms. If doing solo, get at least 4 swarms just out of agro of megachalon before starting and then kite each as needed to the tame.
They're pretty easy to take.
Get an underwater tame. I highly recommend the Basilosaurus, as the jellyfish + squid + eels can't knock you off or stun you.
Head to the underwater trenches and reefs near the far left side of the Fjordur map, turtles will be everywhere.
If possible, get a Tek Helmet and activate the sonar down there near the ocean floor. This will detect a school of fish for you.
When you find one, agro them and lead them to your Meacheron. They'll de-agro on you and begin following the turtle, and this will start your tame.
(Be sure to protect them from Megalodon, Ichty and Coecalanth)
30 min tame no matter what level
Fun fact use it in the lunar biome to gather stone, crystal, wood thatch fiber like crazy from lunar bushes, go to the Arctic to get sap from trees, go to ocean to get silk and plant y seeds and big biome for plant x from those narco plants. Volcano needs testing to see what it's good for. Enjoy building stone behe gates in lunar :)
You have to bring a microbe swarm to it. The swarm will swim beside it and it will tame. Everything else is wrong. This is the intended way to do it
Just confirmed you can not tame while knocked out.
USE THIS BIG BOY AS A WAR BASE AND MAKR A METAL WAR BASE ON IT WITH MOUNTED MINIGUN TURRETS no but for real now the tureets are op and the megachelon is HUGEEEE so u can make ur who tribe be mounted on the miniguns on the top of his base on him i tried the minigun on a 25x server and it made 2k damage to a hardened stego with a 200 armor saddle in 10 seconds
wait THATS HOW YOU TAME IT????
uhhhhh
*admincheat forcetame*
If you’re planning on building a pen/breeding facility that will keep your world turtles safe, you are gonna need more space. These things BARELY fit through behemoth gates and are prone to getting stuck on uneven terrain on land.
You might think you know how big these guys are. You are underestimating, and probably by a good amount.