Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
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What is a diplodocus used for? diplodocus battling strategies in ARK: Survival Evolved.
Don’t let anyone tell you the diplodocus is completely useless. I’ve found a VERY viable use for it (especially in aberration)
The diplo may not be able to defend itself however its pretty dang fast,, it also has a crap ton of weight. So I use my diplo for metal runs. On the island I used it as an argument of sorts instead of carrying an anky with an argy (I had just started at the time) I tamed a diplo and used it to carry all my metal to and from base. And because the diplo is really fast it made the journey way less slower than it would’ve been. I now use my diplo in aberration as a permanent argy, except I gather the metal with my anky and cryopod it with all the metal in my diplo
These are very useful. They don’t do any damage but when you get a saddle you can use it to push animals away without aggroing it. It’s really easy to tame. Either knock it out while going backwards. Or get under its front legs and it will stop moving so you can passive tame it. Up if helpful
Seem slow, look weak, and called useless. Wrong. They amazing, they fast when running and stamina last a good while. The saddle can hold 11 people, with 10 being able to all shoot darts at once. Focus speed and weight, run around tranqing and taming everything. It’s a all terrain vehicle. Passive or unconscious tame. Outruns most Dino’s, too. Faster than a Equus, and with a bunch of people you can have extremely fun time.
We use this to tame stuff, sometimes a Tapejara.
8/10 tame.
3/10 if solo tho.
transport for large tribes with large terrritories over large grassland, runs fast and is easy to tame. its saddle can carry plenty of tribemates and they can carry descent weight, but they are terrible in terms of offense as they only give a forceful push, but if you push enemy's of a cliff that would be more effective, overall rated a 5.2 for me, mobile and conveniant, but lacking in other aspects.
I would recommend one for player vs player gameplay because these guys can tank hits like it's nothing. these guys are very useful for travel to but maybe use for a mobile base for maybe taming in single player. I would put health, weight, food , and speed mostly. I hope this is useful for you ❤