Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Incredibly underrated early game tame. Throw its spines up and enjoy reduced…

Incredibly underrated early game tame. Throw its spines up and enjoy reduced damage on an already bulky dino. Nothing will knock you off the saddle and your stego will eat up any hits it takes. This makes it an excellent ride dino for tranqing others off its back. Its attacks also do formidable damage while dishing out solid knockback. You can repeatedly launch alpha raptors so that they can't hardly land a hit on you. Stego also collects wood, thatch, and berries pretty well with a decent weight stat. Grab one of these guys early and you'll have a safe taxi around the map who can also gather plenty of wood and thatch for you.
More Stegosaurus Utility Tips
Ark Survival Ultimate Mobile Edition:
Stego got three stance
1. Red/Buffed/Shield Icon: Half dmg taken from everything, good for gathering wood
2.Blue/Heavy/Mace Icon: Attack cause slow effect, good for thatch gathering
3.White/Sharpen/Sword Icon: Deal armor piercing attack, stance for berry gathering
(6/Feb/2025)
With the new TLC the stego can easily become a must-tame early game dino for many players. It has 3 stances when ridden you can change between pressing C (crouch):
Heavy plate, boosting thatch gather rates and applying a heavy slow on hit targets.
Sharp plate, boosting berry gathering and attacks penetrate armour (useful for PvP).
Hardened plate, boosting wood gather and halves damage taken.
For combat, heavy plate is great for effectively rooting enemy and wild dinos in place, whilst hardened plate is to tank everything that comes at you. Sharpened plate shines together with allies that can slow and/or tank whilst you focus on dealing good dmg.
The alternate attack of the stego can impale creatures up to the size of roughly a parasaur, dealing damage based on attack damage. In order to do so the target must have a certain amount of health left, which is highlighted with the crosshair turning red when looking at the target (unsure how it is shown without crosshairs).
Single player uses:
1. Gatherer: Stegosaurus is among the best wood and thatch gatherers, and is also a good berry gatherer.
2. Early game power dino: Stegos are slower than a sloth on melatonin, but they are tanky for their size.
3. Redwood mount: You can't get dismounted while riding it, need I say more?